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America divided
美利堅(jiān)“分”眾國(guó)
Politicians are making Americans miserable. The mid-terms offer a chance to change
政客們讓美國(guó)民眾痛苦不堪，中期選舉是一個(gè)改變的機(jī)會(huì)
As America prepares to go to the polls on November 6th, the country is more divided and angry than it has been in decades.
美國(guó)將在11月6日舉行中期選舉，幾十年間，美國(guó)人從未如此意見不一、義憤填膺。
Campaigning for the mid-terms has been marred by politicians routinely treating each other as rogues, fools or traitors.
政客們照例都將對(duì)方當(dāng)做無(wú)賴、白癡和騙子，破壞了中期選舉。
In recent days a supporter of President Donald Trump has sent bombs to 14 of his opponents
近日，一名特朗普支持者向14名對(duì)手（美國(guó)民主黨）郵寄了炸彈裝置，
and a white supremacist has murdered 11 worshippers at a synagogue, in the worst anti-Semitic act in America's history.
一位白人至上主義者在猶太教堂殺害了11名禮拜者，這是美國(guó)史上最嚴(yán)重的反猶太主義事件。
Toxic federal politics is America's great weakness.
有毒的聯(lián)邦政治（攻擊競(jìng)選對(duì)手的政治行為）是美國(guó)最致命的軟肋。
It prevents action on pressing real issues, from immigration to welfare;
它阻礙了解決從移民到福利一系列緊迫的實(shí)際問題；
it erodes Americans' faith in their government and its institutions;
它侵蝕了美國(guó)民眾對(duì)政府及其機(jī)構(gòu)的信任；
and it dims the beacon of American democracy abroad.
它還使美國(guó)民主燈塔在別國(guó)黯淡無(wú)光。
The mid-term elections are a chance to begin stopping the rot—and even to start the arduous task of putting it right.
中期選舉是一個(gè)停止這種腐敗的機(jī)會(huì)——甚至是艱難糾正的開始。
Mr Trump did not begin this abasement. But he has embraced it as enthusiastically as anyone and carried it to new depths of his own devising.
盡管特朗普不是罪魁禍?zhǔn)?，但是他像大家一樣熱情地接納了它，并在自己的計(jì)劃里把它帶到了新高度。
All politicians stretch the truth.
政治家們都過(guò)甚其詞。
Mr Trump lies with abandon—over 5,000 times since he was inaugurated, according to the Washington Post.
據(jù)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》報(bào)道，自就職以來(lái)，特朗普說(shuō)慌已達(dá)5000多次。
His deceit is so brazen and effective that many of his supporters take his word above any of his critics', especially those in the media, and seemingly in the face of all the evidence.
他的欺騙手段厚顏無(wú)恥卻行之有效，以至于很多支持者把他的言論看得比批評(píng)家們的言論還重要，尤其是媒體的批評(píng)家。支持者認(rèn)為似乎特朗普掌握了所有證據(jù)。
That suits Mr Trump because, once nobody is believed, he cannot be held to account.
那很適合特朗普，一旦大家都失去民眾的信任，他就不用為說(shuō)謊負(fù)責(zé)。
But it is disastrous for America.
但這對(duì)美國(guó)來(lái)說(shuō)是災(zāi)難性的。
Once reasoned debate loses its power to win arguments, democracy cannot function.
一旦爭(zhēng)辯失去理性依據(jù)，民主就不能生效。
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