第10章 Bush's slip of the tongue

Elizabeth Ⅱ, the Queen of England paid a visit to America with Prince Philip and attended the welcome ceremony held by President Bush. And about 7000 people including US Congressmen, senior executives and British diplomats, appeared at the welcome ceremony. In the speech of welcome, President Bush made a same mistake,"The American people were so proud to welcome Her Majesty here, a nation that you are quite familiar with,"President Bush said,"You have had dinners with 10 American Presidents. And with your help, our nation celebrated the 200th National Day in 17...in 1976. "

All the audience laughed after hearing this slip of the tongue. Bush stopped and looked at the Queen. A moment later, he said,"She gave me a glance that only a mother gives her child who made mistakes. "The laughter swelled more strongly.

小布什总统的口误

英国女王伊丽莎白二世和菲利普王子造访美国，并参加由布什总统举行的欢迎仪式。大约七千多人参加了这个欢迎仪式，其中包括美国国会议员、高级行政官以及英国外交官。在致欢迎辞时，布什又犯了口误的毛病：“美国人民为女王陛下的莅临感到无比荣幸，相信女王陛下对美国也十分了解了。”布什说：“您已经和十位美国总统共进过晚餐，在您的帮助下，我们国家庆祝了两百周年的国庆，在17世纪……在1976年。”

听到这种口误，在场的所有人都笑了。布什停了停，看了看女王，过一会儿，他说：“女王陛下看了我一眼，是那种只有母亲在孩子犯错时才会露出的神情。”听完这些话，台下爆发出了更加热烈和响亮的笑声。