It's official: even though they are involved in the worst East-West clash since the Cold War, Barack Obama would save Vladimir Putin from drowning.
美國總統歐巴馬正式回應了!雖然俄美兩國著自冷戰以來東西方最嚴重的衝突，但歐巴馬還是表示如果俄羅斯總統普京溺水，他一定會救的。
Obama on Friday delivered his answer to a question posed to Putin during a live television appearance earlier this month -- would his US rival come to his rescue?
本月早些時候，普京總統在參加一次電視直播活動的時候遭遇這樣的提問：「如果你掉到水裡，歐巴馬會救你嗎?」 本周五，歐巴馬總統也給出了自己的回應。
Putin answered by saying that though he did not have a special personal relationship with Obama he thought the US leader was "a decent and brave person." "And of course, he would."
普京總統當時的回答是，自己雖然和歐巴馬沒有非常密切的私人關係，但歐巴馬是個「勇敢的正派人」 ，所以「當然會救我」。
In a rare moment of humour at an alarming moment of the Ukraine crisis, Obama confirmed he would indeed throw the Russian leader a lifeline, when questioned by a US journalist.
俄美雙方因為烏克蘭局勢關係緊張，在這樣的情況下歐巴馬總統還是表示了自己的幽默。當被一位美國記者問到這個問題時，歐巴馬證實自己會救俄羅斯領導人普京。
"I absolutely would save Mr Putin if he were drowning," Obama said. "If anybody is out there drowning, I would save them. "
「如果普京溺水，我絕對會救他，」 歐巴馬說，「任何人溺水我都會施救。」
"I used to be a pretty good swimmer, I grew up in Hawaii," Obama said, before adding with a rueful smile: "I am a little bit out of practice."
「我從前是個遊泳好手，我在夏威夷長大，」 歐巴馬這樣回答道，但他又帶著略抱憾的微笑補充說：「不過我有點疏於練習了。」
Even before the Ukraine showdown, Putin and Obama had a difficult relationship and had endured several photo-ops after summits noted for stilted body language.
不過就算是在烏克蘭一觸即發的局勢之前，普京和歐巴馬兩位總統的關係也不太好，在幾次峰會拍到的合照都可以看到姿勢僵硬。
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