Barack Obama
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Introduction Every child dreams about growing up.
导言 每个孩子都梦想着成长
Some children know what they want to be as adults.
有些孩子知道自己想成为成年人
They may want to be artists or musicians, or doctors or lawyers.
他们可能想成为艺术家或音乐家,或医生或律师.
Others have no idea what they want to be.
其他人不知道他们想成为什么
Some do not find a direction for their life until they are adults.
有些人直到成年才找到自己的生活方向。
This is the story of just such a child.
这就是这样一个孩子的故事。
Things happened in his life that caused him to doubt himself and made him feel as though he did not fit in.
他一生中发生的事情让他对自己产生怀疑,让他觉得自己不适合自己.
He was bothered by many things that happened around him.
他被周围发生的许多事困扰着
Over time, those things helped him discover his purpose in life.
随着时间的推移,这些东西帮助他发现了他人生的目的.
He developed a strong desire to change the practices that had made him feel like an outsider.
他发展出强烈的欲望来改变那些让他觉得自己是外人的做法.
That desire led him to become president of the United States of America.
这一愿望导致他成为美利坚合众国总统。
Growing Up Barack Obama Jr.
小巴拉克·奥巴马长大.
—called Barry during his childhood—was born in 1961 in Hawaii.
1961年生于夏威夷。
His mother, Ann Dunham, was from the state of Kansas.
他的母亲安·德纳姆(Ann Dunham)是堪萨斯州人.
His father, Barack Obama Sr.
他的父亲是巴拉克·奥巴马·斯.
, was from the country of Kenya, in eastern Africa.
他来自肯尼亚、东非
His parents met and married while they were students at the University of Hawaii.
他的父母在夏威夷大学学生期间相遇并结婚.
The marriage did not last.
婚姻没有持续到底。
By the time Barry turned four, his parents had divorced and his father had moved back to Kenya.
到了巴里四岁时,他的父母已经离婚了,他的父亲也搬回了肯尼亚.
Young Barry with his mother, Ann Barry’s mother married a man from Indonesia when Barry was six.
年轻的巴里和他的母亲,安·巴里的母亲在巴里六岁时嫁给了一位来自印度尼西亚的男子.
The family left Hawaii and moved to Indonesia, where his half-sister was born.
一家人离开夏威夷并搬到了同父异母的妹妹出生地印度尼西亚.
Barry attended school in Indonesia for four years.
巴里在印度尼西亚上学了四年.
He learned the language and customs of his new country.
他学习了新国家的语言和风俗.
He also saw what it meant to be very poor.
他还看到了非常贫穷的意义。
Many Indonesian families struggled each day just to have enough food to eat.
许多印尼家庭每天都在挣扎,
Barry sometimes felt strange being so far from Hawaii.
巴里有时觉得离夏威夷这么远很奇怪.
He felt he was not part of the community where he now lived.
他认为他不属于他现在居住的社区。
He wondered who he was and where he belonged in the world.
他想知道自己是谁,他属于世界。
Having parents of different races and from different continents caused him to wonder and question even more.
拥有不同种族和来自不同大陆的父母,使他更加疑惑和质疑.
While the family lived in Indonesia, Barry’s mother began teaching him about race and ethnicity.
当家人居住在印度尼西亚时,巴里的母亲开始教他种族和民族知识.
He learned about slavery and about the civil rights movement in the United States.
他了解了奴隶制和美国的民权运动.
Ann also taught him about important African Americans in politics, history, music, culture, and sports who helped to improve the world.
安还教他政治,历史,音乐,文化和体育方面的重要非裔美国人帮助改善世界.
She wanted Barry to be proud of his racial heritage.
她想让巴里为他的种族遗产而自豪.
But Barry was confused.
但巴里当时很困惑.
Although his mother taught him about African American leaders, he also learned about people who were ashamed of the color of their skin.
虽然他的母亲教他非洲裔美国领导人,他还是了解了那些对肤色感到羞愧的人.
He also learned about people who thought others were wrong or ignorant just because of their skin color or religion.
他还了解了仅仅因为肤色或宗教而认为他人是错误的或无知的人.
