欧美名人演讲 第88期:奥巴马任内末次白宫记者晚宴演讲(10)

 　　Come on. We weren’t just going to stop there.

　　拜托。我们哪能这就说完呢。

　　Come on. Although I am a little hurt that he’s not here tonight.

　　拜托啊！虽然，他今晚缺席这让我有点受伤。

　　We had so much fun that last time, and it is surprising.

　　上次我们玩得那么开心，而且这事令人惊讶。

　　You’ve got a room full of reporters, celebrities¹, cameras.

　　有一屋子记者、明星、摄像机。

　　And he says no. Is this dinner too tacky for the Donald?

　　他竟然会拒绝。川普觉得这晚宴太土了吗？

　　What could he possibly be doing instead?

　　他不来晚宴会去干什么呢？

　　Is he at home eating a Trump² steak, tweeting out insults to Angela Merkel? What’s he doin’?

　　他会待在家里吃着川普牛排，然后上推特喷默克尔吗？

　　The republican establishment is incredulous that he is their most likely nominee³.

　　共和党建制派不敢相信川普是他们最有希望的党内提名，

　　Incredulous. Shocking.

　　难以置信！震惊了！

　　They say Donald lacks the foreign policy experience to be president.

　　他们说川普缺乏当总统的外交经验。

　　But in fairness, he has spent years meeting with leaders from around the world:

　　不过老实说，多年来他一直跟世界各国领袖们接触，

　　Miss Sweden, Miss Argentina, Miss Azerbaijan.

　　比如瑞典小姐啊，阿根廷小姐啊，阿塞拜疆小姐啊。

　　And there is one area where Donald’s experience could be invaluable⁴

　　有一个领域川普的经验非常有用，

　　and that’s closing Guantanamo

　　那就是关闭关塔那摩监狱，

　　because Trump knows a thing or two about running waterfront properties into the ground.

　　因为对于把水边的地产搞砸这事川普还是在行的。

　　Alright, that is probably enough. I mean I’ve got more material.

　　这样算是差不多了，我还有更多段子。

　　No, no, no. I don’t want to spend too much time on The Donald.

　　不不不。不过我不想在川普身上花太多时间。

　　Following your lead, I want to show some restraint.

　　跟你们学习我也要克制一下。

　　Because I think we can all agree that from the start,

　　因为我们都同意的一点是，从最开始，

　　he’s gotten the appropriate amount of coverage⁵ befitting the seriousness of his candidacy.

　　他就得到了跟他的靠谱程度相匹配的曝光率。

1 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。