In 2006,gift-minded world leaders made sure that US President George W.Bush could listen to all of Mozart while smoking a cigar and reflecting on Gandhi's “Seven Social Sins”,according to a US State Department list revealed recently.
美國國務院近日公布了2006年白宮的“收禮清單”。布什總統收到的來自各國領導人的禮物可謂五花八門,有雪茄、《莫扎特音樂全集》和甘地的《社會七宗罪》等。布什總統可以一邊叼著雪茄、聽著莫扎特的音樂,一邊領會甘地的大作了。
AnIndian lawmaker,Nirmal Deshpande,gave the US president perhaps the least expensive present of his time in office:Theyellow linen scroll with Gandhi's warnings,with an estimated worth of seven dollars.
印度立法委員娜瑪拉·迪什潘德送給布什總統的那本甘地的著作《社會七宗罪》可能是這份白宮“禮單”中最便宜的禮物,這本牛皮紙質的書估計僅值7美元!
Attheother end of the spectrum,Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra gave Bush an 11,000-dollar Cartier Santos Dumont watch in April 2006.
而布什總統收到的最昂貴的禮物則是泰國前總理他信去年4月送給他的一塊價值1.1萬美元的卡迪亞·山度士·杜蒙特表。
TheSaudi king Abdullah gave Cheney the most expensive present on the list,which is required to make public under US law --a55,000-dollar,18-karatwhite gold,ruby and diamond jewelry set.
沙特阿拉伯國王阿卜杜拉送給副總統切尼的一套18克拉的白金、紅寶石和鑽石首飾是“收禮清單”中最名貴的禮物,按照美國法律規定,這套價值5.5萬美元的禮品得上交政府。
Asiscommon practice,Bush did not keep most of the gifts --except for Gandhi's autobiography and a book about him,both from Nirmal Deshpande --butpassed most along to the US National Archives or other US government offices.
按照慣例,布什總統將大多數禮物都上交給了美國國家檔案館及其他政府機關,自己只留了娜瑪拉·迪什潘德送給他的兩本書——一本是甘地自傳,另一本也是關于甘地的書。