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VOA常速英语:亚利桑那州莫哈维县强烈支持特朗普总统
山姆.斯卡玛多经营一家枪械店和一家射击场,客人可以在此购买高性能的轻武器。
“Whoosh, this is not a lot of kick.”
“呼,反冲力不算太强。”
Small town Arizona is conservative and Trump country, people strongly support the President.
亚利桑那州的这座小镇非常保守,支持特朗普。人们非常支持现在的总统。
Sometimes he’s a little bombastic, but you know, behind the bombast and show,there’s a whole lot of, whole lot of thought on what’s, what is will make American great again,and America does need to be great again."
“有时他是有点夸夸其谈,但是你知道,夸大和炫耀之后是很多很多想法,关于怎样才能使美国再次强大起来的想法。美国也确实需要再次强大起来。”
He says Mr. Trump supports American traditions, such as gun ownership.
他说特朗普先生支持一些美国的传统,比如持枪权。
“308 caliber full auto, 600 rounds a minute approximately.”
“这是308口径的全自动机枪,一分钟大约600发。”
Scarmardo sells and rents guns, including fully automatic machine guns, he’s concerned about many issues.
斯卡玛多出售并租赁枪支,包括一些全自动的机枪。他关心很多方面的问题。
Immigration’s number one.We have people in this town that are out of work or underemployed, totally unemployed,that can’t feed their own families and we have a terrible influx of illegal aliens."
“移民问题是首要的。我们镇上有一些失业或未充分就业的人,完全失业的人,他们养活不起自己的家人。还有非法入境者涌入的问题。”
“We’re spending a hell of a lot of money now.”
“我们现在的支出实在是太多了。”
Scarmardo attends a weekly breakfast of Republican voters, where talk shifts from local issues to President Trump.These are strong supporters.
斯卡玛多每周参加一个共和党选民的早餐聚会,在那里话题可以从当地事物转移到特朗普总统。他们都是热切的支持者。
The county is home to Lake Havasu and the transplanted London Bridge.But it is struggled with a sagging economy.
这个小镇是哈瓦苏湖和移居的伦敦桥的所在地。但却面临着日益衰退的经济状况。
One supporter hopes that Mr. Trump, a businessman,is not worsen the relations with Mexico, on Arizona’s southern border.
一位支持者希望,商人特朗普先生,不要恶化同亚利桑那州南部边境接壤的墨西哥之间的关系。
It implies strained relations with the entirety of the Western hemisphere through Latin America.This then creates a greater entree point for countries like China,to then exert their financial power in the region."
“那就意味着和穿过拉丁美洲的整个西半球产生紧张关系。然后就给一些国家,如中国,创造了一个更好的切入点,在这些地区发挥他们的财力。”
These voters say that Mr. Trump understands American business, and western values,and while others may criticize, they applaud the rapid changes that they are seeing in Washington.
这些支持者们说特朗普先生了解美国的商业和西方的价值观念。虽然其他人可能会批评,但它们仍然为目睹的华盛顿的迅速变化而鼓掌。
Mike O’Sullivan, VOA news,Mohave County, Arizona.
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