like a boss

Senator Jeff Flake vacations like a boss.
参议员杰夫·弗莱克假期度得非常霸气。

biggarenn

Over Memorial Day weekend, Flake took a secret four-day trip to this deserted island named Biggarenn.
在美国阵亡将士纪念日假期里,弗莱克悄悄计划了一个四天之旅——在一座叫做Biggarenn的荒岛上!

sharks and death

The island is located in a part of the Pacific known generally for two things: shakes and death!
这个岛屿座落在大西洋之中,一向以两件事情出名——鲨鱼和死亡!

guess how far

And guess how far away that is from his comfy office in Washington? Really freaking far.
猜猜这儿离他舒服的华盛顿办公室有多远?——真心非常远。

two sons

And guess what? He brought two of his youngest sons Tanner (15) and Dallin (13).
你猜怎么着?他还带上了自己两个小儿子!15岁的坦纳和13岁的达尔林。

no food or water

And guess what? They brought NO FOOD OR WATER.
然后你猜怎么着?他们没带水没带粮食!

only brought these

They only brought hammocks, a spear, snorkel gear, hatchet, magnifying glass to start fires, a desalinator and satellite phone at Flake’s wife’s insistence.
他们只带了吊床、一把鱼叉、换气面罩、斧头、用来生火的放大镜、一个海水淡化器和卫星电话,这还是弗莱克夫人坚持他们才带上的。

how did they eat

So how did this Senator and his kids eat on this deserted island?
那么这位参议员和孩子们在这荒岛上是怎么吃饭的呢?

swim in the ocean

Well first they would swim out into the ocean…
首先,他们要游到海里去……

spear a fish

…and then they would spear a fish.
……然后插一条鱼

thenswim back

Then swim with it back to shore through shark infested waters.
然后带着鱼游向海岸,穿过鲨鱼出没的海域。

swim with shark

Flake tells BuzzFeed that the most dangerous part of the trip was “Swimming with the sharks with a fish on the end our the spear.”
弗莱克告诉BuzzFeed记者,这趟旅程最危险的部分就是“手里拿着插着鱼的鱼叉,边上还有一只鲨鱼跟着你一起游泳。”

little crabs

They would also spear little crabs.
他们偶尔也捉一些小螃蟹。

coconuts

There were coconuts they could eat off the ground and they ate “lots of coconuts” according to Flake.
有很多掉在地上的椰子他们可以吃,根据弗莱克所说,他们吃了很多很多椰子。

fire

They would cook all the food over a fire of brush they found and start it WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS.
他们在一小丛火堆上烧饭,这堆火是他们用放大镜燃着的。

drinking water

Fresh water? They would pump a desalinator for an hour every night to turn sea water into drinking water.
喝水怎么办?他们每天晚上会启动海水淡化器,每晚一小时,把海水净化成可以饮用的水。

would be like

At this point, most of us would just be like:
说到这儿,我们肯定以为他们的生活是这样的:

more like this

But the Flakes are more like this:
实际上弗莱克一家这三个活宝的生活是这样的。

rubber ball

Doing killer flips on the beach off a big rubber ball before spearing their food in shark infested waters.
他们会在“觅食”之前,在沙滩上埋着的半个橡皮球上翻跟头。

disneyland

When asked why he doesn’t just go to Disneyland, Flake says “Everybody goes to Disneyland.”
当问到为什么他不带着孩子去迪士尼公园时,弗莱克说:“每个人都去迪士尼公园”。

another crazy senator

Would Flake ever take a colleague with him? “Sure, if I can find another crazy Senator.”
弗莱克会不会带着同事一起去呢?“行啊,只要你能再找到一个像我一样的参议员!”