【鬼佬原味课堂】奥巴马：用最快的脚步前行
【边听边看】
Jason: Welcome to English, baby! My name is Jason, and we are here at the Intel Corporation, about to see President Barack Obama speak. He's going to be talking about a topic that's very near and dear to our hearts, technology.
Otellini: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to introduce the President of the United States.
Obama: Thank you. Thank you so much. It's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but also the winner of science fairs. And since the Packers beat my Bears, I am reserving all of my celebrating for the winners of the science fairs. They deserve applause! They deserve our applause and our praise and they make me optimistic about America's future. Basically, if we want to win the future, America has to out-build and out-innovate and out-educate and out-hustle the rest of the world. That's what we've got to do.
Jason: "Hustle," that's an interesting word. Let's hear that again.
Obama: ...out-hustle the rest of the world.
Jason: President Obama said we need to out-hustle a competition. "Hustle" means move quickly and be aggressive. It's no surprise that Obama said it, since it's commonly used in sports, and he is a sports fan. You can hustle in business, in a game or even to pick up your things and catch a train. Many people had to hustle to get the room set up for Obama's speech.
Obama: ...that's what America will prove in the months and years ahead. Thank you, guys, God bless you.
Jason: After the speech, everyone had to stay in the room until Obama left the building. No amount of hustle could get you out.
【知识点击】
1) near and dear to our hearts
是指某人或某事对你很重要，或让你很心暖的一种表达。那么如何在生活中应用呢？
比如小组中有很多人帮了我，我要表达这些人对我很重要，让我很心暖，就可以说：
I worked with a team of people so special and so near and dear to my heart.
再比如，想说朋友你的回复和参与对我也很重要，让我很兴奋，就可以说：
Your feedback and participation are very meaningful to me because they're very near and dear to my heart.
2) deserve to be celebrated
我们以前都知道一个短语叫"you deserve it"（你活该或你应得的）。那么今天我们看到的是deserve to be的形式。我们在生活中可能应用得不多，所以我们应该化为己用，大量造句。
比如一个节目刚成立，我们说这是值得庆祝的，那该怎么表达呢？很简单：
This group has already been founded which should deserve to be celebrated.
3) He is anything but lazy.
这个表达也非常好，指你说他啥都行，就是别说他懒。In other words，他是一个很勤快的人。
比如你想说John是一个很stupid的一个人，那该怎么表达呢？
John is anything but smart.
再者，有个女生很讨厌John，所以她不会吻John对不？
The girl will kiss anyone but John.
4) I'm reserving all of my celebrating for...
这个小“黑马”童鞋的表达很酷哈！总统就是喜欢装酷。这句意思是指：把我所有的庆祝都留给……
我们当然可以把celebrating换成别的词来用这个表达。比如我把我的能量都预留给了这个小组，就可以说：
I'm reserving all of energy for this group.
5) It's no surprise...
这个表达看似简单，但给你汉语你会用这种英文思维去表达么？It's no surprise that you cannot blurt the sentence pattern "no surprise" out, since you're lack of practice.
6) It's commonly used in sports.
……在运动中很常用。
我们可以说：Cheating is commonly used in gambling.
7) win the future
指在未来中，成为最好的。
比如：I hope this group will win the future.
8) pack up your things
意思是把东西打包整理好。
Google了一漂亮的句子与君共勉：Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile.
9) No amount of
即使再多也不……
比如我想说“再多钱也满足不了我”就可以这样表达：No amount of money can satisfy me.
10) out-do
指在某方面超过某人，对话中出现很多out-do的变体：out-run, out-build, out-hustle, out-innovate...
11) hustle
这个词是今天的重中之重。Hustle的英文解释是：move quickly and be aggressive，很有干劲地赶紧行动。【背景综述】中也对它做了一番解释：Someone who hustles always gives their best effort, especially when it is not easy to do so. 说某人hustle也就是说他尽全力做某事，而且通常这事情不简单。
最后我们来看一下文中hustle一词的各种用法：
1. He clearly knows how to hustle（不及物动词）
2. hustle on a project（用介词on连接宾语）
3. you can hustle in business（在某个领域hustle）
4. many people had to hustle to set up the room（hustle加不定式）
