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AS IT IS 2016-10-06 US Vice1 Presidential Candidates Debate Policies of Trump2, Clinton 美副总统候选人辩论:互批对方阵营主帅

Two men seeking to become vice president of the United States were in Virginia Tuesday night for their only planned debate.

The two, Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, spent most of the debate talking about the two main candidates for president. They also attacked the policy proposals of the other’s campaign.

Pence is the vice presidential nominee3 of the Republican Party. The Republicans chose businessman Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. Kaine is the Democratic Party’s choice for vice president. The Democrats4 nominated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate.

The rules of the debate permitted Pence and Kaine to talk to one another during the 90-minute-long event. But they often talked at the same time or spoke5 up while the other was speaking.

Pence blamed Clinton’s policies during her time as secretary of state for current unrest in the Middle East. He said her policies enabled the Islamic State group to grow in strength and numbers.

Pence also blamed her for what he called a “newly emboldened6 Russia.”

Kaine said Trump cares about himself before anyone else. And he claimed Trump had business connections with Russia that he “refuses to disclose.”

Both vice presidential candidates said action should be taken to protect civilians7 in northern Syria. Pence suggested creation of a no-fly zone there. He added that if Russia is involved in more attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo, U.S. forces should attack Syrian military targets.

The two men also agreed on the need for criminal justice reforms.

Kaine repeatedly demanded that Trump release his tax records. Many Democrats believe they will show he has not paid federal taxes for years. Pence said Trump has operated many successful businesses and created thousands of jobs.

Kaine said Trump’s plan to cut taxes would mostly help rich people and might lead to a recession. Pence said Clinton’s economic plan would sharply increase taxes and government spending.

Kaine criticized Trump for his statement that more countries should have nuclear weapons. Pence said more nuclear weapons would make us safer.

After the debate, political observers said they were pleased that the two men spoke mostly about policies, instead of personalities8.

John Hudak is with the Brookings Institution, a research group based in Washington, DC. He said “It stands in contrast to the first presidential debate, which was very personally oriented, very focused on scandals, very focused on guttural politics, and not so much about what the future of America is going to look like.”

Lisa Spies worked for Pence when he served in the U.S. Congress. “We got details, we got facts, we got numbers,” she told VOA. “During the presidential debate, we had adjectives and adverbs, and we had insults thrown at each other, and name-calling at each other. Tonight, even though there were interruptions, they were both stating what their policies would be.”

Tuesday night, supporters of the two nominees9 accused the other side of running a dirty campaign.

John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s drive for the presidency10, criticized Donald Trump.

“I think he has run an insult-driven campaign and I think that what Tim Kaine did tonight was to challenge Mike Pence to try to defend the hateful campaign...”

Representative Jeb Hensarling is a Trump supporter.

“It’s clear that all the name-calling was coming from Tim Kaine. I mean, some of his charges were so over the top. It’s something I would expect to see in a grocery store tabloid11. I just think he lost credibility with the American people. He was just lodging12 charge after charge after charge.”

The vice presidential debate took place five days before the next debate between Clinton and Trump. They will meet in Saint Louis on Sunday.

Words in This Story

disclose – v. to make public; to release

no-fly zone – n. an area where aircraft are not permitted to fly

focused – v. to direct one’s attention or effort at something

scandal – n. something shocking or considered wrong

guttural – adj. of or related to the lowest level or condition of human life

adjective – n. a word that changes or modifies another word

adverb - n. a word that changes or modifies a verb

over the top – expression doing more than what is expected or normal

tabloid – n. a newspaper often having many photographs and stories about famous people and less serious news stories

lodging - v. making an official protest or criticizing


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1 vice NU0zQ     
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。
2 trump LU1zK     
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。
3 nominee FHLxv     
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。
4 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
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》
5 spoke XryyC     
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 emboldened 174550385d47060dbd95dd372c76aa22     
v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
  • His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 civilians 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
参考例句:
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
8 personalities ylOzsg     
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
9 nominees 3e8d8b25ccc8228c71eef17be7bb2d5f     
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
10 presidency J1HzD     
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句:
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
11 tabloid wIDzy     
adj.轰动性的,庸俗的;n.小报,文摘
参考例句:
  • He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
  • He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
12 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

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