VOA常速英语:Climbing the Hill: New Legislators Are Sworn in

Pete Stauber, Republican, professional hockey player, police commander, dad of four, he flipped his Minnesota district from Democrat to Republican.
Pete Stauber是一名共和党人、职业曲棍球员、警察指挥官、四个孩子的父亲。他之前是明尼苏达州的民主党人，后转投共和党。

Katie Porter, Democrat, tenured California law Professor, graduate of Harvard and Yale, single mom of three, with no political experience she unseated an incumbent Republican.
Katie Porter是一名民主党人、加利福尼亚大学法学终身教授、哈佛大学和耶鲁大学的毕业生、育有三子的单亲妈妈。没有任何从政经历的她使一位现任共和党人下台了。

Both our freshmen legislators new to the US Congress.
这两位新晋立法者于美国国会而言，十分新奇。

VOA is following them throughout their entire year in what we call climbing the hill as in Capitol Hill where US representatives and senators make this country’s laws.
美国之音现全年跟随、记录他们俩攀登所谓的顶峰之旅，因为美国国会山就是众议员和参议员制定国法的地方。

Stauber.... Historically these seats were mostly filled by white men.
Stauber.....一直以来，这些席位大体上都是由白人男性担任。

But November’s election results made the 116th Congress the most diverse in history.
但十一月份的选举结果使第116届国会成为史上最多元化的一届。

Katie Porter is among the largest percentage of women to be elected at nearly twenty four percent.
在所有当选女性中，Katie Porter的支持率最高，约为24%。

My very first issue that I want to work on this campaign finance reform there’s a bill we’re hoping to introduce as HR 1 the first ball that the house takes up.
我工作后的第一要务就是进行财政改革运动。届时我们会出台一份议案，我们称其为HR第一，这是议院首先要接手的工作。

And for Stuber the first bill would be about the jobs in the economy to keep this pro-growth pro-jobs agenda going.
至于Stuber, 他提出的首份法案可能搜索关于经济领域的就业问题，以保持经济增长、增加就业的议程平稳进行。

Pete’s three children will remain in California until the end of the school year when they may move to the nation’s capital.
Pete的三个孩子将继续待在加利福尼亚州，等到本学年结束后便可移居首都。

Stauber’s children will stay in Minnesota with his wife Jodi while in Washington Stauber will share a townhouse with 3 other congressmen.
Stauber的孩子们将和他的妻子Jodi继续住在明尼苏达州，而Stauber将和其他三位议员共用一间位于华盛顿州的别墅。

My room is it’s about 10 by 12 and it’s got a bunk bed for family.
我住的区域可以住10至12人，有一张可以容纳一家人的双层床。

These freshmen know it will be a tough year with Democrats controlling the House of Representatives.
这些新晋议员明白今年将困难重重，因为民主党人掌控着众议院。

Pete Stauber knows that President Donald Trump the man who campaigned for him will be the target of investigations into Russian meddling and other matters.
Pete Stauber知道为其助选的唐纳德·特朗普总统将会是有关俄罗斯干涉大选和其他事件的调查对象。

I can’t stop them from doing that if that’s the majority’s will but I don’t think the American people I don’t think it’s American people’s will.
如果这是大多数人的意愿，那我无法阻止他们这么做。但我认为这不是美国民众的意愿。

Up until this point life for these freshmen has been a blur.
直到此刻，这些新晋人士的生活仍一片茫然。

Mrs. Pete drew number five.
Pete夫人名列第五。

The size and location of a Capitol Hill office depends on the lottery number polled.
国会办公室的选址和大小取决于幸运的得票数目。

The thing I’m most excited about is the members office which is right here I’m gonna paint a bright blue color and she did.
最令我激动的事就是这儿所有的办公室成员。我要把墙面刷成淡蓝色。后来真是那样。

And this color was called Old Glory.
这种颜色之前被称为星条光荣。

The election was nearly two months ago and it’s still taking a while to sink in.
虽然选举是近两个月前的事儿了，但还需要一段时间的适应。

The title of congressman is kind of surreal, you know for me.
对我而言，议员这一头衔还是有点不现实。

People ask me who are you and I say I’m a law professor and I’m a consumer, advocate and I’m a mom and this is an additional identity that I have to think about so it is a change.
人们问我我是谁，我回答说我是一位法学教授、消费者和拥护者，我还是一位母亲，这是一个附加的身份，我需要好好思考这一点。所以，这是一种改变。