黄西在David Letterman Show上的台词[英文]

十年移民路_

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.

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  \! F1 B& L/ y' Y: \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.

I worked really hard to become a U.S. citizen and I have to take these American History lessons where they asked us questions like:
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I was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?

And the second one was:

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( d! g* S* l! g0 H8 C' p/ aI was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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; l: w7 {8 u) }) c. G8 L8 V; ]  R"What is Roe vs. Wade?"

I was like ahh... Two ways of coming to the United States?

; A. u* W" l5 D; `! y0 m# ZI 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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. W0 ]3 M' E+ t2 B2 lI 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."

  A  D; V4 I% f3 l( nSo I said to him, "DO you even know who is Benjamin Franklin?"

. t  M) S! T4 |- ^! W1 uNow I have a sign in my car that says ”Baby On board.”
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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.
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Thank you very much!
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+ X5 Y  s& d7 E0 W! M1 i) y==========================
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+ \5 M; B; |: ^% T, \$ L( M9 n, bImplicit explanations to audience with culture difference:
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1. Ben Franklin's picture is on the US $100 bill.

# ^4 N& o" `- _  g6 a* O6 K2. Second Amendment refers to the US Constitution for the right to keep and bear arms.

5 m% |; z8 j' h7 g"Roe vs. Wade" is a famous court case that you'll learn about in history class that deals with abortion.
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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".

Roe is used as a play on words to describe "row", as in using a boat to "row" to the US.
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0 z7 ]8 W* c) {% r# u, ZThe denotation of wade was used, the definition meaning "to walk in water".

billzhao

the first passage is funny. I did not fully comprehend the humor until I looked for the exact meaning of stud, which means:
) l8 X  K& v- V, V$ g4 I! [# ?1 ma 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）.

cyz0116

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SHARING. IT IS REALLY USEFUL. JOE WANG IS A FUNNY GUY AND HAS ACHIEVED AMAZING ACHIEVEMNET.

billzhao

朝阳

this guy is really cool.

cyz0116

50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
怎么理解？
! \5 t4 P  a1 P$ d" f! F# r; Y50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？

Tara2009

6# cyz0116
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不离婚，白头到老

朝阳

50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
怎么理解？
50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？
1 T8 V7 d, T" z+ _) rcyz0116 发表于 2009-5-6 10:12

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。

Tara2009

8# 朝阳
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我觉得他的意思是离婚率太高了。

billzhao

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

Tara2009

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。

陕西闺女

东瞅瞅,西侃侃.