奥巴马将能抢先知道雪诺的命运

 “Mr. President? The fate of Jon Snow is about to be revealed in the screening room.”

“总统先生？雪诺的命运将在放映室揭晓。”

At the Game of Thrones premiere event in Hollywood on Sunday, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss confirmed rumors¹ that Barack Obama wanted – and will get – episodes of their ultra-secret show ahead of their debut² on HBO.

17日在《权力的游戏》（第六季）好莱坞首映礼上，该剧制作人大卫?贝尼奥夫和丹?韦斯证实了一个传闻，即奥巴马想在这部高度保密的剧集在HBO台首播之前抢先一睹为快，而且他的愿望实现了。

During HBO’s Facebook Live stream from the event’s red carpet, interviewer Veronica Belmont asked the Emmy-winning team if they had any “ah-ha … we’ve totally made it” moments coming into season 6.

在HBO台首映礼红毯的Facebook流媒体直播视频上，红毯主持人维罗妮卡?贝尔蒙特问这个获得艾美奖的创作团队做到第六季是否有过“啊哈，我们完全做到了”的时刻。

奥巴马将能抢先知道雪诺的命运

“I think, for both of us, finding out the President wanted advanced copies of the episodes was an ‘ah-ha’ moment,” Weiss said. “That was a very strange moment.”

韦斯说道：“对我们俩人来说，发现总统想要提前看《权力的游戏》是个‘啊哈’时刻。那一刻有种非常古怪的感觉。”

And did they say yes?

那么他们答应了吗？

“Yes,” Weiss replied. “He’s the leader of the free world.”

“是的，”韦斯答道，“他是自由世界（美国）的领导人嘛。”

Benioff added: “When the commander-in-chief says, ‘I want to see advanced episodes,’ what are you gonna do?”

贝尼奥夫补充说：“总司令发话了，‘我想提前看到剧集，’那你能怎么做？”

HBO is remaining mum on the subject, but if Obama gets advanced copies, he’s the only person outside of HBO to do so. In an uNPRecedented³ move, HBO decided⁴ not to send any screeners to journalists or industry insiders. The move was to maintain the secrecy⁵ of the show’s season 6 storylines, which are expanding beyond the scope of author George R.R. Martin’s novels for the first time.

HBO台对这一话题一直保持沉默，但是如果奥巴马能预先看到剧集，那么他将是HBO台以外唯一一个能这么做的人。这次HBO台决定不向记者或业内人士发放任何宣传带，这是史无前例的。此举的目的是对该剧第六季的故事情节保密，这是该剧首次不完全按照乔治?R?R?马丁的原著小说来编写剧本。

Last month, Thrones actor Liam Cunningham told Vulture that Obama gets advance copies of the show, though it wasn’t clear at the time if he was referring to season 6. “Did you know he gets advance copies? POTUS. He gets DVD copies before we do. And we’re in it!” the actor said.

上个月，《权力的游戏》演员利亚姆?坎宁安告诉《Vulture》杂志说，奥巴马得到了该剧的预览版DVD，尽管当时不清楚他指的是不是第六季。这名演员说：“你知道奥巴马拿到了预览版DVD吗？美国总统。他比我们还先拿到DVD。我们都知道的！”

Obama has previously⁶ said Thrones is one of his favorite shows. And he had apparently⁷ once expressed concern about the fate of the Night’s Watch Lord Commander. As Thrones director David Nutter⁸ told EW last summer: “Three weeks ago, I was the in the company of the President of the United States. He turned to me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, ‘You didn’t kill Jon Snow did you?’” Nutter said he replied: “Jon Snow is deader than dead.”

奥巴马先前提过《权力的游戏》是他最喜欢的电视节目之一。而且他显然对守夜人总司令的命运表达过担忧。《权力的游戏》导演戴维?纳特去年夏天告诉《娱乐周刊》说：“三个星期前，我正和美国总统在一起。他把脸转向我，将手放在我肩上，说：‘你们没把雪诺弄死，对吧？’”纳特说他当时回答道：“雪诺已经死得透透的了。”

If Donald Trump⁹ gets elected president this fall, the Thrones team might not give him the same coveted¹⁰ access. In a New York Times profile of Thrones star Peter Dinklage this weekend, columnist¹¹ Maureen Dowd said Weiss had a dim view of the Republican frontrunner: “Weiss … says Trump reminds him of Hodor, a gigantic dimwit who answers every question with one word: his name.”

如果唐纳德?特朗普今秋当选总统，《权力的游戏》团队也许就不会给他令人垂涎的同等待遇。在《纽约时报》本周末对该剧演员彼特?丁拉基的人物专访中，专栏作家陶曼玲写道，韦斯看不上这个共和党总统候选人。“韦斯说特朗普让他想起《权力的游戏》中弱智的大个子阿多，无论谁问他什么问题，他都只会答一个词，那就是他的名字阿多。”

For the rest of the world, Thrones returns April 24.

对世界上其他人而言，《权力的游戏》将在4月24日归来。

Vocabulary

showrunner: （电视节目）制作人

mum: 沉默的

POTUS: 美国总统（President Of The United States）

1 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

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 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

6 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

7 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。

8 nutter   

n.疯子

参考例句：

• Don't call him nutter because it is such a bad term.别叫他“疯子”，这不是个好词。
• But it's awfully ruthless and cold-blooded for a nutter from the other side.但是对那边的疯子们来说，却也实在太冷血无情了。

9 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

10 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。