欧美名人演讲(MP3+中英字幕) 第6期:奥巴马2015白宫晚宴(6)

 　　Anyway, it's amazing how time flies.

　　不管怎样，时间过的很神奇。

　　Soon, the first presidential contest will take place, and I for one cannot wait to see who the Koch brothers pick.

　　很快，第一轮总统竞选将开始，我迫不及待地想看看谁科赫兄弟的选择。

　　It's exciting.

　　这真令人兴奋。

　　Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted¹ Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, who will finally get that red rose?

　　马克罗·鲁比奥，兰德·保罗，泰德·克鲁兹，杰布·布什，斯科特·沃克，谁将最终得到红玫瑰呢？

　　The winner gets a billion dollar war chest.

　　获胜者将赢得十亿美元的战争基金。

　　The runner-up gets to be the bachelor on the next season of "The Bachelor."

　　亚军获得《单身汉》下赛季的单身汉资格。

　　I mean seriously, a billion dollars from just two guys.

　　我是认真的，仅出自两个人的十亿美元。

　　Is it just me, or does that feel a little excessive?

　　只有我觉得有点过了么？

　　I mean, it's almost insulting to the candidates.

　　我的意思是，它几乎是在侮辱候选人。

　　The Koch brothers think they think to spend a billion dollars to get folks to like one of these people.

　　科赫兄弟认为他们得花十亿美元才能让人们喜欢这些人之一。

　　It's got to hurt their feelings a little bit.

　　这有点儿伤感情了。

　　And, look, I know I've raised a lot of money too, but in all fairness, my middle name is Hussein.

　　看，我知道我也筹集了大量的资金，但平心而论，我的中间名是侯赛因。

　　What's their excuse?

　　他们有啥借口？

　　The trail hasn't been easy for my fellow Democrats² either.

　　这条路对我的民主党同伴来说也同样不容易。

　　As we all know Hillary's private e-mails got her in trouble.

　　我们都知道希拉里的私人邮件给她带来了麻烦。

　　Frankly³, I thought it was going to be her private Instagram account that was going to cause her bigger problems.

　　坦白说，我觉得她私人Instagram账户将导致更大的问题。

　　Hillary kicked things off by going completely unrecognized at a Chipotle.

　　希拉里不知情的在Chipotle拉开了序幕。

　　Not to be outdone, Martin O' Malley went completely unrecognized as a Martin O' Malley campaign event.

　　不甘示弱地，马丁·马利在马丁·马利竞选活动中就完全未被认出。

　　And Bernie Sanders might run.

　　伯尼·桑德斯也可能竞选。

　　I like Bernie.

　　我喜欢伯尼。

　　Bernie's an interesting guy.

　　伯尼是个有趣的家伙。

　　Apparently⁴, some folks really want to see a pot-smoking socialist⁵ in the White House.

　　显然，有些人非常想看到实际的社会主义者在白宫抽大烟。

　　We could get a third Obama term after all.

　　毕竟咱们可以来一个奥巴马第三届任期。

　　It could happen.

　　这可能发生。

　　Anyway, as always, I want to close on a more serious note.

　　总之，我想像往常一样来一个严肃点儿的结尾。

　　You know, I often joke about tensions between me and the press, but honestly, what they say doesn't bother me.

　　我经常调侃媒体和我之间的紧张关系，但说实话，他们说的话根本对我造不成困扰。

　　I understand we've got an adversarial system.

　　我理解我们有一个敌对的系统。

　　I'm a mellow⁶ sort of guy.

　　我是个本性醇厚的人。

　　And that's why I invited Luther, my anger translator, to join me here tonight.

　　所以我请了我的愤怒翻译官卢瑟，今晚来陪伴我

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

6 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。