歷屆美國(guó)總統(tǒng)介紹:第42任總統(tǒng) 威廉·杰斐遜·克林頓

　　William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was born in 1946 inHope, Arkansas three months after his father died ina traffic accident. His surname at birth was Blythe.His mother remarried and he took his stepfather’sname. Clinton excelled as a student and as asaxophone player and once considered becoming aprofessional musician. While in high school, hemet President John Kennedy and decided to enterpolitics.

　　1946年，威廉·杰斐遜·克林頓出生于阿肯色州的霍普，就在他出生的三個(gè)月后，他的父親在一次車禍中去世。他出生時(shí)的姓氏是布萊斯。之后母親改嫁，他隨了繼父的姓氏。克林頓在校的學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)非常好，他還是一名薩克斯手，并曾經(jīng)想成為一名專業(yè)的音樂(lè)家。在高中時(shí)，他遇見(jiàn)了約翰·肯尼迪總統(tǒng)，并絕對(duì)進(jìn)入政壇。

　　Clinton graduated from Georgetown University andEngland’s Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, andentered politics in Arkansas. In 1975, he married future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham.Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978.Heran for President and defeated George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election.

　　林肯畢業(yè)于喬治敦大學(xué)和牛津大學(xué)。1973年，他畢業(yè)于耶魯大學(xué)法學(xué)院，并進(jìn)入了阿肯色州政壇。1975年，他與未來(lái)的國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里·羅德姆結(jié)婚。1976年，克林頓出任阿肯色州司法部長(zhǎng)，并在1978年任阿肯色州州長(zhǎng)。之后競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)，并在1992年的大選中擊敗了老布什。

　　Clinton and his Vice President Al Gore represented a new, young generation in Americanpolitical leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were heldby the same party. He passedthe North American Free Trade Agreement. He also implementedthe “Don't ask, don't tell” policy aimed atrecruiting soldiers into the military regardless of theirsexual orientation.

　　克林頓和他的副總統(tǒng)艾伯特·戈?duì)柎砹嗣绹?guó)政壇的年輕一代。這是12年來(lái)首次同時(shí)由一個(gè)黨派執(zhí)政白宮和國(guó)會(huì)。他還簽署了北美自由貿(mào)易協(xié)定。并實(shí)施了“不問(wèn)，不說(shuō)”政策，這一政策旨在招錄士兵時(shí)，不問(wèn)士兵的性取向問(wèn)題。

　　Clinton was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term.Unemployment was at its lowest rate in modern times, and inflation the lowest in 30 years.Home ownership was the highest in the country's history and crime rates were dropping.Despite almost facing impeachment as a result of personal indiscretions with a young WhiteHouse intern, his popularity remained very high.

　　克林頓是繼富蘭克林·羅斯福后第一位獲得連任的民主黨總統(tǒng)。失業(yè)率達(dá)到了近代以來(lái)的最低點(diǎn)，通貨膨脹也達(dá)到了30年內(nèi)的最低點(diǎn)。住房擁有人數(shù)也達(dá)到了歷史上的最高點(diǎn)，犯罪率也在不斷下降。盡管他幾乎面臨彈劾的危險(xiǎn)，這是因?yàn)樗c一位白宮實(shí)習(xí)生有過(guò)分舉動(dòng)，但克林頓的支持率還保持著非常高的水平。

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