奧巴馬私家聖誕樹亮相 苦心裝飾4天

He may have suffered a blow after being forced to compromise with the Republican party over tax cuts but President Obama has not let the setback affect his Christmas.
　　奧巴馬總統可能因爲被迫同意共和黨削減稅收而受到打擊，但是他沒有讓這個挫折影響他的聖誕節。

A new time-lapse video released by the White House reveals the sheer scale of the operation to erect the official Christmas Tree of the First Family with hundreds of workers visible as the Douglas fir begins to take shape.

白宮新發布的一個快進視頻揭示了一段清晰的很多工人爲第一家庭架起聖誕樹的情形，其中黃杉樹清晰可見。

Grown in Pennsylvania, the tree - which is eighteen-and-a-half feet high and nearly 13ft wide - was received by Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia last week and took four-and-a-half days to be decorated.

這棵生長在賓夕法尼亞州的聖誕樹高18.5英尺，寬近13英尺。米歇爾.奧巴馬和她的兩個女兒薩沙和瑪麗亞上週收到了這棵樹，並花了四天半的時間來裝飾。

As well as erecting the White House's official Christmas tree, the Obamas will also light the National Christmas Tree in Washington DC on Thursday.

就像架設白宮的官方聖誕樹一樣，奧巴馬一家也將在週四點亮華盛頓特區的國家聖誕樹。

Barack Obama and his family will turn the lights on at the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in Presidents Park on December 9th with the event streamed live on the internet

奧巴馬和他的家人將於12月9日在年度假日點燈活動上點亮聖誕樹，該活動將在總統公園圓臺舉行，並在網絡上直播。