美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第386期:G20的G是什么?

同為國(guó)際關(guān)系碩士，Jenny和Spencer都表示，今天一定要說(shuō)G20!大家知道G20的“G”，到底代表什么?總理、首相、總統(tǒng)、主席各種稱(chēng)謂，英語(yǔ)是什么?各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人名字怎么念?還有國(guó)際政壇顏值擔(dān)當(dāng)?shù)膸浉缈偫?，這次也來(lái)了，而且和中國(guó)頗有淵源!

關(guān)鍵詞：

What's the G in G20? G20里這個(gè)G到底是什么意思?

答案是.......

G = group: 集團(tuán)，團(tuán)體

It stands for "group". When you say G20, it sounds much more powerful and mysterious: 其實(shí)就是“團(tuán)體”啦，不過(guò)說(shuō)G20, 聽(tīng)起來(lái)有氣勢(shì)多了，而且還有幾分神秘感

G20峰會(huì)

The G20 Summit

Summit: 峰會(huì);山峰，山頂

Summit also means the top of the mountain: 這個(gè)詞也是山峰的意思

Climb to the summit of a mountain: 爬到山頂

Jenny和Spencer都關(guān)心國(guó)際時(shí)政。Jenny和Spencer都是國(guó)際關(guān)系碩士畢業(yè)。

對(duì)國(guó)際大事、國(guó)家大事都特別感興趣，可謂是兩個(gè)political junkies(時(shí)政愛(ài)好者)。

IR (International Relations): 國(guó)際關(guān)系

大家注意，國(guó)際關(guān)系不是"International Relationships", 而是International Relations.

international affairs: 國(guó)際事務(wù)、國(guó)際時(shí)政

political junkie: 時(shí)政愛(ài)好者、關(guān)心時(shí)政的人

political buff: 政治迷

politico: 同上 (美國(guó)有個(gè)非常有影響力的政治新聞網(wǎng)站，就叫Politico)

We both did our masters in International Relations: 我們都是讀國(guó)際關(guān)系碩士的

I've always been interested in politics and international affairs: 我一直對(duì)政治、國(guó)際時(shí)政很感興趣

I'm the same way as you. I grew up in a military family. Politics were always part of the dinner table conversations: 我跟你一樣，我家是軍人家庭，家里聚餐總會(huì)討論政治

I went to study politics thinking I wanted to make a difference in the world: 我學(xué)政治，就是抱著要改變世界的理想

The world is in turmoil: 世界很動(dòng)蕩

I realized the world has always been in turmoil: 其實(shí)我后來(lái)明白世界一直都很動(dòng)蕩

I don't think I was naive to want to make a difference: 但我不覺(jué)得想改變世界的想法很幼稚

I think what we are doing at OpenLanguage is a form of International Relations: 我覺(jué)得我們?cè)陂_(kāi)言做的工作也是促進(jìn)國(guó)際關(guān)系

We're bridging the gap between language and culture: 我們是在搭一座連接語(yǔ)言和文化的橋梁

安保很重要

With such an important event, security is very tight: 如此重大的會(huì)議，安保絕對(duì)要嚴(yán)密

block off traffic: 封鎖交通

tight/strict security measures: 嚴(yán)格的安保措施

奧巴馬、普京、默克爾......大人物都來(lái)啦!

Who's coming to the G20 Summit?

Everyone!

你可以用這些詞形容大人物、大腕兒：

The who's who of ...: 大人物，大腕

The whole shebang: 所有大人物，大腕

The whole gang: 同上

The who's who of the international order: 國(guó)際秩序的大腕兒

The whole shebang/the whole gang is here: 所有大人物都來(lái)了

這幾個(gè)說(shuō)法都特別地道。跟native speaker說(shuō)，他們一定對(duì)你刮目相看!

不過(guò)，這些說(shuō)法很口語(yǔ);正式的說(shuō)法是：

national leaders: 國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人

heads of states: 國(guó)家元首

總統(tǒng)、主席;總理、首相

雖然中文叫法因國(guó)而異，不過(guò)基本上英語(yǔ)談國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，就會(huì)用這兩個(gè)詞：

President: 總統(tǒng)、主席

Prime Minister (也常縮寫(xiě)為PM): 首相，總理

但是，有個(gè)例外：

Chancellor: 德國(guó)總理用這個(gè)詞

Germany is the only major country that uses the word "chancellor" instead of prime minister: 德國(guó)應(yīng)該是主要國(guó)家里唯一用chancellor而不是prime minister稱(chēng)呼總理的

G20還有一個(gè)國(guó)王

King: 國(guó)王

Which country is that? 這是哪個(gè)國(guó)家?

