The 25 DVDs Barack Obama Gave
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Obama總統致贈給 英國首相Brown 25片經典DVD
也是 史上百大經典電影的前25名喔! 中英翻譯如下:
1. Citizen Kane 大國民
2. The Godfather 教父
3. Casablanca 北非諜影
4. Raging Bull 蠻牛
5. Singin’ in the Rain 萬花嬉春
6. Gone with the Wind 亂世佳人
7. Lawrence of Arabia 阿拉伯的勞倫斯
8. Schindler’s List 辛德勒的名單
9. Vertigo 迷魂記
10. The Wizard of Oz 綠野仙蹤
11. City Lights 城市之光
12. The Searchers 搜索者
13. Star Wars: Episode IV 星際大戰4:曙光乍現
14. Psycho 驚魂記
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001太空漫遊
16. Sunset Boulevard 日落大道
17. The Graduate 畢業生
18. The General 將軍號
19. On the Waterfront 崖上風雲
20. It’s a Wonderful Life 風雲人物
21. Chinatown 唐人街
22. Some Like It Hot 熱情如火
23. The Grapes of Wrath 怒火之花
24. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial ET外星人
25. To Kill a Mockingbird 梅崗城故事
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently visited the United States, where he spent some quality time with President Barack Obama. As is usual in such visits, the two of them exchanged gifts. Brown’s gift to Obama? A pen holder made from wood from the anti-slave ship HMS Gannet. The gift was both classy and priceless, showing an understanding of the significance of Obama’s ascendence to the presidency. Obama’s gift to Brown? A set of 25 DVDs.
英國首相Brown最近訪問美國，和Obama總統共度了一段好時光。如往常，
雙方領袖見面都會交換些伴手禮。Brown送了Obama什麼呢? 是一只從皇家海軍軍艦塘鵝號取下的木料製成的筆盒。塘鵝號曾從事打擊奴隸運販的任務。
這個禮物可說是既珍貴又有意義，反映了對Obama當選美國首位非裔總統
的歷史地位的肯定。那Obama回贈Brown什麼? 答案是25張電影DVD。
Understandably, the disparity in the value of their gifts has been given a great deal of criticism from press on both sides of the Atlantic. For one take on this, fast forward to 2:12 in the following clip from The Daily Show:
However, rather than pontificate on the appropriateness of giving Prime Minister Brown a gift you could buy your local Best Buy, I thought it might be interesting to take a closer look at what DVDs Obama gave him exactly. According to The Daily Mail, the American Film Institute helped to put together the set by “special request,” which included the following DVDs:
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