But what he was above all was a highly effective master of the soundbite .
但最重要的是,他是一位高效能的名句高手。
Soundbite : ( english ) " most people know what they should and shouldn 't be looking at anyway , just keeps people honest . "
同期声:“绝大多数人都知道他们应该看什么,不应该看什么,这只不过是要让人们保持诚实罢了。”
It is not that mr obama is not communicating as well ; it is that what he is communicating is too complex to reduce to simple words , especially when in the last 40 years , the length of a tv soundbite has dropped by 40 seconds .
Soundbite : ( english ) dr. webster wong , riverside country medical centre : " she 's sitting up in bed and she wants her ice cream which is always a good sign in pediatrics . "