2023考研英語閱讀新墨西哥州州長
New Mexicos governor
新墨西哥州州長
TORIBIO ORTEGA, who supposedly fired the firstshot in the Mexican Revolution a century ago, would have been surprised if told that adescendant of his would one day run an American state. So would Adolfo Martinez, anotherMexican revolutionary, who crossed the sparsely patrolled border into America in the 1920s. But today Susana Martinez of NewMexico, great-granddaughter of the former and granddaughter of the latter, does just that:she is Americas first Latina governor.
一般認為，是托里比奧?奧爾特加打響了一個世紀以前墨西哥革命的第一槍。這名革命者如果知道有一天他的后人會當上美國州長，一定會驚訝得目瞪口呆。要是換成阿道夫?馬丁內斯，也會一樣驚訝。他也是墨西哥革命者，在上個世紀二十年代穿越了防備松懈的邊境進入美國。而今天，奧爾特加的曾外孫女，同時也是馬丁內斯的孫女，蘇珊娜?馬丁內斯確實做到了：她當上了新墨西哥州州長，成為了美國歷史上第一位拉丁裔女州長。
Her Democratic predecessor, Bill Richardson, is of Mexican descent on his mothers side. AndBrian Sandoval in Nevada is both Latino and Republican. But Ms Martinez is the only governorwho is simultaneously Hispanic, female and Republican. As such, she seems well on the way toembodying the partys hoped-for future as a conservative movement that can appeal to,rather than repel, Latinos, Americas fastest-growing main ethnic group.
前任州長、民主黨人比爾?理查森的母親是墨西哥人。內華達州州長布萊恩?桑多瓦爾既是拉丁裔又是共和黨人。但是馬丁內斯是唯一一名共和黨拉丁裔的女性州長。由于她的特殊身份，馬丁內斯似乎正在成為一種形象，代表著共和黨所希望的未來：即把共和黨轉變為一個吸引，而不是壓制美國增長最快的主要民族群體-拉美裔人的保守派運動。
This is why many Republican strategists are now studying her. New Mexico, which has thehighest share of Latinos of any state in the country, is, along with Colorado andNevada, an important swing state for 2023. John McCain, the Republican candidate last timeand a senator from Arizona, thinks that Latinos are up for grabs in these states and even inhis own, if Republicans will just change their nativist tone.
這就是為什么現在有眾多共和黨戰略家研究她的策略。新墨西哥州人口中拉美裔的比例全國最高，接近總人口的一半。它和科羅拉多以及內華達州一樣，都是 2023年大選中重要的搖擺州。上一屆總統選舉時共和黨總統候選人、亞利桑那州參議員約翰?麥凱恩認為，如果共和黨改變他們排斥移民的本土主義論調，那么上述三個州、甚至亞利桑那州的拉美裔人都是可以爭取到的。
This is old news to Ms Martinez. Sitting in Santa Fes remarkably informal Roundhouse, as thestate capitol is nicknamed in homage to old Navajo hogans, she describes her conversion toRepublicanism as a Damascene moment. Like most Latinos, she and her husband, ChuckFranco, started out as Democrats because our parents were. Then, one day in the 1990s, sheand Mr Franco had lunch with two local Republicans. They just asked questions, never asked usto switch party, recalls Ms Martinez. And yet, as they sat in the car after the lunch, MsMartinez turned to her husband and said, Chuck, were Republicans. What do we do now?
這種說法對于馬丁內斯來說已經是陳詞濫調。她正坐在圣達菲的帶有強烈異族風格的名為圓屋的州議會大廈中起這個名字是為了紀念印第安納瓦霍的古老的木條泥屋描述她從一名民主黨人轉變成一名共和黨人的過程，說這是一次信仰的顛覆。像大多數的拉丁裔人一樣，她和丈夫查克?弗朗哥一開始都是民主黨人因為我們的雙親都是民主黨人。上個世紀九十年代的某一天，夫妻倆和當地的兩名共和黨共進午餐。他們只是問一些問題，但是根本沒有讓我們改變黨派。馬丁內斯回憶說。然而，午餐后夫妻倆回到車中，馬丁內斯轉向丈夫，說：查克，我覺得我們現在是共和黨人了。怎么辦?
She is only now beginning to work out her answer. Last year, when she ran for governor, shefocused less on philosophy and more [color=Red]on fatigue with Mr Richardson, a Democratwho was termed out of office but had a reputation for sleaze.
而直到現在她才開始尋找這個問題的答案。去年競選州長時，她沒有過分宣傳自己的理念，而是主要利用人們對理查森的厭倦爭取支持。民主黨人理查森帶著昭著的臭名期滿離任。
So Ms Martinez, so far, has simply tried to represent clean government. Her most photogenicact was to sell the state jet, a Cessna Citation Bravo, which Mr Richardson, she implied, hadused as a personal air taxi. She even fired his cooks.
