美国有线新闻 CNN 美国共和党召开全国代表大会 加州山火肆虐

Last week America's Democrats¹ had their time in the spotlight² as their party convention was held Monday through Thursday. This week it's the Republican's turn as their event officially gets underway.

上周一至周四，美国民主党举行了备受关注的党代会。本周，共和党党代会将正式拉开帷幕。

Like the one before, it's expected to be a largely virtual convention with social distancing guidelines keeping delegates from having the giant stadium filled blowouts we're used to seeing. A scaled-down gathering³ is still set to take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the convention will allow Republicans to officially nominate incumbent⁴ President Donald Trump⁵ and incumbent Vice⁶ President Mike Pence for a second term in office. Other goals of the event include laying out the party's priorities and drumming up voter support for the November 3rd election.

共和党党代会也将主要以虚拟形式进行，同时要保持社交距离规定，该规定使代表无法像我们所习惯的那样，在巨大的体育馆举行大型活动。北卡罗莱纳州夏洛特市仍将举行规模缩小的集会活动，另外，党代会将允许共和党正式提名现任总统唐纳德·特朗普和现任副总统迈克·彭斯连任。党代会的其他目标包括制定共和党的优先事项，并为11月3日的总统大选争取选民支持。

Experts say President Trump is hoping the Republican National Convention will have more live programming and audience response than last week's Democratic National Convention. By tradition, the party that holds the White House holds its convention second but there's no tradition associated with a pandemic. Another example on how these are unusual times we're living in.

专家表示，相较于上周召开的民主党全国代表大会，特朗普总统希望共和党全国代表大会能举行更多直播节目，获得更多观众反馈。按照传统，掌管白宫的政党后举行党代会，但没有任何与疫情有关的传统。另一个例子是，现在我们生活在极为不同寻常的时期。

Hundreds of wildfires are raging in California. Here's a quick by-the-numbers look. Cal Fire, the State Department of Forestry⁷ and Fire Protections, says there have been roughly 12,000 lightning strikes in California since August 15th. They've been blamed for starting most if not all of the 615 new wildfires that have flared⁸ up in the past week.

加州数百起山火肆虐。下面我们通过数字来了解一下。加州森林及防火局表示，自8月15日以来，加州遭遇了约12000次雷击。过去一周发生了615起山火，即使这些火灾不是都由雷击所引起，但雷击也是造成大多数火灾的罪魁祸首。

More than 1,100,000 acres have been burned and firefighters are doing everything they can to contain these blazes. This doesn't necessarily mean putting them out, it means keeping them from spreading. That can be done by creating fire breaks, places where vegetation has been cleared out, for example, giving the blazes nothing to burn and nowhere further to go.

火灾导致超过110万英亩土地被烧毁，消防员正在尽一切努力控制火势。这意味着他们不一定要把大火扑灭，而是要阻止山火蔓延。这可以通过建立防火带来实现，防火带指植被已被清除的地方，这使大火没有可燃烧的东西，继而不会继续蔓延。

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

5 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。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

8 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。