雙語笑話 關于美國總統的腦筋急轉彎②
Q. Which President, while living in the White House,regularly skinny-dipped in the Potomac River?
哪個總統住在白宮期間,定期在白宮邊的波托馬可河里裸泳?
A. Between 1825 and 1829 there was a "moon" on the Potomacaround 5 a.m., when John Quincy Adams stripped down and took hismorning constitutional。
答案:約翰·Q·亞當斯。(美國第6任總統,1825-1829年在任)
在他任期內的1825-1829年間,早上五點左右,他會脫掉衣服,光著屁股在波托馬可河里進行他的晨泳。
Q. Which President is credited with saving 77 lives?
哪個總統救過77條人命?
A. Ronald Reagan, asa lifeguard in his hometown of Dixon, Ill. But some of the rescuesmay have been young women faking it simply to get the handsome"Dutch" Reagan's attention。
答案:羅納德·里根。(美國第40任總統,1981-1988年在任)
里根是他家鄉伊利諾斯州迪克森的救生員。但是他救的人當中也許有一些年輕女性是佯裝落水以引起英俊瀟灑的里根的注意。
Q. Which two Presidents died on the Fourth of July,1826?
哪兩個總統均死于1826年7月4日?
A.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, 50 years to the day after theDeclaration of Independence。
答案:托馬斯·杰斐遜(美國第3任總統,1801-1809年在任)和約翰·亞當斯(美國第2任總統,1797-1801年在任)。
他們均死于獨立宣言發表50周年紀念日。
Q. Which President was taught by his wife to readand write?
哪個總統的讀寫是老婆教的?
A.In 1827, in Greeneville, Tenn., Eliza McCardle, 16, married AndrewJohnson, 18. He was a tailor who could barely read or write. Yet hewas extremely ambitious. In the evening his wife taught him to readand write. And from there his political career took off, from mayorof his town to governor to Vice President and finallyPresident。
答案:安德魯·約翰遜(美國第17任總統,1865-1869年在任)
1827年,18歲的安德魯約翰遜在田納西州的格林維爾迎娶了16歲的姑娘伊萊扎·麥卡德爾。他是一個裁縫,沒有受過正規教育,但是卻野心勃勃。傍晚,他的妻子就教他讀書寫字。他的政治生涯就是從格林維爾開始的。他擔任過格林維爾市長,美國副總統,直到1985年當選為美國總統。
Q. Who was the first President to play Little Leaguebaseball?
誰是第一個參加過少年棒球聯賽的總統?
A.George W. Bush, for the Midland, Texas, Cubs from 1954 to 1958. Hiscoach, Frank Ittner, now 94 years old, recalls Bush as a finedefensive catcher who needed work on his hitting。
答案:喬治·沃特·布什(美國第43任總統,2001-至今)
小布什在1954至1958年間曾是德克薩斯州米德蘭小熊隊的一員。他的教練,現已94歲高齡的弗蘭克·伊特納回憶起小布什來是這么評價的:防守接球不錯,但擊球技術有待加強。
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