(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
2.PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CRASHER
2.派对上的不速之客
It takes guts to show up at a senior prom without a date.
没有约定就出现在毕业舞会上需要勇气 。
Fortunately, when President John F. Kennedy crashed the John Burroughs Senior Prom on June 7, 1963,
幸运的是,1963年6月7日,当约翰·肯尼迪总统闯入约翰·巴勒斯的高中舞会时,
he brought comedian Jack Benny with him.
他带来了喜剧演员杰克·本尼 。
California Democrats were hosting a fund-raiser in the Beverly Hilton Hotel the same night as the prom,
当晚,加州民主党人在比佛利希尔顿酒店举办了一场募捐活动,和舞会在同一个晚上
but after Kennedy learned this had almost caused the dance to be relocated, he stepped in—literally.
但当肯尼迪知道这几乎导致舞蹈被重新安排后,他介入了 。
The president walked into the hotel's grand ballroom and declared to the stunned seniors,
总统走进酒店的大宴会厅,对震惊了的毕业班学生宣布:
"Actually, this is a better room than the room we have upstairs."
“事实上,这里比我们楼上的房间更好 。”
重点讲解
1.better than 超过;多于;好于…
No one can know you better than you know yourself.
没有人能知道你比你更好的了解自己 。
2.Democrats 民主党;民主党人
What should Democrats do?
民主党该怎么办呢?
3.show up 露面;露出
She dressed herself up and found nowhere to show up.
她装扮得整整齐齐, 却无处可去炫耀 。
4.walked into 走进
By the time you’ve walked into the room, you’ve forgotten why.
当你走进那个房间的时候,你已经忘记所为何来了 。