VOA常速英语:Young Girls Get a Head Start for a Life in Politics

“Vote for me for president, cause I’m kind, smart and respectable of others and my self.”Eight-year-old Maira Philips was one of the young candidates to be, at camp Congress for girls held this month in Washington.Mothers and daughters teamed up to launch mock bids for political office.
选我当总统，因为我善良、聪明、尊重他人和我自己。本月在华盛顿举行的国会女孩大会上，八岁的梅拉飞·利浦是年轻的候选人之一。母亲和女儿们联手发起了对政治办公室的模拟投标。

With their moms as campaign managers, the girls came up with a platform, finance plan and a slogan.“Trumps was make the America great again.”“That’s a bad one.”“Why it’s a bad one?”“Because like one of the debate they said America is already great.”The program part of the girls in politics initiative began eight years ago
随着她们的妈妈成为竞选经理，女孩们想出了一个平台理财计划和一个口号。特朗普的口号是让美国重获辉煌。这个太差劲了。为什么说它差？因为就像有一场辩论上，他们说美国已经很伟大了。该计划关于女童政治的一部分是八年前开始的，

and is now held in 58 cities across the United States and 14 cities around the world. It’s designed to introduce girls to politics, policy and the work of government. Topic it can be a bit intimidating. “That’s kind of why I wanted to bring her, because I’ve always been kind of, you know, afraid it’s kind of daunting politics, you know, public speaking and everything.So I wanna come to it. It’s kind of explain to her to the, and to show her that, you know, it’s not scary,that’s something that women can do too.”And these young women are up to the challenge.
现在在全美58个城市和全球14个城市举行。它的目的是向女孩们介绍政治、政策和政府的工作。话题可能有点吓人。这就是为什么我想带她去，因为我一直都是那种，你知道，害怕这种令人畏惧的政治、公众演讲之类的。所以我想参加。跟她解释，向她展示，这并不可怕。这也是女性所能做到的。这些年轻的女性也面临着挑战。

“It’s crazy women used to not be able to vote and now we may have a woman president.It’s really cool, so I think that’s really important.Because I don’t want it to keep being like gender, like people can’t do this because you’re a woman. I think that’s damn.”“I wanted to come here today, because I really wanted to become president when I grow up.”“She’s a good person and she wants to make a change in this world. And I think she will.”In an election year in which women are running for office in record numbers.Mom say workshops like this open young girls to a possible future in politics, empowering them to believe that they too can make a positive change in the wold.
在过去女性不能参与选举投票这很疯狂，而现在我们可以选出一位女总统。这真的很酷，我认为这也很重要，因为我不想让人觉得是因为性别，因为你是女性你就不能做这个。我觉得这是个该死的想法。我今天来到这儿，因为我长大后真的想当总统。她是个好人，她想改变这个世界。我想她会的。在选举年中，女性以创纪录的数字竞选办公室。妈妈说这样的工作坊让年轻姑娘们可以在政治中找到未来，让她们相信自己也可以在这个时代做出积极的改变。

I’m Faith Lapidus VOA News.
我是VOA记者费思。