搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
Comedian1-in-Chief Appears on Seinfeld Web Show 奥巴马现身谐星杰瑞·宋飞的节目
If you think that the most powerful man on earth would have time to tape a 19-minute comedy about nothing, some would say that you are crazy.
But, American President Barack Obama did just that.
Obama got together recently with Jerry Seinfeld to record an episode2 of the comedian’s popular web series. “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” is in its seventh season. The show usually features Seinfeld and a guest comedian driving around in a cool car. They go to a coffee shop to drink and talk.
Obama may not be a comedian by profession. But Seinfeld explains on the show that the president "has gotten off just enough funny lines to qualify3 for getting on this show."
The two men meet when Seinfeld taps on the window of the Oval4 Office at the White House where Obama is at his desk working.
Seinfeld and Obama go for a ride. Seinfeld has brought a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Obama calls it "a sweet car," that, as a kid, he dreamed of owning someday. Seinfeld drives the president down to the gate of the White House grounds. But the Secret Service tells him, firmly, that he cannot take the president out.
So they drive back toward5 the house.
Seinfeld asks Obama what he would like to do that he currently6 cannot because he is president. Obama says he would like to take a Saturday morning walk where he could run into a friend and have a chat. He says, "Anonymity7 is not something you think about as being valuable.”
Seinfeld disagrees.
"With all due respect, I remember very well not being famous. It wasn't that great."
Seinfeld notes the love American children have for presidents. Obama agrees, “I do really well with the zero to 8 demographic. Partly ‘cause, I think, my ears are big, and so I look a little like a cartoon character.”
The two continue their talk in the White House restaurant where they make a pot of coffee. "How many world leaders, do you think, are completely out of their mind?" Seinfeld asks the president.
Obama answers, "A pretty sizable percent. The longer they stay in office, the more likely that is to happen."
The show lasts about 19 minutes. Toward the end, Obama notes that he did not have the chance to discuss his health care plan, the Affordable8 Care Act.
"Usually the only reason I do these things is because I am promoting health care," the president says. Seinfeld looks directly into the camera and says to viewers, “It’s a great thing. Please try Obamacare today.”
After the airing of the episode, Seinfeld went on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" to talk about it. Seinfeld said, “the idea that anybody thinks they should be President. You gotta be out of your mind ... You gotta be crazy.”
Stephen Colbert, another comedian, replied, “You know what else is crazy? You have a little Internet show. And you drive around and drink coffee and crack jokes. And then you get the Commander-in-Chief to be on the show. What is up with that?”
Words in This Story
episode – n. a television show, radio show, etc., that is one part of a series
comedian – n. a person who performs in front of an audience and makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories or by acting9 in a way that is funny
cool – adj. very fashionable, stylish10, or appealing in a way that is generally approved of especially by young people
chat – v. to talk with someone in a casual11 way
demographic – n. a group of people that has a particular set of qualities— usually singular
out of one’s mind – expression to be mentally unstable
1 comedian | |
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 episode | |
n.(作品的一段)情节,插曲,系列事件中之一 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 qualify | |
vt.取得资格,有资格,限定,描述;vi.取得资格,有资格 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 oval | |
n. 椭圆,椭圆形跑道;adj. 卵形的,椭圆形的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 toward | |
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 currently | |
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 anonymity | |
n.the condition of being anonymous | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8 affordable | |
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10 stylish | |
adj.流行的,时髦的;漂亮的,气派的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11 casual | |
adj.漠不关心,冷漠的;随便的,非正式的;偶然的,碰巧的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。