2023-08-24  National Waffle Day

【Greenland (2019)】

            DJT:

            I want to buy Greenland.

            Hey, this is fun!

            I will turn the island into

            State fifty-one.

            They say ice is melting.

            Bah! That's okay.

            When you mine and drill on the land,

            Ice gets in the way.

            I am going to buy Greenland.

            You just wait and see.

            I dare anybody

            To say "NO!" to me.

            I can't wait to get my

            Hands on all that gold,

            Oil, copper, lead, and zinc.

            I WON'T be undersold.

            I plan to buy Greenland

            With all its wolves and seals

            And polar bears and penguins.

            I'm so good at deals.

            Polar bears will make terrific

            Rugs. I don't care!

            What? You say there are no penguins?

            I will bring some there.

            So I want to buy Greenland.

            Is THAT unorthodox?

            It should be so easy;

            You know money talks.

            Tell me: how could there be

            Objections to my plan?

            The whole world loves me;

            I'm their favorite man.

            I am buying Greenland.

            I'm sure you've heard reports.

            I'll construct my tower AND

            I'll build some big resorts.

            Greenlanders will love being

            Part of my domain.

            If anybody loses here,

            Their loss will be my gain.

            I can't wait to buy Greenland.

            This is not a ruse.

            I'll give them an offer--

            One they can't refuse.

            If the Danes say "No," I'll

            Do what I've done before:

            I'll just have to start another

            Blasted tariff war.

            I want to buy Greenland,

            Greenland,

            Greenland…. 

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【《綠地島》(2019)】

【紅霞譯】

        唐納德·約翰·川普(驕傲的首領·神慈·小號商)：

        我想購買綠地島。

        嘿，真有意思！

        我要把這座島變成

        第五十一州。

        他們說寒冰正在融化。

        呸! 沒有關係。

        當你在陸地上採礦鑽探的時候，

        冰塊反正會擋路。

        我要購買綠地島。

        你大可拭目以待。

        沒人膽敢對我

        說“不！”。

        我迫不及待地想得到

        所有的金子、

        石油、銅、鉛和鋅。

        我不會賠本。

        我打算買綠地島。

        與所有的野狼和海豹一起

        還有北極熊和企鵝。

        我擅長交易。

        北極熊會成上乘的

        地毯。我不介意！

        啥？你說沒有企鵝？

        我會帶些過去。

        所以我要買綠地島。

        那樣並非合乎常規嗎？

        應該再簡單不過；

        你知道有錢能使鬼推磨。

        告訴我：怎麼會有人

        反對我的計劃？

        全世界都愛我；

        我是他們最喜歡的男人。

        我在買綠地島。

        我相信你早有所聞。

        我會打造我的塔樓並且

        我會建些大型度假村。

        綠地島人會樂意成為

        我領地的一部分。

        如果有人因此而敗，

        他們的損失將是我的收穫。

        我迫不及待地買綠地島。

        這不是騙術。

        我會給他們報價——

        他們無法拒絕的價格。

        如果丹麥人說“不”，我會

        做我之前做過的事情：

        我只需要發動另一場

        激烈的關稅戰。

        我要購買綠地島

        格陵蘭，

        綠地島…。

【注】前美國總統川普當政時想買綠地島早已不是新聞，於他不乏一場房地產交易，而對美國則更具戰略價值。

我喜歡綠地島，尤其是眼前這個坐落在西部最南端的北極熊鎮，它列居全境第10大城鎮，壯觀的山脈和大鍋峽灣高聳的岩壁宛若向搭乘近海浮冰的生物致意，因此吸引了世上攀岩精英大展拳腳。

北極熊鎮不足1,500人，至少比“公主·勇者號”乘客減了一半；如果說北歐海盜是最早來此定居的人，那麼原住民實為最後一批。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2018: Nanjing—Brotherly Affection, China(南京—手足情深)

2018: Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Rail, China(滬寧高鐵線)

2017: Alpine Waterfront Towns, Swiss(瑞士阿爾卑斯山寨水鄉)

2017: Einsiedeln—Abbey & Cheesemaking, CHE(瑞士艾因西德倫—修道院與奶酪工藝)

2017: Alpine Potpourri, Swiss(瑞士阿爾卑斯山旅行見聞)

2017: Lucerne—Pilatus the Dragon Mtn,  CHE(瑞士盧塞恩—龍山皮拉圖斯峰)

2017: Lucerne—Heart of the Country, Swiss(瑞士盧塞恩─大地原點)

2015: Great Wall, Beijing(北京萬里長城)

2014: Reunion w/ Old Friends(老友重逢)

Crosslink(相關博文):

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