趣味双语：关于美国总统的脑筋急转弯

　　When electing Presidents of the United States, Americans haven't been partial to one type of man. Commanders in Chief of all kinds--tall and short, handsome and homely, well-educated and barely schooled, scoundrel and saint--were sent to Washington to serve.

　　美国人在选举总统的时候，并不偏好某一类人。无论是高是矮，仪表堂堂还是相貌平平，有文化还是没文化，无赖还是圣人，都会入主白宫，担任三军总司令(美国总统即为美国最高行政长官及三军总司令)。

　　The following questions delve behind the formal portraits of our nation's Presidents to reveal their idiosyncrasies, oddities and ironies.

　　下面的这些问题瞄准了历届美国总统外表下的习性、怪癖和叫人啼笑皆非的趣事

　　Q. Which President's son was personally affected by three Presidential assassinations? 哪个总统的儿子亲身感受了三次总统暗杀行动？

　　A. Abraham Lincoln's oldest son, Robert Todd, was at his father's side after the 16th President was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in 1865. Sixteen years later he was at the Washington rail depot where the 20th President, James Garfield, was shot and killed in 1881. In 1901 Lincoln was in Buffalo at the Pan-American Exposition, where 25th President William McKinley was assassinated. Thereafter Lincoln avoided functions where a President was present.

　　答案：亚伯拉罕·林肯的小儿子罗伯特·托德。1865年美国第16任总统林肯在福特剧院被暗杀的时候他就在父亲身边。16年之后的1881年，美国第20任总统詹姆斯·加菲尔德在华盛顿车站遇刺身亡的时候他也在场。而1901年美国第25任总统威廉·麦金莱在布法罗的泛美博览会上遇刺，他依旧在场。此后林肯就避免在有总统在场的社会活动中出现。

　　Q. Which President was also a King? 哪位是总统也是国王？

　　A. Gerald Ford. Born in 1913 as Leslie L. King, Jr., his mother divorced and remarried. His stepfather informally adopted him, renaming him Gerald R. Ford.

　　答案：杰拉尔德·福特。(美国第38任总统，1974-1976年在任)

　　生于1913年的他本名Leslie L. King, Jr.，因为目前离异再婚，他被继父收养，改名为Gerald R. Ford。

　　Q. Which President, while living in the White House, regularly skinny-dipped in the Potomac River? 哪个总统住在白宫期间，定期在白宫边的波托马可河里裸泳？

　　A. Between 1825 and 1829 there was a "moon" on the Potomac around 5 a.m., when John Quincy Adams stripped down and took his morning constitutional.

　　答案：约翰·Q·亚当斯。(美国第6任总统，1825-1829年在任)

　　在他任期内的1825-1829年间，早上五点左右，他会脱掉衣服，光着屁股在波托马可河里进行他的晨泳。