共和党总统候选人讨论恐怖主义和国家安全

AS IT IS 2015-12-17 Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Terrorism, National Security 共和党总统候选人讨论恐怖主义和国家安全

Nine top Republican presidential candidates focused on terrorism and national security Tuesday in a televised debate.

The frontrunner, businessman Donald Trump¹, defended his plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., even American Muslims. He said it would secure the U.S., and is not an attack on Islam.

“People like what I say. People respect what I say. And we’ve opened up a very big discussion that needed to be opened up,” Trump said.

Many Republican leaders have criticized Trump’s plan. But during the debate, most candidates held back from attacking it.

Candidate Jeb Bush is the brother and son of former U.S. presidents. Once considered the frontrunner, he has not done well in opinion polls.

Bush criticized Trump’s approach to politics.

Trump is “a chaos² candidate, and he’d be a chaos president,” Bush said.

Bush and Trump argued many times during the debate.

“You’re never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency,” Bush told Trump.

But Trump noted⁴ a public opinion study showing 42 percent of those asked supported him. He said Bush had just 3 percent support.

The two traded verbal barbs⁵. Bush criticized Trump for admitting he learns about the military from watching television shows.

He asked if Trump was getting information from Sunday morning news shows or Saturday morning cartoon programs.

Some experts say Trump has not performed well in the five Republican presidential debates. But he has much more public support than any other Republican candidate.

Republican Party leaders say they are worried about Trump and public support. They say they worry that he will win the party’s nomination⁶ or run as an independent. If he runs as an independent, that would split votes among Republican voters. That would give strength to the Democratic Party.

Trump promised he would not run as an independent.

In September, Trump told reporters he would not be an independent candidate. But in the months after that press conference, he seemed to change his mind. He said he might run a third-party campaign if he does not believe he is treated fairly by other Republicans.

In recent weeks, Republican presidential candidate Ted³ Cruz has increased his levels of support. Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas.

Cruz has refused to publicly criticize Trump. During the debate, he strongly criticized President Barack Obama’s military campaign against the Islamic State group. And he repeated his threat to heavily bomb extremists in Iraq and Syria.

He said if he is elected president, he will order the military to “hunt down and kill the terrorists. We will utterly⁷ destroy ISIS. We will stop the terrorist attacks” before they happen, he said.

Throughout the debate, Cruz spoke⁸ to Marco Rubio about the Islamic State group, domestic spying programs and immigration. Rubio is a U.S. Senator from Florida. Both men are Cuban-Americans in their 40s. They have both recently gained support in national public opinion studies. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed Trump had 27 percent support. Cruz had 22 percent and Rubio, 15 percent.

The other candidates in the debate were Carly Fiorina, the former head of the Hewlett-Packard computer company; John Kasich, the governor of Ohio; Ben Carson, a retired⁹ brain surgeon; Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey¹⁰; and Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky.

The debate was shown on CNN television. It happened less than two months before the Iowa caucuses¹². The caucuses are the first place voters can say which candidate they support.

On Monday, the three Democratic presidential candidates discussed immigration and refugee policies.

The three are Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state; Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont; and Martin O’Malley, a former governor of Maryland.

The three strongly criticized Donald Trump.

Protesters at the hotel in Las Vegas, ,where the debate took place, said the candidates should pay attention to immigration reform, increasing wages, providing jobs and ending police abuses.

Words in This Story

approach – n. a way of dealing¹³ with something; a way of doing or thinking about something

chaos – n. complete confusion and disorder¹⁴; a state in which behavior and events are not controlled by anything

cartoon – n. a film or television show made by photographing a series of drawings; an animated¹⁵ film or television show

caucus¹¹ – n. a meeting of members of a political party for the purpose of choosing candidates for an election

focused – v. to direct one’s attention on something

frontrunner – n. leader; the person who is most likely to win a race or competition

held back from – expression to show restraint; to keep from moving forward

done well in – expression to show success or skill in something

verbal barbs – n. critical comments

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

3 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 barbs   

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

参考例句：

• She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句

6 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

7 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

10 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

11 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

12 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网

13 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

14 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

15 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。