读者文摘:宴会上的不速之客（在线收听）

2.PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CRASHER

2.派对上的不速之客

It takes guts to show up at a senior prom without a date.

没有约定就出现在毕业舞会上需要勇气。

Fortunately, when President John F. Kennedy crashed the John Burroughs Senior Prom on June 7, 1963,

幸运的是，1963年6月7日，当约翰·肯尼迪总统闯入约翰·巴勒斯的高中舞会时，

he brought comedian Jack Benny with him.

他带来了喜剧演员杰克·本尼。

California Democrats were hosting a fund-raiser in the Beverly Hilton Hotel the same night as the prom,

当晚，加州民主党人在比佛利希尔顿酒店举办了一场募捐活动，和舞会在同一个晚上

but after Kennedy learned this had almost caused the dance to be relocated, he stepped in—literally.

但当肯尼迪知道这几乎导致舞蹈被重新安排后，他介入了。

The president walked into the hotel's grand ballroom and declared to the stunned seniors,

总统走进酒店的大宴会厅，对震惊了的毕业班学生宣布：

"Actually, this is a better room than the room we have upstairs."

“事实上，这里比我们楼上的房间更好。”