Welcome to the Voice of America’s “News Words”, where we teach you about words in the news.
欢迎收听美国之声“新闻词汇”，在这里我们会教您新闻中的词汇。
Democrats and Republicans are the two major U.S.Political parties.
民主党和共和党是美国的两大政治党派。
Listen to Republican Senator John McCain talk about immigration reform:
请听共和党参议院约翰·麦凯恩关于移民改革的讲话：
“I think we can show the country and the world that we are capable of tackling this issue, a looming and terrible issue that has to be resolved in a bipartisan basis.”
“我认为我们可以展现给这个国家和整个世界，我们有能力解决这个问题，这是一个正在逼近的可怕问题，必须在两党合作的基础上解决。”
“Bipartisanship” means to work together -- even when people do not agree.
“两党合作”的意思是一同协作——即使他们意见不一致。

On Capitol Hill, bipartisanship has been rare in recent years.
在美国国会山，两党合作在近些年已经很罕见了。
But on the issue of immigration, senators from both major parties worked together to bring the reform bill up for debate.
但在移民问题上，两大党的参议员合力将改革法案提到讨论的议程上。
So when you hear the word “bipartisanship,” your will know what this News Word means.
所以当你听到“两党合作”这个词的时候，你就知道这个新闻词汇是什么意思了。