今天的头条还是侃爷
7月4日，美国知名歌手“侃爷”坎耶·维斯特（Kanye West）在推特上宣布要竞选美国总统。
前天，有媒体爆料，据其竞选团队成员确认，侃爷已决定退出竞选。
现在，爆料又来了，他已获得俄克拉荷马州（Oklahoma）的竞选资格，将以独立竞选者的身份出现在该州选票上。至于是不是真的在参选，猜吧。
Rapper Kanye West files for Oklahoma presidential ballot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rap superstar Kanye West has qualified to appear on Oklahoma’s presidential ballot, the first state where he met the requirements before the filing deadline.
But confusion remains over whether he’s actually running.
A representative for West filed the necessary paperwork and paid the $35,000 filing Wednesday afternoon, which was the deadline for a spot on the state’s Nov. 3 presidential ballot, said Oklahoma Board of Elections spokeswoman Misha Mohr. He was one of three independent presidential candidates to pay the filing fee prior to the deadline, she added. The others were concert pianist Jade Simmons and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce.
The filing came a day after New York Magazine’s “Intelligencer” quoted West adviser Steve Kramer saying “he’s out” and noting that the staff he had hired were disappointed.
However, TMZ reported that the West campaign had filed a “Statement of Organization” Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, stating that a Kanye 2020 committee would serve as principal campaign committee for a West candidacy.
A copy of the statement posted online was signed by West in Miami on Thursday and features a full slate of electors, as well as the signature of a notary employed by NBC. It lists the same address filed with the FEC as well as including West’s birthday — June 8, 1977.
It is unlikely that West will do well in Oklahoma, despite his family ties to the state. His mother, Donda West — “Donda's Place” is written in all-caps at the top of his statement of candidacy — was born and raised in Oklahoma City, where West’s grandfather Portwood Williams Sr. was a civil-rights activist. Nevertheless, the state is a deep red bastion: In 2016, Donald Trump won nearly two-thirds of the Sooner electorate, while carrying every county.
West has already missed the deadline to qualify for the ballot in several states, and it’s unclear if he is willing or able to collect enough signatures required to qualify in others.
West, who is married to reality television star Kim Kardashian West, initially announced his candidacy on July 4. Days later, he told Forbes magazine that he, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share “dragon energy,” was “taking the red hat off” — a reference to Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” cap.
West, who said that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, told the magazine that he planned to model his White House on the fictional land in “Black Panther” if he won the presidency, adding “Let’s get back to Wakanda.”
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Rapper Kanye West files for Oklahoma presidential ballot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rap superstar Kanye West has qualified to appear on Oklahoma's presidential ballot, the first state where he met the requirements before the filing deadline.
说唱巨星坎耶·韦斯特（Kanye West）获得了俄克拉荷马州的总统竞选资格，这是他在申请截止日期前满足要求的第一个州。
qualify
表示“（使）具有资格，（使）合格”，英文解释为“to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary skills, etc.”举个🌰：
She hopes to qualify (as a teacher) at the end of the year.
她希望在年底获得（教师）资格。
🎬电影《合伙人》（The Company Men）中的台词提到：只靠我的薪水我们不可能再成功申请房贷 We're not going to be able to qualify for another house on just my salary.
ballot /ˈbælət/
1）表示“无记名投票”，英文解释为“A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.”举个🌰：
The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.
本次无记名投票的结果将在两周后才会揭晓。
2）表示“选票”，英文解释为“A ballot is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in a secret vote.”举个🌰：
Election boards will count the ballots by hand.
选举委员会将手工清点选票。
But confusion remains over whether he's actually running.
但对于他是否真的要竞选，仍然存疑。
写作表达积累
Confusion remains over (whether ...)
关于xxx（是否xxx），仍然存疑/还存在困惑/让人摸不着头脑...
