美国有线新闻 CNN 争夺参议院控制权的佐治亚州决选拉开帷幕

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: It's January 5th. The election day in one particular U.S. state but it has ramifications¹ for the whole country. So that's where we start today's show. I'm Carl Azuz. U.S. President Donald Trump², U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence, U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden and U.S. Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris, they've all been spending time in Georgia.

CNN10分钟新闻主持人卡尔·阿祖兹：1月5日是美国某个州的选举日，但这场选举对整个国家都有影响。因此今天的节目先从这里开始讲起。我是卡尔·阿祖兹。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普、美国副总统迈克·彭斯、美国当选总统乔·拜登以及美国当选副总统卡马拉·哈里斯均现身佐治亚州。

On Tuesday, voters there are deciding who will fill two U.S. Senate seats and that will determine which political party controls the Senate for the next two years. A party needs a simple majority of 51 seats to have control of the 100-member Senate. After the November 3rd Presidential Election, Republicans were projected to hold 50 seats.

周二，该州选民将决定填补两个美国参议院席位的人选，而这将决定哪个政党在未来两年控制参议院。一个政党需要获得51个席位的简单多数才能控制共100个席位的参议院。在11月3日的总统选举之后，共和党人预计获得50个席位。

Democrats³ were projected to hold 48. Georgia had two seats to fill on Election Day but none of the state's candidates won enough votes then to clinch⁴ a spot in the U.S. Senate. So Tuesday's runoff there has been proceeded by weeks of fierce campaigning, relentless⁵ political ads, unceasing robocalls and barrages⁶ of text messages as both political parties have poured million of dollars into the Peach State trying to influence the outcome of the vote.

民主党预计获得48个席位。在选举日当天，佐治亚州有两个席位需要填补，但当时该州的候选人都未能获得赢得美国参议院席位的足够票数。因此，在激烈的竞选活动、持续的政治广告、未间断的机器人电话和连珠炮式的短信持续数周之后，决选终于在周二开始，两党都向这个“桃子之州”（指佐治亚州）投入了数百万美元，试图影响投票结果。

1 ramifications   

n.结果，后果( ramification的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications. 这些变化注定会造成许多难以预料的社会后果。
• What are the ramifications of our decision to join the union? 我们决定加入工会会引起哪些后果呢？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 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》

4 clinch   

v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench

参考例句：

• Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
• We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。

5 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

6 barrages   

n.弹幕射击( barrage的名词复数 )；火力网；猛烈炮火；河上的堰坝v.火力攻击（或阻击）( barrage的第三人称单数 )；以密集火力攻击（或阻击）

参考例句：

• In many Basidiomycetes barrages develop. 在许多担子菌中也发生一些栅栏。 来自辞典例句
• It's fun to be able to run around and do instant Barrages. 一边瞬发奥术弹幕一边四处跑确实很有趣。 来自互联网