访谈录 2010-11-29&12-01 专访《宋飞传》之杰里.宋飞

David: How long ago did you visit the White House and perform there? And tell us everything about that, tell us how you were invited……Jerry: You really wanna hear about it?
David: Yeah.
Jerry: They had this thing for Paul McCartney, they're gonna honor¹ him with the Gershwin Prize. And they wanted me, I don't know why they wanted me there. Because it had all these big people, it had Elvis Costello and Faith Hill and so on. But they wanna me perform in the White House, you know the East Room, Pablo Casals, the J.F.K.
David: They wanna you be there because the President or Paul McCartney probably think "you think we can get Jerry Seinfeld?". That's why you were there.
Jerry: It doesn't make sense to me. But it was really the coolest thing I ever did, because I'm a great admirer of the President and I'm a crazy Beatles' fan. And I just couldn't believe that I was going to perform there. So I wrote this thing and I kind of talked about some the Beatles’ lyrics², you know, Paul's singing you know "she was just seventeen, do you know what I mean?", I was saying I'm not sure I do know what you mean, Paul. But I think there are some law enforcement³ people that might like to ask you a couple of questions about what you mean. So the end of the night, Paul's singing is unbelievable and he does this encore, and then they wanna all the performers to go out and sing Hey Judy with him. David: Oh, my goodness⁴.
Jerry: Yeah. I don't wanna be in with the people who are supposed to be there, the music people. I guess they just wanna some comedy to break it up. I don't know. So I said to Paul McCartney, I said why am I here? He said who else are we gonna get?
David: Exactly. That's exactly right.
Jerry: Well, I don't know what that means either. But anyway, so let me kind of get to the back so I'm not, I don't wanna be in the front of this.You know, because I didn't really feel like I really deserve⁵ to be there. You know what, you know, so I'm waiting, you go, you go. I said to all of them, you go, you go. So I didn't quite figure it out right and I ended up right in the middle. And Paul McCartney comes out from behind the piano for the Na Na part of Hey Judy, and he stands next to me.
David: There you go. This tells you everything you need to know.
Jerry: So, I, I, I'm in the White House singing Hey Judy with Paul McCartney next to me (oh, my goodness.) On the plane home I was just hoping it would go down.
David: What?
Jerry: Because I'm done, I'm done. That's it. David: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Jerry: You know when you just feel like after tonight show, how are you gonna feel like? That's it. I've done it. David: That’s right.
Jerry: Right?

1 honor   

n.光荣；敬意；荣幸；vt.给…以荣誉；尊敬

参考例句：

• I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
• It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

2 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

3 enforcement   

n.实施, 执行

参考例句：

• MPs called for tougher enforcement of the existing laws on drugs. 下院议员呼籲加强现行毒品法律的执行力度。
• The court is ineffective because it lacks the necessary enforcement machinery. 法院效率低是因为缺乏必要的执行机制。

4 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！

5 deserve   

vt.应受，值得；vi. 应受报答，值得受赏

参考例句：

• You really deserve a good beating,you naughty boy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。
• I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me.我不配得到这些赞扬。