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The Richard Nixon Library chose today to open an exhibit[展览] on one of the most incongruous[不协调的] meetings in history ?Nixon and Presley注1 together in the Oval Office in 1970. Elvis just showed up at the White House unannounced[未经宣布的], said he wanted to see the President. Bud Crowe, a Nixon assistant, was told Elvis was outside the gates.
Crowe: Dwight Chapin called up and said, “The King注2 is here!?And I looked at the President’s schedule[时间表], I said, “Well, there’re no kings on the president’s schedule.?He says, “It’s not any two-bit[微不足道的] king, The King, Elvis!?So, they brought him in. Elvis wanted to be made a “Federal Agent-at-Large?fighting drugs. “I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse[滥用],?he wrote to the President. No one knew until a year later the meeting took place, and the big mystery to some of us has always been, how did they keep (secret)注3 the fact that a guy, with a limousine[豪华轿车] longer than a basketball court, wearing four-inch sideburns[鬓脚], tight-fitting dark velvet[天鹅绒的] pants, a white silky shirt open below his chest, a dark purple velvet cape[披肩], sunglasses with “EP”in silver on the nose bridge[鼻梁], and a diamond and gold belt buckle[皮带扣环] probably worth more than the President’s salary, a secret. And, by the way, the picture of Presley and the President is the most requested document from the National Archives in Washington. Go figure注4!
理查德·尼克松总统图书馆选择在今天公开展览历史上最风马牛不相及的一次会面—尼克松与普雷斯利—他俩于1970年在白宫椭圆办公室碰头。“猫王”在白宫毫不知情的情况下出现，请求与总统见面。尼克松的助手布德·科洛收到通知，说“猫王”就在白宫大门外。
科洛：德怀特·蔡平打来电话说：“‘国王’来了！”我于是看了看总统的日程表，答道：“呃，总统的日程表上没有什么国王啊。”他说：“不是哪个平凡的国王，是‘猫王’埃尔维斯！”
之后，他们把“猫王”请进去。“猫王”希望被任命为“联邦总代理”，帮助打击毒品。“我已对毒品的滥用问题进行了深入研究。”他在致总统的信中这样写道。这次会面一直无人知晓，直至一年后。有人一直有这样一个大疑惑—他们是怎样紧守这个秘密呢？这个男人坐着比篮球场还要长的豪华轿车，脸上的鬓脚有四英寸长，穿着深色天鹅绒紧身裤、一件开胸丝绸上衣、外加一件深紫色的羽绒披肩，鼻梁上还戴着一副印有银色“EP”字样的太阳镜，那个镶钻镀金的皮带扣环可能比总统的薪水还值钱。顺便提一下，尼克松与“猫王”的合照已成为华盛顿国家档案局里最具“人气”的文件。你相信吗？
注1：“猫王”的全名是Elvis Aron Presley，下文会出现Elvis，译文则统一用“猫王”称呼。
注2："King"原意为“国王”，这里是双关语，因为"The King"在美国常特指“猫王”
注3：此处为口误，该词不应出现。
注4：意思是“你相信吗？想一想！”
Crowe: Dwight Chapin called up and said, “The King注2 is here!?And I looked at the President’s schedule[时间表], I said, “Well, there’re no kings on the president’s schedule.?He says, “It’s not any two-bit[微不足道的] king, The King, Elvis!?So, they brought him in. Elvis wanted to be made a “Federal Agent-at-Large?fighting drugs. “I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse[滥用],?he wrote to the President. No one knew until a year later the meeting took place, and the big mystery to some of us has always been, how did they keep (secret)注3 the fact that a guy, with a limousine[豪华轿车] longer than a basketball court, wearing four-inch sideburns[鬓脚], tight-fitting dark velvet[天鹅绒的] pants, a white silky shirt open below his chest, a dark purple velvet cape[披肩], sunglasses with “EP”in silver on the nose bridge[鼻梁], and a diamond and gold belt buckle[皮带扣环] probably worth more than the President’s salary, a secret. And, by the way, the picture of Presley and the President is the most requested document from the National Archives in Washington. Go figure注4!
理查德·尼克松总统图书馆选择在今天公开展览历史上最风马牛不相及的一次会面—尼克松与普雷斯利—他俩于1970年在白宫椭圆办公室碰头。“猫王”在白宫毫不知情的情况下出现，请求与总统见面。尼克松的助手布德·科洛收到通知，说“猫王”就在白宫大门外。
科洛：德怀特·蔡平打来电话说：“‘国王’来了！”我于是看了看总统的日程表，答道：“呃，总统的日程表上没有什么国王啊。”他说：“不是哪个平凡的国王，是‘猫王’埃尔维斯！”
之后，他们把“猫王”请进去。“猫王”希望被任命为“联邦总代理”，帮助打击毒品。“我已对毒品的滥用问题进行了深入研究。”他在致总统的信中这样写道。这次会面一直无人知晓，直至一年后。有人一直有这样一个大疑惑—他们是怎样紧守这个秘密呢？这个男人坐着比篮球场还要长的豪华轿车，脸上的鬓脚有四英寸长，穿着深色天鹅绒紧身裤、一件开胸丝绸上衣、外加一件深紫色的羽绒披肩，鼻梁上还戴着一副印有银色“EP”字样的太阳镜，那个镶钻镀金的皮带扣环可能比总统的薪水还值钱。顺便提一下，尼克松与“猫王”的合照已成为华盛顿国家档案局里最具“人气”的文件。你相信吗？
注1：“猫王”的全名是Elvis Aron Presley，下文会出现Elvis，译文则统一用“猫王”称呼。
注2："King"原意为“国王”，这里是双关语，因为"The King"在美国常特指“猫王”
注3：此处为口误，该词不应出现。
注4：意思是“你相信吗？想一想！”