福克斯新闻 拜登发放失业救济金摧毁美国人职业道德(上)

Can't get - you can't get anyone to show up at work.

你没法让任何人来上班。

Now Biden, remember, decided¹ to continue COVID unemployment benefits when all we really needed was to fling open the doors of our economy.

记住，当我们真正需要的是打开我们经济的大门时，拜登却决定继续发放新冠肺炎失业救济金。

He's destroying the work ethic² across the country.

他正在摧毁全国的职业道德。

3.4 million Americans are still long-term unemployed³.

340万美国人仍处于长期失业状态。

Now you didn't see those kinds of numbers when Trump⁴ was president.

特朗普当总统的时候，你可没见过这样的数字。

No longer are the days of Theodore Roosevelt when he said nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, and difficulty or to be a little more contemporary.

西奥多·罗斯福的时代已经一去不复返了，那时候他说，这个世界上没有什么值得拥有或值得做的事情，除非它意味着努力、痛苦和困难。

This is from one of the most successful actors in the world.

或者用更现代一点的话来说。这段话来自世界上最成功的演员之一。

Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big, but remember dreams without goals are just dreams.

不要害怕栽大跟头，要去拥有伟大的梦想，不过要记住，没有目标的梦想只是梦。

In order to achieve your goals you must apply discipline, which you've already done, and consistency⁵ every day.

为了实现你的目标，你必须遵守纪律，你已经做到了，并且坚持每天。

Hard work works.

努力工作是有用的。

Working really hard is what successful people do.

努力工作就是成功人士所做的事。

Working really hard is what successful people do.

成功人士都会努力工作。

It's a simple message, and it's getting lost today because Biden and the Democrats⁶ too often seek to punish and demonizes success.

这是一个简单的信息，但现在我们却逐渐失去了它，因为拜登和民主党人总是想要惩罚和妖魔化成功。

Meanwhile, they flit off to the mansions⁷, the Martha's Vineyard party circuit, and of course, let's not forget Radio City on the big opening nights.

与此同时，他们前往豪宅、玛莎葡萄园岛派对巡回演出，当然，别忘了还有在无线电城的盛大首演。

My friends, our recession ended in April 2020.

朋友们，我们的经济衰退在2020年4月就结束了。

It's the shortest on record after Trump agreed to the original federal shutdown during COVID,

这是特朗普在新冠期间同意原来的联邦政府停摆后有记录以来经济衰退时间最短的一次。

but now we still pumped a huge amount of money into the economy, we kept the blue states flush with cash despite the fact that for all those months they kept their self-sabotaging policies.

但是现在我们仍然向经济方面注入大量资金，让蓝色州保持资金充裕，尽管这些个月里，他们一直保持着自暴自弃的政策。

How depressing and aggravating⁸ is it to you - it certainly is to me -

这对你来说是多么令人沮丧和恼火——反正对我来说肯定是这样——

to see an able-bodied young man or woman sitting at home playing Fortnite or talking to friends on social media all day when they could be out feeling really good about themselves because they're working.

看到一个身体健全的年轻男人或女人整天坐在家里玩《堡垒之夜》或在社交媒体上和朋友聊天，而他们本可以在外面自我感觉不错，因为他们在工作。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

4 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。

5 consistency   

n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度

参考例句：

• Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
• We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。

6 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》

7 mansions   

n.宅第，公馆，大厦( mansion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑，空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗，钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊，那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

8 aggravating   

adj.恼人的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• How aggravating to be interrupted! 被打扰，多令人生气呀！
• Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. 许多体质敏感的人尤其反感柴油废气。