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He is the longest-running late-night TV host in the United States, known for his signature mix of sarcasm and just plain strangeness.
他是美國任期最長的深夜節目主持人，以他混合了嘲諷和純然古怪的招牌風格著稱。

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But David Letterman, he dropped a bombshell on his audience on Thursday. The comedian says he's calling it quits.
不過，大衛．賴特曼週四給他的觀眾投下了一個震撼彈。這位喜劇藝人說他不玩了。

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Nischelle Turner has more.
妮雪兒．透納帶來更多報導。

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It's been great. You've been great. The network has been great, but I'm retiring.
節目一直很順利，你們各位很棒，電視台也很好，但是我要退休了。

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This is... really?
這是……真的嗎？

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Yep.
是啊。

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This is true... this is... you actually did this?
當真……這是……你真的要這麼做？

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Yes, I did.
是的，我要這麼做。

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The latest late-night shake-up.
這是深夜節目最新的重大改組。

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David Letterman, late-night television's longest-running host, surprised his audience Thursday night by announcing he's signing off next year.
大衛．賴特曼，深夜節目待了最久的主持人，週四晚上讓他的觀眾吃驚意外，宣佈他明年要結束工作了。

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After 33 years, the 66-year-old host is retiring when his contract expires in 2015.
歷經三十三年，這位六十六歲的主持人將在二○一五年合約到期後退休。

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Thank you. Thanks to everybody.
謝謝。謝謝各位。

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The surprise announcement comes less than two months after his new top-rated competitor, Jimmy Fallon, took the reins of NBC's Tonight Show,
這個令人詫異的宣告出現前不到兩個月，他那收視率最高的新對手吉米．法隆接手主持 NBC 的《今夜秀》，

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at times nearly doubling the late-night veteran in ratings.
有時收視率接近這位深夜節目老將的兩倍。

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I'm Jimmy Fallon and I'll be your host for now.
我是吉米．法隆，我將擔任各位的主持人，目前是如此。

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Letterman still had an impressive audience every night at CBS.
賴特曼在 CBS 每天晚上的觀眾仍然相當可觀。

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But he wasn't creating lots of new fans all the time the way that somebody like Jimmy Fallon is.
但是他一直以來並沒有像吉米．法隆等人這樣創造新的節目愛好者。

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Portions of Indiana at one time yesterday were under a flash flood warning.
昨天印地安納州許多地區一度都處於暴洪警戒。

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Letterman started off as a weatherman in Indianapolis.
賴特曼出道時擔任印第安納波利斯市的氣象播報員。

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He launched Late Night with David Letterman on NBC in 1982, following The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson -- Letterman's idol.
一九八二年他開始在 NBC 主持《大衛夜間秀》，接在他偶像強尼．卡森的《今夜秀》之後播出。

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Always the heir apparent for when Carson retired,
賴特曼一直是卡森退休後的頭號繼任人選，

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Letterman was stunned when NBC instead chose Jay Leno, sparking a rivalry that spanned more than two decades.
當 NBC 棄他而選擇了傑．雷諾，他震驚不已，從此點燃了延續二十多年的敵對競爭。

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They never told Dave that they had made this deal with Jay,
電視台從沒告知大衛說他們已經和傑談好了這個交易，

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and it was a huge blowup because Letterman felt like they'd stabbed him in the back.
這件事引發軒然大波，因為賴特曼覺得好像他們在他背後捅了一刀。

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Letterman's heated departure from NBC led to the creation of The Late Show on CBS in 1993,
賴特曼憤而離開 NBC，致使 CBS 在一九九三年開了《深夜秀》這個節目，

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taking Leno head-on.
直接和雷諾打對台。

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How are things at the White House? OK?
白宮的狀況怎麼樣，還好嗎？

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For 21 years, he's been hosting stupid humans, pet tricks, singers and some of the biggest stars...
二十一年來，他主持介紹過幹蠢事的人、寵物雜耍、歌手及一些超級大明星……

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You thought I was a...
你認為我是個……

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An (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
一個（不雅消音）。

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...and delivering his signature top-ten list.
……以及發表他招牌的十大排行名單。

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Look at [this]. It's the top-ten list. Let's go.
看……這是十大排行名單。我們來看看吧。

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But it hasn't been all jokes. He took us through life-changing heart surgery in 2000.
但節目也不是一直都在笑鬧。二○○○年，他跟我們分享改變他一生的心臟手術。

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His first show after the 9/11 attacks serving as a key moment to help Americans move forward.
他在九一一事件後的首集節目成為幫助美國人向前進的關鍵時刻。

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If you didn't believe it before, you can absolutely believe it now.
如果你以前不相信，如今你可以深信不疑。

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New York City is the greatest city in the world.
紐約市是全世界最偉大的城市。

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Through all the ups and downs, Letterman continued to do what he loved.
歷經這了起起落落，賴特曼繼續做著他熱愛的事。

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His run behind the desk eclipsing Johnny Carson's 30-year reign on late night --
他坐在主持台後的時間，超過了強尼．卡森穩坐深夜時段三十年——

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truly an end of an era.
當真是一個年代的結束。

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I said when this show stops being fun, I will retire ten years later.
我說過等這個節目不再好笑的時候，我會在那十年後退休。