Don’t mention the war! Or the economy, for that matter(就此而言;也). Or the Epstein files. Or Natalie Harp. Or “affordability”, which, as Donald Trump recently said at a rally, is a word that was “never used” by the media before he took office.(或者“可负担性”,正如特朗普最近在集会上所说,这个词在他上任前媒体从未用过。) Best not to talk about anything that affects ordinary people or embarrasses the president, really. Instead, let’s all rejoice(欣喜,高兴) in Trump’s latest triumph(胜利,巨大成功): renaming Lake Ontario, which is shared by Canada and the US, as Lake America.
别提战争!也别提经济。别提爱泼斯坦文件。别提娜塔莉·哈普。也别提“可负担性”——正如唐纳德·特朗普最近在一次集会上所说,这个词在他上任前媒体“从未用过”。最好什么都别谈,凡是影响普通百姓或让总统难堪的事,都别谈。相反,让我们都为特朗普的最新“胜利”欢呼吧:把加拿大和美国共有的安大略湖改名为“美国湖”。
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order(行政命令) directing federal agencies to America-fy(使美国化) the lake’s name on US maps and documents, which is an excellent use of time and resources. I suppose we can at least be thankful that the president, who is trying to slap his own name on(把自己的名字强加于) everything from airports to the Kennedy Center, didn’t decree(颁布法令) that the body of water be called Lake Trump.
周四,特朗普签署了一项行政命令,指示联邦机构在美国地图和文件中将湖名“美国化”,这真是对时间和资源的绝佳利用。我想我们至少可以庆幸,这位试图把自己的名字贴到从机场到肯尼迪中心一切事物上的总统,没有下令将这片水域命名为“特朗普湖”。
This is not an isolated(孤立的,单独的) embarrassment: the Lake Ontario name change follows the president’s rebranding(重新命名,重塑品牌) of the Gulf of Mexico(墨西哥湾,位于北美东南部) to the Gulf of America last year. “We have a gulf and we have a lake – now all we need is an ocean. Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific,” Trump told reporters.
这并非孤立的事件:安大略湖的更名,是继去年总统将墨西哥湾改名为“美国湾”之后的又一举措。“我们有了一个湾,又有了一个湖——现在只差一片海洋了。也许我们得改改大西洋和/或太平洋的名字了,”特朗普对记者说。
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