Barry began to see that race and ethnicity were complicated issues.
巴里开始看到种族和民族是复杂的问题.
How could people feel pride when they were being judged on the very things they were proud of?
当人们被评判为他们所骄傲的事情时,他们怎么能感到骄傲呢?
U.
吴.
S.
师曰.
civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
民权领袖小马丁·路德·金.
inspired Barry.
启发了巴里
After four years in Indonesia, Barry’s mother thought that he could receive a better education back in the United States.
在印尼四年后,巴里的母亲认为他可以在美国接受更好的教育.
So in 1971, when he was ten, she sent Barry back to Hawaii to attend school and to live with his grandparents.
因此在1971年他十岁时,她将巴里送回夏威夷上学并和外祖父母一起生活.
In Hawaii, Barry again felt like an outsider.
在夏威夷,巴里再次感觉自己像个外人.
He was one of only two African American students in his class.
他是他班里仅有的两个非裔美国人学生之一.
Some of his classmates made fun of his unusual name.
他的一些同学取笑他不寻常的名字.
He gained strength from reading about other people who felt like outsiders but who had successfully found their way in the world.
他从阅读其他感觉像外人但在世界中成功找到自己道路的人而获得力量.
He was inspired by Dr.
他受到博士的启发
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
and other leaders who believed in peaceful social change.
以及相信和平社会变革的其他领导人。
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
The year Barry returned to Hawaii, his father came from Kenya for a month.
巴里回到夏威夷的那一年,他的父亲从肯尼亚来了一个月.
That visit was the last time Barry saw his father, who was killed in a car accident in 1982.
那次拜访是巴里最后一次见到他的父亲,他的父亲于1982年在一次车祸中丧生.
His mother died of cancer in 1995.
他的母亲于1995年死于癌症.
Finding His Way After he graduated from high school in Hawaii, Barry went to college in Los Angeles.
寻找他的路 他在夏威夷高中毕业后,巴里在洛杉矶上大学.
During that time, he and other students spoke out against South Africa’s white government, which favored terrible treatment of black people.
在这段时间里,他和其他学生大声疾呼,反对南非的白人政府,他们赞成对黑人的可怕待遇.
Barry began to embrace his African heritage and started using his Kenyan name, Barack, which means “blessed.”
Barry开始接受他的非洲遗产, “
He started to understand that he didn’t have to choose between his white and black backgrounds— he was both.
他开始明白他不必在白人和黑人背景之间做出选择,
Barack wanted to learn how laws and government worked.
巴拉克想了解法律和政府是如何运作的.
He wanted to help change some of the injustices he saw.
他想帮助改变他所看到的不公正现象。
In 1981, he transferred to Columbia University in New York City.
1981年,他转入纽约市哥伦比亚大学.
He graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science.
1983年毕业后获政治学学位.
Barack as a Columbia student By the time Barack finished college, he knew he wanted to help people in communities.
作为哥伦比亚学生的巴拉克 在巴拉克完成大学学业时,他知道自己想帮助社区里的人.
He wanted to involve people in creating better lives for themselves.
他想让人们参与为自己创造更好的生活.
He also wanted to see local laws changed so people would receive fair treatment.
他还想看到地方法律的改变,让人们得到公平的待遇.
He found a job and moved to Chicago in 1985.
他找到了一份工作,于1985年搬到了芝加哥.
He became the director of an organization that helped people in poor neighborhoods find jobs and improve their lives.
他成为了一个帮助贫困街区的人们找到工作并改善其生活的组织的主任.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Before Barack moved to Chicago, he held a job with a big business for a short time.
在巴拉克搬到芝加哥之前,他曾短暂地与一个大企业有一份工作.
He started earning good money, but he was not happy.
他开始赚好钱,但他不高兴。
He hungered to be involved in something bigger than his own life.
他渴望参与比自己生活更大的事情
He quit his job and found one where he could help people.
他辞去工作,找到一个可以帮助别人的地方.
Later he said, “There’s nothing wrong with making money, but focusing your life [just] on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition.”
