美國文化脫口秀 第398期:最Low的一屆美國大選

今天節(jié)目的標題，是Spencer和很多美國人的心聲。也許我們多少懷著看熱鬧的心態(tài)看特朗普、希拉里之爭。但對很多美國人來說，今年的大選讓人很失望、很沮喪。Spencer就是其中之一，聽聽他的心聲吧!

關鍵詞：

Lose-Lose situation “雙輸”

No matter who gets elected, it's going to be a lose-lose situation: 不管他們誰當選，我覺得都是一場沒有贏家的選舉

Many people feel this is a sad and embarrassing election: 很多美國人覺得這是一次很悲哀、很讓人羞愧的總統(tǒng)大選

We've stooped to a new low: 我們陷入了一個政治新低谷

Why does it make you sad and embarrassed? 這次的選舉，為什么讓你那么沮喪?

Well, where do I start? 我該從何說起啊?

Let's start with the basics: 那從最基本的說吧

美國選舉基本英語

The presidential election: 總統(tǒng)大選

The two nominees are running for president: 兩位候選人競選總統(tǒng)

The presidential campaign: 總統(tǒng)競選 (名詞)

Campaigning to be the president: 競選總統(tǒng) (動詞)

What we heard at the begnning of the show aren't debate highlights: 我們節(jié)目開頭放的那段可不是辯論精華

They are lowlights：我覺得是最讓人羞恥的部分

Low blow: 低級的相互攻擊

The debates don't seem presidential at all: 辯論沒有一點總統(tǒng)風范

Trump and Hillary are just going at it with each other: 特朗普和希拉里就是對罵、互撕

Insulting each other: 相互侮辱

Attack & Smear 攻擊抹黑

Attack ads: 攻擊廣告

Smear campaign: 抹黑

He/she is the worst person in the world. Don't vote for him/her: 相互指責對方是世上最壞的人，你們千萬別選他/她

The debates this year are a new low because they are not policy-focused: 今年的辯論創(chuàng)了新低點，因為都沒好好談政策、政見

They're just accusing each other of doing bad things and being even worse than their opponent: 兩人就是相互指責對方比自己更糟

"I did something bad but you did something even worse": 我是做了錯事，但你更差

Media and politics 政治娛樂化

Media and politics have merged: 娛樂和政治的界限已經(jīng)模糊

It's a huge problem: 是個大問題

The election is like a big TV show: 這次選舉完全像個娛樂節(jié)目

Ads for the Presidential debates look like ads for boxing matches: 比如總統(tǒng)辯論的廣告，風格就像拳擊比賽

It's sensational: 渲染、炒作

The media sensationalize things for ratings: 媒體為了收視率極力渲染

Moral issues for both 兩人道德都成問題

If you're running for office, you have to have the moral fibres: 如果你出來選總統(tǒng)，那你要有基本的道德水準

Last week, there was a tape of Trump saying terrible things about women: 上周，爆出一則特朗普私下極不尊重女性言論的錄影帶

This kind of issues is important but it shouldn't be the focus of the debates: 這些道德問題當然重要，但是不應該是辯論的焦點

The focus should be on policies and how they would implement policies if elected: 焦點應該是政策，如果當選如何落實政策

Instead, Trump and Hillary just keep talking about how much the other person sucks: 但是，特蘭普和希拉里都在互相對罵

最Low的一屆美國大選

Many polls show that Trump and Hillary are the most unpopular candidates ever:

很多民調(diào)也顯示特朗普和希拉里是美國史上最不受歡迎的兩位候選人

Trump says a lot of inflammatory things: 特朗普有很多挑釁、煽動性的言論

It's somewhat easier to understand why he's unpopular: 比較容易理解為什么很多人不喜歡他

But why is Hillary so unpopular? 但為什么那么多人也不喜歡希拉里?

Why don't Americans like Hillary?

美國人為什么不喜歡希拉里?

There are a lot of issues with her: 她的問題很多啊

She's had a long political career: 她確實政治經(jīng)驗豐富

She's more fit to be running from that point: 這個角度說，她更具備總統(tǒng)的條件

Donald Trump is totally unfit to be the president of the United States: 特朗普是完全不夠格的

But she's got her email server problem; Wallstreet speeches...: 但是希拉里有郵件門、給華爾街投行做高酬勞演講等問題

Obama, don't go! 現(xiàn)在覺得奧巴馬真好

You want your country to be progressing: 你當然希望自己的國家往積極的方向發(fā)展

I'm an idealist. I hope our next President will be better than the previous one: 我是個理想主義者，我希望下一屆總統(tǒng)比上一屆好

But it seems we have two people second or even third to Obama: 但是，現(xiàn)在看來兩位候選人遠不如奧巴馬

That's just sad: 這多悲哀啊

We didn't want Hillary 8 years ago, we chose Obama: 我們8年前已經(jīng)沒有選擇希拉里，而是奧巴馬了

But we are choosing her because there's no other choice: 但是現(xiàn)在沒其他選擇，只好選她嗎?

It's saddening: 真令人悲哀

Vote for nobody 這兩個人，我誰都不想投

Many millennials who are more left-wing and more likely to vote Democrat don't want to vote for Hillary"：即使是比較傾向投民主黨的年輕人也有很多不會給希拉里投票

They think she can't be trusted: 他們完全不信任她

She's not trustworthy: 她的誠信有問題

Many think she seems fake: 很多人覺得她很假，不誠實

They don't want to vote in this election: 很多人因此都不想投票了

They seem to be giving up on the system: 好像對體制絕望了

But that's not a good move either: 但這也不是個好方法

I feel it too. I'm definitely not voting for him, but I don't want to vote for her either: 我完全有這個體會。我既不想投他，也不想投她

But I don't have anyone else to vote for? 但是又能投給誰?

If I don't vote, I won't have any effect on the system. That's even worse: 如果不投，那起不到任何影響，不是更糟嗎?

It's a Catch-22

It's a Catch-22: 真是左右為難、一條死胡同

Catch 22原來是一條美國軍規(guī)。約瑟夫·赫勒的黑色幽默小說《第二十二條軍規(guī)》出版后，由于小說巨大的影響，這個詞成為了美語中的固定說法。

用來形容左右為難的境地，或者是一件事陷入了死循環(huán)，或者跌進邏輯陷阱。

相同的意思，還有另一個固定說法：

Damned if you do; damned if you don't: 你投票也不行、不投也不行

I love living in China. My life feels good here: 還好我在中國, 在這兒很快樂

It's a freightening time to be living in the US: 這段時期的美國讓我覺得很恐怖