PBS高端访谈:奥巴马总统在市政厅强调经济发展

 　　HARI SREENIVASAN: Tomorrow, President Obama will return to the first city he visited after becoming president, Elkhart, Indiana. It was one of the worst-hit cities back in 2009, and the president will be delivering a speech to tout¹ what's been accomplished² since then.

　　He will sit down with our Gwen Ifill for an interview while he's there, and then answer questions from residents in a town hall special we will be airing tomorrow night.

　　It all comes during a tough phase of the election cycle, as the president seeks to make a case for his legacy³.

　　John Yang has the story.

　　JOHN YANG: President Obama's trip to Elkhart, Indiana, tomorrow marks his fifth visit since he was a candidate in 2008.

　　In 2009, he went there to announce $170 million in federal stimulus⁴ money for Elkhart County. Elkhart is a city of about 50,000 people that is known as the R.V. capital of the world, an industry on the rebound⁵ since cratering⁶ during the recession.

　　At its worst, unemployment reached 20 percent. Now it's 3.8 percent. Some give the president a certain amount of credit for that.

　　奥巴马总统在市政厅强调经济发展

　　JERRY YOUNG, Elkhart Resident: He's been doing as best as he could do. It wasn't perfect when he got in.

　　PAM LAMBRIGHT, Elkhart Resident: We have come a long way. I think that the economy is fairly good now. When it crashed in '08, it was like a ghost town around here.

　　JOHN YANG: Ed Neufeldt knows that firsthand. Laid off from his job in the R.V. industry in 2009, he now works four part-time jobs, including cleaning a doctor's office. He's thankful there's enough work for him.

　　ED NEUFELDT, Elkhart Resident: If you want a job in Elkhart County, there's a job. You can find a job. There's help wanted signs all over. Elkhart's doing great.

　　JOHN YANG: It's quite a contract to when we last met him in 2009, when his employer of 32 years closed.

　　ED NEUFELDT: We were one of the bigger corporations. I thought we would be one of the last to be around, but we weren't.

　　JOHN YANG: Despite the recovery, Neufeldt says there's a big divide globally. Republicans and Democrats⁷ can't get along.

　　ED NEUFELDT: They're angry. That's the reason so many people are voting for Donald Trump⁸. They want to see a change. I guess they feel like government is just — is crooked⁹.

　　In fact, with President Obama going to Elkhart tomorrow to make his case for an economic legacy, Neufeldt presents one of the challenges for the president and for the Democratic candidates who want to succeed it. Neufeldt doesn't know who he will vote for in the fall.

　　And when the "NewsHour" caught up with locals at the Memorial Day Parade, some said they were unhappy with the president, like this Trump supporter who listed his complaints with Mr. Obama.

　　KENNETH STORY, Elkhart Resident: Lack of pride of America and everybody getting their feelings hurt over stupid things.

　　JOHN YANG: In 2012, President Obama lost Elkhart County to Mitt¹⁰ Romney by a 2-1 wide margin¹¹ on his way to losing the state. Although Elkhart's fortunes and those of the R.V. industry have made a dramatic turnaround, the lingering anxiety mirrors communities across the country worried about their future.

　　For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang.

1 tout   

v.推销，招徕；兜售；吹捧，劝诱

参考例句：

• They say it will let them tout progress in the war.他们称这将有助于鼓吹他们在战争中的成果。
• If your case studies just tout results,don't bother requiring registration to view them.如果你的案例研究只是吹捧结果，就别烦扰别人来注册访问了。

2 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

3 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

4 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

5 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

6 cratering   

n.缩孔（露底），陷穴（漆病），磨顶槽v.火山口( crater的现在分词 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• In addition, cratering and ground shock phenomena are observed, as will be described in Chapter VI. 此外，还可以观察到巨坑或地面冲击波的现象，这些现象将在第六章中加以叙述。 来自辞典例句
• Check the page without pinhole, bubble cratering and fix it. 查抄版背有无针孔、气泡等弊病，并举动补缀。 来自互联网

7 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》

8 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。

9 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

10 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

11 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。