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本文选自本文选自华盛顿邮报2016.01.21期，需要大家了解相关美国政治时事背景，才能准确译出。下面给出参考译文，请重点关注划线部分的句子，如有不妥，欢迎指出！原文链接：/p/1001603935184209743764【原文】Bill Clinton praises his wife as change makerBill Clinton speaks Wednesday at a campaign office for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Salem, N.H.Philip Rucker | 691 wordsCONCORD, N.H. -Bernie Sanders may be leading a political revolution, but according to former president Bill Clinton, the real change maker is his wife, Hillary.With the Democratic presidential race tightening and moving into a combative phase, Bill Clinton used twin campaign appearances here Wednesday to sharpen the contrast between Hillary Clinton and Sanders, the senator from Vermont who has surged ahead of her in the polls in New Hampshire.Sounding like the spouse of a candidate running behind, Clinton pleaded with New Hampshire Democrats to deliver his family yet another win, and he crystallized the pragmatist-vs.-idealist contrast between the top two Democratic candidates more clearly than either his wife or her campaign have done to date.Clinton said his wife is a lifelong change agent whose practicality and dealmaking have delivered results, and he cast Sanders - to whom he referred only as Hillary s opponent - as a naive idealist whose ideas may be appealing but are not realistic.To drive home the differences, Clinton singled out the issue of health care. I dont want to comment on the merits; I just want to talk about the practical reality, he said.While Clinton said his wife would preserve President Obamas Affordable Care Act and improve it, he portrayed the single-payer Medicare for all plan that Sanders has proposed as a liberal fairy tale, warning that it stands no chance of becoming law as long as Republicans control the House and Senate.Its a recipe for gridlock, Clinton said, adding: We dont need more gridlock in Washington. We cannot afford to waste a year or two.The 42nd president spoke at a boisterous rally in Concord and gave a morning pep talk to volunteers at the campaigns Salem field office. He has stepped up his appearances on the campaign trail this month, hopscotching between Iowa and New Hampshire to help fill in gaps in his wifes schedule.Clinton acknowledged the closeness of the race with Sanders. Although Hillary Clinton maintains a lead nationally, the latest early-state polls show the two candidates in a dead heat in Iowa and Sanders surpassing her in New Hampshire. A CNN-WMUR poll released Tuesday sent shock waves through both campaigns, showing Sanders leading 60 percent to 33 percent in New Hampshire, although neither campaign thinks the gap is quite that substantial.This has turned into an interesting election, the former president said. It took longer than I thought.Handicapping the race, he added: Were fighting it out in Iowa. Weve got a little lead that I think is solidifying and maybe growing a little bit. Were on a home-field disadvantage here. But the real issue is, who can win the election, whos prepared the do the job, who can make real change?Clinton reflected on the volatile mood of the electorate that has put Hillary Clintons nomination in jeopardy and is wreaking havoc on the Republican