It's a country with a lot of oil: 是個(gè)石油很多的國(guó)家

Oh, Saudi Arabia! 噢，沙特阿拉伯

還有頭銜很長(zhǎng)的歐盟領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人：

President of the European Council: 歐洲理事會(huì)主席

President of the European Commission: 歐盟委員會(huì)主席

G20的G是什么?

來(lái)，大家看看完整的G20各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人列表，各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的名字，讀音有奧妙

Angela Merkel is often pronounced the German way in English media: 默克爾的名字在英語(yǔ)媒體也常用德語(yǔ)發(fā)音念

It's ahn-GAY-lah: 這個(gè)G是發(fā)“格”的因

Abe Shinzo: 安倍晉三

Park Guen-hye: 樸槿惠

Vladimir Putin: 普京

Americans often make the "t" into an "n" sound: 美國(guó)人說(shuō)"Putin"的時(shí)候，常把t變成n的音。

大家多聽(tīng)Jenny, Spencer念幾遍，感受一下

帥氣加拿大總理

G20各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人中，加拿大總理特魯多Justin Trudeau絕對(duì)是media darling(媒體寵兒)，這顏值:

My husband has a man crush on Justin Trudeau：我老公特別仰慕Trudeau

Man crush: 男人間的欣賞

Bromance (brother+romance): 同上

這兩個(gè)詞都是調(diào)侃口吻，指一個(gè)男人特別喜歡、特別欣賞另一個(gè)男人

He is such a hunk：他的確很帥

Hunk (名詞 )/ hunky(形容詞): 高大帥氣

帥總理爸爸開(kāi)啟中加外交關(guān)系

特魯多的爸爸也曾任加拿大總理，而且是加拿大人公認(rèn)的最杰出的一任總理。他們家族在加拿大的地位堪比肯尼迪家族在美國(guó)的地位。

Justin Trudeau's dad Pierre Trudeau established diplomatic ties with China in 1973 whenhe was the Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau的爸爸Pierre Trudeau1973年訪問(wèn)中國(guó)，中加建交

Now, the son is following his father's footsteps: 現(xiàn)在，子承父業(yè)，兒子作為總理訪問(wèn)中國(guó)

It's such a great human interest story: 真是個(gè)暖人心的故事呢

說(shuō)到肯尼迪家族，Jenny做過(guò)他們的翻譯。Spencer曾在美國(guó)領(lǐng)事館實(shí)習(xí)

Did you ever intern in any government agencies or NGOs? 你有沒(méi)有在政府機(jī)構(gòu)或者非政府組織里工作過(guò)?

I interned at the American Consulate during the Shanghai Expo: 上海世博會(huì)的時(shí)候，我在美國(guó)駐滬領(lǐng)事館實(shí)習(xí)過(guò)

I interned in Public Affairs: 我在公共事務(wù)部實(shí)習(xí)

Jenny做過(guò)前加州州長(zhǎng)夫人Maria Shriver的翻譯。她的前夫是施瓦辛格，叔叔是肯尼迪總統(tǒng)

When Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Californian Governor, he visited China with a Californian delegation: 施瓦辛格還是加州州長(zhǎng)時(shí)，帶代表團(tuán)訪華

"The Governator": 施瓦辛格演過(guò)《終結(jié)者》系列(The Terminator), 他當(dāng)州長(zhǎng)時(shí)，大家就叫他 the Governator (Governor+Terminator)

I was his wife (now ex-wife) Maria Shriver's translator when they visited China: 我做他太太(現(xiàn)在是前妻), Maria Shriver中國(guó)行的陪同翻譯

It was a truly unique experience: 真是一段與眾不同的經(jīng)歷

I got to visit the American Ambassador's residence, but I could only stay in the garden because I didn't have security clearance: 還去了美國(guó)大使官邸，不過(guò)只能在花園里等，因?yàn)闆](méi)有安保許可，不能進(jìn)去

“上有天堂、下有蘇杭”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)?

Up above is heaven and down below are Suzhou and Hangzhou: 上有天堂，下有蘇杭

Spencer, your translation will make Jack Ma envious: Spencer, 你翻譯得太好了，馬云肯定也服你