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n. 投票 动词vote的现在分词形式
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- In Miami, we've commissioned and artist, a young artist named Atomico,
- 在迈阿密，我们委托一个艺术家，年轻的艺术家阿托米卡，
- to create some vivid and vibrant images for a new series of "I voted" stickers.
- 去创作栩栩如生的“我投票了”新系列贴纸。
- But the thing is, Atomico had never voted. He wasn't even registered.
- 可是，阿托米卡从来没投过票。甚至都没登过记。
- So as he got to work on creating this artwork for these stickers,
- 当他开始设计艺术贴纸时，
- he also began to get over his sense of intimidation about politics.
- 他也要开始克服对政治的恐惧。
- He got himself registered, and then he got educated about the upcoming primary election,
- 他去登记了，他也了解了即将到来的大选，
- and on election day he was out there not just passing out stickers,
- 在投票日当天，他不仅当街散发贴纸，
- but chatting up voters and encouraging people to vote, and talking about the election with passersby.
- 还和选民交谈，鼓励大家投票，与行人谈论选举。
- In Akron, a theater company called the Wandering Aesthetics has been putting on these pickup truck plays.
- 在阿克伦，一家名叫美学漫步的戏剧公司曾经进行过这种卡车演出。
- And to do so, they put out an open call to the public asking for speeches, monologues, dialogues, poems, snippets of anything
- 为了演出，这家公司公开征集演讲，独白，对话，诗歌，小品之类的，
- that could be read aloud and woven into a performance. They got dozens of submissions.
- 只要能大声念出来的，都可以编入演出。结果投稿如云。
- One of them was a poem written by nine students in an ESL class,
- 其中有一首诗，作者是ESL课程的九个学生，
- all of them Hispanic migrant workers from nearby Hartville, Ohio.
- 都是拉美籍的移民工人，来自俄亥俄州内比邻的哈特威尔。
- I want to read to you from this poem. It's called "The Joy of Voting."
- 我给大家读一段。诗的名字叫：选举的快乐。
- "I would like to vote for the first time because things are changing for Hispanics.
- 我要进行第一次投票，因为拉美裔的处境变了。
- I used to be afraid of ghosts. Now I am afraid of people. There's more violence and racism.
- 我过去怕鬼，现在怕人。暴力和种族主义越来越多。选举会改变这一切。
- Voting can change this. The border wall is nothing. It's just a wall.
- 边界墙什么也不是。就是个墙。
- The wall of shame is something. It's very important to vote so we can break down this wall of shame.
- 耻辱的墙才可怕。投票很重要，让我们可以打破这耻辱之墙。
- I have passion in my heart. Voting gives me a voice and power. I can stand up and do something."
- 我心中有激情。选举使我发出声音和力量。我能站起来做出改变了。
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