 US President George W. Bush is known for having his own way with words. Last week he added to the growing list of "Bush-isms."
Asked for his views on homosexuality during a White House news conference, Bush said it was "sinful." But, "mindful that we're all sinners," he added: "I caution those who may try to take the speck out of a neighbour's eye when they've got a log in their own." (Probable meaning: don't try to solve others' problems when yours are bigger.) This response was a classical Bush expression - unintelligible. Bush is a president who favours simple, to-the-point replies. When asked questions that require difficult answers, he often finds it hard to express himself. "He's a person who thinks words get in the way of communication," says Roderick Hart, a lecturer in communication studies at the University of Texas, Bush's home state. "He's a person who believes in direct, no-nonsense chatter." For instance, Bush said he wanted al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" and pledged to "smoke him out" of Afghanistan's caves. "He goes for the crispest, simplest, probably least elegant language," says Hart. Other examples of Bush-isms are: "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures in them." "My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence and tell the people involved that peace will never happen." "It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce." "I think if you know what you believe it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question." "We ought to make the pie higher."
"It's your money. You paid for it." "The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country." "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." "The future will be better tomorrow." "We're going to have the best educated American people in the world." (Agencies) | 眾所周知，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)喬治·W·布什有他獨(dú)特的駕馭語(yǔ)言的方式。上周，他又在日漸豐富的“布什語(yǔ)錄”中添了一筆。 在白宮的一次新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上，當(dāng)被問及他如何看待同性戀時(shí)，布什說(shuō)那是“不道德的”，但是他又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“不要忘了我們每個(gè)人都有過(guò)錯(cuò)，我要提醒那些只看見別人眼中有刺，而看不見自己眼中有梁木的人。” （布什的意思大概是：當(dāng)你自己的問題很嚴(yán)重的時(shí)候就不要想著去解決別人的問題了。） 這個(gè)回答是典型的布什式語(yǔ)言--讓人覺得莫名其妙。布什總統(tǒng)喜歡簡(jiǎn)單、直截了當(dāng)?shù)幕卮稹．?dāng)遇到難以回答的問題時(shí)，他往往很難把自己的意思表達(dá)清楚。 “他認(rèn)為言語(yǔ)會(huì)妨礙交流。他相信直接而又嚴(yán)肅的談話。”得克薩斯大學(xué)傳播學(xué)講師羅德里克·阿特說(shuō)。得克薩斯州是布什的家鄉(xiāng)。 例如，布什說(shuō)他一定要抓住“基地” 組織的恐怖主義領(lǐng)導(dǎo)本·拉登，不管他“是死是活”，并發(fā)誓用煙將他從阿富汗的洞穴里熏出來(lái)。 “他喜歡用最干脆、最簡(jiǎn)潔、但也可能是最不文雅的語(yǔ)言。”阿特說(shuō)。 下面是布什語(yǔ)錄中的其他一些例子： “書的一大優(yōu)點(diǎn)就是有時(shí)書里有一些稀奇古怪的圖片。” “我的政府已經(jīng)號(hào)召中東所有的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人盡他們的一切努力來(lái)阻止暴力事件的發(fā)生，并告訴有關(guān)人士和平是永遠(yuǎn)都不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。” “很重要的一點(diǎn)就是要讓人們理解貿(mào)易越多的地方，商業(yè)就越多。” “我認(rèn)為如果你知道你相信什么，那么回答這些問題就會(huì)簡(jiǎn)單很多。我無(wú)法回答你的問題。” “我們應(yīng)該把餡餅做得更高。” “這是你的錢，當(dāng)然由你來(lái)支付。” “我們大量的進(jìn)口商品是從國(guó)外來(lái)的。” “如果我們不成功的話，我們將冒失敗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。” “過(guò)去我已經(jīng)做出了正確的判斷，將來(lái)我也已經(jīng)做出了正確的判斷。” “明天和未來(lái)都會(huì)更好。” “我們將擁有世界上受教育最好的美國(guó)人。” No-nonsense: 實(shí)際的，嚴(yán)肅的 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯） |
Updated: 2003-08-11 01:00
