VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：斯威夫特罕見(jiàn)表態(tài)主動(dòng)卷入政治

Taylor Swift Jumps into Politics

斯威夫特罕見(jiàn)表態(tài)主動(dòng)卷入政治

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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in American pop music. Millions of fans follow the singer-songwriter on social media for the latest in music and fashion.

泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)是美國(guó)流行音樂(lè)界最知名的人物之一。數(shù)百萬(wàn)粉絲在社交媒體上關(guān)注這位創(chuàng)作型歌手，獲取最新的音樂(lè)和時(shí)尚。

On Sunday night, Swift did something that she has never done before. She announced her opposition to one candidate, and her support for others, running in November's midterm elections.

在周日晚上，斯威夫特做了一件她從沒(méi)做過(guò)的事情。她宣布反對(duì)美國(guó)11月中期選舉中的一位候選人，并支持其他人。

Swift wrote, "due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years...I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me." She added that she "will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives."

她寫(xiě)道：“由于過(guò)去兩年在我生活中和世界上發(fā)生的幾件事，我無(wú)法支持布萊克本，她的國(guó)會(huì)投票紀(jì)錄嚇壞我了。”她補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，她“將投票支持參議員候選人布雷德森和眾議員候選人庫(kù)珀。”

Blackburn is a Republican Party lawmaker representing the state of Tennessee. She serves in the United States House of Representatives. Swift wrote that Blackburn is against gay rights, equal pay for women and legislation to protect women from domestic violence, stalking and date rape.

布萊克本是代表田納西州的共和黨議員，她在美國(guó)眾議院任職。斯威夫特寫(xiě)道，布萊克本反對(duì)同性戀權(quán)利、女性同工同酬以及旨在保護(hù)婦女免受家庭暴力、跟蹤和約會(huì)強(qiáng)奸的法案。

President Donald Trump, who has campaigned for Blackburn, dismissed Swift's opinion of the candidate. He said, Swift "doesn't know anything about her. And let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25 percent less now, OK?"

曾為布萊克本站臺(tái)的川普總統(tǒng)駁斥了斯威夫特對(duì)這位候選人的看法。他說(shuō)，斯威夫特“對(duì)布萊克本一無(wú)所知。不如說(shuō)我現(xiàn)在對(duì)泰勒的音樂(lè)的喜愛(ài)度低了大約25%，如何?”

The singer also asked her 112 million followers on Instagram to register to vote. She wrote, "October 9th is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting!"

這位歌手還懇請(qǐng)她在Instagram上的1.12億粉絲去登記投票。她寫(xiě)道：“10月9日是田納西州登記投票的截止日。打開(kāi)vote.org網(wǎng)站，你可以找到所有信息。開(kāi)心地投票吧!”

The non-profit website vote.org reported a flood of new voter registration after the post. A spokeswoman told Buzzfeed, "We are up to 65,000 registrations in a single 24-hour period since T. Swift's post."

非營(yíng)利性網(wǎng)站vote.org報(bào)告稱，在斯威夫特發(fā)出這個(gè)帖子之后有大量新選民登記。該網(wǎng)站一位發(fā)言人對(duì)Buzzfeed網(wǎng)站表示：“自斯威夫特發(fā)布消息以來(lái)，我們?cè)?4小時(shí)內(nèi)完成了65,000次選民注冊(cè)。”

The site reported that 190,178 new voters were registered in the entire month of September and 56,669 were registered in August. The vote.org spokeswoman said, "Thank God for Taylor Swift."

該網(wǎng)站報(bào)告稱，9月份共有190,178名新選民登記，8月份登記了56,669名。網(wǎng)站發(fā)言人表示：“感謝上帝帶來(lái)了斯威夫特。”

Republican Party politician and television host, Mike Huckabee, however, dismissed that idea. He tweeted that Swift "won't impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote."

然而共和黨政治家及電視主持人哈克比懟回了這種想法。他在推特上說(shuō)，斯威夫特“影響不到選舉，除非我們?cè)试S13歲的女孩投票。”

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