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At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump¹ Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire 

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Now let's listen to the Al Smith dinner. A few weeks before Election Day, politicians attend a white-tie fundraiser for Catholic charities in New York. In presidential election years, the presidential candidates turn up. They make a few edgy³, but usually self-deprecating remarks - that's what normally happens. NPR's Sam Sanders reports on what happened last night.

SAM SANDERS, BYLINE⁴: Donald Trump spoke⁵ before Clinton, and some of his jokes went over well.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

DONALD TRUMP: Oh, this one's going to get me in trouble.

SANDERS: With his wife - Trump joked about Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention. Some parts of it were lifted from a speech given by the current first lady.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRUMP: Michelle Obama gives a speech, and everyone loves it. It's fantastic. They think she's absolutely great. My wife, Melania, gives the exact same speech...

(LAUGHTER)

TRUMP: ...And people get on her case.

SANDERS: But about halfway⁶ through, Trump lost the room and began to draw boos.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRUMP: Hillary believes that it's vital to deceive the people by having one public policy...

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Booing).

TRUMP: ...And a totally different policy in private.

SANDERS: And then there were more boos after Trump alluded⁷ to leaked emails showing Clinton staffers disparaging⁸ conservative Catholics.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRUMP: Here she is tonight, in public, pretending not to hate Catholics.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Booing).

SANDERS: Hillary Clinton smiled throughout, and when it was her turn, she hit her opponent pretty hard as well.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

HILLARY CLINTON: It's amazing I'm up here after Donald. I didn't think he'd be OK with a peaceful transition of power.

(LAUGHTER)

SANDERS: Clinton joked that Trump would grade the Statue of Liberty on its looks, rating her a four.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CLINTON: Maybe a five if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair.

SANDERS: The room seemed to be more receptive of Clinton's zingers than Trump's, even when she compared Trump's health to the health of Vladimir Putin's horse - and even when she joked about the debate.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CLINTON: Donald wanted me drug tested before last night's debate.

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: And look, I've got to tell you, I am so flattered that Donald thought I used some sort of performance enhancer.

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: Now, actually, I did. It's called preparation.

SANDERS: The dinner had one feature that this week's debate did not. Clinton and Trump actually shook hands last night. And when the emcee announced this to the crowd, there was applause.

Sam Sanders, NPR News.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 edgy   

adj.不安的；易怒的

参考例句：

• She's been a bit edgy lately,waiting for the exam results.她正在等待考试结果，所以最近有些焦躁不安。
• He was nervous and edgy, still chain-smoking.他紧张不安，还在一根接一根地抽着烟。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

7 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

8 disparaging   

adj.轻蔑的，毁谤的v.轻视( disparage的现在分词 )；贬低；批评；非难

参考例句：

• Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. 一天天过去，哈里代的评论越来越肆无忌惮，越来越讨人嫌，越来越阴损了。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
• Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments. 即使对好消息，他们也往往要加上几句诋毁的评语。 来自互联网