儿童谈论政治并分享惊人观点概论.doc

儿童谈论政治并分享惊人观点 The political discussion at Cold Spring Elementary School in Maryland began with the visit from author Cynthia Levinson. 女作家辛西娅·莱文森参观了位于马里兰州的寒泉小学，于是一场政治辩论由此展开。 She shared one of her books with the students, Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do All the Good You Can. 她跟同学们分享了自己写的一本书——《希拉里·罗德海姆·克林顿：尽力做好事》。 I wanted to create sort of a hologram of Hillary right in front of kids, so kids could feel they have a dialogue about issues in American politics. “我想在孩子面前塑造一个有血有肉的希拉里，这样孩子们就能感觉到，他们是在谈论有关美国政治的问题。” And the dialogue was enlightening. 这场对话十分具有启蒙作用。 It was super Tuesday, what made it super? “那是个超级星期二，所以是什么让星期二变超级的呢？” Some students said it would be cool to have a girl president and that Clinton was pretty nice. 一些学生表示，“要是能有个女总统肯定特别酷”，而且克林顿“相当不错”。 But others were skeptical. 不过其他学生对此却持怀疑态度。 儿童谈论政治并分享惊人观点 Im more on Bernie Sanders side because Hillary Clinton is less direct than Bernie Sanders. “我更支持伯尼·桑德斯，因为希拉里·克林顿不如伯尼·桑德斯直接。” Opinion polls indicate some voters are worried that if the former first lady wins, it will be like a third term for the Obama administration. Young Kyle agrees. 民意测验显示，一些选民担心，如果前“第一夫人”赢得竞选，那可能就像奥巴马政府又要获得第三个任期了。小凯尔对此深表认同。 Now I like Hillary Clintons ideas, and hmm…but the only thing I have against her is that, I dont… shes already been a resident of the White House before, and I dont think she should be a resident again. “我现在虽然比较喜欢希拉里·克林顿的想法，而且吧…不过唯一不同意她的一点是，我不觉得…她之前已经入驻过白宫了，我觉得她不应该再住进去了。” The young students also expressed opinions about the Republican presidential candidates, especially Donald Trump. 孩子们对共和党总统候选人也表达了自己的意见，尤其是对唐纳德·特朗普。 Nine-year-old Katherine wrote a letter pleading with him to drop out of the race, because he lies, hes a hypocrite, hes a megalomaniac and hes delusional, which really — those four qualities arent good for a president. 今年9岁的凯瑟琳写了一封信，恳请特朗普退出这场角逐，因为他骗人，他就是个伪君子，是个自大狂，他还总痴心妄想——这四点对于一位总统来说可真不是好事。 These students are well on their way to becoming informed, engaged voters, even if they wont be able to cast a ballot un