《经济学人》双语精读 NO.1

原文：

Speech is silver, silence is gold

DONALD TRUMP and Joe Biden are not merely the two oldest candidates to contest a presidential election. They also may be the most prolix. Their speaking styles differ—Mr Trump riffs while Mr Biden rambles; Mr Trump nurses personal grievances and Mr Biden tells stories — but they both love to talk. However, in the run-up to last night’s debate, the campaign’s second and last, both campaigns signalled that they wanted their candidates to allow the other more speaking time.

||译文：特朗普和拜登不只是两位年龄最大的总统候选人，他们有可能是最啰嗦的。他们讲话风格不同——特朗普喜欢重复，而拜登则东拉西扯；特朗普心怀不满，而拜登则讲述故事——但他们都有一个共同特点：能说。然而，在昨晚辩论的准备阶段（这是竞选活动的第二场也是最后一场辩论），双方竞选团队都表示，希望各自候选人能给对方更多的发言时间。

Mr Trump’s campaign believed that the more Mr Biden spoke, the likelier he was to ramble and lose his train of thought, which would give credence to their charge that he has lost his mental acuity. Mr Biden’s camp—judging by the first debate’s aftermath, in which Mr Biden’s polling lead grew after Trump repeatedly interrupted, hectored and insulted him—reasoned that the more airtime Mr Trump gets, the less voters like him.

||译文：特朗普的竞选团队认为，拜登讲的越多，就越有可能胡言乱语、失去思路，从而使他们的“拜登精神敏锐度下降”这一说法更加可信。从第一场辩论的结果来看，在特朗普反复打断、挑衅和侮辱拜登之后，拜登的民调领先优势进一步扩大。所以拜登团队认为，特朗普发言时间越多，喜欢他的选民就越少。

1.Speech is silver, silence is golden. 俗语：能言是银，沉默是金

2.Silver tongue 铁齿铜牙/silver-tongued 形容词形式

Sb have a sliver tougue.

3.Not (only)...but also...

不但...而且...（往往后者为重点）

Eg：they are not merely (only) the two oldest candidates,(but) also may be the most prolix.

4.Contest 作动词，指竞争、争夺，后边可以直接加名词

Contest the leadership 争夺领导权

5.Prolix 指写文章或说话时啰里啰唆的using or containing too many words

6.Nerse personal grievances 心怀个人不满nerse 作动词，怀有

7.Ramble 闲逛/漫步ramble around the little island

Ramble (on) about sth 在某一主题下东拉西扯/漫无目的

Eg：ramble on about old sotries.

8.In the run-up to... 在...的准备阶段，名词短语

同义：in the lead-up to.../as sth draws near/as sth approches

In the run-up to Singles Day 双十一来临之际

9.Singal ：express opinions ，表达，表示

10.C ampaign 运动/战役/活动/竞选/竞选活动/竞选团队

Launch an anti-corruption campaign 发起反腐败运动

A campaign against of food waste 反对食物浪费的行动

11.A llow sb sth=let sb have sth 使某人拥有/做某事

12.L ose one's train of thought 走神，失去思路

To forget what one was talking or thinking about

13.give/lead credence to sth 增加...的可信性

Make something more believable

13.c harge : a statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegal 指责别人哪里不对/不好的说法、批评、责备===allegation 陈述、指控