美国国家公共电台 NPR 特朗普发表独立日演讲 加剧美国分裂

It was a Fourth of July for the history books. The country is in the middle of a pandemic that has killed 130,000 Americans. There have been widespread protests focused on police killings¹ and racial injustice². And instead of trying to bring the country together, President Trump³ used the moment to exacerbate⁴ divides. During a speech at the White House, he said the holiday was for, quote, "celebrating our history, our heroes and our heritage." And he said there is no room to question any of that.

今年的美国独立纪念日将载入史册。美国正处于一场已致13万美国人死亡的疫情之中。警察杀戮和种族不平等引发了大规模抗议。但特朗普总统并没有利用这一时刻团结国家，而是加剧了分歧。他在白宫发表的讲话中表示，这个节日是为了“纪念我们的历史、我们的英雄以及我们的遗产”。他说，没有任何空间质疑这些。

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase⁵ our history, indoctrinate our children or trample⁶ on our freedoms.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普：我们绝不允许愤怒的暴徒拆毁我们的雕像、抹去我们的历史、强行向我们的孩子灌输某种思想或践踏我们的自由。

MARTIN: We've got NPR White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe with us this morning. Hi, Ayesha.

马丁：今天早上我们NPR新闻驻白宫记者阿伊莎·拉斯科将和我们连线。你好，阿伊莎。

AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE⁷: Good morning.

阿伊莎·拉斯科连线：早上好。

MARTIN: What stood out to you in the president's remarks?

马丁：总统的演讲有哪些内容令你印象深刻？

RASCOE: Well, in both of the speeches that he gave this weekend, the message was pretty much the same. He positioned himself as this defender⁸ of American heritage with a warning to those people he accused of threatening that heritage. This was not a unifying⁹ message. He basically claimed that those that talk about the country's history of slavery and the racism¹⁰ that has dogged the U.S. since its founding, that they are, quote, "not interested in justice or in healing." This was all about leaning into cultural divides. He did not explicitly¹¹ mention the Confederacy, but he has loudly defended Confederate statues and military bases named after Confederate figures. And that is the backdrop for this.

拉斯科：他在周末发表了两场讲话，其传达的信息基本上是相同的。他将自已定位为美国遗产的捍卫者，并向那些被他指控为对遗产构成威胁的人发出警告。这并不是团结的信息。基本上来说，他称那些谈论美国奴隶史和自建国以来一直困扰美国的种族主义的人，“对正义或治愈”漠不关心。这一切都在向文化隔阂倾斜。他没有明确提到南部联盟，但他大声捍卫了南部联盟雕像和以南部联盟人物命名的军事基地。这就是一切的背景。

MARTIN: So Election Day is rapidly approaching, less than four months away. How do you see this kind of messaging fitting in to the Trump campaign's overall strategy?

马丁：现在距离选举日还有不到四个月的时间。你对这种信息与特朗普竞选团队整体策略的吻合情况有何看法？

RASCOE: Trump is making this bet that his messages of defending, quote, "our heritage" and law and order will resonate with enough voters to make a difference. It's a message that appeals to his largely white base who he is hoping will turn out at a level that is enough to get him reelected. This is the message that worked for him in 2016. But, of course, that was a different time without a pandemic. So he's staking his reelection right now not on his handling of the coronavirus, this massive pandemic, but on the politics of grievance¹² and this idea that he will protect his base from a seemingly changing America.

拉斯科：特朗普在打赌，赌他捍卫“我们的遗产”和法律与秩序的言论能引起选民的足够共鸣，从而产生影响。这种言论吸引的是他牢固的白人选民基础，他希望这些选民的投票率足以使他获得连任。对他来说，这样的信息在2016年时效果显著。但当然，那时并没有疫情。因此，他现在并没有将连任的赌注放在他对冠状病毒大流行的处理上，而是放在了政治不满以及他将保护其选民不受看似正在变化的美国的影响这一想法上。

MARTIN: Did he mention the pandemic at all in his remarks over the weekend?

马丁：他有没有在周末的讲话中提及疫情？

RASCOE: Not much, but he did talk about it a bit. And basically his argument is that the administration's strategy is working well. He said the country is testing so much and that's why we're seeing so many cases, which is not accurate. He also said that 99% of cases are, quote, "totally harmless" which is not true and minimizes those who end up in the hospital because of the virus. The fact is the economy is still struggling, cases are surging, so when you see Trump kind of leaning into that culture war strategy, it may be because they don't have a really good story to tell on this big issue that is affecting the whole country, which is the pandemic.

拉斯科：不多，但他确实有谈到一些。基本上来说，他的观点是政府的策略效果良好。他说，美国进行的检测相当多，所以才会有如此多的病例，但这并不准确。他还表示，99%的病例都是“完全无害的”，这并不是事实，而且在尽力淡化有人因冠状病毒而入院治疗这件事。事实是，经济仍举步维艰，病例仍在激增，因此特朗普选择向这种文化战争策略倾斜，可能是因为他们没有妥善处理影响整个美国的大问题——新冠疫情。

MARTIN: NPR White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, thank you.

马丁：以上是NPR新闻驻白宫记者阿伊莎·拉斯科带来的报道，谢谢你。

RASCOE: Thank you.

拉斯科：谢谢。

1 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

2 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

3 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。

4 exacerbate   

v.恶化，增剧，激怒，使加剧

参考例句：

• WMO says a warming climate can exacerbate air pollution.世界气象组织说，气候变暖可能会加剧空气污染。
• In fact efforts will merely exacerbate the current problem.实际上努力只会加剧当前的问题。

5 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

6 trample   

vt.踩，践踏；无视，伤害，侵犯

参考例句：

• Don't trample on the grass. 勿踏草地。
• Don't trample on the flowers when you play in the garden. 在花园里玩耍时,不要踩坏花。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

9 unifying   

使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一

参考例句：

• In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
• There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。

10 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

11 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

12 grievance   

n.怨愤，气恼，委屈

参考例句：

• He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
• He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。