霉霉宣布支持哈里斯

近日，著名歌手泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）在社交媒体平台上宣布将在今年美国总统大选中，支持卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What motivated Taylor Swift to publicly endorse Kamala Harris for president?

A) Her admiration for Harris's financial policies.

B) The fake endorsement photo posted by Donald Trump.

C) Harris's stance on issues Swift cares about.

D) Pressure from her fanbase to support a candidate.

A) It is a self-description Swift has used for many years.

B) It mocks a comment made by Trump's running mate, JD Vance.

C) It reflects Swift's personal values about family and pets.

D) It was part of Swift's endorsement strategy to attract pet lovers.

无注释原文：

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris

From: The Wall Street Journal

Taylor Swift said she is voting for Kamala Harris for president, giving the Democratic candidate the endorsement of one of the world's biggest popstars. 

Swift, whose millions of devoted fans are known as Swifties, made the announcement on Instagram along with a picture of herself holding a cat moments after the presidential debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, concluded.

“I'm voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” she wrote on Instagram, where she has 283 million followers. “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”

She signed the post with “Childless Cat Lady,” a reference to comments made by JD Vance, Trump's running mate. 

Vance told Fox News in 2021 that the U.S. was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”

Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Swift's endorsement is further proof that Democrats are the party of the wealthy and the elite. “President Trump is going to continue to fight for the forgotten men and women of this country,” Leavitt said.

The singer-songwriter supported President Biden in the 2020 election. It was the first time Swift publicly endorsed a presidential candidate. 

Swift stopped short of telling her fans whom to vote for, telling them to do the research themselves.

“Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make,” she said.

Many of her fans didn't wait for the Harris endorsement to become official. They've already formed Swifties for Kamala, a coalition of fans raising money and getting people to register to vote. 

In August, Trump posted a phony photo of Swift dressed like Uncle Sam, surrounded by the words: “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”

“I accept!” Trump said on Truth Social, his social network, as if he was accepting a real endorsement. 

Swift said in her Instagram post Tuesday that the fake photos conjured up her fears about the dangers of spreading misinformation. 

“It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” she said. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为纽约时报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris

From: The Wall Street Journal

Taylor Swift said she is voting for Kamala Harris for president, giving the Democratic candidate the endorsement of one of the world's biggest popstars. 

泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）表示，她将在总统选举中投票给卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）。民主党总统候选人哈里斯由此获得了这位全球顶级巨星的支持。

endorsement 名词，endorse /ɪnˈdɔːs/ 动词，1）表示“（公开）赞同，支持，认可”，英文解释为“to say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action”举个🌰：I wholeheartedly endorse his remarks. 我真诚地赞同他的话。

2）表示“（在广告中）宣传，代言（某一产品）”，英文解释为“to say in an advertisement that you use and like a particular product so that other people will want to buy it”

3）表示“（在支票背面）签名，背书”，英文解释为“to write your name on the back of a cheque so that it can be paid into a bank account”

🎬电影《侏罗纪公园》（Jurassic Park）中的台词提到：After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park. 仔细考虑以后 我决定不为你的公园背书。

⚠️这里补充一下，看到上面的「背书」你可能疑惑了，除了在金融上的含义，现在往往被用于政治领域。

📍例如，新华网2020年4月份一则新闻标题就为「奥巴马“背书”拜登」讲的就是奥巴马发声力挺拜登。

Swift, whose millions of devoted fans are known as Swifties, made the announcement on Instagram along with a picture of herself holding a cat moments after the presidential debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, concluded.

斯威夫特坐拥上亿粉丝，粉丝群体被称为“Swifties”。在哈里斯与共和党总统候选人、前总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的电视辩论结束后不久，斯威夫特在Instagram上宣布了这一消息，并配上了一张她抱着猫咪的照片。

devoted /dɪˈvəʊ.tɪd/ 表示“挚爱的；忠实的，忠诚的”，英文解释为“extremely loving and loyal”如：a devoted fan 忠实的支持者。

“I'm voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” she wrote on Instagram, where she has 283 million followers. “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”

“我投票给@kamalaharris，因为她为权利和事业而战，我认为这些权利和事业需要一位勇士来捍卫，”她在Instagram上写道。她在该平台上拥有2.83亿粉丝。“我认为她是一位沉稳、有天赋的领导者，我相信如果我们是由冷静、而非混乱的领导人来领导，我们在这个国家可以取得更大的成就。”

warrior /ˈwɒr.i.ər/ 表示“（尤指旧时的）武士，勇士”，英文解释为“a soldier, usually one who has both experience and skill in fighting, especially in the past”如：a Samurai warrior 日本武士。

She signed the post with “Childless Cat Lady,” a reference to comments made by JD Vance, Trump's running mate. 

斯威夫特在帖子里署名“没有孩子的猫夫人”（Childless Cat Lady），针对的是特朗普的竞选搭档万斯（JD Vance）发表过的言论。

reference /ˈref.ər.əns/ 可作动词，也可作名词，1）表示“提到；谈到；论及”，英文解释为“a mention of something”举个🌰：Knowing what had happened, I avoided making any reference to (= mentioning) weddings. 因为我知道发生了什么，所以就避开不谈婚礼的事儿。

2）表示“引文出处；参考书目；参考文献”，英文解释为“a writer or a book, article, etc. that is mentioned in a piece of writing, showing you where particular information was found”

running mate /ˈrʌn.ɪŋ ˌmeɪt/ 表示“（美国政治选举中的）竞选伙伴”，英文解释为“in the US, a political partner chosen for a politician who is trying to get elected”举个🌰：If a candidate for president wins the election, his/her running mate becomes the vice president. 如果总统候选人赢得选举，他/她的竞选伙伴就成为副总统。

Vance told Fox News in 2021 that the U.S. was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”

