George Walker Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. He was born on July 6, 1946, in Connecticut, to George H.W. Bush – later the 41st President of the United States. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale in 1968 and then served as a pilot in the Texas Air NationalGuard. He got a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1975.
乔治·沃克·布什是美国第43任总统,任期为2001-2009年。1946年的7月6日,小布什出生于康涅狄格州他的父亲-乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什是美国第41任总统。1968年,小布什获得了耶鲁大学学士学位,之后进入了得克萨斯州国民警卫队空军,成为一名战斗机驾驶员。1975年,他获得了哈佛商学院工商管理硕士学位。
Following graduation, Bush began a career in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled a group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989. He entered politics and was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to2000 - the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms.
毕业之后,布什开始进入能源产业发展。1988年,他帮助父亲成功竞选总统,1989年,小布什与合伙人购买下了得克萨斯游骑兵棒球队。之后进入政坛,并成为了德克萨斯州第46任州长,任期为1995-2000,他是德克萨斯州史上首位连任的州长。
Bush won the Presidency in 2000. He worked to extend freedom, opportunity, and security at home and abroad.His first initiative as President was the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan measure that attempted to raise standards in schools. He also cut taxes for every taxpayer and implemented free trade agreements with more than a dozen nations.
2000年,小布什成为了美国总统。在国内外,他致力于发展自由事业、给人民创造机会,保持国内外的和平发展。作为总统,他率先通过了《不让一个孩子掉队法案》,这是一个两党一同建立的法案,目的是提高教育标准。他还为纳税人减税,并与十几个国家建立了自由商贸协定。
The most significant event of Bush’s tenure came on September 11, 2001, when terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in the 9/11 attacks. He declared a War on Terror and invaded Afghanistan to end the Taliban regime and find Osama bin Laden. He later invaded Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. Bush returned to his Texas ranch after leaving office and is now a public speaker.
2001年9月11日,这一天是布什任期内最重要的一天,恐怖组织在这一天杀害了近3000名美国市民。之后,他向恐怖组织宣战,并进攻阿富汗,解决塔利班政权问题,并找寻本拉登。之后又就大规模杀伤性武器事宜进攻伊拉克,实际上武器并不存在。卸任之后,布什回到了德克萨斯州的农场,现在是一名演说家。
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