A representative for West filed the necessary paperwork and paid the $35,000 filing Wednesday afternoon, which was the deadline for a spot on the state's Nov. 3 presidential ballot, said Oklahoma Board of Elections spokeswoman Misha Mohr. He was one of three independent presidential candidates to pay the filing fee prior to the deadline, she added. The others were concert pianist Jade Simmons and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce.
俄克拉荷马州选举委员会发言人米莎·莫尔（Misha Mohr）表示，坎耶·韦斯特的代表于周三下午提交了必要的文件并支付了35,000美元的申请费，这天是该州11月3日总统大选参选的截止日期。她补充说，他是在截止日期之前支付申请费的三名独立总统候选人之一。其余两人是音乐会钢琴杰德·西蒙斯（Jade Simmons）和加密货币企业家布罗克·皮尔斯（Brock Pierce）。
cryptocurrency
表示“加密货币”，英文解释为“a digital currency produced by a public network, rather than any government, that uses cryptography to make sure payments are sent and received safely”。
The filing came a day after New York Magazine's “Intelligencer” quoted West adviser Steve Kramer saying “he's out” and noting that the staff he had hired were disappointed.
此前一天，《纽约杂志》下的《The Intelligencer》援引坎耶·韦斯特顾问史蒂夫·克莱默（Steve Kramer）的话说，“他已经退出了”，并指出他聘请的员工都很失望。
However, TMZ reported that the West campaign had filed a “Statement of Organization” Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, stating that a Kanye 2020 committee would serve as principal campaign committee for a West candidacy.
不过，TMZ报道称，坎耶·韦斯特竞选团队周三向联邦选举委员会提交了一份“组织声明”，称坎耶2020委员会将作为韦斯特参选的主要竞选委员会。
candidacy
candidacy /ˈkændɪdəsɪ/ 表示“候选资格；候选人之身份”，英文解释为“Someone's candidacy is their position of being a candidate in an election.”如：to announce/declare/withdraw your candidacy for the post 宣布/宣告/撤销职位候选人资格。
🎬电影《星际迷航》（Star Trek）中的台词提到：Respectfully I would like to submit my candidacy. 我在此不才自荐。
A copy of the statement posted online was signed by West in Miami on Thursday and features a full slate of electors, as well as the signature of a notary employed by NBC. It lists the same address filed with the FEC as well as including West's birthday — June 8, 1977.
网上公开了一份由坎耶·韦斯特周四在迈阿密（Miami）签署的声明文件，上面有完整的选举人名单，以及NBC雇用的公证人的签名。文件上列出了向联邦选举委员会（FEC）提交的相同地址，以及包括韦斯特的生日--1977年6月8日。
a slate of
slate作名词，尤指在政治活动中的“候选人名单”，英文解释为“a list of people who are being considered for a particular job or position, especially in politics”举个🌰：
Is there anyone in the current slate of candidates who could defeat the president?
目前的候选人中，有谁能战胜总统吗？
His novel was chosen from a slate of ten finalists.
他的小说是从十篇最终候选作品中选出的。
🎬电影《纽约黑帮》（Gangs of New York）中的台词提到：I'm offering to form an alliance with you against Bill Cutting... and his slate of Nativist candidates. 我愿意与你们结盟对抗比尔.卡丁...及他支持的持本土论观点的候选人。
notary /ˈnəʊtərɪ/
表示“公证人”，英文解释为“A notary or a notary public is a person, often a lawyer, who has legal authority to witness the signing of documents in order to make them legally valid.”
🎬电影《刺杀肯尼迪》（JFK）中的台词提到：There wasn't any notary present during my questioning. 问话时现场 没有任何公证人。
It is unlikely that West will do well in Oklahoma, despite his family ties to the state. His mother, Donda West — “Donda's Place” is written in all-caps at the top of his statement of candidacy — was born and raised in Oklahoma City, where West's grandfather Portwood Williams Sr. was a civil-rights activist. Nevertheless, the state is a deep red bastion: In 2016, Donald Trump won nearly two-thirds of the Sooner electorate, while carrying every county.
