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托福阅读材料之奥巴马晚宴演说

2015-01-14 17:25:22来源:网络

  总之,我很高兴今晚来到这宏伟辉煌的希尔顿舞厅,或者用罗姆尼的话来说叫“日久失修的小破屋”(暗指罗姆尼是富二代)。我想说,瞧这派对,有穿着燕尾服的绅士,穿晚礼服的淑女,醉人美酒和一流演出——听说这不是GSA大会我才放心(联邦政府总务署公款吃喝事件)。难以置信啊!连读心术都看不到他们脑子里的想法(指脑袋空空)。

  Of course, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is known as the prom of Washington D.C. -- a term coined by political reporters who clearly never had the chance to go to an actual prom.

  当然了,白宫记者晚宴又被成为“首都毕业舞会”。发明这个词的记者显然从没真正参加过真正的毕业舞会。

  Our chaperone for the evening is Jimmy Kimmel -- who is perfect for the job since most of tonight’s audience is in his key demographic -- people who fall asleep during Nightline. Jimmy got his start years ago on The Man Show. In Washington, that’s what we call a congressional hearing on contraception.

  我们今晚的“监护人”是吉米·凯莫(指毕业舞会的成年监护人),他是这个职位的不二人选,因为今晚观众都是他的目标人群:那些看Nightline(凯莫节目之前播出的晚新闻)睡着没关电视的人。吉米多年前在“男人秀”出道。在华盛顿,“男人秀”是关于女性避孕药品的国会听证(听证会全是男人出席)。

  And plenty of journalists are here tonight. I'd be remiss if I didn’t congratulate the Huffington Post on their Pulitzer Prize. You deserve it, Arianna. There's no one else out there linking to the kinds of hard-hitting journalism that HuffPo is linking to every single day. Give them a round of applause. And you don’t pay them -- it's a great business model.

  今晚众多媒体人到场,我必须要恭喜“赫芬顿邮报”获得普利策奖。Arianna(该报女掌门),你们当之无愧!没人能像你们一样每天“链接”到这么多的犀利新闻(指赫芬顿邮报的新闻都是盗用别家链接)。请把掌声献给他们。你们还不付原作者钱,这是伟大的经营模式啊!

  Even Sarah Palin is getting back into the game, guest hosting on The Today Show -- which reminds me of an old saying: What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? A pit bull is delicious. A little soy sauce.

  连佩林都重返舞台了,在“今日秀”做嘉宾主持。这使我想起一句老话:“冰球老妈和牛头犬有什么不同”(这句的内涵是说二者一样)。牛头犬的味道好极了。(自嘲6岁吃狗肉事件)再加点酱油。


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