生活英语|latte salute 拿铁敬礼

When President Obama stepped off Marine^{1 One at the Wall Street landing zone in New York City, he saluted3 back two Marines at the bottom of the stairs as he held a coffee cup in the same hand.}

美国总统直升机座驾海军陆战队一号降落在纽约市华尔街降落区，奥巴马下飞机后，用拿着咖啡杯的手向两位敬礼的陆战队员回礼。

The unusual gesture appeared in an Instagram video posted by the White House on social media. It was quickly dubbed^{4 the latte salute2.}

这一不一般的举动视频被发布在白宫的Instagram账号上，并非常快被网友戏称的拿铁敬礼。

The video drew ridicule^{5 from some Instagram users, who saw the unorthodox salute as un-presidential.}

这一视频引来一些Instagram用户的嘲讽，觉得这种不合法的敬礼方法有失总统风范。

Others saw unnecessary nitpicking in the criticism.People are dying from disease, abuse or even hunger, another user commented on the video. Priorities.

有的用户则表示没必要这样挑刺。有用户评论说：大家在由于疾病、虐待甚至饥饿而死去，请大伙关重视点。

However one feels about today's salute, it's unlikely any coffee was at play. President Obama prefers hot tea.

对于敬礼事件，还有人表示不同怎么看。他觉得奥巴马手里拿的不是咖啡，奥巴马总统更喜欢喝热茶。