the next President of the United States.  Now, election day or polling day is the day  

下一屆美國總統的人選。 現在，選舉日或投票日是這一天。

on which elections are held. Now while we  usually know the results by Tuesday night,  

在這一天舉行選舉。現在，雖然我們通常在週二晚上就能知道結果。

you might have been asking yourself,  like so many people out there,  

你可能一直在問自己，像很多人一樣，在那裡。

why did it take so long this year? Actually, on  Wednesday, Joe Biden himself had this to say:  

今年為什麼要這麼久？其實，在週三，喬-拜登自己也說過這樣的話。

So after the popularity of the recent lesson that  we made with the Biden-Trump debate, we thought  

所以，在最近與拜登-特朗普辯論的教訓普及之後，我們認為

that we'd throw together this lesson to help  you to understand the American electoral system,  

我們會把這堂課放在一起，幫助你瞭解美國的選舉制度。

which will help you to understand exactly  why the elections took so long this year.  

這將幫助你瞭解究竟為什麼今年的選舉花了這麼長時間。

And of course you'll also be learning a lot of  political vocabulary that you'll find extremely  

當然，你也會學習到很多政治詞彙，你會覺得非常的

practical if you've been watching the news,  because it's brought up all the time. And finally  

如果你一直在看新聞的話，很實用，因為它一直被提起。最後

we'll learn with some clips from Joe Biden's  victory speech, after becoming President-elect.  

我們將通過喬-拜登當選總統後的一些勝利演講片段來了解。

All right, so now let's learn all of the most  difficult vocabulary and expressions from that  

好了，現在讓我們來學習一下那個最難的詞彙和表達方式。

clip, but really quickly before we do, I want  to let you know that if you're new here every  

剪輯，但真的很快之前，我們做的，我想讓你知道，如果你是新來的，每一個

single week we make great lessons like this one to  help you understand fast speaking natives. Without  

我們每週都會製作像這樣的課程來幫助你理解說得快的本地人。沒有

getting lost, without missing the jokes and  without subtitles. Just like our friend Jushaf,  

迷路了，沒有錯過笑話，沒有字幕。就像我們的朋友朱沙夫一樣。

who says that thanks to our lessons he transformed  his fluency in just a few months and you can too.  

他說，由於我們的課程，他在短短几個月內就改變了他的流利程度，你也可以。

So join over 3 million learners from around  the world by hitting that Subscribe Button  

是以，點擊訂閱按鈕，加入來自世界各地的300多萬學習者的行列。

and the Bell down below, and you won't  miss a single one of our new lessons.  

和下面的鐘聲，你不會錯過任何一節我們的新課。

So rigged means to dishonestly  arrange the results of an election  

所以，操縱的意思是不誠實地安排選舉結果。

or a competition. Another word we can  use that means the same thing is fixed.  

或比賽。我們還可以用另一個意思相同的詞，就是固定。

Now, Trump thought or at least  tried to make people believe  

現在，特朗普認為或至少試圖讓人們相信

that the votes were not counted correctly. So he  thought that the whole thing was rigged. Polls  

他認為選票沒有被正確計算。所以他認為整個事件是被操縱的。民意調查

are the process of voting in an election, and this  is also the name of the place where we go to vote.  

是選舉中的投票過程，這也是我們去投票的地方的名稱。

To sue someone it means to take legal action  against that person. Now you might have heard  

起訴某人就是指對這個人採取法律行動。現在你可能聽說過

some talk that Trump wants to sue the people in  charge of counting the votes in different states.  

有傳言說，特朗普要起訴各州負責計票的人。

So a different way that we could say this is that  Trump is wanting to take these people to court.  

所以我們可以換一種說法，就是特朗普想把這些人告上法庭。

Now this is probably the number one thing you  need to understand about american elections.  

這可能是你需要了解的關於美國選舉的第一件事。

So the electoral college is a unique and also very  controversial method for indirectly selecting who  

所以選舉團是一種獨特的，也是非常有爭議的方法，可以間接選擇誰？

will be the President of the United States. So the  United States we don't actually vote directly for  

將成為美國的總統。所以，美國我們其實並不直接投票選舉。

the President. The electoral college are eeducated  individuals who vote in your place and each state  

的總統。選舉人團是受過教育的人，他們代替你和每個州投票。

has a designated number of electoral votes, based  on the population of that state. So whoever wins  

有指定的選舉人票數，根據該州的人口。所以，誰贏了

the popular vote in a certain state, the electoral  college should vote for that individual. Now this  

選舉團應該把票投給這個人。現在這個

is controversial because it means that you don't  actually need to win the popular vote. In the  

是有爭議的，因為這意味著你實際上不需要贏得民選。在

United States, in order to be elected President,  and that also makes certain states that often go  

美國，才能當選總統，這也使得某些州經常去。

one way or another way really crucial in order to  win, and we'll talk more about that in a little  

為了贏得比賽，我們將在稍後的時間裡討論更多的問題。

bit. Now, if you follow the 2016 elections then  you might remember that Hillary Clinton won the  

位。現在，如果你關注2016年的選舉，那麼你可能還記得希拉里-克林頓贏得了

popular vote, but she actually lost in the  electoral college. Which means that although  

但她實際上在選舉團中輸了。這意味著，雖然

the majority of citizens voted for her, she did  not become the President of United States. Now,  

在大多數公民投票支持她的情況下，她沒有成為美國總統。現在，

if you followed the elections you might have seen  the number 270. You need 270 votes to win. Now  

如果你關注選舉，你可能已經看到了270這個數字。你需要270票才能獲勝。現在

this is because there are 538 electoral college  seats. Now 270 would be the majority of that,  

這是因為有538個選舉團席位。現在，270將是其中的大多數。

so if you get that majority or more then you win.  Biden won both the popular vote and the electoral  

所以如果你獲得了多數票或更多的票數，你就贏了。 拜登贏得了民眾票和選舉人票。

college vote in these elections. Now the pandemic  also played a huge role in this year's elections.  

