PBS高端访谈:奥巴马总统表态支持希拉里

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: The Democratic delegates here in Philadelphia have now completed their national ticket. This afternoon, they voice-voted the nomination² of Tim Kaine to be Hillary Clinton's vice³ presidential running mate. He will be a main speaker tonight.

　　And so will President Obama, making the case that his former secretary of state is the nation's best hope of coming together and staying safe.

　　Correspondent John Yang begins our coverage⁴:

　　JOHN YANG: At the White House, President Obama prepared for his last convention as president.

　　QUESTION: How do you feel about tonight, Mr. President?

　　BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States: What's happening tonight? Oh. That was a joke. You look so serious.

　　I feel great.

　　JOHN YANG: Also on the program tonight, Vice President Biden, and Hillary Clinton's choice to be the next vice president.

　　This morning, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine spoke⁵ to home state delegates.

　　SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA), Vice Presidential Nominee⁶: She's going to open up who we are as a nation, who the leadership of this nation is. And people are going to be able to see themselves in that office who never could have imagined it before. I think it's great for men to be able to stand and support strong women leaders all across this nation.

　　JOHN YANG: Away from the convention, more fireworks over those hacked⁷ Democratic National Committee e-mails. American intelligence officials say it appears to be the work of the Russian government.

　　Today, Donald Trump⁸ added fuel to the fire.

　　奥巴马总统表态支持希拉里

　　DONALD TRUMP (R), Presidential Nominee: I will tell you this. Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily⁹ by our press. Let's see if that happens.

　　JOHN YANG: The Clinton campaign said that moved it from being a political issue to a question of national security.

　　Back in Philadelphia, Bernie Sanders urged supporters to close ranks behind the woman who defeated him.

　　SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): It is not good enough just to elect Hillary Clinton. It is to transform America, and to make sure that we have a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House and a Democratic president who will do that.

　　JOHN YANG: Last night, dozens of Sanders delegates walked out of the convention.

　　WOMAN: We don't believe that Clinton is a true Democrat¹. We don't think she really believes in a true democracy. You count every vote, in every state, and you make sure they all have every right to vote, in every single way. She doesn't care about that. She has taken away our votes and our voice. We're making sure we're heard.

　　JOHN YANG: In an interview with NBC's "Today Show," Mr. Obama called for unity¹⁰.

　　BARACK OBAMA: One of the dangers in an election like this is that people don't take the challenge seriously, they stay home, and we end up getting the unexpected.

　　JOHN YANG: A message he will bring directly to the delegates tonight.

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

　　GWEN IFILL: Next, we head down to the convention floor, where NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" host, Rachel Martin, is standing¹¹ by. Rachel joins us every night this week as part of our joint¹² "PBS NewsHour" and NPR convention coverage.

　　Rachel, what do we expect tonight?

　　RACHEL MARTIN: Hey, Gwen.

　　So the last couple of nights here at the Democratic National Convention have been about healing those wounds caused in the primary battle. Tonight, Democrats¹³ are going to try to turn the page. The focus is going to be on two very important issues, national security and the economy.

　　Over the past couple of days, Donald Trump has really hammered the Democrats, saying, where's the conversation about ISIS? Where's all the talk about the threat from terrorism? Tonight will be the Democrats' chance to answer that and they will do it with some heavy hitters, one of them, Leon Panetta, a former director of the CIA and former director of defense¹⁴.

　　He will take the stage and make the case as to why Hillary Clinton should be the next commander in chief. Also, on the economy, another heavy hitter, Vice President Joe Biden, he has said that Democrats have kind of forgotten how to talk to white working-class voters. He's going to reach directly out to those voters with his message tonight.

　　We will also hear from Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick. And, finally, closing out the evening, the keynote address will be from Barack Obama, arguably Hillary Clinton's most powerful surrogate. All eyes will be on him and his message this evening — back to you.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Thank you, Rachel. We will be talking to you throughout the night.

 

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 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。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

7 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

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 mightily   

ad.强烈地；非常地

参考例句：

• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
• This seemed mightily to relieve him. 干完这件事后，他似乎轻松了许多。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

11 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

12 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

13 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》

14 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。