美国国家公共电台 NPR Hail To The Chief
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月
Hail To The Chief
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Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists, Evan and Morgan.
EISENBERG: All right, puzzle guru Greg Pliska, take it away.
GREG PLISKA: Thank you, Ophira. Evan and Morgan, your final round is called Hail To The Chief. Every answer in this round contains the name of a U.S. president. We're playing this round like a penalty shootout. The contestant 2 who scores the most points will be our big winner. And your prize will be an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube signed by Craig and Cameron, toonie (ph) signed by Cameron and a set of stickers from "Take My Wife." Now, we flipped 3 a coin back stage, and Morgan is going first.
In 1908, this company produced the first commercially successful upright vacuum cleaner.
MORGAN RICHARDSON: The Hoover.
PLISKA: That is correct.
PLISKA: Evan, it's a nickname for the elevated thyroid cartilage at the front of a man's neck.
EVAN HAMMOND: Adam's Apple.
PLISKA: That is correct...
PLISKA: ...Evan. Morgan, children's building toy invented in the early 20th century.
RICHARDSON: Lincoln Logs.
PLISKA: That is...
PLISKA: ...Correct. Evan, vehicle company that makes the F-150.
PLISKA: Correct. Morgan, this cartoon cat loves lasagna as much as he hates Mondays.
RICHARDSON: Garfield.
PLISKA: Correct.
PLISKA: Evan, the piece of foliage 5 through which God commanded Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
PLISKA: We've got three more seconds.
PLISKA: No, I'm sorry. We were looking for the burning bush. OK, Morgan, the University of Wisconsin Badgers 6 play their home football games in this city.
RICHARDSON: Madison.
PLISKA: Madison is correct.
PLISKA: Evan, this Midwest city hosts the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hosted the 2016 Republican National Convention.
HAMMOND: Cleveland.
PLISKA: That is correct.
PLISKA: OK, Morgan, this is your question - the name of this Central European dance style means Polish woman. Three more seconds.
PLISKA: No, the correct answer is polka - get it, James Polk - it's - ah, it's tricky 7. James Polk.
Evan, to poke 8 a hole through something like an ear.
HAMMOND: Pierce.
PLISKA: Correct.
PLISKA: Morgan, a spinoff of "All In The Family," this sitcom 9 featured a couple who moved on up to the East Side.
RICHARDSON: The Washingtons.
PLISKA: No (laughter). The other spinoff, "The Jeffersons." Evan, in this 1998 film, Jim Carrey plays a man whose every waking moment is televised. Three more seconds.
HAMMOND: The Truman Game?
PLISKA: No. I'm sorry, so close. "The Truman Show" is what we were looking for. Morgan, she played the sassy and cynical 10 Miranda Hobbes on "Sex And The City." Three more seconds.
RICHARDSON: Oh, no.
PLISKA: That would be Cynthia Nixon - no relation to the president. Evan, she plays Olivia Pope on "Scandal."
HAMMOND: Last name is Washington.
PLISKA: We're going to need a full name, Evan.
HAMMOND: No.
PLISKA: Yeah.
PLISKA: Really only fair that way.
HAMMOND: Olivia Washington.
PLISKA: No, I'm sorry. The correct answer is Kerry Washington. All right, so we have a tie. Here is your tie-breaker question. The songs "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" appear on her best-selling album "1989."
PLISKA: That would be Evan.
HAMMOND: Taylor Swift.
PLISKA: Taylor Swift is correct.
EISENBERG: Wow, down to a tiebreaker. Both of you are equally amazing. Evan, you are our big winner. Enjoy your prize.
EISENBERG: That's our show. Thank you so much for playing. For bonus games and stuff that's too hot for radio, look us up on Facebook and Twitter and subscribe 11 to our podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher. ASK ME ANOTHER's puzzle guru is Greg Pliska.
PLISKA: Hey, my name anagrams to Sparkle Gig.
EISENBERG: Our house musician is Jonathan Coulton.
PLISKA: Thou jolt 12 a cannon 13.
EISENBERG: Our senior supervising producer is Art Chung.
PLISKA: Hung chart (ph).
EISENBERG: Our puzzles are written by Eric Feinstein, David Israel, Julia Melfi, Jess Miller 14 and senior writer Kyle Beekly. ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Mike Katzif, Travis Larchuk, Denny Shin, Rommel Wood and our intern 15 Ashlin Hatch...
PLISKA: Halt I can sh...
EISENBERG: ...Along with Anya Grundmann. We are recorded by Damon Whittemore, Mike Cohn (ph) and Tyler McAllister (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker 16. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Bell House...
EISENBERG: ...And our production partner WNYC. I'm her ripe begonias...
PLISKA: Ophira Eisenberg.
EISENBERG: ...And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.
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- View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
- I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。
- The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket.公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
- The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count.参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。
- The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
- The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
- Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
- Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church. 獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- And rams ' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood. 5染红的公羊皮，海狗皮，皂荚木。 来自互联网
- I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
- He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
- We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
- Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。
- This sitcom is produced in cooperation with Hong Kong TV.这部连续剧是同香港电视台联合制作的。
- I heard that a new sitcom is coming out next season.我听说下一季会推出一个新的情境喜剧。
- The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
- He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
- I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
- The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。
- We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
- They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
- The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
- The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
- I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
- The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
- The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
- The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。