主播妙喻

编者按:虽然美国大选的话题已经陈旧,但是美国CBS电视网的丹·拉瑟(Dan Rather犞鞑ァ把∏橹夜”时精彩的得州风味绕口令,让人忍俊不禁。而且节目拖得越长,他的比喻就更加多彩多姿。以下我们不依时间顺序,用丹·拉瑟的妙语来重现开票夜大事纪,也让读者们领略一番原汁原味的美语幽默。

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS “hot enough to peel house paint.”

总统大选“热得足以让房子的油漆脱落。”

“…as hot and tight as a too small bathing suit on a too long car ride back from the beach.”

“……又热又紧绷,好像穿着小一号的游泳衣,从海滩开很久的车子回家。”

“…as tight as the rusted lug nuts on a55 Ford.”

“……紧得像是1955年份福特车上生锈的螺丝帽。”

BUSH“has run through Dixie like a big wheel through a cotton field.”

布什:“横扫南方各州,像是大车轮压过棉花田。”(编注:美国南方盛产棉花)

WHILE GORES“backs against the wall his shirttails on fire and the bill collectors at the door.”

戈尔“被逼到背抵着墙,衬衫下摆着火,讨债的人堵在门口。”

AND THE SENATE CAMPAIGNS WERE“as hot and squalid as a New York elevator in August.”

参议员竞选“又热又龌龊,有如8月纽约的电梯。”

MEANWHILE,“you can bet that theyre smiling like a cat in a creamery down in Austin…”

同时,“你可以打赌,在得州奥斯汀的那些人一定正笑得像奶油乳酪工厂里的猫咪……”

ALTHOUGH BUSHS LEAD“is now shakier than cafeteria Jell-O”

布什的领先,现在比学校餐厅里的果冻还要摇晃不稳。

“…has been melted faster then ice cream in a microwave.”

“……融化得比微波炉里的冰淇淋还快。”G