今天的2016考研英语时文泛读来自2015年9月5日的《经济学人》，讲到美国共和党人Donald Trump欲参加总统竞选的话题。文中涉及的很多政治相关词汇是我们需要掌握的内容，因为其复现的概率很大。比如running for president竞选总统;Republican共和党人;nominee提名人;the Second Amendment第二修正案等等。来看一下具体内容：

　　“This country is a hellhole. We are going down fast,” says Donald Trump. “我们的国家是一个藏污纳垢之所。我们的人民正在迅速地堕落，”唐纳德·特朗普说。“We're a laughing-stock all over the world. The American dream is dead.” It is a dismal prospect, but fear not: a solution is at hand. “I went to the Wharton School of Business. I'm, like, a really smart person,” says Mr Trump. “It's very possible”, he once boasted, “that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.”“我们已经成为全世界的笑柄。美国梦已死。”前景是渺茫的，但别害怕：解决的办法唾手可得。“我上过沃顿商学院。是个聪明人，”特朗普称。“我有可能会是第一位利用这种聪明发财致富的总统侯选人”。

　　When Mr Trump first announced that he was running for president, he was dismissed as a joke. A wheeler-dealer with lots of experience of reality TV but none whatsoever of elective office wants to be commander-in-chief? Surely, sophisticates scoffed, no one could want this erratic tycoon's fingers anywhere near the nuclear button. But for weeks now he has led the polls for the Republican nomination.特朗普宣布要竞选总统被当成一个笑话。全世界人民都在纳闷：一个毫无政治经验的投机倒把之人竟然想当三军总司令?怎么会有人想让这么一个任性的土豪染指核按钮。但最近几周，特朗普却在共和党总统提名人选的民调中一直保持领先优势。

　　Mr Trump is not in thrall to the hobgoblins of consistency. On abortion, he has said both “I'm very pro-choice” and “I'm pro-life”. On guns, he has said “Look, there's nothing I like better than nobody has them” and “i fully support and back up the Second Amendment” (which guarantees the right to bear arms)..特朗普并没有遵从政治口径一致的一贯原则。他说过“强烈支持女性有选择权”，也说过“主张生命自由权”;在枪支问题上，他既说过“最喜欢的是没有人拥有枪支”，也说过“完全支持并赞同(持枪权利)第二修正案”。

　　照现在的局势看，特朗普虽然表达出了清晰且大胆的立场，但是，这是一种令人讨厌的立场。身为亿万富翁，他的造势活动不差钱。老油条们仍然认为，共和党最终会像过去那样，抱团支持一位主流候选人。但是，国际社会不这么看。共和党应当认真听听特朗普说了什么，然后把选票投给另外的人。秋季是2016考研复习的攻坚阶段，希望大家再接再厉。