政坛名人时常语出惊人,好比委内瑞拉总统查韦斯,在拉美首脑峰会上与哥伦比亚总统互掐,逼得对方冒出一句“to be a man”,随即被无数人引用,成为新的政坛流行语。
俄罗斯总理普京也有许多原创性 “佳句”,一经报道便成为俄罗斯老少妇孺纷纷引用的流行语。我们来看看都有哪些:
Good luck is for idiots, we were just working hard.
运气是为白痴准备的,而我们只要努力工作就行。
Our job is not only to poke the holes in the ground.
我们的工作不是在地上挖洞。(被问到油田开采的时候)
If a person likes everything it means he is an idiot.
一个人要是什么都喜欢,他肯定是白痴。
I was working like a slave on galleys.
我忙得和船上厨房里的奴隶一样。(这一句比喻形象而巧妙,一经说出就成为俄罗斯国内引用率极高的流行语。)
Do you want me to eat dirt from a flowerpot?
你想让我把花盆里的土都吃了还是咋地?(被问到能否做出保证的时候)
They pulled it out of their noses and rubbed it on paper.
他们把从鼻孔里弄出来的东西涂抹到纸上。(评论西方记者)
We'll follow terrorists everywhere. We will corner the bandits in the toilet and wipe them out.
我们将对恐怖分子追击到底,哪怕追到厕所里,也要灭了他们。