Trump DROPS Israel BOMBSHELL on Election Day · Fox Business
特朗普在选举日突然宣布停止对以色列的所有援助，引发广泛关注。此事件成为中期选举的重要议题，适合练习政治话题、新闻理解及表达观点。
Are you ready for this?
你准备好面对这一切了吗？
I'm ready.
我准备好了。
It's like our Super Bowl.
这就像我们的超级碗比赛一样重要。
It is, isn't it?
确实是这样，不是吗？
Well, big question.
嗯，这确实是个重要的问题。
Is this election a referendum on Trump?
这次选举是否相当于对特朗普的一次全民公投（即民众通过投票来表达对特朗普的看法）？
You know, I think a lot of midterms are, and this president has specifically put his name, said to everybody he went to a rally,
你知道吗？我认为很多中期选举其实都只是形式而已；而这位总统更是明确表示过自己的立场——他在每次举行的集会上都会向所有人强调这一点。
pretend I'm on the ballot.
假装我也在投票名单上吧。
So thereby making it a referendum, can he motivate his base to come out?
这样一来，这实际上就变成了一场全民公投。那么，他能否激励自己的支持者们积极参与投票呢？
I think that, you know, as we've talked about prices, we've talked about the Iran War, we've talked about how people feel about the economy.
我认为，正如我们之前讨论过的那样：价格问题、伊朗战争，以及人们对经济形势的感受等等。
Every midterm looks at the White House in charge.
每次中期选举都会让人们关注当时执政的白宫。
There are obviously a lot of different issues that factor in, but overall it is.
显然，有很多不同的因素需要考虑，但总体来说情况确实如此。
Do they like him?
他们喜欢他吗？
Do voters like President Trump?
选民们喜欢特朗普总统吗？
His base loves him, and they come out.
他的支持者们非常爱他，他们会纷纷出来表达对他的支持。
Independence and Democrats, it's upside down if you look at the approval ratings.
从支持率来看，独立派与民主党的情况简直完全颠倒了。
I was watching Fox and Friends this morning on Fox.
今天早上，我在福克斯电视台观看了《Fox and Friends》这个节目。
President Trump was on, and he said that he was going to end all aid to Israel by the end of this year.
特朗普总统也在节目中表示，他将在今年年底前终止对以色列的所有援助。
That came as a shock to me.
这真的让我感到非常震惊。
I wondered why he was doing it.
我想知道他为什么要这么做。
Have you any explanation?
你有什么解释吗？
I don't yet, and I thought it was shocking too why today,
我到现在还没有（明白这件事的真相）；而且我觉得今天发生这样的事也实在令人震惊。
on election day, to say that it wasn't prompted, there wasn't a question about it.
在选举当天，根本没有人质疑这种言论的真实性（即这些言论并非出于某种特定目的或被刻意安排）。
So it came out.
就这样，它问世了。
Now there has been a focus, and some of these races, including in Michigan, about funding of Israel.
现在，人们开始关注一些比赛（包括在密歇根州举行的比赛）与以色列资金支持之间的关系。
And you know, was it on his mind for that?
你知道吗，他当时真的在考虑这件事吗？
I know it's been worked about and talked about for a long time,
我知道这个问题已经被讨论了很长时间，也已经有很多人对此进行过研究。
but today's mention of that did catch us off guard.
不过今天突然提到这件事，确实让我们措手不及。
It was quite a day to say, I wonder if he's trying to affect the vote, I don't know.
可以说，这是非常特别的一天。我在想，他是否在试图影响选民的投票决定……不过我也不确定。
But look, you're going to be anchoring on Fox, I believe you start at 6 p .m.
但是你看，你将在福克斯电视台担任主播，我记得你的节目是从下午6点开始的。
Eastern.
东方的。
When do you think we might get the first results?
你认为我们什么时候能得到第一批结果呢？
There are some early bellwethers that we're going to be looking at.
有一些早期的迹象或征兆，我们会对其进行关注和分析。
Florida reports at seven o 'clock, they are the fastest.
佛罗里达州在早上七点报告了相关数据，他们的速度是最快的。
They actually count in about an hour, a lot of the state.
实际上，在该州的很多地区，这些数据大约每小时就会更新一次。
And there's a couple of races there, the 14th district, the 25th district.
那里有几个选区需要参加选举，分别是第14选区和第25选区。
Lean Democratic, if Republicans do well, could be a great night for Republicans.
如果共和党表现优异，那么“倾向民主党的选民”（即那些原本更支持民主党的选民）可能会转而支持共和党，这对共和党来说将是一个非常成功的夜晚。
Osceola County is a Puerto Rican American, not the Cuban Americans down in Miami.
奥西奥拉县（Osceola County）的居民属于波多黎各裔美国人，而非迈阿密地区的古巴裔美国人。
That may give us a first indication of Latino vote.
这或许能让我们初步了解拉丁裔选民的投票情况。
South Carolina, that Senate race, Darlene Graham and Amy Andrews.
南卡罗来纳州的那场参议院选举，参选者是达琳·格雷厄姆（Darlene Graham）和艾米·安德鲁斯（Amy Andrews）。