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.

) \3 x# K8 H. V, bI'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.

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.
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; q" c0 r- \. |0 H. h6 LI worked really hard to become a U.S. citizen and I have to take these American History lessons where they asked us questions like:

: t" G& ~/ Y; o"Who's Benjamin Franklin?"

I was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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And the second one was:

"What's the 2nd Amendment?"

! J, Z- n/ j- ]* O) q4 qI was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?

"What is Roe vs. Wade?"
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I was like ahh... Two ways of coming to the United States?

' z" a; d8 w9 s" Y" B3 NI 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!

7 I: y: C  E( }4 k* Y  m- _  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."
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' Q( p* S# l, B# B& B( A. XSo I said to him, "DO you even know who is Benjamin Franklin?"
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Now I have a sign in my car that says ”Baby On board.”

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.

  M: G! h* e# M$ `4 tThank you very much!

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, ?- O. t' L6 H. VImplicit explanations to audience with culture difference:

1. Ben Franklin's picture is on the US $100 bill.

2. Second Amendment refers to the US Constitution for the right to keep and bear arms.
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0 o. ?' Z8 j" p0 r"Roe vs. Wade" is a famous court case that you'll learn about in history class that deals with abortion.

$ l( ?" g6 w. r& w* R5 q! m4 dJoe 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".

: t4 m) `$ T0 Z9 x; \! x# @3 }5 dRoe is used as a play on words to describe "row", as in using a boat to "row" to the US.

5 ?! r; F* O" W3 E8 rThe 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:
4 O; S1 ?) w) x( qa 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？
  T+ d. ]% V& u. r50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？

Tara2009

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朝阳

50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
怎么理解？
; Z. z" C1 M5 F- k& F0 a50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？
cyz0116 发表于 2009-5-6 10:12

* ~' s# j; d# k  U% w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

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5 d& L4 A7 X& Y3 n5 z% A& c: G% d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.