美参议员里德拒绝辞职要求

时间：2010-01-11 05:52:49

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The Democratic leader of the US Senate, Harry¹ Reid, says he will stay in office despite calls for his resignation.

美国参议院民主领导哈利·里德称，尽管收到辞职要求，他将会继续留任。

President Obama says he has accepted Harry Reid's apology

Racially人种上 insensitive remarks he made privately² about President Barack Obama appeared in a new book.

Senator Reid has apologised for saying two years ago that America would accept Mr Obama because he is "light skinned" and doesn't have a "negro黑人 dialect方言，土话".

President Obama has accepted his apology, but Republicans say Senator Reid should step down下台，辞职.

President Obama said on Saturday that as far as he was concerned the issue was now closed.

But several prominent Republicans have suggested that's not good enough.

The party's chairman Michael Steele said there should be consequences后果，影响 for talking about race using what he called "anachronistic时代错误的 language that harkens倾听，留心 back to the 1950s and 60s".

He also complained about a double standard noting that when a Republican Senate leader, Trent Lott, made racially controversial remarks in 2002, he was forced to resign his position.

Senator Lott appeared to suggest that America would be better off情况富裕，更舒适 under segregation⁴.

Senator Reid spent much of the weekend calling African-American politicians and civic⁵ leaders and several have joined senior Democrats⁶ in expressing their support for him.

He is a popular target for Republicans as he is vital to President Obama's legislative⁷ agenda and he is facing a tough re-election battle in his home state of Nevada.

But Senator Reid's office insists he won't step down.

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1 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 anachronistic
adj.时代错误的
参考例句：
In remembering historic events,the mistake you tend to make is anachronistic.在记历史事件时，你容易犯的错误是时代错误。 English public schools are anachronistic.英国的公立学校已经落伍过时了。

4 segregation
n.隔离，种族隔离
参考例句：
Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。 They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。

5 civic
adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的
参考例句：
I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。 The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。

6 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 legislative
n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
参考例句：
Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。 Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。