美國今年夏天迄今最多人看的節目,竟然不是NBA總冠軍賽事,而是美國共和黨總統參選人初選的電視辯論會。吸睛度高,得歸功參選人兼房地產大亨川普(Donald Trump)實在太「政治不正確」;他先說墨西哥移民犯罪率高,接著承認自己鑽了法律漏洞⋯⋯「其他人也一樣」,川普滿不在乎地說。
The fact is, since then, many killings, murders, crime, drugs pouring across the border, are money going out and the drugs coming in.... And the Mexican government is much more cunning...... Out of hundreds of deals that I've done, on four occasions I've taken advantage of the laws of this country, like other people. I'm not going to name their names because I'm not going to embarrass (them), but virtually every person that you read about on the front page of the business sections, they've used the law.
事實是,在那之後,許多殺戮、謀殺、犯罪、毒品都跨過國界而來,都是錢往外送而毒品進來⋯⋯。而且墨西哥政府狡猾多了⋯⋯。在我做過的幾百件生意中,只有四次,我利用這個國家的法律占了點便宜,其他人也一樣。我不會把那些人的名字說出來,因為我不想讓他們沒面子,但是實際上,你在報紙商業頭版上看到的每個人,他們都這樣利用法律。
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cunning (a.) /ˋkʌnɪŋ/ 狡猾的、奸詐的
例句:A cunning smile crossed his face when he told a lie.
當他說謊,他的臉上就會閃現一抹狡猾的微笑。
take advantage of 占便宜、利用
例句:People take advantage of him all the time because he's a pushover.
人們老是占他便宜,因為他太好說話了。
virtually (ad.) /ˋvɝtʃʊəlɪ/ 實際上、幾乎是
例句:It's virtually impossible to find a perfect hero nowadays.
當今世上要找到一個完美的英雄,幾乎是不可能的事。