他后来说,“赚钱没有问题,但把精力放在挣一块钱上,显示出野心的贫困。 “
Barack’s work in Chicago fed his passion for helping poor people.
巴拉克在芝加哥的工作,
But through his work, he saw that to make lasting changes, he would need to learn how to change laws.
但是,通过他的工作,他看到要作出持久的改变,他需要学习如何改变法律。
He believed that by changing unfair laws, communities could improve the lives of their people.
他认为,通过改变不公平的法律,社区可以改善人民的生活。
Barack entered Harvard Law School, near Boston, in 1988.
1988年,巴拉克进入波士顿附近的哈佛法学院.
During his time there, he became the first African American to be in charge of a respected magazine called the Harvard Law Review.
在那里期间,他成为首位负责"哈佛法律评论"这个受人尊敬的杂志的非裔美国人.
He earned a law degree in 1991 and graduated with honors.
1991年获法学学位并获荣誉毕业.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Before entering law school in 1988, Barack traveled to Kenya for the first time.
1988年入法学院前,巴拉克首次前往肯尼亚.
He met many relatives there, including his grandmother.
他在那里结识了包括他祖母在内的许多亲戚。
Barack with Mama Sara Obama, his Kenyan grandmother Barack helped set up a job-training program for African Americans who had lost their jobs when factories closed.
他的肯尼亚外祖母巴拉克(Barack)与妈妈萨拉·奥巴马(Mama Sara Obama)一起,帮助为在工厂倒闭时失业的非裔美国人建立了一个工作培训方案.
He also helped call attention to a dangerous material called asbestos that was in the walls of buildings where many poor people lived.
他还帮助提请注意一种称为石棉的危险材料,该物质存在于许多穷人所居住的建筑物的墙上。
His organization started a tutoring program to help young people who wanted to go to college.
他的组织发起了一个辅导计划来帮助想上大学的年轻人.
Barack also managed a program to sign up new voters.
巴拉克还管理了一个注册新选民的方案.
He encouraged people to get involved in politics so that fairer laws could be passed.
他鼓励人们参与政治,以便通过更公平的法律。
Chicago residents sign up to vote.
芝加哥居民报名投票.
After finishing law school, Barack moved back to Chicago and worked for a law company for the summer.
完成法学院学业后,巴拉克搬回了芝加哥,并在一家律师公司工作了夏天.
A female lawyer named Michelle Robinson advised him, and they became friends.
一位叫米歇尔·罗宾逊(Michelle Robinson)的女律师建议他,两人成为了朋友.
Barack invited Michelle along when he went to visit some of the people and communities he had helped in the 1980s.
邀请巴拉克 米歇尔随同前往拜访他在1980年代帮助过的一些人民和社区。
Michelle was deeply moved by Barack’s vision of a better world.
米歇尔对巴拉克的美好世界的愿景深感感动.
She saw how much the people he had worked with respected him.
她看到他与他共事的人有多受尊重。
Barack and Michelle married in 1992.
巴拉克和米歇尔于1992年结婚.
Barack and Michelle Obama with their daughters, Malia (mah-LEE-uh), 6, right, and Sasha, 3, in 2004 Becoming a Politician Barack had become a lawyer to help people.
巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马与女儿们一起成为律师,
But he soon saw that helping people as a lawyer was a very slow process.
但他很快看到,帮助人们成为律师是一个非常缓慢的过程.
He decided that entering politics and changing laws would be an even faster way to help.
他决定,进入政治和改变法律将是一个更快的帮助方式.
In 1996, he ran for and won a seat in the Illinois state senate.
1996年他竞选并赢得了伊利诺伊州参议院的一个席位.
As a state senator, he helped change laws so poor working families could pay lower taxes.
作为州参议员,他帮助修改了法律,这样贫困的工作家庭可以支付更低的税收.
He also helped change laws so children would have better education and health care.
他还帮助修改法律,使儿童获得更好的教育和保健。
Barack and Michelle Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha campaigned in 2004 for Barack to be a U.
巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马带着女儿玛利亚和萨沙于2004年为巴拉克竞选U.
