英語短文名人故事 政界精英 第11期:巴拉克.奧巴馬
Barack Obama 巴拉克·奧巴馬
With his Kenyan father and white American mother, his upbringing in Honolulu and Jakarta,and his Ivy League education, 奧巴馬的父親來自肯尼亞，母親為美國白人，他在檀香山和稚加達(dá)兩地長(zhǎng)大，就讀于常青藤名校。
Obama's early life experiences differ markedly from those of African American politicians who launched their careers in the 1960s through participation in the civil rights movement. 他的這些早期經(jīng)歷與在二十世紀(jì)六十年代通過民權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)開拓自己事業(yè)領(lǐng)域的那些非洲裔美國政界人士明顯不同。
Expressing puzzlement over questions about whether he is "black enough", Obama told an August 2007 meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists 在關(guān)于他是否“夠黑”這個(gè)問題上，奧巴馬在全美黑人新聞工作者協(xié)會(huì)2007年8月的會(huì)議上表示，
that the debate is not about his physical appearance or his record on issues of concern to black voters. 這樣的爭(zhēng)論與他的外表或者他對(duì)黑人選民問題的關(guān)注并無關(guān)系。
Obama said that "we're still locked in this notion that if you appeal to white folks then there must be something wrong." 他說:“我們到現(xiàn)在還在被那個(gè)固有的觀念所影響，覺得受到白人的認(rèn)可是不可能的。”
Echoing the inaugural address of John F. Kennedy,Obama acknowledged his youthful image in an October 2007 campaign speech,saying: 對(duì)于自己的年輕形象，奧巴馬在2007年10月的一次竟選演講中引用肯尼迪總統(tǒng)就職演說中的話說:
I wouldn't be here if,time and again, the torch had not been passed to a new generation. 如果不是這個(gè)火炬在被一次次地傳遞到新一代的手上，我不會(huì)有這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)的。
