VOA常速英语:Muslim American Women Make History in US Congressional Midterms

Casting a vote for former state lawmaker and Congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib wasn’t about making history for Detroit voter David White…it was about making a difference.Rashida represents everything that undermines those stereotypes.She doesn’t just appeal to a Muslim community.I mean, she appeals to a wide swath of individuals, and it just so happens that she is a Muslim,
底特律选民大卫·怀特给前州立法议员和国会候选人拉希达·特莱布投票并不是想创造历史......而是为了改变现状。拉希达代表了打破陈规。她的号召力不限于穆斯林社区。我的意思是，她对广大民众也有吸引力，只不过她刚好是穆斯林。

that doesn’t define you and she doesn’t define you in the eyes of the nation.It also didn’t define Somali refugee and Minnesota congressional candidate Democrat Ilhan Omar
并不能用是否是穆斯林来界定他，她也不会以民族的明细来界定任何人。也没有界定索马里难民、明尼苏达州国会候选人民主党人伊尔汗·奥马尔，

to a diverse coalition of voters that helped her defeat the Republican challenger in her Minneapolis district.Tonight throughout not only in my race but throughout the country people are choosing hope over fear, and and unity over division.
多元化的选民联盟帮助她击败了明尼阿波利斯地区的共和党对手。今晚，不仅是我的种族，更是全国各地人民选择了希望而不是恐惧，选择了团结而不是分裂。

While both women were elected in districts that heavily favored their political party, voters like Allison Brooks who cast her ballot in the same Detroit polling location as Rashida Tlaib says,this historic moment was a long time coming.
虽然两位女性都是在大力支持其政党的地区当选，但选民艾莉森·布鲁克斯在拉希达·特莱布所在的底特律投票点投票时说，这个历史性的时刻早该出现了。

It’s crazy that’s 2018, and you know this could be possibly the first time that this is happening, so I mean we need more Muslims and Congress…
2018年太疯狂了，你知道这可能是第一次出现这种情况，所以，我的意思是我们的国会需要更多的穆斯林......

Being Arab and being Muslim is always going to be a part of who I am, but just like Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, he was all about justice, so, so much of my faith is very much embedded in that justice.
我是阿拉伯人，也是穆斯林，这就是我，但就像先知穆罕默德一样，他带来和平，他就是正义的化身，因此，我的信仰中充满了正义感。

Tlaib, who also becomes the first Palestinian American in Congress,promises her reputation as an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies isn’t going to change as she makes the transition from candidate to congresswoman.It’s never going to happen. Yeah, it’s just it’s just not in me.I think people say to me all the time, we want a different and that’s why we voted for you. We need somebody that’s go in and fight.A fight Voter David White is confident she will deliver.Standing up in the middle of speech and you know shouting him down.We need some of that, right?
特莱布也将成为国会中第一位巴勒斯坦裔美国人议员，她也是唐纳德·特朗普总统直言不讳的批评者，特朗普政府的政策也不会因为她从候选人当选国会议员而有所改变。这永远不会发生。嗯，我不是这样的人。人们总是对我说，我们想要改变，这就是我们投票给你的原因。我们需要有人参与其中、为我们而战。选民大卫·怀特坚信她会付诸行动。在演讲中起身高呼、并打断别人。我们需要一些这样的做法，对吧？

We need that strong resistance, even though I don’t necessarily identify you know with that style.A style that will be put to the test come January, when Tlaib and Omar enter Congress as freshmen lawmakers in a chamber their party will control.Now I get to march into the United States Capitol.
我们需要强大的抵抗力，即使我不一定认同这种风格。明年一月，当特莱布和奥马尔作为新议员加入由民主党控制的众议院时，这种风格将受到检验。现在我将进军美国国会大厦。

Kane Farabaugh VOA News Detroit Michigan
美国之音新闻，Kane Farabaugh，密歇根州底特律市报道。