大學生投票在這些選舉中。現在疫情在今年的選舉中也發揮了巨大的作用。

Let's hear what Biden had to say about that. Do you want to be able to understand the English  

我們來聽聽拜登是怎麼說的。你想聽懂英語嗎？

that natives use in real life? Then I highly  recommend you join our FREE 3-Part Masterclass.  

本地人在現實生活中使用的東西？那麼，我強烈建議你加入我們的免費3部分大師班。

Now in this Masterclass you will learn the 3  Principles that you need to master in order to  

現在，在這個大師班中，你將學習到你需要掌握的3個原則，以便於

be able to understand natives no matter how  fast we speak. And those are vocabulary and  

無論我們說得多快，都能聽懂當地人的話。而這些都是詞彙和

cultural contexts, which you're learning a lot  about in this lesson, and third pronunciation.  

文化背景，這節課你要學習很多，第三種發音。

So you can join for FREE by clicking up  here or down the description below.  

所以，你可以通過點擊這裡或下面的描述免費加入。

Now, Biden says he doesn't see blue states or red  states, he just sees the United States. This is a  

現在，拜登說他看不到藍州或紅州，他只看到美國。這是個

nice play on words here, but let's take a look at  what this actually means. So, blue states and red  

很好的文字遊戲，但讓我們看看這到底是什麼意思。所以，藍州和紅州

states refer to states that are more democratic or  more republican. So blue states are the ones that  

州指的是比較民主或比較共和的州。所以藍色的州是指那些

are more liberal they're the ones, that vote more  for the Democratic party, which is Joe Biden's  

他們是更自由的人，他們是那些， 投票更多的民主黨，這是喬拜登的

party. Now, red states on the other hand are more  conservative, they're more represented by the  

黨。現在，紅色的州在另一方面是更保守的，他們更多的是由代表的

Republican party, which is Donald Trump's party.  Now in some states it's really predictable whether  

共和黨，也就是唐納德-特朗普的政黨。 現在，在一些州，它真的可以預測是否

a state will vote red or vote blue, but there's  some states that are much more unpredictable.  

一個州會投紅票或藍票，但也有一些州更難以預料。

We call these swing states. Now this is because  from election to election they swing in one  

我們稱這些州為搖擺州。這是因為從選舉到選舉，他們在一個地方搖擺。

direction or in the other. Now, in one election  process these states might find themselves more on  

的方向或另一個方向。現在，在一個選舉過程中，這些州可能會發現自己更多的是在選舉中。

the democratic side and another one they might  vote more for the Republican candidate. Now,  

另一個他們可能會更多地投票給共和黨候選人。現在。

as we mentioned earlier, many times elections are  decided by how these swing states vote. And that  

正如我們前面提到的，很多時候，選舉是由這些搖擺州的投票情況決定的。而這

is why they're also often called "battleground  states". So Presidential Candidates fight for  

所以它們也常被稱為 "戰場州"。所以，總統候選人為了爭奪

votes there, and usually their campaigning in  these states is much more aggressive. Now, this  

他們在這些州的競選活動通常更加積極。現在，這個

comes from the word battleground, which of course  is a place where an actual battle is fought.  

來自於 "戰場 "一詞，當然是指真正打仗的地方。

Now if you've been following the news then there's  probably some states that maybe you can't even  

如果你一直在關注新聞，那麼可能有一些狀態，也許你甚至不能。

place on the map but that you've been hearing  a lot about in these elections. For example,  

在地圖上的位置，但你已經聽到了很多關於這些選舉。例如：

Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania.  These are all swing states and they  

內華達州、亞利桑那州和賓夕法尼亞州。 這些都是搖擺州，他們

really were crucial in determining the  results of this year's elections.  

真的是決定今年選舉結果的關鍵。

Now, Joe Biden mentions people from all sorts  of different political backgrounds. For example,  

現在，喬-拜登提到了各種不同政治背景的人。例如：

here he mentions people who are more Progressive,  Moderate or Conservative. So people who are more  

他在這裡提到的是比較進步、溫和或保守的人。所以那些比較

Progressive tend to be much more liberal  in their political views. So for example,  

進步派往往在政治觀點上要自由得多。是以，舉例來說：

they would support a woman's right to choose  whether or not she wants to get an abortion.  

他們會支持婦女選擇是否要墮胎的權利。

Conservatives, on the other hand, want to keep  things exactly how they already are now. We tend  

而保守派則希望保持現在的現狀。我們傾向於

to say that Liberal people or Progressives tend  to lean left, and Conservatives lean right. So  

說自由派的人或進步派的人傾向於左，保守派的人傾向於右。所以

we can think of this as a political spectrum. Now  the further left you go, the more Liberal someone  

我們可以把它看作是一個政治光譜。現在，你越左，越自由的人

would be. And the further right you go, the more  Conservative someone would be. Now people from the  

會是。而越往右走，越是保守派的人就會越多。現在人們從

Democratic party lean more to the left, and people  from the Republican party lean more to the right.

民主黨的人比較偏左，共和黨的人比較偏右。