S.
师曰.
Senator.
参议员
Barack ran for the United States Senate in 2004.
2004年巴拉克竞选美国参议院.
He was asked to speak at an important meeting of the Democratic Party.
他被要求在民主党的重要会议上发言.
He gave a hopeful speech about all Americans working together to help the United States become an even greater country.
他发表了一个充满希望的演讲,讲述所有美国人共同努力帮助美国成为一个更伟大的国家.
The speech was a big success, and Barack’s words inspired many people.
演说大获成功,巴拉克的话鼓舞了许多人.
He easily won a seat in the U.
他轻松地赢得了一个U席位.
S.
师曰.
Senate later that year.
当年晚些时候参议院.
Because of the speech, many people encouraged Barack to run for president—the biggest job in the United States—in 2008.
由于这次演讲,许多人鼓励巴拉克竞选总统,这是2008年美国最大的工作.
Barack spoke during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
巴拉克在2004年民主国民大会期间发言.
“Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.
「今晚对我来说是一种特别的荣誉,
My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.
我父亲是一名外国学生,出生和成长于肯尼亚的一个小村庄。
He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack ….
他长大了牧羊, 在锡屋顶的小屋上学...
[My] mother … was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas ….
[我]母亲... 出生在世界另一边的小镇, 在堪萨斯...
“My parents shared … an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation.
“我的父母对这个国家的可能性有着坚定的信念。
They would give me an African name, Barack, or ”blessed,” believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success ….
他们会给我一个非洲名字,巴拉克,或“流血”,相信在一个宽容的美国,你的名字并不妨碍成功......。
They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren’t rich, because in a generous America you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential ….
他们想象我到当地最好的学校, 美国你不需要有钱就能实现你的潜力。
“I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my two precious daughters.
“我今天站在这里,感谢遗产的多样性,意识到我父母的梦想在两个宝贵的女儿中延续。
I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story … and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.”
我站在这里 知道我的故事是美国大故事的一部分... 地球上没有其他国家是我的故事甚至可能。 “
Barack had to be convinced that being president was the best thing for him and his family.
巴拉克必须相信当总统对他和他的家人来说是最好的.
He thought that he did not have enough experience as a U.
他觉得自己作为U的体验不足.
S.
师曰.
senator.
参议员
Barack knew that, because he was African American, running for president could be dangerous.
巴拉克知道,因为他是非裔美国人,竞选总统可能很危险.
He knew that just running for president would change his and his family’s lives forever.
他知道竞选总统会永远改变他和家人的生活。
He could no longer take a walk or get his hair cut without drawing a crowd.
他再也走不动 也不可能在不吸引人群的情况下剪发
While he thought about whether or not to run for president, Barack’s reputation grew.
他考虑是否参选总统,
The two books he had written inspired many people to write to him and encourage him.
他所写的两本书启发了许多人写信给他并鼓励他.
He continued to give speeches and talk to people.
他继续发表演说并和人们交谈.
Many more people became inspired by his words, his clear thinking, his respect for all people, and his belief in peaceful solutions to big problems.
更多的人受到他的话语,他清晰的思维,对所有人的尊重,以及对和平解决大问题的信念的启发.
Barack’s two books are best sellers.
巴拉克的两本书都是畅销书。
Conclusion Barack began his job as president on January 20, 2009.
结论巴拉克于2009年1月20日开始出任总统.
He, his wife Michelle, and their two young daughters moved into the White House in Washington, D.
他,他的妻子米歇尔和他们的两个年轻女儿搬入了华盛顿的白宫.
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In October 2009, President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to make the world a better and more peaceful place.
2009年10月,奥巴马总统被授予诺贝尔和平奖,以表彰他为使世界更美好和更和平而作的努力.
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
“如果我们等别人或等别的时间,变化就不会出现。
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
我们正是我们一直在等待的人。
We are the change that we seek.”
我们是我们所寻求的变化。 “
Barack Obama spoke to a huge crowd after being elected president on November 4, 2008.
巴拉克·奥巴马于2008年11月4日被选为总统后,与一大批群众交谈.