VOA建国史话(翻译+字幕+讲解):"里根革命"的到来
日期:2018-10-01 19:19

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Today, we tell about the campaign for president in nineteen eighty and the election of President Ronald Reagan. The president of the United States in nineteen eighty was Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. The months before Election Day were difficult for him. Many Americans blamed Carter for high inflation, high unemployment, and the low value of the United States dollar. Many blamed him for not gaining the release of American hostages in Iran. About a year earlier, Muslim extremists had taken the Americans prisoner after seizing the United States embassy in Tehran. President Carter asked all Americans to support his administration during the crisis. As months went by, however, he made no progress in bringing the hostages home. The Iranians rejected negotiations for their release. Sometimes, they did not communicate with the Carter administration at all. The president appeared powerless. Carter's political weakness led another Democrat to compete for the party's presidential nomination. It was Edward Kennedy, brother of former President John Kennedy. He was a powerful senator from Massachusetts. Carter was re-nominated. So was his vice president, Walter Mondale.

Kennedy did not support them very strongly. So the Democratic Party was divided for the general election. The Republican Party, however, was united behind a strong candidate. That was Ronald Reagan, a former actor and former governor of California. Reagan's vice presidential candidate was George Bush. Bush had served in Congress and as head of the Central Intelligence Agency. He had represented the United States in China and at the United Nations. The troubles of the Carter administration caused many Americans to feel that their country was no longer strong. Ronald Reagan promised to make it strong again. Several weeks before the election, Carter and Reagan debated each other on television. Some observers said Carter seemed angry and defensive. They said Reagan seemed calm and thoughtful. On Election Day, voters gave Reagan a huge victory. He won by more than eight million popular votes. Republicans called it the "Reagan Revolution."On Inauguration Day, the new president spoke about the goals of his administration. A major goal was to reduce the size of the federal government. Reagan and other conservatives believed that the nation's economy was suffering because of high taxes and unnecessary laws.
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In this crisis, he said, government was not the solution to the problem, government was the problem. He urged Americans to join him in what he called a "new beginning." And he expressed hope that the people would work with him. REAGAN: "The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months. But they will go away. They will go away because we as Americans have the capacity now -- as we have had in the past -- to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom."Ronald Reagan was born in nineteen eleven, in the little town of Tampico, Illinois. He was a good student and a good athlete. During the summer, he worked as a lifeguard at a local swimming area. One summer, he saved the lives of twenty-seven people. He studied economics and sociology at Eureka College, a small school in Illinois. At the college, he saw a theater production. When it was over, he said, "More than anything in the world, I wanted to speak the actor's words."Reagan did not have enough money to go to New York or Hollywood to be an actor. Instead, he tried to get a job as a sports announcer on radio.

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To show his abilities, he made a recording of an American football game in which he announced all the plays. There really was no game, however. He had invented all the action. A radio station in the small city of Davenport, Iowa, was pleased with his creativity. He got the job. Later, he worked at a radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. And then he moved to the big city of Chicago, Illinois. There he announced the action of baseball games. When the team went to California to play, Reagan went, too. This gave him a chance to take a screen test to become a movie actor. The Warner Brothers Motion Pictures company liked the friendly, handsome young man and offered him a job. Before long, Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood star. He appeared in many movies. These included "The Knute Rockne Story," "Bedtime for Bonzo," and "King's Row." They were not the very best motion pictures made in Hollywood, but they were popular. During one movie, he met actress Nancy Davis. They married after he was divorced from his first wife. Reagan became deeply interested in politics during his years in Hollywood.

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He was a liberal, but became increasingly conservative. He served six times as president of a union of movie actors. He was noted for his opposition to anyone in the movie industry who supported communism. By the early nineteen fifties, Reagan had stopped appearing in movies. Instead, he appeared on television. He made advertisements and also presented a series of dramatic shows. By nineteen sixty, he was making speeches for conservative Republican candidates. In nineteen sixty-six, he became a candidate himself. He ran for governor of California. The Democrats did not think he was a serious candidate. They told jokes about some of his movies. They made a mistake. When the voting was over, Reagan had won by almost one million votes. As governor, Reagan was praised for reducing the state's huge debt. However, he was criticized for raising taxes. He also was criticized for his severe policies for controlling unrest at the state's colleges. Yet, he won re-election in nineteen seventy. Reagan campaigned for the Republican nomination for president in nineteen seventy-six. He almost defeated President Gerald Ford for the nomination. One of the party's older senators spoke with Reagan after the convention. He said, "Son, you will be president some day.

