CNN 2012-07-24

  before Frank Gaffney was focusing on Huma Abedin, he was casting suspicion on a conservative named Grover Norquist, who's married to a Muslim woman. Now Norquist, you might have heard his name, he's famous for asking Republican candidates to take a pledge not to raise taxes. 

 

But Gaffney has said that Norquist is helping¹ the Muslim Brotherhood² infiltrate³ the conservative movement. Those allegations, by the way, were condemned⁴ by a number of conservative groups and got Mr. Gaffney barred from CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. 

 

The American Conservative Union, by the way, investigated his allegations against Grover Norquist and found them quote "false and unfounded and resolved" quote "Its complete confidence in the loyalty⁵ of Suhail Khan," who is a Bush department official who Gaffney also raised questions about, "and Grover Norquist to the United States." 

 

So he's the intellectual inspiration behind the allegations from Bachmann and company. What makes Senator John McCain's statement today show frankly⁶ bold is that other Republican members of Congress have been either silent on Bachmann's charges or kind of supportive. One Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, who chairs the House Select Committee on Intelligence. So let me just repeat that. He is the chairman of the committee. Here's what he said recently on Frank Gaffney's radio show, seeming to buy into the Muslim infiltration⁷ theory, in this case, referring to a decision to edit FBI training materials to remove language that critics said was, frankly, anti- Muslim. 

 

Michele Bachmann is kind of taking the lead on this particular issue and going through and trying to figure out what they took out of the training materials and what they left in and why did it get changed? 

 

Now there's restating, Congressman⁹ Rogers is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He's a very powerful lawmaker. 

 

As for Congresswoman Bachmann, we spent much of today trying to track her down, get her to answer some questions. She would not. After McCain blasted her she released a statement saying her allegations are being distorted. In her statement, by the way, she made no mention of Huma Abedin, no mention of McCain's statement against the congresswoman. Instead she focused on a new allegation, one that arguably has more substance to it. 

 

A newly elected Egyptian lawmaker named Hani Nour Eddin, was given a visa to come to the United States as part of an Egyptian government delegation¹⁰ that met with national security council officials. Now Hani Nour Eddin belongs to an Islamist group that has been designated a terror group by the United States. 

 

Now a lot of people, reporters and others, and politicians, have raised questions about how this guy got a visa and why he was given a visa. The State Department telling "The Washington Post," they're looking into the matter. 

 

Ah, time for "The RidicuList," and tonight we begin with a pretty important question: when you think of David Hasselhoff, what immediately springs to mind? Perhaps you think of one of his television shows, "Knight¹¹ Rider," "Baywatch" or "America's Got Talent." Maybe you think of his legendary¹² popularity in Germany, or if you're like us, he's forever first and foremost a singer. 

 

(David Hasselhoff singing)

 

Fabulous¹³ '80s song stylings aside, I think we can all agree that when it gets right down to it, the name David Hasselhoff is synonymous with one thing and one thing only: iced coffee. 

 

That's right, at Cumberland Farms convenience stores throughout New England with a veritable(真正的) army of very lifelike cutouts of David Hasselhoff now dares you to resist the lure¹⁴ of the store-brand(某一商店特制的商品上印制的商店标志) iced coffee. Why they missed an opportunity to call it "iced Hoffee" is beyond me. But still, brilliant marketing¹⁵.

 

But there's just one problem: The ads are such a hot item, they're disappearing faster than a "Baywatch" plotline dissolved(to shift scenes in a motion-picture film or videotape by having one scene fade out while the next scene appears behind it and grows clearer as the first one dims电影画面的淡入和淡出) into a gratuitous¹⁶ slow-motion running montage. Proving my theory, people love them some David Hasselhoff cutouts. 

 

It's crazy. We keep offering; like they come in, we probably get customers calling every night, asking to buy the Hasselhoff poster.

 

People are not only asking to buy the Hasselhoff poster. Some are just brazenly¹⁷ stealing them, at apparently¹⁸ such a rate of frequency that convenience-store clerks have seemingly come to expect it. 

 

He ain't going to last by the night. But he's still here. 

 

The company even gave a statement about this to our affiliate¹⁹, WHDH. 

 

Cumberland Farms says, "Although we are flattered our customers have become attached to our iced coffee ads, we do not encourage theft. The Hoff is there for all to enjoy."

 

That's right, people. Hands off the Hoff. He's there for all to enjoy, not unlike the sun, like the stars and the gentle spring breeze. The point is, would you steal a rainbow? No, you wouldn't. 

 

Well, maybe if you were in college and your friend's name was Rainbow. Then you'd have no choice, really.

 

One of my friends whose nickname at school was Hasselhoff, so we saw this sign and my roommate took it for him. 

 

OK. Not to condone²⁰ theft, but you have to kind of admit a life-sized cutout of David Hasselhoff holding an iced coffee, that is one sweet decoration for a dorm room or for "The RidicuList."

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

3 infiltrate   

vt./vi.渗入，透过；浸润

参考例句：

• The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
• It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

6 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

7 infiltration   

n.渗透；下渗；渗滤；入渗

参考例句：

• The police tried to prevent infiltration by drug traffickers. 警方尽力阻止毒品走私分子的潜入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A loss in volume will occur if infiltration takes place. 如果发生了渗润作用，水量就会减少。 来自辞典例句

8 anti-   

pref.[前缀]表示反抗，排斥

参考例句：

• The car has many safety features,including anti - skid braking.这车配有许多特别安全装置，包括防滑制动器。
• The anti-aircraft units opened fire and hit two of the enemy planes.防空部队开炮，击中了两架敌机。

9 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

10 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

11 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

12 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

13 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

14 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

15 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

16 gratuitous   

adj.无偿的，免费的；无缘无故的，不必要的

参考例句：

• His criticism is quite gratuitous.他的批评完全没有根据。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。

17 brazenly   

adv.厚颜无耻地；厚脸皮地肆无忌惮地

参考例句：

• How dare he distort the facts so brazenly! 他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• "I don't know," he answered, looking her brazenly over. “我也不知道，"他厚颜无耻地打量着她。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

18 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

19 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

20 condone   

v.宽恕；原谅

参考例句：

• I cannot condone the use of violence.我不能宽恕使用暴力的行为。
• I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.我绝不允许任何导致战争的行为。