establishment.They should be mad, and they should feel left out and left behind, Clinton said of voters. But what they need now is not anger but answers.Clinton seemed perplexed that, once again, his wife is being cast as the status-quo candidate and is losing the mantle of change to an insurgent rival. He called her a change maker at least six times in his Salem remarks.Every day she thinks, what can I do to make it better? Some people think its incremental. I think its realistic.She is a walking, breathing change maker, Clinton insisted.He hoped his appearance would generate more enthusiasm for his wifes candidacy. His visit to the Salem office - a modest outpost in a strip mall, decorated with hand-painted signs that read Pant Suit Power and Granite Staters for Hillary - was upbeat. He helped mobilize volunteers, some 200 of whom showed up to see him.Clinton also talked up his nostalgia for New Hampshire, where in the snowy winter of 1992 he earned the moniker Comeback Kid by finishing a surprising second in the primary. He went on to win the nomination, of course.Youve been good to me. Youve been good to our family. I trust you, Clinton said.Sounding like an underdog, he continued: Two weeks is an eternity in politics. In New Hampshire, its an eternity.【参考译文】克林顿称妻子为“变革者”周三，克林顿在新罕布什尔州塞勒姆竞选办公室为他的妻子民主党总统候选人希拉里克林顿拉票。新罕布什尔州康科德报道伯尼桑德斯可能会带来一场“政治变革”，但前总统比尔克林顿却说，真正的“变革者”是他的妻子希拉里。民主党总统竞选局势日趋白热化，进入了最终的决胜阶段，克林顿在周三的竞选活动中两度露面拉票，旨在突出希拉里区别于桑德斯的优势。这位佛蒙特州参议员桑德斯，在新罕布什尔州的民调中已经遥遥领先于希拉里。克林顿以一个落后候选人的丈夫的口吻，请求新罕布什尔州民主党人支持他的家人再次获得胜利。他明确指出这两位民主党候选人作为务实派和理想派的差别，比他的妻子和她的竞选团队迄今为止所做的（分析）更加清楚明晰。克林顿说，他的妻子终身都是变革者，她从方案的制定到其可行性都已经收获了斐然绩效，而桑德斯，（克林顿只将他称为“希拉里的对手”而懒提其名）只是一个天真的理想主义者，他的构思听起来颇具吸引力，实质上却只是空中楼阁。为了让人们更透彻地理解两者的差异，克林顿提到了医疗保险制度的问题。他说，“我不想赘述她的功绩，我只想谈谈实际问题。”克林顿指出，他的妻子将会延续奥巴马的平价医疗法案并在原有基础上进行优化。同时，他认为桑德斯提出的由一方支付的“全民医保”计划就像一个童话故事，并提醒说只要共和党占据众议院和参议院一天，那这样的计划就是天方夜谭。克林顿说，“这完全是带来阻碍的导火线”，”然后补充道：“美国并不需要这样的阻碍，我们不能再浪费一两年的时间了。”这位第42届美国总统在康科德喧闹的集市里发表了讲话，随后给塞勒姆竞选办公室的志愿者们鼓舞了士气。这个月他增加了在竞选活动中出现的次数，穿梭于爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州之间，来填补他妻子行程上的缺口。克林顿承认桑德斯在竞选中与希拉里势均力敌。虽然希拉里在全国范围内保持领先地位，但是最近的民调结果显示，两位候选人在爱荷华州的支持率不分胜负，桑德斯在新罕布什尔州的支持率甚至超越了她。周二CNN-WMUR公布的民调结果给双方阵营带来了巨大冲击，虽然双方都不觉得这个差距足够让人安心或者引起恐慌，但桑德斯在新罕布什尔州以60%大幅领先于希拉里的33%已成为事实。“这场竞选变得十分有趣了，”这位前总统说， “它花的时间比我想的要长多了。”谈到这场竞选的劣势，他补充道：“我们正在努力地争取爱荷华州。现如今我们已经稍占领先地位，我相信我们还能不断地巩固并且提升这样的优势。毕竟在这里我们是处于主场劣势的状况下在竞争。但真正的问题是，谁能在这场竞选中获胜？谁又能胜任这个工作？谁能真正地带来变革？”克林顿对险些让希拉里的总统候选人提名不保、甚至威胁到共和党的统治的选民的不稳定情绪做出了反应。提到选民，克林顿说，“他们应当愤怒，他们可能觉得自己被排除在外或者被抛之脑后了，但他们现在该做的不是忿忿不平，而是找寻缘由。”看样子克林顿并没有搞清楚状况，重申一遍，他的妻子所扮演的是一个维持现状派的保守候选人的角色，在她的对手心中她绝不会动变革的心思也没有那个能力。他在萨勒姆的演说中强调了不下六次，称她为“变革者”。克林顿坚称他的妻子是个活脱脱的“变革者”范本。“她每天都在思考怎样才能做得更好，有些人认为这是多余的，我却认为这是现实的。”他希望他的出现会让妻子在竞选中更受欢迎。他前往位于一个小型商业区的塞勒姆的竞选办公室，那里是一片乐观祥和的氛围，装饰有许多手绘的诸如“长裤套装的力量”和“花岗岩州人支持希拉里”的口号。那些志愿者中有两百人前来同比尔克林顿见面，他对他们进行了慰问和动员。克林顿还谈到了他对新罕布什尔州的怀念，在1992年大雪纷飞的冬天，他正是在新罕布什尔州赢得了第二次初选，并被称为“迷途知返的孩子”。当然，他最后也赢得了总统大选。克林顿说，“一直以来，你们对我和我的家人都很好，我相信你们！”他用一种像是处于弱势人的口吻继续说到：“两周的时间对政治来说，便是永恒。对于新罕布什尔州来说，亦至关重要。”【词汇短语】surged ahead of 遥遥领先于pleaded with 向恳求；请求Spouse n. 配偶；vt. 和结婚Crystallize vt. 使成形; 使结晶; vi. 结成晶体；具体化；明确 eg: He has managed to crystallize the feelings of millions of ordinary Russians. 他成功地阐明了数百万普通俄国人的感情。pragmatist n. 实用主义者；爱管闲事的人dealmaking 交易To drive home 为了深刻理解sing