詞匯

1.?????contort?扭曲

2.?????draw attention to?轉(zhuǎn)移注意力

3.?????facial expression?面部表情

4.?????intelligible?明白易懂的

5.?????throw sb. for a loop?非常震驚

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Trump gave a lengthy and wide-ranging joint press conference with Italian president Sergio Mattarella at the White House.

As Trump was speaking, people quickly drew attention to?the Italian translator's changing facial expressions as she sat behind him?and Mattarella taking notes.

The president's rants threw the translator for a loop, forcing her to contort her face as she struggled to reframe his broken sentences into intelligible Italian.?