奥巴马溜出白宫到星巴克买饮料

时间：2014-06-13 07:10:31

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According to reporters who were present, the president ducked out of the White House with his Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough, after making remarks at an event on student loan debt earlier this afternoon.

当地时间6月9日下午，美国总统奥巴马和白宫办公厅主任丹尼斯·麦克多诺决定离开白宫、进行短暂“茶歇”。在进行完有关学生贷款相关事件的谈话后，他们甩掉记者、偷偷溜出白宫，走到附近的星巴克买了一杯饮料。

'The bear is loose,' president Obama told reporters as he walked out of the building.

Obama walked from the White House to a Starbucks one block over, where he ordered a Venti tea and spent eight minutes or signing autographs for Starbucks customers.

On his way back, the president stopped to talk to a hotdog vendor¹ and a group of construction workers.

The president also instructed staff to keep press at bay. 'Let's test your wrangling²（争吵，争辩） skills,' he said, according to the White House pool report.

Today's outing was the third time in the last month that the president has stepped out of the White House to take an unannounced stroll to a nearby destination, leading observers to believe that after spending the better part of the last five and a half years cooped up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the president is going stir crazy.

Two and a half weeks ago the president decided³ to take an impromptu⁴（即席的） walk down the National Mall to and from the Department of Interior. A week before that, he and Vice⁵ President Joe Biden stopped by Shake Shack⁶ to have lunch with four construction workers.

The president did not say why he visited Starbucks today, but it could be because the company's CEO has publicly backed Obama's efforts to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

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1 vendor
n.卖主；小贩
参考例句：
She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。 He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

2 wrangling
v.争吵，争论，口角( wrangle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。来自辞典例句 The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具（互相）争吵。来自辞典例句

3 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 impromptu
adj.即席的，即兴的；adv.即兴的(地)，无准备的(地)
参考例句：
The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。 The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。

5 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 shack
adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚
参考例句：
He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。 The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。