【读新闻学英语】尴尬了！特朗普被第一夫人当众甩手！就是这么不给你面子！

By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2017年05月23日 02:51

A brief moment caught on camera during the first couple's arrival at the Tel Aviv Airport in Israel appears to show the president reaching behind him for his wife's hand — and she seemingly swatting it away.

当天，特朗普和妻子梅拉尼娅抵达以色列的Tel Aviv机场。在他们走出停机坪时，摄影机拍下了这令人尴尬的一幕。特朗普试图牵起妻子的手，不料似乎被妻子狠狠甩开。

Swat：重拍；猛击；用力击出

Or maybe, upon close inspection of the footage, perhaps she just missed grabbing his outstretched hand, like a trapeze artist flubbing the catch.

或者也许，再仔细看下这段视频，也许她只是刚好没抓住特朗普伸出的手，就像一名空中飞人表演时出现失误。

Inspection：检查；视察；查看；审视

Outstretched：伸展的；张开的

Trapeze artist：荡秋千演员；空中飞人

Flub：搞坏；做错；出错

Rebuffed, POTUS smooths his tie.

被妻子“拒绝”后，这位美国总统捋了捋他的领带。

Rebuffed：拒绝；挫折；击退

POTUS：President of the United States的缩写，美国总统

The couple's efforts at hand-holding have long fascinated White House watchers.

牵手还是不牵？关于这对夫妻的“牵手”问题，一直引起吃瓜群众的围观。

Fascinated：使着迷，迷住

"Donald Trump 'avoids holding Melania's hand in public because he wants to look like a presidential alpha,' says body language expert," was the headline of a Daily Mail story from February.

据外媒二月份的一则报道，美国总统和妻子的“牵手”就成了头条新闻。传统来说，手牵手表示夫妻一体。肢体语言专家解读称，“特朗普之所以不想在公开场合牵妻子的手，是因为他想让自己看起来像一个总统。”（ ‘我要人们看我是总统，‘我要做个强有力的我’）

Headline：（报纸的）大字标题；（电台或电视的）新闻摘要

Body language expert：肢体语言专家

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