Bush opts for low-key birthday celebration
布什低調慶祝60歲生日
[ 2006-07-10 08:49 ]
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Bush shows up in a red-and-white Hawaiian shirt at
his birthday party. |
If US President George W. Bush felt any angst
about turning 60 on last Thursday, he sure wasn't showing it.
"Let me just say this - it's a lot younger than you think," Bush said.
An avid biker who quit drinking at 40, Bush prides himself on his physical
fitness.
Born in 1946, Bush is a member of the huge postwar "baby boom"
generation. His press secretary, Tony Snow, portrayed the birthday as
"just another day".
"He feels like it's one day after being 59," Snow said. "You know the
president. It's not the sort of thing where he's sitting around somewhere looking at his watch and
saying, oh man, I got an achy knee."
Although his birthday was on Thursday, Bush began celebrating at a
Fourth of July dinner that included family and friends. He showed up in a
red-and-white Hawaiian shirt.
As for gifts, Bush got a belt buckle from visiting Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper and cuff links from staff.
Later, in Chicago, Bush blew out the candles on a birthday cake at a
dinner in a basement room at the Chicago
Firehouse Restaurant.
"I've got a lot of birthday wishes," said Bush. "I
hope our troops are safe, I hope Roger Ebert does well. I know a lot of
people here in Chicago are pulling for
him."
Ebert, a Chicago film critic with a nationwide following, had emergency cancer surgery
recently.
(Agencies) |
上周四，美國總統(tǒng)布什迎來60歲生日，如果說總統(tǒng)先生對此感到焦慮的話，他還真的沒有表現(xiàn)出來。
布什說：“我只想說，我比你們想象的要年輕的多。”這位鐵桿自行車手在40歲時就戒了酒，他對自己的健康狀況很有信心。
布什于1946年出生，屬于戰(zhàn)后“嬰兒潮”的一代。布什總統(tǒng)的新聞秘書托尼·斯諾稱他的60歲生日“只不過是普通的一天”。
斯諾說：“他覺得60歲生日就是59歲后的一天而已。大家應該了解總統(tǒng)。他不會無所事事的在某處呆著，一邊看著表一邊說，哦，我膝蓋疼，（我老了）。”
雖然布什的生日是在星期四，但是在7月4日（美國獨立日）這一天，布什就邀請了家人和朋友共進晚餐，慶祝生日。布什身穿紅白相間的夏威夷式襯衫出現(xiàn)在宴會上。
布什收到的生日禮物中，包括目前正在美國訪問的加拿大總理史蒂文·哈珀送給他的一個腰帶扣，和白宮工作人員送的護腕。
之后，在芝加哥消防隊餐館地下室舉行的生日宴會上，布什吹滅了生日蛋糕上的蠟燭。
布什說：“我收到了很多生日祝福。我希望我們的軍隊能夠平平安安，我希望羅杰·伊伯特一切都好。我知道芝加哥的很多人都對他深表同情。”
伊伯特是芝加哥的一位影評人，在美國擁有眾多崇拜者。近日，他因患癌癥做了急救手術。
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angst: a feeling of anxiety or apprehension
often accompanied by depression（焦慮；憂慮）
sit around
: 無所事事
basement : 地下室
pull
for :
深表同情
following : a group or gathering of
admirers（崇拜者；追隨者）
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