爆笑街头采访经典问题：爱爸爸or爱妈妈？

 　　Jimmy Kimmel Live! asked children on the street the age-old question: Who do you love more, your mom or dad?

　　《吉米鸡毛秀》在街头向孩子们问了一个非常古老的问题：爸爸和妈妈，你更喜欢谁？

　　You’re not supposed to have favorites, but you somehow end up doing so anyway.

　　本来我们不应该有孰轻孰重之分，最后却总还是有了某种偏向。

　　In order to prove or disprove the statistic¹ that three out of four children would rather spend more time with their moms over their dads, Jimmy Kimmel sent out his crew to ask children the loaded question of which parent they love more.

　　据统计，3/4的儿童愿意多花时间陪伴母亲而不是父亲，为了打破这种说法，吉米·卡莫让剧组人员去向孩子们问这个有点不讨好的问题：爸爸和妈妈，你更喜欢谁。

　　爆笑街头采访经典问题：爱爸爸or爱妈妈？

　　You have to admire the honesty of it all. Some of them have the better sense to be diplomatic about it, but then they’re essentially² asked which parent they’d let die if forced, which probably makes them wish they just answered the first question in the first place. Either way, everyone will be having awkward dinners after this.

　　人们不得不称赞孩子们的坦诚。一些孩子非常聪明，知道要很有修辞策略的回答这一问题。不过这些聪明的孩子大多又遇到了另一个问题，如果非要做出选择，他们希望父母中谁先去世。遇到这个问题，这些孩子大概会希望他们一开始就正面回答了上一个问题就好了。不过，不管他们回答了哪个问题，今晚和爸爸妈妈一起吃晚饭的时候，气氛可能有点囧哦。

　　When some kids tried to diplomatically reply "both" the interviewer forced the real answer out of them by mentioning life-preservers and zombies. The real winner though, was the child who instantly answered "yes" when asked if he would trade his dad for Spider-Man.

　　当一些孩子颇有策略的回答“两个我都爱”的时候，提问题的剧组成员提到了那些永生不死的漫画人物和僵尸，终于迫使他们说出了真实的想法。不过，答案最赞的应该是这个孩子——当剧组人员问他，愿不愿意让蜘蛛人来代替他的爸爸时，他立刻回答说，“愿意！”

1 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

2 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。