Barack Obama on Linsanity

“林书豪热”袭来 奥巴马也疯狂

Obama on Lin-sanity: “I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.”

对于“林疯狂”，奥巴马表示：“我早就是林书豪的铁杆球迷了。”

President Obama says he was ahead of the curve when it comes to New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.

美国总统奥巴马表示，要说到纽约尼克斯的明星球员林书豪，自己可谓是走在林书豪风潮的最前端。

“I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.” the president told ESPN’s Bill Simmons. “I knew about Jeremy before you did, before everybody else did.”

美国总统奥巴马在接受美国娱乐和体育电视台专栏记者比尔?西蒙斯的采访时表示，“我早就是林书豪的铁杆球迷了。在你连同其他人都还不知道林书豪是谁的时候，我就已经了解他了。”

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who often plays basketball with the president, first drew his attention to the breakout star.

美国教育部部长阿恩?邓肯经常会和总统奥巴马一块儿打篮球，是他最先让奥巴马注意到了这个脱颖而出的新秀。

“Arne and I were playing and he said, ‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard,’” Obama said.

奥巴马表示：“一次打球时，阿恩对我说：‘我告诉你，我们现在有位来自哈佛的完美后卫，名叫林书豪’。”

Duncan, who played professional basketball in Australia before turning to politics, is a former captain of the Harvard team, Lin’s alma mater.

邓肯还未从政时，是澳大利亚的职业篮球运动员，也是哈佛校篮球队的前任队长，是林书豪的校友。

Asked jokingly by Simmons if he was taking credit for Lin-sanity, the president said, “I can’t take credit for it. But I’m just saying, I was there early.”

西蒙斯打趣地问奥巴马是否将“林书豪热”归功于自己，奥巴马回答说：“我不能这样说。但是我想说的是，我早就关注这个小子了。”

In a wide-ranging interview, the sports-fan-in-chief revealed how he stays up-to-date with professional sports despite his demanding day job.

在这次内容广泛的访谈中，作为头号运动爱好者的奥巴马透露，尽管他日理万机，他还是会实时关注职业赛事的最新动态。

When he and his wife Michelle Obama work out together in the morning they always watch ESPN’s SportsCenter, Obama explained.

奥巴马解释说，每当他和妻子米歇尔?奥巴马在早上一起健身时，他们总会收看ESPN电视台的《体育中心》节目。

“The only thing that she allows me to control … is SportsCenter,” the president quipped.

奥巴马打趣说：“米歇尔唯一让我掌控遥控器的节目便是《体育中心》。”

Obama, a self-professed “night guy,” also admitted he sometimes sneaks in a ball game while he’s up late at night reading his briefings.

公开表示自己是“夜猫子”的奥巴马也承认，他熬夜阅读简报时，偶尔也会开小差，偷偷溜去看球赛。