23 Barack Obama
巴拉克·奥巴马，首位非洲裔的美国总统
名人标签
01 Obama is current President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.
奥巴马是现任美国总统，也是美国第一位非洲裔美国政客。
02 He was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate（得奖者）.
他是2009年诺贝尔和平奖得主。
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Perrsonal life
He was the first president to have been born in Hawaii. From ages six to ten, Obama attended local Indonesian-language schools, supplemented by（辅以）English-language home schooling by his mother. After high school, Obama moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College. In 1981, Obama made his first public speech, calling for Occidental to participate in the disinvestment（蚀本，收回投资）from South Africa in response to that nation's policy of apartheid. Later in 1981, he transferred as a junior to Columbia College where he majored in political with a specialty in international relations. Two years after graduation, Obama was hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project. He helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory（预科）tutoring program and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens. Obama entered Harvard Law School in the fall of 1988.
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贝拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马，1961年出生在美国夏威夷州。6岁时，奥巴马随母亲和继父前往印度尼西亚生活，4年后他的一家又回到夏威夷，与外祖父母住在一起。在西方学院读书两年之后，他转至纽约市的哥伦比亚大学的哥伦比亚学院，在那里主修政治学及国际关系。后来他迁往芝加哥，致力于一个非营利项目，为穷困的居民组织进行职业训练。
Career
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District. Once elected, Obama gained bipartisan（代表两党的）support for legislation that reformed ethics and health care laws. In May 2002, Obama commissioned a poll to assess his prospects in a 2004 U.S. Senate race, he created a campaign committee, began raising funds. Obama formally announced his candidacy in January 2003. Obama's expected opponent in the general election, withdrew from the race. In the November 2004 general election, Obama won with 70 percent of the vote. Obama was sworn in as a senator in 2005, becoming the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus. In 2007, Obama announced his candidacy（候选资格）for President of the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President took place in 2009. In his first few days in office, Obama issued executive orders and presidential memoranda directing the U.S. military to develop plans to withdraw troops from Iraq.
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1996年，奥巴马从芝加哥第13区南部的海德公园区被选入伊利诺伊州议会。2003年1月，民主党重新取得议会的控制权，他被提名为州卫生与公众服务委员会主席。在2004年的国会选举中，奥巴马当选联邦参议员。在担任联邦参议员期间，他参与起草了有关控制常规武器的议案。2007年2月，奥巴马正式宣布竞选总统。他在竞选中以“变革”为主题，强调结束伊拉克战争、实现能源自给、停止减税政策和普及医疗保险等。并最终当选第44任美国总统，成为美国历史上首位非洲裔总统。
妙语连珠
Indeed, we know we are better off when women are treated fairly and equally in every aspect of American life—whether it's the salary you earn or the health decisions you make. We know these things to be true. We know that our challenges are eminently（显著地）solvable. The question is whether together, we can muster（检阅）the will—in our own lives, in our common institutions, in our politics—to bring about the changes we need. And I'm convinced your generation possesses that will. And I believe that the women of this generation—that all of you will help lead the way. After decades of slow, steady and extraordinary progress, you are now poised to make this the century where women shape not only their own destiny but the destiny（命运）of this nation and of this world. But how far your leadership takes this country, how far it takes this world—well, that will be up to you. You've got to want it. It will not be handed to you.
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当下年轻的女性们还是需要面对某些特殊的挑战，面对这些挑战，如何去征服并取得成就，这对未来世界的影响是非凡的。相信女人能够决定自己的命运，也能够改变未来的世界。