黄西的演讲
2010年3月17日,黄西Joe Wong受邀在美者年会晚宴上表演脱口秀,一个土生土长的中者年会上,用幽默征服了全场美国人,并当面调侃美国副总统约瑟夫·拜登(Joseph Robinette "J会说,“我为什么要学两种语言呢?”我告诉他,“当你成为总统以后,你必须要用英语来签署法案,用中文和你的债权国对话。”
(此处用到了刚才sticker上的话;委婉表达了中国是美国的债权国。)
After I graduated from Rice, I decided to stay in the US because in China I can’t do the thing I do best here, being ethnic. In order to become a citizen, we immigrants had to take American history lessons with questions like: Who’s Benjamin Franklin? We were like, “Ahh.., the reason our convenient store gets robbed?” What’s the second Amendment? We were like, “Ahh.., the reason our convenient store get
s robbed?” What is Roe vs Wade? We went, “Ahh…, two ways of coming to the US?”
从莱斯大学毕业后,我决定留在美国,因为有一件事我在中国肯定不如在美国能做得更好——具有民族特色。为了成为美国公民,我们移民必须要学习美国历史,很多问题诸如“本杰明·富兰克林是谁?” 我们想“啊...导致我们便利店被劫的原因?” “第二修正案是什么?” 我们就“啊...导致我们便利店被劫的原因?” “Roe vs Wade是什么?” 我们又“啊...来到美国的两种途径?”
(用同一个答案回答了两个美国历史问题,非常有笑果,用移民的角度“误解”美国的著名堕胎案判例,是一般美国人无法想象的视角。)
Later I read a lot about American history. So much so that I started to feel white guilt. In America, all men are created equal, but after birth, it depends on their parents’ income for early education and healthcare.
之后我读了很多关于美国历史的书,以至于我都产生了白人负罪感。在美等,但出生后,就要看父母对子女在教育和医疗上的支付能力了。
(这段看上去很诡异,作为一个黄色人种,怎么会有这种优越感,去产生white guilt,实际上在为后面跟总统比做铺垫。)
I read on Men’s Health magazine that president Obama every week has two cardio days and 4 weight lifting days. I don’t have to exercise because I have health insurance. I live in Massachusetts where we had universal healthcare and then elected Scott Brown. Talk about mixed message! I think there was a movie about him. It’s called “Kill Bill”.
我在《男人健康》杂志上看到奥巴马总统每周都有两天做有氧运动,四天做举重锻炼。我不用健身的,因为我有医疗保险。我住在马萨诸塞州,提供统一医疗保险,之后Scott Brown当上议员,说得有点乱,我想有部电影是关于Brown议员的,叫《Kill Bill》。
(这段是一种很微妙的搞笑,如果奥巴马那天不是临时有事,在边上坐着的话会很有意思。kill bill的bill不是指克林顿,应该指法案。Scott Brown是共和党人,刚当选麻省议员,反对全民医保。所以说他kill bill “扼杀了(医保)法案”。)
We have Mr. vice president Joe Biden here tonight. I have read your autobiography an
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