PBS高端访谈:性格的问题仍在主导最终的竞选争夺

 　　HARI SREENIVASAN: Critical states along the Eastern Seaboard are echoing with campaign appeals tonight. The candidates, and top supporters, have been out in force today, as the days before the election dwindle¹ to a final few.

　　Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage².

　　LISA DESJARDINS: This is what the scramble³ for votes looks like five days before Election Day: Hillary Clinton in North Carolina and President Obama, campaigning for her in Florida, both holding college rallies, both pitching to younger voters, plus, campaign manager Robby Mook on a TV talk show, "The View," reaching out to women voters.

　　On the other side, Donald Trump⁴ kept up his Florida focus today, while V.P. nominee⁵ Mike Pence spoke⁶ on a farm in Iowa, going for the rural vote and with him a surprise companion, Ted⁷ Cruz, former sharp Trump rival today campaigning for his team for the first time.

　　SEN. TED CRUZ (R-Texas): If you care about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: And aiming for conservative votes.

　　This as voting itself is well under way, with more than 31 million early and absentee ballots⁸ already cast. That's about a quarter of all the votes expected this year. In general, Democrats⁹ want and usually need a big lead in early votes. That's something they had both times President Obama won. It's not yet clear they will get it this year.

　　Trump's latest strategy to win votes? Part one, a sharply stepped-up attack on Hillary Clinton, not just talking about current FBI questions, but going much further than the FBI about what may be next.

　　性格的问题仍在主导最终的竞选争夺

　　DONALD TRUMP (R), Presidential Nominee: Here we go again with Clinton. You remember the impeachment¹⁰ and the problems. She is likely to be under investigation¹¹ for many, many years, also likely to conclude in a criminal trial. This is not what we need in this country, folks.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Top Democrats, like V.P. nominee Tim Kaine and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, are pushing back strongly, saying Republicans should stop talk of possibly impeaching¹² Clinton.

　　Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, Melania Trump reached out in her first campaign event since the GOP Convention.

　　MELANIA TRUMP, Wife of Donald Trump: Do we want a country that respects woman and provides them with equal opportunity?

　　AUDIENCE: Yes!

　　LISA DESJARDINS: But in Miami, President Obama questioned whether Mrs. Trump's her husband truly does respect women.

　　PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Who you are, what you are doesn't change after you occupy the Oval Office. All it does is magnify who you are. All it does is shine a spotlight¹³ on who you are. If you disrespected women before you were in office, you will disrespect women as president.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: And Clinton highlighted the idea of character again in North Carolina.

　　HILLARY CLINTON (D), Presidential Nominee: Someone who thinks the lives of black people are all crime and poverty and despair, he has no idea.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: It is, as it has been, a race about character and whose character voters question more.

　　For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Lisa Desjardins.

1 dwindle   

v.逐渐变小（或减少）

参考例句：

• The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。

2 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。

3 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

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 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。

6 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。

7 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

8 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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》

10 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 impeaching   

v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的现在分词 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议

参考例句：

13 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。