PBS高端访谈:特朗普宣布大法官提名人选

JUDY WOODRUFF: The NewsHour has confirmed tonight that President Trump¹ will nominate federal appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme² Court. A senior White House official says the announcement is set for tomorrow afternoon. Barrett joined the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2017. Her conservative religious views dominated her confirmation³ fight. Before that, she had clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and she had taught at the University of Notre Dame⁴ Law School. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg one week ago tonight created the Supreme Court vacancy⁵. Today, she was paid final honors before the bruising⁶ fight begins over filling her seat and with just 40 days to go in the presidential campaign. John Yang has our report.

朱迪·伍德拉夫：《新闻一小时》今晚证实，特朗普总统将提名联邦上诉法官艾米·康尼·巴雷特为美国最高法院法官。一位白宫高级官员说，这项声明定于明天下午公布。巴雷特于2017年加入芝加哥第七巡回上诉法院。她保守的宗教观点主导了她的确认战。在此之前，她曾为已故大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚当过书记，并曾在圣母大学法学院任教。一周前的今晚，鲁思·巴德·金斯伯格法官的去世造成了最高法院的空缺。今天，人们对金斯伯格法官做最后的致敬，此后，一场关于填补空缺的激烈斗争即将开始，而此时距离总统大选只有40天。请听约翰·杨的报道。

JOHN YANG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg broke two final barriers today, the first woman and the first Jewish American to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, the wife of a former Ginsburg clerk, eulogized her.

约翰·杨：今天，露丝·巴德·金斯伯格法官打破了最后两道屏障，第一位女性和第一位犹太裔美国人躺在美国国会大厦。拉比·霍尔茨布拉特是前金斯伯格文书的妻子，她对她赞不绝口。

RABBI LAUREN HOLTZBLATT, Adas Israel Congregation: She changed the course of American law. And even when her views did not prevail, she still fought. Justice Ginsburg's dissents⁷ were not cries of defeat. They were blueprints⁸ for the future.

拉比·霍尔茨布拉特，阿达斯以色列会众：她改变了美国法律的进程。即使她的观点没有占上风，她仍在抗争。金斯伯格大法官的异议并不是失败的呐喊。它们是未来的蓝图。

JOHN YANG: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had arranged the honor.

约翰·杨：众议院议长南希·佩洛西安排了这次仪式。

REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): May she rest in peace.

南希·佩洛西众议员（加州民主党）：愿她安息。

JOHN YANG: Democratic presidential nominee⁹ Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, attended, as did running mate Senator Kamala Harris. Lawmakers, some accompanied by their families, paid their respects, wearing masks and appropriately distanced. Bryant Johnson, her longtime personal trainer, gave a personal tribute of his own. As official Washington mourned Ginsburg, the presidential campaign forged ahead. President Trump, who paid tribute to Ginsburg yesterday, courted Black voters in Atlanta, raising concerns about mail-in ballots¹⁰.

约翰.杨：民主党总统候选人拜登和他的妻子吉尔出席，竞选伙伴参议员哈里斯也出席了。一些议员在家人陪同下致哀，戴着口罩，保持适当的距离。她长期的私人教练布莱恩特·约翰逊亲自向她致敬。在华盛顿官方悼念金斯伯格之际，总统竞选活动向前推进。特朗普总统，他昨天向金斯伯格致敬，在亚特兰大向黑人选民示好，引发了人们对邮寄选票的担忧。

DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: Democrats¹¹ are playing games. You see that? Did you see they found ballots in a waste paper basket? They found ballots dumped in a stream.

美国总统特朗普：民主党人在玩游戏。你看到了吗？你看到他们在废纸篓里找到选票了吗？他们在一条小溪里找到了选票。

JOHN YANG: Addressing the NAACP's virtual National Convention, Harris raised concerns about voter suppression.

约翰·杨：在全国有色人种协进会的虚拟全国大会上，哈里斯提出了对选民压制的担忧。

SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA), Vice¹² Presidential Candidate: Why is it that so many powerful people are trying to make us confused about how we can vote, where we can vote, if we can vote?

副总统候选人卡马拉·哈里斯（加州民主党）：为什么这么多有权势的人试图让我们搞不清我们如何投票，如果我们能投票，我们可以在哪里投票？

JOHN YANG: In Washington, the ceremony in the Capitol capped a week of public memorials for Ginsburg, who will be buried in a privateceremony next week at Arlington National Cemetery¹³. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm John Yang.

约翰·杨：在华盛顿，在国会大厦举行的仪式结束了金斯伯格为期一周的公众纪念活动，她将于下周在阿灵顿国家公墓举行私人葬礼。这里是《新闻一小时》，我是约翰·杨。

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 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

4 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

5 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

6 bruising   

adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。 来自辞典例句

7 dissents   

意见的分歧( dissent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Even his dissents were widely quoted, and some prompted legislative changes. 甚至他那些异议也被广泛引用，而且有的还促成了法律上的修改。

8 blueprints   

n.蓝图，设计图( blueprint的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Have the blueprints been worked out? 蓝图搞好了吗？ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• BluePrints description of a distributed component of the system design and best practice guidelines. BluePrints描述了一个分布式组件体系的最佳练习和设计指导方针。 来自互联网

9 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。

10 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》

11 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》

12 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。

13 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。