访谈录 2009-03-22&03-24 Anderson Cooper和Ellen的猜谜游戏

All right, you like games because Er… Did you win in Jeopardy¹？

I am a Jeopardy champion. I don’t like to brag², but I have it on my business cards. Yeah.

And, ok, literally³, it was the dumb-down celebrity⁴ version of    Jeopardy. Have you been on Jeopardy？

No.

It’s all about the Buzzer⁵ and Trebek’s voice. I’ll explain to you later.

The Buzzer and Trebek’s voice?

Yeah. It’s all about this end of Trebek’s voice. Yeah, It’s like you don’t pay attention to the light, you pay attention to his voice. You wait to beep after he finishes. Then you try to predict the… anyway. I can talk about this for hours.

Well, I don’t think it’s that easy to just listen to the end of the sentence and buzz the buzzer. I would not know the answer. I’m sure.

But it was dumb. I mean it was a dumb-down version of the show.

I still wouldn’t know the answer.

Yeah, I don’t believe that.

That’s why I stick to games like Celebrity.

You know I’ve never played Celebrity.

You haven’t?

I have not.

Oh, it was so much fun.

I heard it’s good.

Yeah, at home you can just write names down. Everybody writes names. And you put them in a big bowl or a basket or something, and you pick out and you have to get teams to guess …

Right.

And you give clues. You can’t say their name. You can’t say their last name. You just give clues.

Ok.

So, you are gonna put these on your lap and pick up the first one. Over your head.

So I have to guess who this is.

I think this way. I think. Um, and I’m gonna give you clues and you are gonna guess who I am telling you is. We’ll see who guesses the most.

Alright, where, where do I put it?

Just over your head.

Oh, she’s married to Seal and she’s a beautiful…

Heidi Klum

Yes. Oh, he just won for “Milk”, the best actor. And he is…

Sean Penn.

She is a judge on American Idol⁶. And she is short.

Paula Abdul.

Yes. And uh… and she, he is on CNN also when he has…

Wolf Blitzer.

No, and he has a talk show it’s been on forever, 6:00 and 9:00.

Larry King?

Yes. And she won for the Reader？And best actress…

Kate Winslet.

Yes. And, oh, he is a singer, very talented, dating Jennifer Aniston.

John Mayer. He sang with you in the bathroom.

Yes, he sang with me… Oh, she is “My BFF”, and whatever, you know, she is my BFF.

Oh, Paris Hilton?

That’s right. Um, and…

Ho, ho, I seem better.

Get real. Get real. Alright.

Whew, see I am like, I am drenching⁷ sweat.

It’s exciting, right? Alright.

My heart is racing⁸.

Now you have to give me clues and I have to guess.

Ok.

Is there something on this one? Alright.

Oh, they are three brothers and they sing.

Jonas Brothers.

Ok. Wanted to be president of the United States.

McCain.

Now the secretary of the States

Uh… Hilary Clinton.

Yes. Oh, crotchety on 60 Minutes. Makes jokes.

Andy Rooney.

Yes. You want to be in her magazine.

Oprah Winfrey.

Yes. On American Idol, just has a new album coming out… uh… female.

On American idol?

She was on American …

Kelly Clarkson?

Yes. Yeah. Uh… He groped you. He molested⁹ you. (Yes.) He’s on the news. He’s on MSNBC. (Yes.) He wanted to be a senator. He, He just, he’s an old presenter¹⁰.

I know…. I try to forget about that.

I know. You blot¹¹ it out.

Yes.

You blot it out. I totally understand that.

I try not to think about Chris Matthews as much. I forgot the name.

There are a lot of people like you.

1 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

2 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

5 buzzer   

n.蜂鸣器；汽笛

参考例句：

• The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
• Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。

6 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

7 drenching   

n.湿透v.使湿透( drench的现在分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• A black cloudburst was drenching Siena at midday. 中午，一场天昏地暗的暴风雨在锡耶纳上空倒下来。 来自辞典例句
• A drenching rain poured down and the rising hurricane drove it in sheets along the ground. 一阵倾盆大雨泼下来了，越来越大的狂风把它顺着地面刮成了一片一片的雨幕。 来自辞典例句

8 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

9 molested   

v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

11 blot   

vt.弄脏（用吸墨纸）吸干；n.污点，污渍

参考例句：

• That new factory is a blot on the landscape.那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
• The crime he committed is a blot on his record.他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。