(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Long Division
长期分裂
Why America's rifts are only deepening
美国的分裂为何日益严重
The car horns blared as Joe biden Took The stage just before 1 a.m.—not to proclaim victory, but to urge his supporters not to lose hope, no matter what President Donald Trump might say. "We believe we are on track to win this election," the former Vice President told the crowd in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 4. "It ain't over until every vote is counted. Keep the faith, guys."
凌晨1点左右,当拜登登上舞台,汽车喇叭随之鸣响——不是在宣告胜利,而是鼓励他的支持者无论唐纳德·特朗普总统说什么,都不要失去希望
As the new day dawned and dragged on, it increasingly looked as though Biden was right. Having flipped Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin, Biden appeared to be inching toward victory. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina remained too close to call as of the evening of Nov. 4. Independent forecasters believed Biden was likely to eke out the requisite 270 electoral votes when all the votes were counted, over the President's noisy objections.
随着第二天的到来和拉长,拜登的话也逐渐得到了验证
Even with the White House nearing their grasp, Biden's supporters could be forgiven if they found it hard to keep the faith. The 2020 election did not go according to plan for the Democrats. It was a far cry from the sweeping repudiation of Trump that the polls had forecast and liberals craved. After all the outrage and activism, a projected $14 billion spent and millions more votes this time than last, Trump's term is ending the way it began: with an election once again teetering on a knife's edge, and a nation entrenched in stalemate, torn between two realities, two cultural tribes, two sets of facts.
就算白宫已经触手可及,拜登的支持者们仍会忐忑不安,这是可以理解的
Even if he has lost, a President who trampled the rule of law for four years was on pace to collect millions more votes this time. And though they braced for a bloodbath, the congressional Republicans who enabled him instead notched gains across the board. The GOP appeared poised to retain the majority in the Senate and cut into the Democratic House majority, defying the polls and fundraising defcits. Republicans held onto states such as Florida, South Carolina, Ohio and Iowa that Democrats had hoped to flip. They cut into Democrats' margins with nonwhite voters, made gains with Latinos in South Florida and the Rio Grande Valley, and racked up huge turnout among non-college-educated white people, while halting what many conservatives feared was an inexorable slide in the suburbs.
即使他输了,这位将法治践踏了四年的总统也有望在这次选举中多获数百万张选票
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重点讲解
1.too close to call 势均力敌,胜负难分
The election was almost too close to call, but in the end, the Republicans had the majority.
选举难分轩轾,但最终共和党获得了多数选票
2.eke out 竭力维持
They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活
3.teeter on the brink/edge of sth 处在(灾难或危险)的边缘
The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.
这个国家正处在内战的边缘
4.a far cry from 与……有很大差别
It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.
这和1990年的那些美好时光迥然不同,当时他在欧洲巡回赛中赢了三场锦标赛