英語(yǔ)短文名人故事 政界精英 第17期:喬治.布什
George Walker Bush 喬治·布什
In his father’s presidential race in 1988, Bush Jr. became his father’s aid. 1988年在他父親競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)時(shí)，小布什成為父親的助手。
This was the first time the two had worked together closely as adults, and Big George came to appreciate his son’s political instincts. 這是他們倆人第一次作為成年人在一起密切合作。于是老布什逐漸欣賞兒子的政治素質(zhì)。
When George Bush won the election, his eldest son returned to Texas, a move that shocked Washington careerists. 當(dāng)老布什在大選中獲勝后，他的大兒子卻返回德克薩斯，這一舉動(dòng)使華盛頓的野心家們感到很吃驚，
But Junior had something also in mind. 但小布什已另有打算了。
He was thinking hard about running for Governor of Texas. 這時(shí)他在認(rèn)真考慮競(jìng)選德州州長(zhǎng)。
Texas is a big media state. 德州是一個(gè)傳媒大州，
Name identification is important. 知名度是很重要的，
And Bush had got it. 而小布什擁有這一點(diǎn)。
But he needed an accomplishment that belonged to his own. 不過(guò)他還需一份屬于自己的成就，
He didn’t want anyone to say “he is riding on Daddy’s name.” 他不想別人說(shuō)“他是靠爸爸的名氣”。
So he bought a baseball team titled “Texas Rangers”. 于是他買下了名為“德克薩斯騎警隊(duì)”的棒球隊(duì)。
He gave speeches across Texas in support of the team. 他到德州各處發(fā)表演說(shuō)為該球隊(duì)尋求贊助。
His down-home style was always on display. 他不斷表現(xiàn)出純樸的風(fēng)格。
He hated to ride in limo, even someone else's，and the Bushes lived in a modest brick house. 他討厭坐豪華轎車，即便是別人的也不坐。布什一家住在一所樸素的磚房里。
Their only luxury was private school for their twin daughters, Barbara and Tenna. 他們惟一奢侈的就是讓他們的雙胞胎女兒芭芭拉和坦娜在一所私立學(xué)校就讀。
He dressed as indifferent as ever, in cheap suits and boots emblazoned with the flag of Texas. 小布什的穿著還像以前一樣很普通—— 廉價(jià)的西裝和印有德州旗幟的靴子。
At the Rangers office, he insisted on wearing a pair of shoes with a large hole in them. 在“騎警隊(duì)”的辦公室里，他堅(jiān)持穿著一雙已有一個(gè)大洞的鞋子。
Someone said that Bush’s political base was built on twin platforms: 有人說(shuō)，小布什的政治基礎(chǔ)是建立在兩個(gè)跳板上的：
his Rangers celebrity and the prodigious campaigning he had done for his father throughout Texas in 1980，1984, 1988 and 1992. 他的“騎警隊(duì)”的名氣和他于1980年、1984年、 1988年和1992年在德州為他父親所做的大量競(jìng)選工作。
In 1992, after his father lost in his presidential re-election, Bush began to run for Governor of Texas. 1992年在他父親第二次競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)失敗后，小布什開(kāi)始競(jìng)選德州州長(zhǎng)。
He traveled across the state, applying the lessons he’d learned from his parents: 他踏遍德州，運(yùn)用他從父母那里學(xué)到的 ：
trust your instincts, be down-home, enforce discipline and walked all the way into the state house. 相信你的素質(zhì)、保持淳樸、加強(qiáng)紀(jì)律，結(jié)果走進(jìn)了德州 的州政大廳。
