奥巴马和女儿同读少年历险小说
Obama reads prize-winning Life of Pi to daughter
President Barack Obama answers questions during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 9, 2009.
President Barack Obama may be in for a nasty surprise when he reaches the final pages of the best-selling book Life of Pi, which he said on Monday he was reading with his 11-year-old daughter Malia.
Obama called it a "wonderful book" that was enthralling his daughter in an interview.
"There are whole chapters that really have to do with Hinduism, Christianity. There is a lot of philosophical stuff in there, but for some reason she (Malia) is hanging in there," he said.
The prize-winning book by Yann Martel centers on the journey of Pi Patel, who is cast adrift in a lifeboat with a tiger, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan after a ship carrying him and his family from India to Canada sinks.
There is a battle for survival and eventually it is just Pi and the tiger left in the small boat.
But the fantasy adventure is revealed to possibly have been a fabrication by the narrator in the last pages of the book, with the real story emerging of a horrific tale of cannibalism and murder.
enthrall: to hold spellbound; captivate 迷住；吸引住（The magic show enthralled the audience. 魔术表演把观众吸引住了。）
hang in there: to persevere despite difficulties; persist 坚持下去（Hang in there, baby. You can pass the university entrance exam! 宝贝，不要泄气，坚持下去。你一定能通过大学入学考试！） |
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