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Obama gets jersey from Brazils Lula 摘要：贝拉克奥巴马总统上周四从巴西总统路易斯伊纳西奥卢拉达席尔瓦那里收到了一份礼物。这份礼物似乎让奥巴马很高兴，又让他有些难堪。 President Barack Obama seemed pleased with the gift he received Thursday from Brazils President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but it was bittersweet nonetheless. Silva gave Obama, a big sports fan, an autographed yellow Brazilian soccer jersey at the start of their morning meeting at the G-8 summit in Italy. During their banter, which reporters partly heard through a translator, Silva spoke animatedly of the June 28 soccer match between the U.S. and Brazilian national teams in the Confederations Cup series. The game was a crushing loss for the underdog Americans, who led at the midway point, 2-0, only to lose 3-2. Silva repeatedly said, Yes we can, which was Obamas campaign catchphrase and apparently what the Brazilian president had in mind while his team trailed. Obama smiled gamely; if he felt Silva was rubbing it in a bit, he didnt let on. Hey, look at this, Obama said of the jersey, signed by the Brazilian teams players. Beautiful. All right, wonderful. I like that. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs later said Obama ended his 30-minute session with Silva by patting the Brazilians back and vowing, we will not lose a two-point lead again. | 
