奥巴马2012感恩节赦免火鸡仪式讲话

奥巴马2012感恩节赦免火鸡仪式讲话时间:2012-11-24 19:22来源:口译网作者:管鑫sam 点击:3215次

Remarks by the President at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon

November 21, 2012

奥巴马总统感恩节赦免火鸡仪式讲话

2012年11月21日

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Well, good afternoon, everybody. (Turkey gobbles.) (Laughter.)

各位，下午好！

They say that life is all about second chances. And this November, I could not agree more. (Laughter.) So in the spirit of the season, I have one more gift to give, and it goes to a pair of turkeys named Cobbler and Gobbler. The American people have spoken, and these birds are moving forward. (Turkey gobbles.) (Laughter.) I love this bird. (Laughter.)

人们说人生之中总会有转机，在这个时节，我万般赞同。在这节日的气氛里，我还要送出一份厚礼给这对名叫“唧唧喳”和“咯咯哒”的火鸡。美国人民表达了自己的意愿，这两只鸡将继续前进。爱死这只大鸟了！

Now, I joke, but for the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote. And once again, Nate Silver completely nailed it. (Laughter.) The guy is amazing. He predicted these guys would win.

好吧，是开玩笑。不过这是史上首次以互联网投票的方式决出白宫将赦免哪些火鸡。Nate

Silver再一次预测成功，这家伙真神了，他预测出这对鸡友将会胜出。

I want to thank everyone who participated in this election. Because of your votes, the only cobbler anyone’s eating this Thanksgiving will come with a side of ice cream. And for that, our winning turkey can thank his stellar campaign team led by Steve Willardsen, who is the Chairman of the National Turkey Foundation and raised this beautiful bird at Miller Farm in Harrisonburg, Virginia. So here’s Steve. (Applause.)

我想感谢每一位参与了这次选举的人，因为你们的投票，今年感恩节上会被吃掉的cobbler 只是边儿上带冰淇淋的那一种。获胜的火鸡也要感谢由Steve Willardsen 挂帅的竞选团队。他是全国火鸡协会的主席，在弗吉尼亚州哈里森堡的米勒农场将这对美鸡们养大。这位就是Steve。

And, as always, if for some reason Cobbler cannot fulfill his duties as the Official White House Turkey, Gobbler will be waiting in the wings.

像以往一样，假如唧唧喳不能完成白宫代言鸡的神圣使命，咯咯哒将随时待命上任。

From here, these two -- (laughter) -- from here these two lucky birds will be swept up in a whirlwind of fame and fortune that will ultimately lead them to Mount V ernon, where they will spend their twilight years in the storied home of George Washington. And later today, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will be taking two turkeys who were not so lucky to a local food bank here in Washington, D.C. I want to thank Jaindl Turkey Farms in Pennsylvania for donating these birds -- or those birds -- and I’d like to ask every American to do what they can to help families who are in need of a real Thanksgiving this year.

这对鸡友从这里——这对幸运的鸡友将从此名声鹊起，享尽荣华富贵，最终到达芒特弗农庄园，在华盛顿的宅院中享度余生。今天晚些时候，我和米歇尔、玛利亚、莎拉，将把另两只不幸的火鸡送到华盛顿特区的一家地方济困的食物银行里。我要感谢宾州的Jaindl火鸡农场捐出这或那些火鸡，我也希望美国人都能够尽自己所能去帮助可能过不上像样的感恩节了的那些家庭。

Tomorrow, in the company of friends and loved ones, we will celebrate a uniquely American holiday. And it’s a chance for us to spend time with the people we car e about and to give thanks for the blessings that we enjoy; and to think about just how lucky we are to live in the greatest nation on Earth.