万斯曾在2021年对福斯新闻（Fox News）表示，美国正由“一群没有孩子的猫夫人”管理着，“她们对自己的生活和所做的选择感到痛苦，所以她们想让这个国家的其他人也痛苦不堪。”

bunch /bʌntʃ/ 1）表示“串；束；扎”，英文解释为“a number of things of the same type fastened together or in a close group”如：a bunch of flowers/grapes/bananas/keys 一束花/一串葡萄/一串香蕉/一串钥匙。

2）a bunch (of sth)表示“大量；大批”，英文解释为“a large amount of sth; a large number of things or people”举个🌰：I have a whole bunch of stuff to do this morning. 我今天上午有一大堆活儿。

Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Swift's endorsement is further proof that Democrats are the party of the wealthy and the elite. “President Trump is going to continue to fight for the forgotten men and women of this country,” Leavitt said.

特朗普的发言人卡罗琳·莱维特（Karoline Leavitt）表示，斯威夫特的支持进一步证明了民主党是富人和精英的政党。“特朗普总统将继续为这个国家中被遗忘的男男女女而战，”莱维特说。

proof /pruːf/ 作名词，表示“证据；证物；证明”，英文解释为“a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or is true”

proof作形容词表示“能抵抗某物；能对抗某物；能防御某”，英文解释为“to be too strong or good to be affected by something bad”举个🌰：Their defences are proof against most weapons. 他们的防卫工事可以抵挡大多数武器的攻击。

proof还有一个常见的用法就是和名词构成复合词，“-proof”，表示“耐…的，防…的，抗…的；不易受到…影响/破坏的”，如：a bulletproof car 防弹汽车，a waterproof jacket 防水上衣，a childproof container 防儿童开启的容器；同样也可以构成动词，如：给房间隔音 soundproof a room (= so that sound cannot get into or out of it)。

The singer-songwriter supported President Biden in the 2020 election. It was the first time Swift publicly endorsed a presidential candidate. 

这位创作型歌手在2020年大选中支持了美国总统拜登（Joe Biden）。这是斯威夫特首次公开支持总统候选人。

Swift stopped short of telling her fans whom to vote for, telling them to do the research themselves.

斯威夫特没有告诉粉丝应该投票给谁，而是建议他们自己去做调研。

“Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make,” she said.

“你们的调研由你们自己去做，选择权在你们自己手中，”她说。

Many of her fans didn't wait for the Harris endorsement to become official. They've already formed Swifties for Kamala, a coalition of fans raising money and getting people to register to vote. 

斯威夫特的很多粉丝并没有等待哈里斯正式获得她的支持。他们已经成立了“Swifties for Kamala”联盟，这是一个由斯威夫特粉丝组成的联盟，他们筹集资金并鼓励人们登记投票。

coalition /ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃən/ 表示“（不同政党或不同群体的人为特定目标而暂时形成的）联盟，同盟，联合体”，英文解释为“the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way”

register /ˈredʒ.ɪ.stər/ 1）熟词僻义，表示“显示（读数）；记录”，英文解释为“if a measuring instrument registers an amount or sth registers an amount on a measuring instrument, the instrument shows or records that amount”举个🌰：The thermometer registered 25°C. 温度计显示读数为25摄氏度。

2）我们常见的含义是“（尤指把姓名）登记，注册”，英文解释为“to put information, especially your name, into an official list or record”举个🌰：I registered the car in my name. 我把车登记在我的名下。

3）表示“流露出；显得；表达出”，英文解释为“to show or express a feeling”举个🌰：Her face registered disapproval. 她脸上流露出不赞同的神色。

📍政府工作报告中经常会出现这个词，比如2020年报告Part 1中提到的：先进制造业、现代服务业较快增长。Advanced manufacturing and modern services registered rapid growth. 以及2018年报告Part 1中提到的：国内生产总值从54万亿元增加到82.7万亿元，年均增长7.1%，China's gross domestic product (GDP) has risen from 54 trillion to 82.7 trillion yuan, registering average annual growth of 7.1 percent; 都有“显示；指示；表达”的含义（to record, show, or express something）。

In August, Trump posted a phony photo of Swift dressed like Uncle Sam, surrounded by the words: “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”

今年8月，特朗普在他的社交媒体平台Truth Social上发布了一张斯威夫特打扮成山姆大叔的假照片，图片上文字环绕：“泰勒希望你投票给唐纳德·特朗普。”

等于phoney /ˈfəʊ.ni/ 表示“虚伪的；假冒的，伪造的”，英文解释为“not sincere or not real”举个🌰：All salespeople seem to have the same phoney smile. 所有推销员的微笑似乎都一样，假惺惺的。

“I accept!” Trump said on Truth Social, his social network, as if he was accepting a real endorsement. 

“我接受！”特朗普在Truth Social上说，仿佛他在接受一份真正的背书。

Swift said in her Instagram post Tuesday that the fake photos conjured up her fears about the dangers of spreading misinformation. 

斯威夫特周二在Instagram帖子中表示，这些假照片让她对传播虚假信息的危险感到担忧。

conjure sth up 1）表示“想象出；联想起”，英文解释为“to make a picture or idea appear in someone's mind”举个🌰：For some people, the word "England" may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties. “英格兰”这个词仍能使一些人联想到漂亮的花园和茶会。

2）表示“变出；如变戏法一般做出（尤指食物）”，英文解释为“to make something good, especially food, quickly and in a skilful way ”举个🌰：How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge? 冰箱里几乎什么都没有，我怎么可能给他的6个朋友变出一顿饭来？

“It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” she said. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”

“这让我得出结论，作为一名选民，我需要非常透明地说明我对这次选举的实际打算，”她说。“对抗虚假信息最简单方法就是讲真话。”

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