杜特蒂語出驚人
Recently, at an event attended by Chinese officials and Chinese-Filipino businessmen, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte cracked jokes about making the Philippines a province of the Republic of China.
最近，在一場中國官員和菲律賓華裔商人參加的聚會上，菲律賓總統杜特蒂開玩笑說應該讓菲律賓成為中華民國的一省。
event(n.)活動attend an event出席一場活動crack a joke說笑話=tell a joke
The Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, Zhao Jianhua was present.
中國駐菲律賓大使趙劍華也是在場賓客之一。
ambassador(n.)大使
“To avoid future problems, the Philippines should be made into a province of China, called the Province of the Philippines, Republic of China (ROC),” Duterte jokingly said.
杜特蒂開玩笑地說：「菲律賓應該成為中國的一省，這樣未來什麼問題都沒有了，就叫做中華民國菲律賓省好了！」
The president mistakenly referred to China as the Republic of China, Taiwan’s official name, instead of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the official title of China.
杜特蒂口誤把中國稱為中華民國（台灣的官方名稱），而不是中國的官方名稱中華人民共和國。
mistakenly(adv.)錯誤地=wronglyrefer to A as B把…稱作...=call A Binstead of~而不是= rather than~
“China is very rich. If China were a girl, I would pursue her,” Duterte added.
他繼續戲稱：「中國很有錢，如果中國是個女孩子的話，我早就去追她了。」
pursue(v.)追求
Duterte was apparently not at all worried about China’s military activities in the South China Sea, arguing that the construction of Chinese military bases on manmade islands in the area was not aimed at his country, but at the US.
杜特蒂顯然不擔心中國在南海的軍事活動，辯稱中國在南海人造島嶼上建造的軍事基地並非針對菲律賓，而是美國。
apparently(adv.)顯然地=clearly=obviouslybe aimed at~瞄準;針對=be targeted at~
The president’s jokes were met with laughter at the event, but later drew criticism from the aghast opposition camp.
杜特蒂的笑話在聚會上招來笑聲，但隨後招來驚呆的反對陣營的批評。
be met with~引起…(反應)draw-drew-drawn招致aghast(adj.)驚呆的
Rep. Gary Alejano found the joke “absolutely unacceptable.”
眾議員阿勒哈諾説杜特蒂的笑話「令人完全無法苟同」。
unacceptable(adj.)不能接受的、不能容忍的=intolerable
“Such irresponsible banter is a slap in the face of the many Filipinos who work tirelessly to defend our territorial integrity against China.”
「如此不負責任的玩笑話，等於是在打臉所有努力不懈捍衛菲律賓領土完整性的人。」
banter(n.)開玩笑a slap in the face 一記巴掌;打臉;羞辱=an insult to~territorial(adj.)領土的territorial integrity領土完整性