【英语阅读】PardonTurkeyasaTradition(作为1个传统的火鸡赦免).docxVIP

Pardon Turkey as a Tradition 作为一个传统的火鸡赦免 Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Welcome to the White House. On behalf of Sasha and Malia and myself, we’re thrilled to see you. I want to thank Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and Joel Brandenberger, its president, for donating this year’s turkey. His name is “Courage,” and he traveled here from Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he was raised under Walter’s own precious care. 大家感恩节快乐。欢迎来到白宫。谨代表莎莎、玛丽亚和我自己，表达见到您的高兴之情。我要感谢沃尔特·佩尔蒂埃，国家火鸡联盟的主席，和乔尔·布兰登贝格尔总裁，捐出今年的火鸡。他的名字是“勇气”，他来自北卡罗莱纳州戈尔兹伯勒，在那里他得到了沃尔特先生的精心照顾。 There you go. 你去那里。 Now, the National Turkey Federation has been bringing its finest turkeys to the White House for more than 50 years. I’m told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. 现在，全国火鸡联盟已为白宫提供最好的火鸡50年以上。我听说艾森豪威尔总统和约翰逊总统真的吃了他们的火鸡。 You can’t fault them for that; that’s a good-looking bird. President Kennedy was even given a turkey with a sign around its neck that said, “Good Eatin’, Mr. President.” But he showed mercy and he said, “Let’s keep him going.” And 20 years ago this Thanksgiving, the first President Bush issued the first official presidential pardon for a turkey. 你不能怪他们；这是一只漂亮的鸟。肯尼迪总统收到的火鸡甚至在脖子上挂了一块牌子，上面写着“好吃，总统先生”。但他有怜悯之心，他说：“放他走吧。”20年前的感恩节，老布什总统给火鸡发出了第一个正式的总统赦免令。 Today, I am pleased to announce that thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha — because I was planning to eat this sucker — “Courage” will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate. Later today, he’ll head to Disneyland, where he’ll be grand marshal of tomorrow’s parade. And just in case “Courage” can’t fulfill his responsibilities, Walter brought along another turkey, “Carolina,” as an alternate, the stand-in. 今天，我很高兴地宣布，多亏了玛莉亚和莎莎的干预——因为我本打算吃掉这家伙——“勇气”也将免于可怕的成为美味被吃掉的命运。今天晚些时候，他将前往迪斯尼乐园，在那里他将成为明天游行的大元帅。万一“勇气”不能履行他的职责，沃尔特会带来另一只火鸡“卡罗来纳”作为一个备用的的替身。 Now, later this afternoon, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will take two of their less fortunate brethren to Martha’s table, an organization that do