2.PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CRASHER
2.派對上的不速之客
It takes guts to show up at a senior prom without a date.
沒有約定就出現(xiàn)在畢業(yè)舞會上需要勇氣。
Fortunately, when President John F. Kennedy crashed the John Burroughs Senior Prom on June 7, 1963,
幸運的是,1963年6月7日,當約翰·肯尼迪總統(tǒng)闖入約翰·巴勒斯的高中舞會時,
he brought comedian Jack Benny with him.
他帶來了喜劇演員杰克·本尼。
California Democrats were hosting a fund-raiser in the Beverly Hilton Hotel the same night as the prom,
當晚,加州民主黨人在比佛利希爾頓酒店舉辦了一場募捐活動,和舞會在同一個晚上
but after Kennedy learned this had almost caused the dance to be relocated, he stepped in—literally.
但當肯尼迪知道這幾乎導致舞蹈被重新安排后,他介入了。
The president walked into the hotel's grand ballroom and declared to the stunned seniors,
總統(tǒng)走進酒店的大宴會廳,對震驚了的畢業(yè)班學生宣布:
"Actually, this is a better room than the room we have upstairs."
“事實上,這里比我們樓上的房間更好。”