美国习惯用语-第233讲:tax-and-spend-liberal
<p>美国习惯用语-第233讲:<span word="tax">tax</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="spend">spend</span>-<span word="liberal">liberal</span></p><p>美国有两个主要的政党，共和党和民主党。一般来说，共和党代表保守派，而民主党代表自由派。自由派和保守派在英文里就是：<span word="liberals">liberals</span>和<span word="conservatives">conservatives</span>. <span word="Liberals">Liberals</span>就是自由派人士，<span word="conservatives">conservatives</span>就是保守派人士。和世界上其他国家的党派一样，他们互相指责，给对方加上一些不太光彩的外号。自由派喜欢对当前的社会，经济和政治制度进行改革。美国的自由派已经有很长的历史了。可是，保守派长期来一直想方设法在<span word="liberal">liberal</span>这个名字前面加上一些反面的形容词，把它变成一个不是很受人尊敬的名字。下面就是一个例子：<span word="Tax">Tax</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="liberal">liberal</span>. <span word="Tax">Tax</span>就是税收，<span word="spend">spend</span>就是开支。保守派把他们叫做<span word="tax">tax</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="liberal">liberal</span>意思是说，自由派当选执政后，他们的政策就是增加对那些辛勤工作的公民的税收，然后把这些钱去救济游手好闲的人，使政府更能够控制人们的生活。下面是一个共和党候选人在说话。</p><p>例句1: <span word="My">My</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="don">don</span>\'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="fooled">fooled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="promises">promises</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="tax">tax</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="liberals">liberals</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="they">they</span>\'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="taxes">taxes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="you">you</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="backbone">backbone</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="programs">programs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="bankrupt">bankrupt</span> <span word="America">America</span>.</p><p>这位共和党候选人说：朋友们，那些只知道增加税收和开支的自由派人士做了保证，你们别受他们的骗。他们要做的仅仅是对你们这种发挥国家支柱作用的人增加税收，然后把你们的钱浪费在一些项目上，使国家破产。</p>
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