編者按:雖然美國大選的話題已經(jīng)陳舊,但是美國CBS電視網(wǎng)的丹·拉瑟(Dan Rather犞韃ァ把∏櫓夜”時精彩的得州風味繞口令,讓人忍俊不禁。而且節(jié)目拖得越長,他的比喻就更加多彩多姿。以下我們不依時間順序,用丹·拉瑟的妙語來重現(xiàn)開票夜大事紀,也讓讀者們領略一番原汁原味的美語幽默。

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

總統(tǒng)大選“熱得足以讓房子的油漆脫落?！?/p>

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

“……又熱又緊繃,好像穿著小一號的游泳衣,從海灘開很久的車子回家?！?/p>

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

“……緊得像是1955年份福特車上生銹的螺絲帽?！?/p>

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

布什:“橫掃南方各州,像是大車輪壓過棉花田?！?編注:美國南方盛產(chǎn)棉花)

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

戈爾“被逼到背抵著墻,襯衫下擺著火,討債的人堵在門口?！?/p>

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

參議員競選“又熱又齷齪,有如8月紐約的電梯?！?img align="left" src="https://cimg.fx361.com/images/2001/08/09/qkimageshwxyhwxy2105hwxy210522-3-l.jpg">

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

同時,“你可以打賭,在得州奧斯汀的那些人一定正笑得像奶油乳酪工廠里的貓咪……”

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

布什的領先,現(xiàn)在比學校餐廳里的果凍還要搖晃不穩(wěn)。

“…h(huán)as been melted faster then ice cream in a microwave.”

“……融化得比微波爐里的冰淇淋還快?！盙