新奇事件簿 特朗普称移民国家为‘粪坑’

US President Donald Trump¹ has caused outrage² worldwide after he reportedly made racially charged comments about Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. He was in a meeting on immigration with lawmakers on Thursday when he asked why the US allowed people from "sh*thole countries" into the country. He was also reported as saying: "We need more people from Norway." Senator Dick Durbin, who attended the meeting, described Trump's words as "hate filled, vile³ and racist⁴". The White House did not deny that Trump made the remarks. A spokesman said: "Certain Washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but President Trump will always fight for the American people."

据报道美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对海地、萨尔瓦多以及非洲国家发表了带有种族歧视的紧张言论，而后引起了全世界的愤怒。周四特朗普总统和立法委员就移民问题展开会议，在会议上他问到，为什么美国允许“粪坑国家”的移民进入本国。据报道他还说到：“我们需要接收更多来自挪威的移民。”参与会议的议员迪克·德宾将特朗普的用词描述为“仇恨满满、卑鄙以及种族主义”。白宫没有否认特朗普发表过此言论。一名发言人表示：“某些华盛顿政客选择为他国所奋斗，但特朗普总统将一直为美国人民而奋斗。”

There has been a lot of condemnation⁵ of Mr Trump's alleged⁶ comments. Republican Senator Mia Love said: "The President must apologize to…the nations he so wantonly maligned⁷." The United Nations has condemned⁸ the reported description of African nations and Haiti as "shocking and shameful⁹", and "racist". Haiti's ambassador to the United States stated: "If the statements were made, the President was either misinformed or mis-educated about Haiti and its people." President Trump denied making the comments in a tweet. He wrote: "Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously a very poor and troubled country….I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians."

对于特朗普的所谓言论一直都存在着很多谴责。共和党议员米娅·蕾芙说道：“总统应该像那些被他肆意诋毁的民族道歉。”联合国将报道中对非洲国家和海地的描述谴责为“震惊且可耻”以及“种族主义”。海地驻美国大使表示：“如果总统真的做出过此番言论，那么关于海地以及海地人们，他要么是被错误信息所误导，要么是接受了不当的教育。”特朗普总统在推特上否认做出过此番言论。他写道：“我从未说过任何贬低海地的话，除非是海地自己说过，显然这是一个非常贫穷且动乱的国家...我和海地人的关系非常好。”

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 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

3 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

4 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

5 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 maligned   

vt.污蔑，诽谤（malign的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• She feels she has been much maligned by the press. 她觉得她遭到了新闻界的恣意诽谤。
• We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. 回头想想，我们狠狠地中伤了他。 来自辞典例句

8 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

9 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。