This just was not your year." Four years later, with President Jimmy Carter in trouble, Reagan's day had arrived. Ronald Reagan was sworn-in as America's fortieth president on January twentieth, nineteen eighty-one. For many Americans, the day turned out even happier than expected. Iran finally announced that it would free the hostages in Tehran. One of President Reagan's earliest proposals made many Americans happy, too. He began to work to get Congress to reduce taxes. He also began a weekly series of radio broadcasts. In these programs, he commented on developments in American life and political policy. The broadcasts were similar to those made by President Franklin Roosevelt during the nineteen-thirties. Some people started to call Reagan "The Great Communicator."Two months after Reagan took office, something unexpected and terrible happened. The president was leaving a meeting at a hotel in Washington. A gunman began to fire. A man guarding the president fell to the ground. So did the president's press assistant. Both were seriously wounded. Other guards quickly helped Reagan into his car. At first, observers did not think the president had been hit. But he had. There was a bullet in his left lung, close to his heart. Doctors removed the bullet. Reagan fought courageously to get well...and he did. We will continue the story of President Ronald Reagan next week.
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重点解析

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1.presidential nomination 总统提名
But tea-partiers will consider all the worming and the takeover to have been for naught if a candidate from the right of the party fails to win its presidential nomination.
不过,如果来自右翼政党的候选人无法赢得候选总统提名的资格,那么茶党成员会认为此前所有的努力都会化为乌有v3HQQMJXP&Q5Y
2.conservative 保守派,守旧者
Should I be aggressive or conservative with my money before 30?
在30岁之前我应该风险投资还是保守存钱?
3.campaigned for 竞选
She campaigned for women’s suffrage, workers’ rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.
此外她还投身于争取妇女选举权、工人权利、社会主义运动等诸多进步事业=AkT~#-r%z,2H[C&f((
4.radio broadcasts 无线电广播
Radio broadcasts and transportation, especially automobiles, ships, and trains, changed the way people viewed their world.
广播和交通工具(尤其是汽车、轮船和火车等)改变了人们的对世界的看法EFp5i=[).O!-62O&^

