PBS高端访谈:华尔街资深人士构成特朗普的经济团队

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: As the picture of the Cabinet President-elect Trump¹ wants is filled in, we're seeing more figures who reflect deep ties to Washington or Wall Street. It's a contrast with his campaign, during which he disparaged² the power centers as corrupt³ and out of touch with ordinary Americans.

　　Lisa Desjardins has our report.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Two fronts for the transition of power today. In Washington, Vice⁴ President-elect Mike Pence worked on alliances with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, as, in New York, team Trump offered more Cabinet nominees⁵ for Congress to consider, including the highest ranking yet, financier Steven Mnuchin for treasury⁶ secretary.

　　STEVE MNUCHIN, Secretary of the Treasury-Designate: I couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to work with him in the administration. And our number one priority is going to be the economy, get back to 3 to 4 percent growth. We believe that's very sustainable. And focus on things for the American worker. That's absolutely our priority.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Mnuchin's resume is full of Wall Street experience, including 17 years at Goldman Sachs. He has no government experience. During the election, he headed up fund-raising operations for the Trump campaign, and had a hand in shaping candidate Trump's message on taxes. If confirmed, he'd be tasked with turning that rhetoric⁷ into reality.

　　Alongside him this morning on CNBC, billionaire investor⁸ Wilbur Ross, who is Mr. Trump's pick to be the commerce secretary and a point person on trade policy.

　　WILBUR ROSS, Secretary of Commerce-Designate: The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff⁹ and non-tariff barriers to American exports.

　　华尔街资深人士构成特朗普的经济团队

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Ross is known for turning around troubled companies, where he cuts costs and sometimes worker benefits to boost profits. He also owned the Sago coal mine in West Virginia, where a collapse¹⁰ killed 12 miners in 2006. He said, "It was the worst week of my entire life."

　　Mr. Trump also picked out a deputy for Ross, Chicago Cubs¹¹ co-owner Todd Ricketts, a prominent Republican donor¹² who, at one point in the campaign, spoke¹³ out against candidate Trump.

　　Mr. Trump made other jobs news today, too. Overnight, there was word that he had cut a deal with the air conditioner maker¹⁴ Carrier to keep 1,000 jobs in Indiana. That is most, but not all of the jobs that the company said it was going to eliminate.

　　Also today, there were questions about Mr. Trump's own business future when he's president. On Twitter, he said he would take himself — quote — "completely out of business operations," and indicated he will explain how in a news conference in two weeks.

　　Also still unknown, who will be Mr. Trump's secretary of state. The president-elect met a second time with one candidate, Mitt¹⁵ Romney, last night in New York. Afterwards, Mr. Trump's former critic had warm words.

　　FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY (R-Mass.): These discussions I have had with him have been enlightening, and interesting, and engaging. I have enjoyed them very, very much.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: All this as Green Party candidate Jill Stein officially filed a hand recount request in Michigan, the third of three states she has pledged to verify.

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

1 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。

2 disparaged   

v.轻视( disparage的过去式和过去分词 )；贬低；批评；非难

参考例句：

• French-Canadian fur trappers and Sioux disparaged such country as "bad lands. " 法语的加拿大毛皮捕兽器和苏人的贬低国家作为“坏土地”。 来自互联网
• She disparaged her student's efforts. 她轻视她的学生做出的努力。 来自互联网

3 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

4 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。

5 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

6 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

7 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

8 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

9 tariff   

n.关税，税率；(旅馆、饭店等)价目表，收费表

参考例句：

• There is a very high tariff on jewelry.宝石类的关税率很高。
• The government is going to lower the tariff on importing cars.政府打算降低进口汽车的关税。

10 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

11 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

13 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。

14 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

15 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。