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本文選自本文選自華盛頓郵報(bào)2016.01.21期，需要大家了解相關(guān)美國政治時(shí)事背景，才能準(zhǔn)確譯出。下面給出參考譯文，請重點(diǎn)關(guān)注劃線部分的句子，如有不妥，歡迎指出！原文鏈接：/p/1001603935184209743764【原文】Bill Clinton praises his wife as change makerBill Clinton speaks Wednesday at a campaign office for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Salem, N.H.Philip Rucker | 691 wordsCONCORD, N.H. -Bernie Sanders may be leading a political revolution, but according to former president Bill Clinton, the real change maker is his wife, Hillary.With the Democratic presidential race tightening and moving into a combative phase, Bill Clinton used twin campaign appearances here Wednesday to sharpen the contrast between Hillary Clinton and Sanders, the senator from Vermont who has surged ahead of her in the polls in New Hampshire.Sounding like the spouse of a candidate running behind, Clinton pleaded with New Hampshire Democrats to deliver his family yet another win, and he crystallized the pragmatist-vs.-idealist contrast between the top two Democratic candidates more clearly than either his wife or her campaign have done to date.Clinton said his wife is a lifelong change agent whose practicality and dealmaking have delivered results, and he cast Sanders - to whom he referred only as Hillary s opponent - as a naive idealist whose ideas may be appealing but are not realistic.To drive home the differences, Clinton singled out the issue of health care. I dont want to comment on the merits; I just want to talk about the practical reality, he said.While Clinton said his wife would preserve President Obamas Affordable Care Act and improve it, he portrayed the single-payer Medicare for all plan that Sanders has proposed as a liberal fairy tale, warning that it stands no chance of becoming law as long as Republicans control the House and Senate.Its a recipe for gridlock, Clinton said, adding: We dont need more gridlock in Washington. We cannot afford to waste a year or two.The 42nd president spoke at a boisterous rally in Concord and gave a morning pep talk to volunteers at the campaigns Salem field office. He has stepped up his appearances on the campaign trail this month, hopscotching between Iowa and New Hampshire to help fill in gaps in his wifes schedule.Clinton acknowledged the closeness of the race with Sanders. Although Hillary Clinton maintains a lead nationally, the latest early-state polls show the two candidates in a dead heat in Iowa and Sanders surpassing her in New Hampshire. A CNN-WMUR poll released Tuesday sent shock waves through both campaigns, showing Sanders leading 60 percent to 33 percent in New Hampshire, although neither campaign thinks the gap is quite that substantial.This has turned into an interesting election, the former president said. It took longer than I thought.Handicapping the race, he added: Were fighting it out in Iowa. Weve got a little lead that I think is solidifying and maybe growing a little bit. Were on a home-field disadvantage here. But the real issue is, who can win the election, whos prepared the do the job, who can make real change?Clinton reflected on the volatile mood of the electorate that has put Hillary Clintons nomination in jeopardy and is wreaking havoc on the Republican establishment.They should be mad, and they should feel left out and left behind, Clinton said of voters. But what they need now is not anger but answers.Clinton seemed perplexed that, once again, his wife is being cast as the status-quo candidate and is losing the mantle of change to an