Political analyst Mark Plotkin gave his impression of how the main candidates are doing.

政治分析专家马克·普罗特金就两名主要竞争对手的表现发表了自己的看法。

Josh Plotkin is an American living in Brazil. He has been fluent in Portuguese for years.

乔什·普洛特金是一位居住在巴西的美国人，他多年来一直精通葡萄牙语。

Plotkin suspects the FDA will approve that as well.

Plotkin 怀疑 FDA 也会批准这一点。

Josh Plotkin notes that, over time, he has come to understand that being laughed at when speaking a foreign language is not a bad thing.

乔什·普洛特金指出，随着时间的推移，他逐渐明白，说外语时被嘲笑并不是坏事。

Moderna has asked the FDA to approve a booster, and Plotkin thinks the agency will mirror its Pfizer decision, perhaps in a month.

Moderna 已要求 FDA 批准一种助推器，Plotkin 认为该机构将反映辉瑞的决定，也许在一个月内。

I talked with Stanley Plotkin, a vaccine expert at the University of Pennsylvania—he developed the rubella shot—who used to be on the vaccine advisory panel.

我与宾夕法尼亚大学的疫苗专家 Stanley Plotkin 进行了交谈——他开发了风疹疫苗——他曾经是疫苗顾问小组的成员。

On his website, Plotkin notes that some Brazilians who have little contact with foreigners laugh at him because they aren't " used to hearing an American speaking Portuguese."

普洛特金在他的网站上指出，一些与外国人几乎没有接触的巴西人嘲笑他，因为他们“不习惯听一个美国人讲葡萄牙语。”

Plotkin warns against worrying that people are thinking, " You look like a fool trying to speak our language." Ideas like these can hurt your progress and be a barrier to fluency.

普洛特金警告说，不要担心人们在想，“你在说我们的语言时看起来像个傻瓜。”这样的想法会阻碍你的进步，成为流利说话的障碍。