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今天,我们为您讲述1980年总统竞选和罗纳德·里根当选总统的故事eQ;cSF3ari.g=EV。1980年,美国总统是民主党人吉米·卡特I-fy%e4L00NX。选举日前的几个月对他来说是艰难的zm06kmXZp(8H*nCs.X[+。许多美国人因高通胀、高失业和美元贬值而责备卡特pX9tphD+=ysiIyC%bia1。卡特因伊朗的美国人质释放问题备受指责R(M0gL&8FZxj*。大约一年前,穆斯林极端分子在占领了美国驻德黑兰大使馆后抓走了美国人质,危机期间,卡特总统要求所有美国人支持他所在的政府J6jC2S^jhjW3u-cvj#。然而,几个月过去了,他在把人质带回家问题上没有取得任何进展^_zxZH+F-csU。伊朗拒绝就释放人质进行谈判y-ezN.T%iv&Np.,J@。有时,他们根本不与卡特政府通话vVR#AfW|0(p%。卡特总统似乎无能为力XZYdsX*d=j1JI.H9。卡特总统的这一政治弱点导致另一位民主党人竞争党的总统提名ZDDxm-M.[W*fGy+lc8。他就是前总统约翰·肯尼迪的弟弟爱德华·肯尼迪[-!&d!vW~+%ISo27。爱德华·肯尼迪是来自马萨诸塞州的一位有权势的参议员|TK&vx3_&=e,3@(|。卡特再次被提名,他的副总裁沃尔特蒙代尔也是如此Uar7&9.RRS=SYGPy。肯尼迪并不强烈支持他们,因此民主党在大选中产生了分裂B%EDWry]pB。然而,共和党团结一致支持一位强有力的候选人eyk)IM=uV-3sM;2rE。他就是从前演员和前加利福尼亚州长罗纳德·里根ZL8K7Lmx1eXB(])0!。里根的副总统候选人是乔治·布什WW@xR%Zk@!Mnxs
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布什曾在国会和中央情报局任职F_|7fu7t8Ii.xr~^5DN。也曾在中国和联合国代表美国byhvg,;Ewqt]iq,。卡特政府遭遇到的困难使许多美国人感到他们的国家不再强大U5!!M1!1sI^w2y。罗纳德·里根承诺要让它再次强大起来c&6I44GIz&]r6ipD_ul。大选前几周,卡特和里根在电视上进行了辩论;lB;N.@.2h*e5+X9;。一些观察人士说,卡特似乎很生气,很有戒心Qx7IYc~5PSy[。他们说里根看起来沉着冷静,深思熟虑,选举日那天,选民们把票投给了里根vc%tZ#bZ^tN.y。里根以超过八百万的选票获胜,共和党人称之为“里根革命”WGE|c]4VPfBT^a9。在就职日,新总统里根谈到了他的政府目标——缩小联邦政府的规模CD(m&O7,u]s,]~FOm。里根和其他保守派人士认为,国家的经济困难源于高赋税和不必要的法律Lz[PaG%MfQWosf!hCO^I。他说,在这场危机中,政府是问题所在,而不是解决问题的人gA=esVT;;SIxJeH6。他敦促美国人加入他所谓的“新开端”alP&J;2reD=13IgDDv^e。他表示希望民众能与他合作#cYsKnG9sF。“几十年来,我们遭受的经济弊病一直困扰着我们,它们不会在几天、几周或几个月后消失,但是未来会消失Oa5d97EnKAnM。因为我们国人现在有能力,就像过去一样,为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒,我们必须尽我们所能E6C[]R=V#T4u|JCp6U-f。”1911年,罗纳德·里根出生在伊利诺斯州坦皮科小镇8n^MKv3(,2t4Dj=beR

他是个品学兼优的好学生,也是名优秀的运动员*Up%k!aqB5Fgc#3Yux!j。夏天,他在当地的一个游泳区做救生员#Mzn&vy23t)XST。有一年夏天,他救了27个人的生命A%o](%91OaZ,IHi+q^tO。他在伊利诺斯州的尤利卡学院攻读经济学和社会学Y4S!wHF6hDF2!x[LG。在大学里,他看了一场戏剧演出fQQefdx0EiC9[hbI.I7。演出结束后,他说:“我最想讲的是演员的台词No;0pZGfr37HTWV。”里根没有足够的钱去纽约或好莱坞当演员[0;urADhRP~Re*b@b9]。他试图找一份电台体育播音员的工作(yRfAYWaBy.rH;W。为了显示他的才能,他制作了一个美国足球比赛的录音,自己解说了整场比赛xg76&*W1V(@&|Uo^9|1。但实际上并没有任何比赛,是他想象创造了所有的动作场景UWUbbTDSQfH5wO0i。爱荷华州达文波特这个小城市的一家广播电台对他的创意很感兴趣,他得到了那份工作&jdU3.RWoC^kDv-。后来,他在爱荷华州得梅因的一家电台工作67rZJ.wZHAbb。之后他搬到了伊利诺伊州的芝加哥市uNwN~8Q~Zs6hepVJ。他在那儿解说棒球比赛]Priv[i!Q~i@。棒球队到加利福尼亚打球,里根也跟去那里@cFf~mnw43Z9j+y-DT&。这给了他试镜成为电影演员的机会15E]nlH4Ep=。华纳兄弟电影公司喜欢这位友好、英俊的年轻人,并给了他一份工作CBCiYZP!!u[2o。不久,罗纳德·里根成为了好莱坞明星=!,@],*v[aRxe
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他参演了许多电影,其中包括《克努特·罗克尼》、《君子红颜》和《金石盟》等XayfM[yqP49。它们不是好莱坞的最佳影片,但很受欢迎y.xWotEnbvm.!c。在一部电影中,他遇到了女演员南希·戴维斯,与第一任妻子离婚后,两人结婚了yJoKmz,C2)[。在好莱坞的那些年里,里根对政治产生了浓厚的兴趣E+A]szp5YTJ3^。他是一位自由主义者,但变得日益保守,他曾六次担任电影演员工会的主席o%WA-b1iVnRUZTJP15JB。因反对电影业中任何支持共产主义的人而著名_]l;Q-GS~B|KexEpyX2V。到20世纪50年代早期,里根已经不再出现在电影中代之以出现在电视、广告中,且展示了一系列的戏剧表演VB5l86pRGlJxHG。1960年,他为保守的共和党候选人做演讲B4WhFS@T7n。1966年,他自己成为了一名候选人,他竞选加州州长E11gvVSz|ZFmw2H|z5CD。民主党人并认为他不是一个严肃的候选人,讲他一些电影的笑话,他们错了GfY2(GV-#Uz%UQf。投票结束,里根以近100万张选票赢得选举oPs4aOAccwLg)6。作为州长,里根因减少了该州的巨额债务而受到赞扬vkBw9,94@@DMC0@(x。但也因提高税收遭致批评gBJ^]V;oneds]I。而且也因控制州里大学动荡局面的严厉政策受到批评,然而,1970年,里根赢得了连任t=Wr4~a^jWotEc!_。1976年,里根竞选共和党总统提名iBdadbyBpL%ha。他几乎击败了杰拉尔德·福特总统L6a+0[4=aZjDkv。党内一位年长的参议员在大会结束后与里根进行了交谈dYDO_O@43jtO。他说:“孩子,你总有一天会成为总统,这一年不属于你LYBc%M6-D9。”四年后,在吉米·卡特总统陷入困境的情况下,里根时代到来了N(989Drlh^[azTdC_H7

