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1.inaugurated 就职

2.republicans 共和党人

3.democrats 民主党人

4.margin 幅度

5.polls 民意调查

6.swing 摇摆

7.fortune 富有

8.prestigious 有声望的

9.guard 警卫

10.wandered 漫游

11.considerable 相当大的

12.Senate 参议院

13.incumbent 现任

14.neo-conservative 新保守主义

15.ideologist 意识形态专家

16.compassionate 有同情心的

原文

George W Bush Jr

George W Bush Junior was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States on January 20, 2001.

Of course, people knew that he was the son of the 41st President, George H-W Bush.

He had also been governor of Texas since 1994.

However, aside from this, he was not very well known outside of Texas.

Why then, did so many people want him to run for president in 2000?

Many Republicans thought that the Democrats could be defeated in 2000, but they themselves lacked a candidate with strong appeal.

As the election approached, leading Republicans worried about whom to support. Some of the most powerful Republicans were state governors.

They began to look around at each other for a possible candidate.

Most eyes turn to George w Bush, the governor of Texas.

In November 1998, bush was reelected as governor by an impressive margin.

By now, bush was the leading Republican candidate in the polls.

Of course, one advantage that Governor Bush had was a familiar name.

In fact, when he did well in some early polls, it is likely that some people really voted for his father.

They thought that George H-W Bush was running again.

The Bush family was able to swing a lot of support to George W.

It also helped that his brother Jeb was now governor of Florida.

Parents George and Barbara were both born in Eastern United States.

But in 1948, George moved to Texas, where he made a big fortune in the oil business.

He went into politics in the 1960s and 70s, and served in a number of important positions.

He was Ronald Reagan's Vice President from 1981 to 1989, and president from 1989 to 1993.

George W was born in 1946, the oldest of the Bush children.

Three more brothers and two sisters were also born.

The younger sister died of leukemia as a child.

George W attended the same prestigious Eastern colleges as his father.

Then he came back to Texas and was a fighter pilot with the Texas Air National Guard.

During the early 70s, He wandered from place to place, trying different jobs.

After attending a Harvard Business school from 1972 to 1975, he came back to Texas and started his own oil exploration company.

Although it wasn't as profitable as his father's company, he eventually sold his stock shares for a considerable amount of money.

In 1978, he ran for the Senate of the United States, but was defeated.

He became closely involved in his father's campaign for president in 1988.

Here, he developed a lot of the political skills he was later able to use to run for office himself.

In 1989, back in Texas, George W organized a group that bought the Texas Rangers baseball team.

He later sold the team in 1998 and made a $14000000 profit in 1994.

He surprised the political world by defeating the incumbent governor of Texas.

As governor, he pushed ahead with an energetic program which reflected neo conservative values.

However, George W did not appear as an ideologist to people.

Even his opponents were willing to work with him.

When he ran for president in 2000, Bush described himself as a compassionate conservative.

Only time will tell how successful Bush will be as US President.

翻译

小布什

2001年1月20日，小布什宣誓就任美国第43任总统。
当然，人们知道他是第41任总统乔治·h·w·布什的儿子。
自1994年以来，他一直担任德克萨斯州州长。
然而，除此之外，他在德克萨斯州以外并不出名。
那么，为什么有那么多人希望他参加2000年的总统竞选呢?
许多共和党人认为民主党在2000年大选中可能会被击败，但他们自己却缺乏一位具有强大吸引力的候选人。
随着选举的临近，共和党领导人开始担心该支持谁，一些最有权势的共和党人是州长。
他们开始互相打量，寻找可能的候选人。
大多数人的目光都投向了得克萨斯州州长乔治•w•布什。
1998年11月，布什以惊人的优势再次当选州长。
到目前为止，布什在民意调查中是领先的共和党候选人。
当然，布什州长的一个优势是他的名字很熟悉。
事实上，当他在一些早期民调中表现良好时，很可能有些人真的把票投给了他父亲。
他们以为乔治·h·w·布什又要竞选了。
布什家族在很大程度上支持小布什。
他的兄弟杰布(Jeb)现在是佛罗里达州州长，这也对他有所帮助。
他的父母乔治和芭芭拉都出生在美国东部。
但是在1948年，乔治搬到了德克萨斯州，在那里他通过石油生意赚了一大笔钱。
他在20世纪60年代和70年代进入政界，担任过许多重要职位。
1981年至1989年，他担任罗纳德·里根(Ronald Reagan)的副总统，1989年至1993年担任总统。
小布什出生于1946年，是布什家族中年龄最大的一个。
另外还有三个兄弟和两个姐妹出生。
妹妹小时候死于白血病。
小布什和他的父亲就读于同一所著名的东部大学。
后来他回到了德克萨斯州，成为了德克萨斯州空军国民警卫队的一名战斗机飞行员。
在70年代初，他四处流浪，尝试不同的工作。
1972年至1975年，他在哈佛商学院(Harvard Business school)学习，之后回到德克萨斯州，创办了自己的石油勘探公司。
虽然没有他父亲的公司那么赚钱，但他最终还是卖掉了自己的股票，赚了一大笔钱。
1978年，他竞选美国参议员，但失败了。
1988年，他密切参与了父亲的总统竞选活动。
在这里，他发展了很多政治技巧，后来他自己也能用来竞选公职。
1989年，在德克萨斯州，小布什成立一个集团，买下了德克萨斯州游骑兵棒球队。
后来他在1998年卖掉了球队，在1994年赚了1400万美元。
他击败了德克萨斯州现任州长，震惊了政界。
作为州长，他推行了一项反映新保守主义价值观的充满活力的计划。
然而，在人们看来，小布什并不是一个意识形态专家。
甚至他的对手也愿意和他合作。
2000年竞选总统时，布什称自己是一个富有同情心的保守派。
只有时间才能证明布什作为美国总统会有多成功。

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