万花筒 2009-07-25&07-26 施瓦辛格耍大刀！

American Morning, the most news in the morning, period. Weekdays 6 Eastern.

It is a video that has critics asking "Governor, what were you thinking?" But this morning, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is defending a clip that he posted on his Twitter page.

Yeah, here's a little bit of it. He was waving a big hunting knife as he was talking about needing to deal with the state's budget crisis, talking about budget cuts, what do you have to axe¹?

Slash², slash the budget.

Slash it. Right? Well, some Californians think the joke was a little insensitive. The governor responded, saying "Just relax. And have a little bit of sense of humor."

"You send a Governor to Sacramento--not EL STIFFO like some in the past were, but someone who is a little bit more entertaining, and has a little bit more fun with the whole thing. Not that I have fun with making the cuts, they are saddening me, but fun with the job itself." There you go, he had to explain. What?

 Nothing. I just love how he likes to have fun with the chop.

 I know! And he said "EL STIFFO". Who was he talking about before that, huh?

 All I can say is “get to da choppa”, that's...

 Poor things! All right, well of course after seeing that clip of the governor, we were reminded of another famous knife.

 Mick, give him your wallet.

What for?

He's got a knife.

Ha ha ha, that’s not a knife. That's a knife!

That's a knife.

Look. Crocodile Dundee's is bigger.

Yep.

 Get to da choppa: Short for the whole phrase that Dutch (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) says in the movie Predator³, which goes: "RUN! GO! GET TO DA CHOPPA!"

 

1 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

2 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

3 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。