黄西在David Letterman Show上的台词[英文]

十年移民路_

Hi everybody. So... I'm Irish. I read a report recently that a man reaches his sexual peak at age 18 but I didn't know this... until I was twenty five. So the world will never know what a stud I was. No one took a bite out of this peach when it was ripe.

I'm not good at sports, but I love parallel parking... because unlike sports, when you are parallel parking, the worse you are, the more people that are rooting for you.
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8 U$ B8 H. I$ E8 X. [I'm an immigrant and I used to drive an old car with a lot of bumper stickers that are impossible to peel off. And one of them said, "if you don't speak English, go home!" I didn't notice it for two years.

# z, n. M- m( r/ D) a( [6 qI worked really hard to become a U.S. citizen and I have to take these American History lessons where they asked us questions like:

"Who's Benjamin Franklin?"

. g2 b* H  i! o/ \I was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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And the second one was:

; v3 A4 E$ U7 K& Q; d"What's the 2nd Amendment?"
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  m" _# k7 o# H9 A, P# \4 q' dI was like; ahh... The reason our convenience stores get robbed?
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. L. q! [$ r# S' I"What is Roe vs. Wade?"

I was like ahh... Two ways of coming to the United States?

5 F9 ~  A* h9 AI have a family now, but I used to be scared of marriage. I was like wow... 50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever!

I just had my first child last year. I was really amazed at it. I was in the delivery room, holding up my son, thinking to myself, "Wow... He was just born... And he's already a U.S citizen."
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So I said to him, "DO you even know who is Benjamin Franklin?"

Now I have a sign in my car that says ”Baby On board.”
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9 X* Z: s' t& nThis sign is basically a threat. It just says that I have a screaming baby and a nagging wife and that I am not afraid of dying anymore.
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: ?9 x# z1 F0 V8 K( u/ H+ bThank you very much!
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Implicit explanations to audience with culture difference:

1. Ben Franklin's picture is on the US $100 bill.
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2. Second Amendment refers to the US Constitution for the right to keep and bear arms.

"Roe vs. Wade" is a famous court case that you'll learn about in history class that deals with abortion.

% W# Y" k$ S+ c' ]/ }, fJoe Wong used this case in a form of a question: What is Roe vs. Wade? To which he cleverly delivered the punchline "Two ways of coming to the United States".

" n: ^% G1 i- }. I$ T" Z$ NRoe is used as a play on words to describe "row", as in using a boat to "row" to the US.
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! u! e7 l2 l5 Q; f/ {# qThe denotation of wade was used, the definition meaning "to walk in water".

billzhao

the first passage is funny. I did not fully comprehend the humor until I looked for the exact meaning of stud, which means:
a young man, esp one who is thought to be very active sexually and is regarded as a good sexual partner 小伙子（尤指性慾旺盛堪为性伴侣的）.

cyz0116

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SHARING. IT IS REALLY USEFUL. JOE WANG IS A FUNNY GUY AND HAS ACHIEVED AMAZING ACHIEVEMNET.

billzhao

朝阳

this guy is really cool.

cyz0116

50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
$ k, p' o# G$ o+ n! B7 Z+ e怎么理解？
50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？

Tara2009

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6 C- a$ |- {% C/ f8 y不离婚，白头到老

朝阳

50 percent of all marriages end up lasting on forever。
4 a( H" ^9 X3 O" t9 y$ M6 P" @怎么理解？
. n' u7 A5 _1 N9 Q( D6 C# ^50%的婚姻最终走向永恒？
cyz0116 发表于 2009-5-6 10:12

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  R8 K2 W7 a+ P7 c7 b* D) H0 n我觉得JOE的意思可能是不离婚的比例这么高，（因为他害怕婚姻）可能他离不了婚吧。

Tara2009

8# 朝阳
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# A( B; i/ ~0 @: a3 k我觉得他的意思是离婚率太高了。

billzhao

同意朝阳的意见。原来没有认真看，觉着就是离婚率太高了。但是这样就没有什么幽默了，好玩的对方可能是为了迎合一些不爱结婚的美国人。从一而终对一些年轻人是来讲，不一定是梦想，却有可能是噩梦

Tara2009

表情僵硬。看第一遍没觉的，越看越觉的离专业演员差好大一截。

陕西闺女

东瞅瞅,西侃侃.