5 takeaways from the first american presidential debate
The first american presidential debate:
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have squared off in the first debate of the 2024 United States presidential race, seeking to pull ahead in a match-up that has, so far, been in a dead heat.
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Trump and Biden spar over handling of economy.
spar /spɑː(r)/ to argue with sb, usually in a friendly way（多指在友好气氛中）辩论，争论
Trump: He created mandates that was a disaster for our country but other than that we had given them back a country where the stock market actually was higher than pre-covid and nobody thought that was even possible. Uh the only jobs he created are for illegal immigrants and bounceback jobs, a bounceback from the covid. He has not done a good job, he's done a poor job and inflation's killing our country, it is absolutely killing us.
man·date /ˈmændeɪt/ the period of time for which a government is given power（政府的）任期
- The presidential mandate is limited to two terms of four years each. 总统的任期不得超过两届，每届四年
the stock market 股票市场
pre-covid 疫情之前
illegal immigrants 非法移民
Bounceback n. 弹回；反射
in·fla·tion /ɪnˈfleɪʃn/ a general rise in the prices of services and goods in a particular country, resulting in a fall in the value of money 通货膨胀
Biden: We created 15,000 new jobs, we brought out the position where we have 800 100,000 new manufacturing jobs but there's more to be done, working class people are still in trouble. I come from Scranton Pennsylvania I come up household where at a kitchen table if the things weren't able to be met during the month. It was a problem, price of eggs, the price of gas, the price of housing, the price of a whole range of things. That's why I'm working so hard to make sure I deal with those problems.
bring out 使出现, 使显明; 公布, 出版
- Pressure can bring out the worst in people. 压力可以使人现出原形。
manufacturing jobs 制造业工作：指在制造业领域从事的各种工作，包括生产、加工、装配等。
working class people 工薪阶层：指靠出卖自己的劳动力为生的人群，通常是指工人、农民、服务业从业者等。
in trouble 处困难中
Pennsylvania /ˌpenslˈveɪniə/ 宾夕法尼亚州（美国州名）
household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ n. 家庭，一家人