普京支持叶卡捷琳堡申办世博会英文讲话：“蹩脚英语”很治愈
<p>俄罗斯总统普京支持叶卡捷琳堡申办2020年世博会的英文讲话</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="ventured">ventured</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="Vladimir">Vladimir</span> <span word="Putin">Putin</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="linguistic">linguistic</span> <span word="jaunt">jaunt</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="entertaining">entertaining</span>.</p><p>尽管这不是俄罗斯总统普京第一次讲英语，但他最近的英文演讲可能是最欢乐的一次了。</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="accent">accent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nervously">nervously</span> <span word="flapping">flapping</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>，<span word="at">at</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="chewing">chewing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="toffee">toffee</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="explained">explained</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="hosted">hosted</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p>除了厚重口音和紧张得来回摆动的双臂，在阐释俄罗斯参与世博会的历史久远却从未有机会举办时，总统有时的表情就像是在嚼了一块太妃糖。</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="effort">effort</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="facial">facial</span> <span word="gymnastics">gymnastics</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="tackles">tackles</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="amusement">amusement</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span>.</p><p>虽然俄罗斯总统做出了最大的努力，但他在用英文录制宣传短片时，纠结而丰富的面部表情引来了国内外一片欢乐关注。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="Post">Post</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="spoken">spoken</span>, “<span word="a">a</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="awkwardly">awkwardly</span>, [<span word="giving">giving</span>] <span word="a">a</span> <span word="somewhat">somewhat</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="display">display</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="accustomed">accustomed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="Putin">Putin</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="maintained">maintained</span> <span word="tough">tough</span>-<span word="guy">guy</span> <span word="air">air</span>”.</p><p>《华盛顿邮报》评论说，普京总统的演讲“有些蹩脚，我们都已习惯普京精心维持的硬汉形象，所以感到他这次的讲话实在是有些奇怪。”</p>
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