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黄西在David Letterman Show上的台词[英文]

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发表于 2009-5-5 20:01 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Hi everybody. So... I'm Irish. I read a report recently that a man reaches his sexual peak at age 18 but I didn't know this... until I was twenty five. So the world will never know what a stud I was. No one took a bite out of this peach when it was ripe.% r/ I4 W$ R2 `; j* k- y

$ {5 l5 U7 F2 j9 D" YI'm not good at sports, but I love parallel parking... because unlike sports, when you are parallel parking, the worse you are, the more people that are rooting for you.4 ~4 |2 p% i2 Y! Y5 ^" G* e# J) Q
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I'm an immigrant and I used to drive an old car with a lot of bumper stickers that are impossible to peel off. And one of them said, "if you don't speak English, go home!" I didn't notice it for two years.6 O  i& @+ N6 I6 j& ^; h

# F. L" o8 {) Z! L7 j7 ?) uI worked really hard to become a U.S. citizen and I have to take these American History lessons where they asked us questions like:* R2 o& L% A6 a* X2 J' Y

7 x8 w6 T% k. H1 ?; v3 G1 {"Who's Benjamin Franklin?"! s6 W) a) g9 Z, y

/ t3 {! m: B# j& M( }I was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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* E% m: q, ]) J, ^6 oAnd the second one was:2 k2 A" G. Z+ O# e" Q! v/ H+ f

7 G. e& F2 ~2 f! S* n"What's the 2nd Amendment?"2 u# k0 h* z. x

+ W. u/ B; C( x$ m8 {- u- H) W! xI was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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/ ?! L0 _4 k6 K0 U- }"What is Roe vs. Wade?"
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) k7 g" m( q9 {4 M* ^I was like ahh... Two ways of coming to the United States?% o' ~( W' U+ K- j

  Q5 |" @+ G8 ~  VI have a family now, but I used to be scared of marriage. I was like wow... 50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever!
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I just had my first child last year. I was really amazed at it. I was in the delivery room, holding up my son, thinking to myself, "Wow... He was just born... And he's already a U.S citizen."- W/ R6 y, U  c) j! c' ?6 l
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So I said to him, "DO you even know who is Benjamin Franklin?"1 K( I7 B. m2 e4 i

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This sign is basically a threat. It just says that I have a screaming baby and a nagging wife and that I am not afraid of dying anymore.; E7 ~7 m, T; X2 a

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Implicit explanations to audience with culture difference:
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1. Ben Franklin's picture is on the US $100 bill.+ n3 N( T( H: H+ m$ A+ V5 n
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2. Second Amendment refers to the US Constitution for the right to keep and bear arms.* t' M: g  Y1 }" e8 g5 Z- \  n
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"Roe vs. Wade" is a famous court case that you'll learn about in history class that deals with abortion.  S- t0 H4 A7 G  c
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Joe Wong used this case in a form of a question: What is Roe vs. Wade? To which he cleverly delivered the punchline "Two ways of coming to the United States".
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$ r1 H2 q4 l: T& V; q; G9 J$ V  a, l  YRoe is used as a play on words to describe "row", as in using a boat to "row" to the US.
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The denotation of wade was used, the definition meaning "to walk in water".
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发表于 2009-5-5 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
the first passage is funny. I did not fully comprehend the humor until I looked for the exact meaning of stud, which means:
' B/ q$ `  v4 \0 m5 _* U& Ha young man, esp one who is thought to be very active sexually and is regarded as a good sexual partner 小伙子(尤指性慾旺盛堪为性伴侣的).
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发表于 2009-5-5 22:28 | 显示全部楼层
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SHARING. IT IS REALLY USEFUL. JOE WANG IS A FUNNY GUY AND HAS ACHIEVED AMAZING ACHIEVEMNET.
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发表于 2009-5-6 06:55 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
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发表于 2009-5-6 08:35 | 显示全部楼层
this guy is really cool.
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发表于 2009-5-6 09:12 | 显示全部楼层
50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
1 S9 l. U. H) k2 P6 ?- m. e2 @怎么理解?8 X5 P6 Y: z% C  {) C, u8 G
50%的婚姻最终走向永恒?
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发表于 2009-5-6 09:56 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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不离婚,白头到老
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发表于 2009-5-6 10:33 | 显示全部楼层
50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。2 G- J2 Q5 q9 i& a: S
怎么理解?
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3 I. X( ~+ x0 ~# R我觉得JOE的意思可能是不离婚的比例这么高,(因为他害怕婚姻)可能他离不了婚吧。
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发表于 2009-5-6 11:37 | 显示全部楼层
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6 }* O: r3 b) m4 g6 u我觉得他的意思是离婚率太高了。
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发表于 2009-5-7 19:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
同意朝阳的意见。原来没有认真看,觉着就是离婚率太高了。但是这样就没有什么幽默了,好玩的对方可能是为了迎合一些不爱结婚的美国人。从一而终对一些年轻人是来讲,不一定是梦想,却有可能是噩梦
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发表于 2009-5-8 12:12 | 显示全部楼层
表情僵硬。看第一遍没觉的,越看越觉的离专业演员差好大一截。
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发表于 2009-5-8 21:06 | 显示全部楼层
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