访谈录 2009-08-20&08-23 【洋葱新闻】奥巴马患有两

Welcome back, our top story today, the shocking announcement from the White House that President Barack Obama suffers from bipolar disorder¹.

Bipolar disorder is something the President has struggled with for most of his life. After a three-year long manic period of extreme positivity and productivity, he's now entered the deep depression.

Jame is live in Washington, and we also have Onion News Network medical expert doctor Simon Camble.

Hello, Glen.

Doctor Camble, this has taken a lot of people by surprises this morning.

It has, Glen. But if you look back Obama during his campaign and the six months in office, you see classic manic behavior, the extreme self-confidence, the euphoric, inexplicable² sense of hope. He babbled³ incoherently for hours about change and the fundamental goodness of the American people.

Yes. In addition, he was known for frequently sending out rambling⁴ emails with subject lines like, "I am so excited", "Major announcement" and "Will you join me". This is not the behavior of a sane⁵ person.

But now, of course, the President's behavior has changed dramatically. In fact, we have a copy of the budget that he presented to Congress yesterday which was not well-received as we all know. And last week, he proposed a health care plan that was nothing more than, "if you need a doctor, go see a doctor."

Yes. When asked at a press conference if he was going to further increase the national debt, Obama just replied, why would you ask that, and silently gripped his forehead.

Exactly. You can see it even in his handwriting. Here is his memo⁶ book from his manic phase, and from his depressive stage.

And sources tell us that today advisers⁷ could barely convince him to pose for his official White House portrait, all he had to do was sit there.

And he's dishevel, he's argumentative, he walks around unshaved and in an old stained bathrobe.

Yes, apparently⁸ the President has been spending every night on the couch in the Oval office, watching reruns of NYPD Blue until he falls asleep around 4 a.m. He doesn't leave the room for days at a time and reprotedly it is just filthy⁹.

All right, we are gonna have more on this. For now we wanna thank you both very much.

Pleasure.

Thank you, Glen.

White House officials say Vice¹⁰ President Joe Biden may step in to fill the duties of the presidency¹¹, however, that may cause further problem still, due to Mr. Biden's very public ongoing¹² struggle with Asperger Syndrome¹³.

Moving on now, a record marijuana bust¹⁴ turn ed out to be mostly shwag.

1 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

2 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。

3 babbled   

v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• He babbled the secret out to his friends. 他失口把秘密泄漏给朋友了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She babbled a few words to him. 她对他说了几句不知所云的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

5 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

6 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

7 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。

10 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

11 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

12 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

13 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

14 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。