尽管他的家庭与该州有联系，但他不太可能在俄克拉荷马州取得好成绩。他的母亲Donda West在俄克拉荷马城出生和长大（声明文件上全字母大写写着Donda's Place），坎耶·韦斯特的祖父Portwood Williams Sr.是民权活动家。尽管如此，该州还是一个“深红选区”：2016年，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）几乎获得了每个县的支持，赢得了该州将近三分之二的选票。
all-caps
all-caps 全部大写，caps（复数）表示“大写字母”，英文解释为“capital letters”如：a title printed in bold caps 以粗体大写字母印刷的标题。
carry
熟词僻义，作动词，1）表示“获得（支持、同意或同情等）”，英文解释为“to win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people”举个🌰：
The bosses' plans to reorganize the company won't succeed unless they can carry the workforce with them.
管理层重组公司的计划不会成功，除非他们能赢得全体员工的支持。
2）表示“（尤指通过投票）通过”，英文解释为“to give approval, especially by voting”举个🌰：
The proposal was carried by 123 votes to 95.
该提议以123票对95票获得通过。
注：俄克拉荷马州又被称为：The Sooner State 捷足之州，为什么呢？The name Oklahoma comes from two Choctaw Indian words, okla, which means "people," and humma, which means "red." In 1889, Congress opened up 2 million acres for white settlement (it was previously open only to Native Americans who were forced to leave their homelands), and the first of a number of land runs began. Some of the state's settlers were called "Sooners" because they had already staked their land claims before the land was officially opened for settlement.
West has already missed the deadline to qualify for the ballot in several states, and it's unclear if he is willing or able to collect enough signatures required to qualify in others.
坎耶·韦斯特已经错过了好几州获得竞选资格的最后期限，目前还不清楚他是否愿意或能够收集足够数量的签名以获得其他州的竞选资格。
West, who is married to reality television star Kim Kardashian West, initially announced his candidacy on July 4. Days later, he told Forbes magazine that he, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share “dragon energy,” was “taking the red hat off” — a reference to Trump's trademark red “Make America Great Again” cap.
坎耶·韦斯特，是真人秀电视明星金·卡戴珊·韦斯特（Kim Kardashian West）的丈夫，他最初于7月4日宣布参与竞选。几天后，他告诉《福布斯》杂志，他曾经赞扬唐纳德·特朗普总统，并说两人拥有“龙的能量”，他“把红色帽子摘下”—指的是带有特朗普竞选口号的“Make America Great Again”的帽子。
West, who said that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, told the magazine that he planned to model his White House on the fictional land in “Black Panther” if he won the presidency, adding “Let's get back to Wakanda.”
此前，坎耶·韦斯特说自己被诊断出患有躁郁症（双相情感障碍），他告诉该杂志，如果他赢得总统职位，他计划以《黑豹》中的虚构王国为蓝本建造白宫，并补充说“让我们回到瓦坎达。”
bipolar /baɪˈpəʊlə/
1）表示“完全对立的；有两极的”，英文解释为“Bipolar systems or situations are dominated by two strong and opposing opinions or elements.”如：the bipolar world 两极世界。
2）表示“双相型障碍的；躁狂抑郁性精神病的”，英文解释为“suffering from or connected with bipolar disorder”。此处的due to a serious bipolar episode，据相关背景，侃爷此前患有严重的双相情感障碍的病症。
相关背景
Black Panther 《黑豹》；黑豹（Black Panther）是美国漫威漫画旗下超级英雄，是第一位在主流美国漫画公司登场的非讽刺黑人英雄，在东非的瓦坎达，“黑豹”是该国统治者代代相传的称号。
瓦坎达（Wakanda）是美国漫威漫画中虚构的非洲国家，位于非洲东部，几个世纪以来，它一直处于与世隔绝的状态，表面上是一个贫穷落后的农业国家，实际是地球上科技最先进的国家，拥有独一无二的稀有资源振金。（百度百科）
注：中文文本机器翻译仅供参考，并非一一对应
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