《中英對照讀新聞》Bush once taken for "Scottish boy" 布希一度被誤認為是「蘇格蘭小男童」

Young George W. Bush once worked on a sheep farm in Scotland and was mistaken by an American tourist as a "little Scottish boy."

少年布希一度在蘇格蘭的一處牧羊場打工，並被一名美國觀光客誤認為「蘇格蘭小男童」。

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The president disclosed his presence in Scotland as a youth in talking to European journalists during a round-table interview ahead of his Europe trip .

布希總統披露他年少時期的蘇格蘭經驗，是在前往歐洲訪問之前，與歐洲記者的一場圓桌專訪上。

He said: "I worked there as a 14-year-old kid. I left Texas for Scotland to work on a sheep farm. And I'm riding a bike, taking this one sheep, you know, from here to there, and a big tour bus stops. And they got off and a woman with a Texas accent said, 'look at the little Scottish boy."

他說：「我還是個十四歲小孩時，曾在那裡工作。我離開德州前往蘇格蘭，在一個牧羊場工作。有一天我騎著腳踏車，帶著一頭羊，你們知道的，從這裡到那裡。後來，一輛大型遊覽車停下來，有人下車，然後一名操著德州腔的婦女說：『瞧那個蘇格蘭小男孩。』」

Bush, who himself has a Texas twang, said he did not let on that he was an American. "I kept my mouth shut," he said.

布希本身講話也有德州鼻音腔，但他說他並未讓人家知道他是美國人。他說：「我閉上嘴沒有說話。」

Dictionary-新聞辭典

to be mistaken by...as...：被...誤認為...。例句：When his brother is mistaken by the police as a robbery suspect, Jack vows to clear his brother's name.（當他的哥哥被警察誤認為搶案嫌犯，傑克發誓要為哥哥洗刷冤屈。）此外，誤會、誤解也可以用 mistake for 表達。例句：He mistook my politeness for friendliness.（他誤將我的禮貌當作友善。）

disclose：動詞，意指揭露、揭發、透露一個祕密。例句：The stranger refused to disclose his name and address.（那個陌生人拒絕透露名字跟地址。）disclose 的名詞是 disclosure，是英文很常見的法律字彙，同樣具有揭露的意思。例如，在台灣進行期貨交易，必須事先簽署的風險預告書，英文是 risk disclosure statement。

ride：騎。例句：Do you ride bicycle?（你騎腳踏車嗎？）但須注意， ride 不只用於騎腳踏車。如果是乘車，也可用 ride。例如：Let' s go for a ride in my new car.（坐我的新車去兜風吧！）但若意指駕車，則必須用 drive。例如：Let's go for a drive.（我們開車兜風去吧。）