21考研阅读《基督教科学箴言报》双语精读版-总统辩论的好与坏

According to a survey by the New York State Restaurant Association （of 1,000 restaurants across the state）, almost 64% of ownerssaidthey could close shop by the end of the year without additional financial relief.

根据纽约州餐馆协会对全州1000家餐馆的调查，近64%的店主称如果得不到额外的经济援助，自己的饭店将在年底关门。

1.financial relief: relief在这里是救济的意思，food, money, medicine, etc. that is given to help people in places where there has been a war or natural disaster

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总统辩论有什么好处?这是美国长期以来的政//治//争//论，而乔·拜登和唐XX·特XX总统之间混乱的第一场辩论将进一步加剧这一争论。

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What good are presidential debates? Neither side of this argument pretends the modern debates are


“debates”, per se. The question is more nuanced: In today’s entertainment-saturated age, are televised dual interviews of the candidates in which they respond to and try tobelittleeach other of value to voters, most of whom have alreadymade uptheir minds?

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总统辩论有什么好处？这一论点的任何一方都没有认为现代辩论本身只是一场“辩论”。这个问题变得更加微妙了：在今天这个娱乐饱和的时代，在电视上对候选人的双方采访中，他们互相回应并试图贬低对方对选民的价值，而实际上大多数选民已经决定好把票投给谁了，那这样的辩论有什么好处？

The “pro” side of the debate about debates often emphasizes their role as a symbol of democracy. There is virtue in making the candidates stand together and respond to moderators who are at their best, representingaverage citizens.It’s a norm of the American system that should be respected.

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支持辩论的一方经常强调辩论是民//主的象征。翻译划线句，在文末留言框内打卡，答案下期公布~这是美国制度的准则，应该受到尊重。

The “con” side of the debate says that the contribution of debates to civic virtue is overrated. While they’reframedas sacred rituals they’re promoted as entertainment. Media commentators treat them as partisan competition while making arbitrary judgements of who “won” and “lost”, often based on performative criteria.

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反对辩论的一方认为，辩论对公民道德的贡献被高估了。虽然它们被标榜为是一个神圣的仪式，但却被当作娱乐活动来宣传。媒体评论员将其视为dang派间的竞争，并通常根据表现标准，武断地判断谁是“赢家”，谁是“输家”。

“It’s a mistake to focus too much on issues of personaldemeanorat the expense of rhetorical substance – how something was said, rather than what was said,” wrote Boston College political scientist David A. Hopkins on September 30.

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波士顿学院政治学家大卫·A·霍普金斯9月30日写道：“过于关注个人风度举止而忽视夸张辞藻背后的实质——即过于关注某件事的表达方式，而不是表达的内容，这是错误的。”

Here’s where Tuesday’s debate comes in. Yes, the interruptions and insults, primarily from President Trump, were hard to ignore. They have dominated news coverage of the event. But behind the hand-waving were some clear policy differences, pointed out NPR’s Steve Inskeep on Wednesday morning.

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周二的辩论就是这样的。是的，主要来自特XX的干扰和侮辱很难被忽视。他们已经主导了该事件的新闻报道。NPR的史蒂夫·英斯基普在周三早上指出，但是，在手舞足蹈的背后是一些明显的zheng策分歧。

本文节选自：The Christian Science Monitor（基督教科学箴言报）

发布时间：2020.10.01

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词汇积累

1.belittle

英 /bltl/ 美 /bltl/

vt.轻视；贬低；使相形见小

2.frame

英 /frem/ 美 /frem/

n. 框架、〔家具、车辆或其他物体的〕构架，支架、（人的）体格、〔影片的〕画面，镜头、〔斯诺克或保龄球的〕一轮，一局，一个回合

vt. 围住，框住〔因而使某物显得漂亮或清晰〕、给〔画、照片〕装框、诬告、陷害、〔小心措辞以〕表达、制定，拟定〔计划、体制等〕

adj.有木架的；有构架的

3.demeanor

英 /d'min/ 美 /d'min/

n. 〔反映某人性格特点的〕举止，外表，风度

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词组搭配

1.make up 组成；补足；化妆；编造

2.average citizens 一般市民、普通公民

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写作句总结

While they’re framed as sacred rituals they’re promoted as entertainment.

结构: While they’re framed as ….

尽管被标榜为…

例句: While they’re framed as the new generation inexperienced contestants they are unyielding on nothing.

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