Name: 皮特-布提吉格的內閣提名是歷史性的。 (Pete Buttigieg’s Cabinet Nomination Is Historic)
Uploaded: 2021-01-21T21:15:56.000Z
Duration: 6 min 3 s

-My next guest is the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana,

-我的下一位客人是印第安納州南本德市的前市長。

a New York Times best-selling author, and the nominee

紐約時報》暢銷書作家，被提名人

for United States Secretary of Transportation.

It's my pleasure to welcome back to the show

我很高興地歡迎你回到節目中來。

You were the first person I saw this morning to enter almost.

你是我今天早上看到的第一個進入幾乎。

It was reassuring to be on those Capitol steps

在國會大廈的臺階上，我感到很欣慰

我們已經看到了那些可怕的畫面

of a mob seeking to take over the Capitol.

What we saw today was one of the most important

我們今天看到的是一個最重要的。

and oldest rituals in American democracy,

things that maybe we used to think of as boring

我們過去認為可能是無聊的事情。

or take for granted, you know, on a day like this,

或者說是理所當然的，你知道，在這樣的日子裡。

at a time like this, actually meant a lot,

The president, I thought, gave a great speech.

and also this amazing poet, Amanda Gorman,

還有這位了不起的詩人，阿曼達-戈爾曼。

You were one of the first people to get there,

你是第一批到達那裡的人之一。

but I couldn't help but get emotional watching everything.

但我看著一切都不由得感慨萬千。

and I go yes. It made me so -- It was like, I felt like

我去是的。這讓我如此 - 這就像，我覺得像

I was, you know, in a George M. Cohan song or something.

我是，你知道的，在喬治-M-科漢的歌裡什麼的。

-Yeah, you know, I didn't used to care about symbols so much.

-是的，你知道，我以前並不那麼在意符號的。

especially when I was first getting involved

在我當市長的時候，在公共服務方面。

I cared about policy. I cared about getting things done,

我關心的是政策。我關心的是如何把事情做好。

和事件對我來說並沒有那麼重要。

But I think just with everything we've been through as a country,

但我覺得我們作為一個國家所經歷的一切，

我們意識到，這些符號很重要。

because it reminds us of the stability of the country.

因為它讓我們想起了國家的穩定。

It reminds us what we're trying to protect

它提醒我們，我們要保護的是什麼？

-What do you think is next for President Biden

-你認為拜登總統下一步要做什麼？

and how he's going to get the country to unite?

他要如何讓全國人民團結起來？

-我想我們在他的演講中看到了。

He's making clear he wants to be a president for everyone,

他明確表示要做一個人人都能當的總統。

But I think in the long run, the best way to unite the country

但我認為，從長遠來看，最好的辦法是團結全國的力量

The best way I think to bring people together is to make sure

我認為最好的方法是讓人們聚集在一起，以確保。

that there's safety, that there's justice and equity.

And there's a ton of work starting right away,

and it really starts of course with defeating the pandemic.

而真正開始的當然是打敗大流行病。

So it was great that even before the inauguration,

所以，即使在就職典禮之前，也是很好的。

as president-elect, he laid out the first steps of that plan.

作為當選總統，他提出了該計劃的第一步。

Now as president, he's already working to deliver them,

現在作為總統，他已經在努力實現這些目標。

and I'm excited to be part of the team to make that happen.

我很高興能成為團隊中的一員來實現這一目標。

-I don't know if I'll be able to call you Mayor Pete anymore,

-我不知道我能否再叫你皮特市長了

because hopefully, tomorrow you will be confirmed

因為希望明天你就會被確認了。

for the role of Secretary of Transportation.

You'll be the first Millennial cabinet member,

你將成為第一個千禧年內閣成員。

and you'll also be the first openly gay person

而你也將成為第一個公開的同性戀者。

You know, I can remember being in high school

你知道，我還記得在高中的時候

when President Clinton nominated someone to be an ambassador

當克林頓總統提名某人擔任大使時。

who didn't even get the chance to get a vote in the Senate

連參議院投票權都沒有拿到的人

在那個年紀，我還沒有真正想過

that I would be serving in public service like I am now,

但它發出了一個消息，你知道的。

not only that gay people might be denied a chance to serve

不僅僅是同性戀者可能被剝奪了服務的機會。

and hopefully receive a vote that will make it possible

並希望獲得投票權，使之成為可能。

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