今天新闻很劲爆:
National Rifle Association President Oliver North has been ousted amid internal strife and external pressure.
美国步枪协会主席奥利弗·诺斯在内部冲突和外部压力下被赶下台。
National Rifle Association(NRA) 从来都是在风口浪尖!
因为美国国内在控枪这件事情上真的分歧很大。
拥有枪支自由是美国的传统，共和党人在捍卫这个传统，NRA更是这个传统的捍卫者。
但是枪支泛滥造成大规模的校园枪击事件，民主党人主张打破这个传统。
一定要听语音！大彩蛋！
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来自何凯文考研英语
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今天的句子：
The gun rights group, which spent $31 million to help elect President Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, has been operating in the red ever since, according to financial records. Despite having a Supreme Court that now tips toward Second Amendment rights, a Republican president and, until November, a Republican-controlled Congress, the organization has not been able to push forward much of its agenda in Washington.
（想想你会怎么出题?）
趣头条
思考题一：
The group is in the debt due to the financial records of President Trump.
思考题二：
The Republican president and Republican-controlled Congress have helped the organization to make the progress.
来看看词汇：
1. The gun rights group= NRA
2. presidential campaign 总统选举
3. financial records 财务报表
4. tips toward 倾向于
5. Second Amendment rights 第二修正案的权力=拥有枪支的权力
6. Republican-controlled Congress 共和党人控制的国会
7. agenda 计划，议程
8.in the red= in the debt 负债
第一句：
参考译文：该枪支权利组织在2016年总统竞选期间花费3100万美元帮助特朗普总统当选，财务报表显示，自那以来该组织就一直在亏损。
第二句：
参考译文：尽管已经有了一个向宪法第二修正案权利倾斜的最高法院，还有一个共和党总统，而且直到去年11月，共和党都控制着国会，该组织仍未能推进其在华盛顿的大部分议程。
所以思考题：
思考题一：
The group is in the debt due to the financial records of President Trump.
由于特朗普总统的财务记录，该集团负债累累。
拼多多！错！
思考题二：
The Republican president and Republican-controlled Congress have helped the organization to make the progress.
共和党总统和共和党控制的国会帮助该组织取得了进展。
没有取得进步！错！
虽然这个组织遇到重重困难，但是有人依然发话了：
But Winkler, as well as current and former NRA board members, believe it would be wrong to count out the organization, which has gone through numerous ups and downs in its 147 year history.
“They’ve been in worse shape, their obituary has been written more times than anyone knows,” said Richard Feldman, a former NRA lobbyist. “Anyone who writes off the NRA is kidding themselves. They’ll come back.”
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