A: The US presidential election set for Nov. 5 is just two weeks away.
B: A number of famous entertainers, including Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce and George Clooney have endorsed the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
A: Some young artists, such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Katy Perry, have also given endorsement to Harris.
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B: I heard that over 300,000 fans registered as voters within one day through the link in Swift’s Instagram post.
A: No wonder the Republican Party’s presidential candidate Donald Trump recently posted online: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
A: 距離11月5日美國大選只剩下兩週了。
B: 有不少知名藝人，像是歐普拉、碧昂絲、喬治克魯尼，都力挺民主黨的總統候選人賀錦麗。
A: 一些年輕歌手，例如泰勒絲、怪奇比莉、凱蒂佩芮也都為她背書。
B: 聽說一天之內就有30多萬粉絲，透過泰勒絲IG貼文裡的連結登記為合格選民。
A: 難怪共和黨的總統候選人唐納川普會貼文大罵：「我恨泰勒絲！」
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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