因此，到目前為止馬丁內斯都只是在努力建立一個清廉的政府。她最值得夸耀的舉動就是賣掉了州政府中的Cessna Citation Bravo 噴氣機，她說理查森曾經將這架噴氣機用作私人空中的士。她甚至還解雇了理查森的廚師。
New Mexicos governor
新墨西哥州州長
TORIBIO ORTEGA, who supposedly fired the firstshot in the Mexican Revolution a century ago, would have been surprised if told that adescendant of his would one day run an American state. So would Adolfo Martinez, anotherMexican revolutionary, who crossed the sparsely patrolled border into America in the 1920s. But today Susana Martinez of NewMexico, great-granddaughter of the former and granddaughter of the latter, does just that:she is Americas first Latina governor.
一般認為，是托里比奧?奧爾特加打響了一個世紀以前墨西哥革命的第一槍。這名革命者如果知道有一天他的后人會當上美國州長，一定會驚訝得目瞪口呆。要是換成阿道夫?馬丁內斯，也會一樣驚訝。他也是墨西哥革命者，在上個世紀二十年代穿越了防備松懈的邊境進入美國。而今天，奧爾特加的曾外孫女，同時也是馬丁內斯的孫女，蘇珊娜?馬丁內斯確實做到了：她當上了新墨西哥州州長，成為了美國歷史上第一位拉丁裔女州長。
Her Democratic predecessor, Bill Richardson, is of Mexican descent on his mothers side. AndBrian Sandoval in Nevada is both Latino and Republican. But Ms Martinez is the only governorwho is simultaneously Hispanic, female and Republican. As such, she seems well on the way toembodying the partys hoped-for future as a conservative movement that can appeal to,rather than repel, Latinos, Americas fastest-growing main ethnic group.
前任州長、民主黨人比爾?理查森的母親是墨西哥人。內華達州州長布萊恩?桑多瓦爾既是拉丁裔又是共和黨人。但是馬丁內斯是唯一一名共和黨拉丁裔的女性州長。由于她的特殊身份，馬丁內斯似乎正在成為一種形象，代表著共和黨所希望的未來：即把共和黨轉變為一個吸引，而不是壓制美國增長最快的主要民族群體-拉美裔人的保守派運動。
This is why many Republican strategists are now studying her. New Mexico, which has thehighest share of Latinos of any state in the country, is, along with Colorado andNevada, an important swing state for 2023. John McCain, the Republican candidate last timeand a senator from Arizona, thinks that Latinos are up for grabs in these states and even inhis own, if Republicans will just change their nativist tone.
這就是為什么現在有眾多共和黨戰略家研究她的策略。新墨西哥州人口中拉美裔的比例全國最高，接近總人口的一半。它和科羅拉多以及內華達州一樣，都是 2023年大選中重要的搖擺州。上一屆總統選舉時共和黨總統候選人、亞利桑那州參議員約翰?麥凱恩認為，如果共和黨改變他們排斥移民的本土主義論調，那么上述三個州、甚至亞利桑那州的拉美裔人都是可以爭取到的。
This is old news to Ms Martinez. Sitting in Santa Fes remarkably informal Roundhouse, as thestate capitol is nicknamed in homage to old Navajo hogans, she describes her conversion toRepublicanism as a Damascene moment. Like most Latinos, she and her husband, ChuckFranco, started out as Democrats because our parents were. Then, one day in the 1990s, sheand Mr Franco had lunch with two local Republicans. They just asked questions, never asked usto switch party, recalls Ms Martinez. And yet, as they sat in the car after the lunch, MsMartinez turned to her husband and said, Chuck, were Republicans. What do we do now?
這種說法對于馬丁內斯來說已經是陳詞濫調。她正坐在圣達菲的帶有強烈異族風格的名為圓屋的州議會大廈中起這個名字是為了紀念印第安納瓦霍的古老的木條泥屋描述她從一名民主黨人轉變成一名共和黨人的過程，說這是一次信仰的顛覆。像大多數的拉丁裔人一樣，她和丈夫查克?弗朗哥一開始都是民主黨人因為我們的雙親都是民主黨人。上個世紀九十年代的某一天，夫妻倆和當地的兩名共和黨共進午餐。他們只是問一些問題，但是根本沒有讓我們改變黨派。馬丁內斯回憶說。然而，午餐后夫妻倆回到車中，馬丁內斯轉向丈夫，說：查克，我覺得我們現在是共和黨人了。怎么辦?
She is only now beginning to work out her answer. Last year, when she ran for governor, shefocused less on philosophy and more [color=Red]on fatigue with Mr Richardson, a Democratwho was termed out of office but had a reputation for sleaze.
而直到現在她才開始尋找這個問題的答案。去年競選州長時，她沒有過分宣傳自己的理念，而是主要利用人們對理查森的厭倦爭取支持。民主黨人理查森帶著昭著的臭名期滿離任。
So Ms Martinez, so far, has simply tried to represent clean government. Her most photogenicact was to sell the state jet, a Cessna Citation Bravo, which Mr Richardson, she implied, hadused as a personal air taxi. She even fired his cooks.
因此，到目前為止馬丁內斯都只是在努力建立一個清廉的政府。她最值得夸耀的舉動就是賣掉了州政府中的Cessna Citation Bravo 噴氣機，她說理查森曾經將這架噴氣機用作私人空中的士。她甚至還解雇了理查森的廚師。