1981年1月20日,罗纳德·里根宣誓就职美国第40任总统9^ykQ2pKEyz8mIev3GQk。对许多美国人来说,这一天比预期的更快乐Hu!gIj06q7dcF。伊朗最终宣布释放德黑兰的人质#GYt1c#9zsn%u%。里根总统最初的一个提议也让许多美国人高兴连连Oc,,+eGdnLEuZR)。他开始努力让国会减税,还开始了每周一系列的电台广播Av_%w6OFE|@。在这些节目中,他评论了美国生活和政治政策的发展qN!=ZZ+T-A*i3。广播节目与20世纪30年代总统富兰克林·罗斯福那些广播类似M!.B=A*(lk+)Z。一些人开始称里根为“伟大的沟通者”&IYdbF9]k3KfCy。里根上台两个月后,发生了一件意想不到可怕的事情E~1m~Cigp8BJ1r。总统正要离开华盛顿一家旅馆举行的会议,一名持枪歹徒开始开枪ze*dr.SA[+CB9。一名总统警卫倒在地上,总统的新闻助理也倒在了地上[GAQGXx,=No36(4xdCL2。两人都身受重伤+1ot]h^tq!j&h[t-。其他警卫迅速帮助里根上车,起初,观察人士认为总统没有被击中,但总统被击中了,他的左肺靠近心脏处有一颗子弹s[]Q_;F|uSz|U。医生取出了子弹)VuiMM5|_^。里根勇敢地和死神做抗争……他做到了Z460;tB*k9~h。下周我们将继续为您讲述罗纳德·里根总统的故事XMncI;hxSLQldVh7
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重点单词
  • preservev. 保存,保留,维护 n. 蜜饯,禁猎区
  • severeadj. 剧烈的,严重的,严峻的,严厉的,严格的
  • creativityn. 创造力,创造
  • democraticadj. 民主的,大众的,平等的
  • dramaticadj. 戏剧性的,引人注目的,给人深刻印象的 dram
  • senatorn. 参议员
  • competevi. 竞争,对抗,比赛
  • prisonern. 囚犯
  • revolutionn. 革命,旋转,转数
  • rown. 排,船游,吵闹 vt. 划船,成排 vi. 划船,