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英国首相布莱尔年少也“风流”

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Tony Blair makes a less than ministerial hand gesture in this group photo.

In his youth, Tony Blair's rebellious¹ streak² often landed him in trouble. He was almost expelled from school for persistent³ rule-breaking and was once arrested as he tried to climb into his dormitory through a window.

The future Prime Minister remained equally impish when at Oxford⁴ - as this extraordinary picture of him making a lewd⁵ hand gesture demonstrates.

A photograph of Tony Blair as a long-haired, boater-wearing student was reproduced in a number of newspapers with focus on his less than prime ministerial hand gesture.

The shaggy-haired undergraduate from St John's College, Oxford University -- dressed in a blue blazer, white shirt with enormous collars and a straw hat perched at a jaunty⁶ angle -- has been seen before but only from the waist up.

BBC's "Newsight" programme has now unearthed⁷ the original and published it in full, complete with the then 21-year-old Blair's universally understood right-hand gesture around his groin area.

Although the photo has been published before, Mr Blair's hand gesture was digitally removed from it by the press agency which supplied it, out of respect for the Prime Minister.

A "Newsight" reporter found the snap of the apparently⁸ well-oiled college archery club in 1975 while researching a student photograph of Conservative leader David Cameron.

On Blair's photo, the Daily Express wondered: "So, Tony... is that where you learnt gesture politics?"

英国首相托尼·布莱尔青年时代的叛逆个性给自己惹了不少麻烦。由于他总是违反学校规定，差点被学校开除；他还曾因试图从窗户爬进宿舍而被逮捕。

这位如今的首相先生在牛津大学上学时仍不改顽皮个性，这张带有他做着下流姿势的特殊照片便可以证明这一点。

布莱尔学生时代的一张照片日前在很多家报纸被转载，照片上的布莱尔蓄着长头发、戴着一顶硬草帽，更引人注目的是，这位首相先生在照片中做了一个与其如今身份极不相称的手势。

照片中这位牛津大学圣约翰学院的毕业生头发蓬乱，身穿蓝色夹克和白色大领衬衫，头上俏皮的歪戴了一顶草帽。然而，这张照片并不是第一次公开，但此前人们看到的只是布莱尔腰部以上的部分。

BBC“新闻视角”栏目日前将这张原始照片公布于众，照片中21岁的布莱尔用右手在其身体腹股沟附近所做的下流动作也随之“大白天下”。

尽管这张照片之前被公开过，但出于对首相先生的尊重，当时提供照片的新闻社对照片中布莱尔的手势进行了数码技术处理。

不久前，BBC“新闻视角”栏目的一位记者在寻找保守党领袖大卫·卡梅伦学生时代的一张照片时，发现了这张拍摄于1975年、布莱尔所在的学院剑术俱乐部的合照，照片上俱乐部的成员们显然都喝醉了。

英国《每日快报》评论布莱尔的这张照片说：“托尼，你是从这里学到了政治姿态吗？”

Vocabulary:

impish : mischievous（淘气的；顽皮的）

jaunty : in lively manner（生动的；活泼的）

well-oiled : 醉的；喝醉了的

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1 rebellious
adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的
参考例句：
They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。 Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

2 streak
n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动
参考例句：
The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。 Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 persistent
adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的
参考例句：
Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。 She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

4 Oxford
n.牛津（英国城市）
参考例句：
At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。 This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

5 lewd
adj.淫荡的
参考例句：
Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。 I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

6 jaunty
adj．愉快的，满足的；adv.心满意足地，洋洋得意地；n.心满意足；洋洋得意
参考例句：
She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子。 The happy boy walked with jaunty steps.这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着。

7 unearthed
出土的（考古）
参考例句：
Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。 Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

8 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

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