insurgent rival. He called her a change maker at least six times in his Salem remarks.Every day she thinks, what can I do to make it better? Some people think its incremental. I think its realistic.She is a walking, breathing change maker, Clinton insisted.He hoped his appearance would generate more enthusiasm for his wifes candidacy. His visit to the Salem office - a modest outpost in a strip mall, decorated with hand-painted signs that read Pant Suit Power and Granite Staters for Hillary - was upbeat. He helped mobilize volunteers, some 200 of whom showed up to see him.Clinton also talked up his nostalgia for New Hampshire, where in the snowy winter of 1992 he earned the moniker Comeback Kid by finishing a surprising second in the primary. He went on to win the nomination, of course.Youve been good to me. Youve been good to our family. I trust you, Clinton said.Sounding like an underdog, he continued: Two weeks is an eternity in politics. In New Hampshire, its an eternity.【參考譯文】克林頓稱妻子為“變革者”周三，克林頓在新罕布什爾州塞勒姆競選辦公室為他的妻子民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人希拉里克林頓拉票。新罕布什爾州康科德報(bào)道伯尼桑德斯可能會帶來一場“政治變革”，但前總統(tǒng)比爾克林頓卻說，真正的“變革者”是他的妻子希拉里。民主黨總統(tǒng)競選局勢日趨白熱化，進(jìn)入了最終的決勝階段，克林頓在周三的競選活動(dòng)中兩度露面拉票，旨在突出希拉里區(qū)別于桑德斯的優(yōu)勢。這位佛蒙特州參議員桑德斯，在新罕布什爾州的民調(diào)中已經(jīng)遙遙領(lǐng)先于希拉里。克林頓以一個(gè)落后候選人的丈夫的口吻，請求新罕布什爾州民主黨人支持他的家人再次獲得勝利。他明確指出這兩位民主黨候選人作為務(wù)實(shí)派和理想派的差別，比他的妻子和她的競選團(tuán)隊(duì)迄今為止所做的（分析）更加清楚明晰?？肆诸D說，他的妻子終身都是變革者，她從方案的制定到其可行性都已經(jīng)收獲了斐然績效，而桑德斯，（克林頓只將他稱為“希拉里的對手”而懶提其名）只是一個(gè)天真的理想主義者，他的構(gòu)思聽起來頗具吸引力，實(shí)質(zhì)上卻只是空中樓閣。為了讓人們更透徹地理解兩者的差異，克林頓提到了醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度的問題。他說，“我不想贅述她的功績，我只想談?wù)剬?shí)際問題?！笨肆诸D指出，他的妻子將會延續(xù)奧巴馬的平價(jià)醫(yī)療法案并在原有基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行優(yōu)化。同時(shí)，他認(rèn)為桑德斯提出的由一方支付的“全民醫(yī)?！庇?jì)劃就像一個(gè)童話故事，并提醒說只要共和黨占據(jù)眾議院和參議院一天，那這樣的計(jì)劃就是天方夜譚。克林頓說，“這完全是帶來阻礙的導(dǎo)火線”，”然后補(bǔ)充道：“美國并不需要這樣的阻礙，我們不能再浪費(fèi)一兩年的時(shí)間了?！边@位第42屆美國總統(tǒng)在康科德喧鬧的集市里發(fā)表了講話，隨后給塞勒姆競選辦公室的志愿者們鼓舞了士氣。這個(gè)月他增加了在競選活動(dòng)中出現(xiàn)的次數(shù)，穿梭于愛荷華州和新罕布什爾州之間，來填補(bǔ)他妻子行程上的缺口?？肆诸D承認(rèn)桑德斯在競選中與希拉里勢均力敵。雖然希拉里在全國范圍內(nèi)保持領(lǐng)先地位，但是最近的民調(diào)結(jié)果顯示，兩位候選人在愛荷華州的支持率不分勝負(fù)，桑德斯在新罕布什爾州的支持率甚至超越了她。周二CNN-WMUR公布的民調(diào)結(jié)果給雙方陣營帶來了巨大沖擊，雖然雙方都不覺得這個(gè)差距足夠讓人安心或者引起恐慌，但桑德斯在新罕布什爾州以60%大幅領(lǐng)先于希拉里的33%已成為事實(shí)。“這場競選變得十分有趣了，”這位前總統(tǒng)說， “它花的時(shí)間比我想的要長多了?！闭劦竭@場競選的劣勢，他補(bǔ)充道：“我們正在努力地爭取愛荷華州。現(xiàn)如今我們已經(jīng)稍占領(lǐng)先地位，我相信我們還能不斷地鞏固并且提升這樣的優(yōu)勢。畢竟在這里我們是處于主場劣勢的狀況下在競爭。但真正的問題是，誰能在這場競選中獲勝？誰又能勝任這個(gè)工作？誰能真正地帶來變革？”克林頓對險(xiǎn)些讓希拉里的總統(tǒng)候選人提名不保、甚至威脅到共和黨的統(tǒng)治的選民的不穩(wěn)定情緒做出了反應(yīng)。提到選民，克林頓說，“他們應(yīng)當(dāng)憤怒，他們可能覺得自己被排除在外或者被拋之腦后了，但他們現(xiàn)在該做的不是忿忿不平，而是找尋緣由。”看樣子克林頓并沒有搞清楚狀況，重申一遍，他的妻子所扮演的是一個(gè)維持現(xiàn)狀派的保守候選人的角色，在她的對手心中她絕不會動(dòng)變革的心思也沒有那個(gè)能力。他在薩勒姆的演說中強(qiáng)調(diào)了不下六次，稱她為“變革者”。克林頓堅(jiān)稱他的妻子是個(gè)活脫脫的“變革者”范本?！八刻於荚谒伎荚鯓硬拍茏龅酶?，有些人認(rèn)為這是多余的，我卻認(rèn)為這是現(xiàn)實(shí)的?！彼Ｍ某霈F(xiàn)會讓妻子在競選中更受歡迎。他前往位于一個(gè)小型商業(yè)區(qū)的塞勒姆的競選辦公室，那里是一片樂觀祥和的氛圍，裝飾有許多手繪的諸如“長褲套裝的力量”和“花崗巖州人支持希拉里”的口號。那些志愿者中有兩百人前來同比爾克林頓見面，他對他們進(jìn)行了慰問和動(dòng)員?？肆诸D還談到了他對新罕布什爾州的懷念，在1992年大雪紛飛的冬天，他正是在新罕布什爾州贏得了第二次初選，并被稱為“迷途知返的孩子”。當(dāng)然，他最后也贏得了總統(tǒng)大選。克林頓說，“一直以來，你們對我和我的家人都很好，我相信你們！”他用一種像是處于弱勢人的口吻繼續(xù)說到：“兩周的時(shí)間對政治來說，便是永恒。對于新罕布什爾州來說，亦至關(guān)重要?！薄驹~匯短語】surged ahead of 遙遙領(lǐng)先于pleaded with 向懇求；請求Spouse n. 配偶；vt. 和結(jié)婚Crystallize vt. 使成形; 使結(jié)晶; vi. 結(jié)成晶體；具體化；明確 eg: He has managed to crystallize the feelings of millions of ordinary Russians. 他成功地闡明了數(shù)百萬普通俄國人的感情。pragmatist n. 實(shí)用主義者；愛管閑事的人dealmaking 交易To drive home 為了深刻理解sing