超可爱！小男孩三次求抱 终于引起特朗普注意
近日，特朗普在签署一份病患用药相关法案时，却被身旁的8岁男孩麦克林(Jordan McLinn)抢镜(steal the limelight)了。小男孩一直想和特朗普拥抱，前前后后试了三次...特朗普都没有注意到，男孩只能故作镇定假装沉思，引发现场观众大笑，最终得以如愿。
据了解，该法案允许绝症患者用未上市药物，该男孩正是这项法案的受益者之一。
Little boy who really wants a hug steals limelight* from Donald Trump at signing of a new bill
A LITTLE boy who really wanted a hug from US President Donald Trump stole the limelight* at the signing of a new bill.
*steal the limelight：to get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation 出风头，抢镜头
The experimental car certainly stole the limelight at the motor show.
这款实验车型无疑在车展上出尽了风头。
对比下文出现的另一个短语：
*steal the show：to be the most popular or the best part of an event or situation 最受欢迎；最为出彩
The child with the dog stole the show.
带着狗的那个孩子最受欢迎。
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a “fundamental freedom” that will offer hope and save lives.
But it was a little boy with muscular dystrophy* who stole the show* in a candid* moment captured on video.
*muscular dystrophy：a serious disease in which a person's muscles gradually become weaker until walking is no longer possible 肌肉萎缩
*candid：(adj.) honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful （尤指对棘手或令人痛苦之事）率直的，坦诚的，直言不讳的
The two presidents have had candid talks about the current crisis.
两位总统就当前的危机进行了坦率的交谈。
https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?vid=x0672gq4ajj&width=500&height=375&auto=0
Joined by families dealing with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[肌萎缩侧索硬化, ALS], also called Lou Gehrig’s disease[葛雷克氏症], and other diseases, Mr Trump signed the so-called Right to Try bill in front of a large media contingent*.
*contingent：a group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force （代表某一组织或国家的）代表团；（军队的）分遣队，小分队
a large contingent of voluntary soldiers
一支由志愿兵组成的庞大分遣队
As he distributed pens after signing the bill, eight-year-old Jordan McLinn of Indianapolis, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, waited to embrace the president while standing next to him.
The little boy eventually went in for a hug*, but then pulled back when he realised the president hadn’t noticed him. He reached out his arms for a snuggle a second time, but Mr Trump still wasn’t looking in his direction, so he again retreated.
*go in for sth：to do something regularly, or to enjoy something 从事；爱好，喜欢
I've never really gone in for classical music, but I love jazz.
我从来没有真正对古典音乐产生过兴趣，但是我喜欢爵士乐。
On his third attempt, Mr Trump was again looking the other way. Jordan then put his clenched* hand under his chin and smiled, while waiting for Mr Trump to finish speaking, which drew laughter in the auditorium. (注：见文章开头第一张动图)
*clench：(v.) to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way （常指坚决或生气地）捏紧，握紧，咬紧
"Get out of here," she said through clenched teeth.
“滚出去，”她咬牙切齿地说。
*chin：the part of a person's face below their mouth 下巴，颏
It was at that point Mr Trump looked at the child and realised he was trying to get his attention. The president then opened his arms and pulled Jordan in for a hug, also planting* a kiss on his forehead.
*plant：[熟词僻义] to put something firmly and strongly in a particular place 放置，安放
My brother planted himself on the sofa in front of the television.
我哥哥坐在电视机前的沙发上。
He planted a kiss on her forehead/a blow on his opponent's jaw.
他在她的额头上吻了一下／一拳打在对手的下巴上。
“He’s going to be fantastic,” Mr Trump told Jordan’s mother before getting back to business.
Mr Trump said he never understood why the issue relating to Lou Gehrig’s disease had lagged for years and Congress hadn’t acted sooner.
“There were no options. But now you have hope — you really have hope,” Mr Trump said.
He noted that “for many years, patients, advocates and politicians have fought for this fundamental freedom”.
The bill cleared* the House last week following an emotional debate in which Republicans said it would help thousands of people in search of hope. Many Democrats said the measure was dangerous and would give patients false hope.
*clear：[熟词僻义] to give official permission for something 批准，许可
Despite local opposition, the plans for the new supermarket have been cleared by the council.
议会不顾当地居民的反对，批准了建新超市的计划。
The president was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and some of the bill’s allies in Congress, including Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.
Trump had supported efforts to gain access to the treatments during his 2016 campaign. In his State of the Union address, the president said people who are terminally shouldn’t have to travel “from country to country to seek a cure”.
The measure would give people diagnosed with life-threatening conditions who have exhausted treatment options the ability to gain access to unproven drugs without first getting permission from the FDA.
New drugs normally undergo years of expensive testing before manufacturers seek and gain FDA approval to market them.
Opponents of the bill said it would empower “fly-by-night* physicians” to offer false hope and ineffective drugs to patients who are desperate for treatment. They also said that the bill created the incorrect impression that the FDA serves as a bottleneck that deprives dying patients of unproven options. FDA figures show it approves 99 per cent of the roughly 1000 requests it receives from doctors annually for so-called “compassionate use” of such treatments.
*fly-by-night：Fly-by-night companies or business people cannot be trusted because they are likely to get into debt and close down the business to avoid paying the debts or satisfying agreements. （公司或商人）不可靠的，无信用的
a fly-by-night operator/organization
不可靠的经营者／机构
The process generally takes about four days, but permission can be granted immediately by phone in emergencies.
The bill was supported by the libertarian Goldwater Institute and the conservative Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the wealthy brothers Charles and David Koch. The bill also offers some legal protections for pharmaceutical* companies, doctors or others involved in providing the treatment.
*pharmaceutical [.fɑː(r)mə'sjuːtɪk(ə)l]
relating to the production of medicines 制药的
he pharmaceutical industry 制药业
a pharmaceutical company/product/journal 制药公司／药品／药学期刊