访谈录 2009-09-23&09-26 奥巴马上《大卫牙擦苏》脱

I was looking at your itinerary¹ for the day. And the activities, and the stops and the visits, and considering your day yesterday, it just makes me dizzy. When you wake up on a day like this, is it something you relish², or is it something you say, "Oh, for heaven's sake, I gotta go see Letterman."

That was unexpected, seeing that appear on the schedule. I was... That's one of those when, you know, you ask your advisers³, "who's responsible for this?"

Yes, exactly. Right.

And everybody kind of looks down and they pull out their Blackberries.

But I will say...

No body is accountable.

So we decided⁴ there wasn't gonna be any fancy camps during the summer or anything. They basically just goofed⁵ off all summer, which I couldn't do.

Either you have.

I started noticing when they would have these townhall meetings and there was vitriol, and general animosity, and anger, and shouting and pushing, and just unsavory behavior reported. I don't know if it was generally speaking, but it would be reported here and there. And then within the last week, a couple of days ago, Jimmy Carter started talking about this behavior and was speculating that perhaps this unease or poor decorum was because people was rooted in racism⁶. Is he onto something there or is that something to talk about?

Well, first of all I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.

This is true. This is true.

How long have you been a black man?

So the American people, I think, gave me this extraordinary honor. And that tells you, I think, a lot about where the country is at. I actually think that what's happened is that whenever a president tries to bring about significant changes, particularly during times of economic unease, then there is a certain segment of the population that gets very riot-up. And it happened, FDR(Franklin D. Roosevelt) was called a socialist⁷ and a communist. JFK(John F. Kennedy), there are all kinds of names hurled⁸ at him. Ronald Reagan, when he came into office, he was moving into a different direction and people were sure that he was bringing the country down. And so this is not untypical. One of the things you sign up for in politics is folks yell at you. But I think that what has been missing from the conversation is that the overwhelming majority of people, Republican or Democrat⁹, I think they just want to see some common sense, they want to see some honesty, and integrity in Washington. I think they are turned off by the shouting and yelling. And they expect more from the public elected officials. So that's something that I want to...
 

1 itinerary   

n.行程表，旅行路线；旅行计划

参考例句：

• The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
• The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。

2 relish   

n.滋味，享受，爱好，调味品；vt.加调味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味

参考例句：

• I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

3 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。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 goofed   

v.弄糟( goof的过去式和过去分词 )；混；打发时间；出大错

参考例句：

• Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
• We just goofed around till the train time. 在火车开车前我们只是闲荡了一阵。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

7 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

8 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。