双语新闻：白宫圣诞节的样子

U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again.

美国第一夫人吉尔·拜登希望每个在圣诞节前后访问白宫的人都能再次感受到孩子的感觉。

On Monday, Biden held a gathering to show the White House Christmas decorations. "Magic, Wonder and Joy" is the theme this year. It will be the Bidens' third Christmas holiday in the White House.

周一，拜登举行了一次聚会，展示白宫的圣诞装饰。“魔法、奇迹和欢乐”是今年的主题。这将是拜登夫妇在白宫度过的第三个圣诞节假期。

"Each room on display is designed to capture the...delight and imagination of our childhoods," the first lady said. She also thanked some 300 people who volunteered to decorate the White House.

第一夫人说:“展出的每个房间都是为了捕捉我们童年的快乐和想象。”她还感谢了大约300名自愿装饰白宫的人。

There are oversized holiday candies and other sweets in the hallway. There is a Santa Clause with eight reindeer suspended near the entrance.

走廊里有超大的节日糖果和其他糖果。有一个圣诞老人和八只驯鹿悬挂在入口附近。

Throughout two floors of the public area of the White House are reminders from the poem popularly known as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The U.S. Library of Congress helped with copies of the poem from the past 200 years.

在白宫公共区域的两层楼里，都挂着一首著名的诗《这是圣诞节前的夜晚》。美国国会图书馆在过去的200年里帮助收集了这首诗的副本。

The traditional gingerbread White House includes a large sugar cookie copy of the book opened to a page that says, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night." The book contains 40 sheets of sugar cookie dough. Another 40 sheets of gingerbread dough are used for the house with 14 kilograms of chocolate and 23 kilograms of royal icing.

传统的姜饼白宫包括一个大的糖曲奇书，打开一页，上面写着:“祝大家圣诞快乐，祝大家晚安。”这本书里有40张糖曲奇面团。另外还有40张姜饼面团，还有14公斤巧克力和23公斤皇家糖霜。

The oversized decorations are meant to bring feelings of joy to children at this time of the year, White House aides said. Children of military families were among the first members of the public to see the decorations. And they were also treated to an afternoon performance of the Disney musical performance Frozen.

白宫助手说，这些超大的装饰品是为了在每年的这个时候给孩子们带来欢乐。军人家庭的孩子是第一批看到这些装饰的公众。下午，他们还观看了迪士尼音乐剧《冰雪奇缘》的表演。

One of the first Christmas trees visitors will see upon entering the White House is decorated with golden wooden stars. The ornaments include the names of fallen service members.

游客进入白宫后看到的第一批圣诞树中，有一棵装饰着金色的木制星星。这些装饰品包括阵亡军人的名字。

The official White House Christmas tree is a 5.6-meter-tall tree that stands in its usual place in the Blue Room. The tree is decorated with cheerful pictures from across the country. A toy train runs around its base.

白宫的官方圣诞树是一棵5.6米高的树，矗立在蓝厅的老位置上。这棵树上装饰着来自全国各地的欢快的图画。一列玩具火车绕着它的底座跑。

The State Dining Room has been turned into Santa's workshop. There are workbenches for Santa's helpers, the elves. Stools and ladders circle Christmas trees and gifts-in-progress round out the display.

国宴厅已经变成了圣诞老人的工作室。还有为圣诞老人的帮手——精灵们准备的工作台。凳子和梯子围绕着圣诞树和正在制作的礼物。

In the library, the moons and the stars are ready to honor the tradition of bedtime stories. The China Room has been turned into a shop of baked goods. The Vermeil Room celebrates music with a display of a toy Marine Band.

在图书馆里，月亮和星星已经准备好向睡前故事的传统致敬。瓷器室被改成了烘焙食品店。维梅尔厅以一个玩具海军乐队的展示来庆祝音乐。

In her prepared remarks, the first lady said she knows that magic, wonder and joy can be hard to find, especially as the days grow shorter, the weather turns colder. She said, "Our hearts grow heavy in the face of a tumultuous world."

第一夫人在事先准备好的讲话中说，她知道魔法、奇迹和快乐很难找到，尤其是在白天变短、天气变冷的时候。她说:“面对这个纷乱的世界，我们的心情变得沉重。”

"But it's in these times, when we are searching for hope and healing, that we need those points of light the most, that we need each other the most," she said. "It's in these times that I hope you remember, if even just for a moment or a season, how you saw the world as a child."

她说:“但正是在这些时候，在我们寻找希望和治愈的时候，我们最需要那些亮点，我们最需要彼此。”“正是在这些时候，我希望你能记住，哪怕只是片刻或一季，你小时候是如何看待这个世界的。”

Overall, the White House uses 98 Christmas trees, nearly 34,000 ornaments, over 22,000 bells and more than 350 candles for the display. And they are lit with 142,500 lights.

总的来说，白宫使用了98棵圣诞树，近34,000件装饰品，22,000多个铃铛和350多支蜡烛来展示。它们被142500盏灯照亮。