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.
喬治·沃克·布什是美國第43任總統(tǒng),任期為2001-2009年。1946年的7月6日,小布什出生于康涅狄格州他的父親-喬治·赫伯特·沃克·布什是美國第41任總統(tǒng)。1968年,小布什獲得了耶魯大學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位,之后進(jìn)入了得克薩斯州國民警衛(wèi)隊(duì)空軍,成為一名戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)駕駛員。1975年,他獲得了哈佛商學(xué)院工商管理碩士學(xué)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.
畢業(yè)之后,布什開始進(jìn)入能源產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展。1988年,他幫助父親成功競選總統(tǒng),1989年,小布什與合伙人購買下了得克薩斯游騎兵棒球隊(duì)。之后進(jìn)入政壇,并成為了德克薩斯州第46任州長,任期為1995-2000,他是德克薩斯州史上首位連任的州長。
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,小布什成為了美國總統(tǒng)。在國內(nèi)外,他致力于發(fā)展自由事業(yè)、給人民創(chuàng)造機(jī)會(huì),保持國內(nèi)外的和平發(fā)展。作為總統(tǒng),他率先通過了《不讓一個(gè)孩子掉隊(duì)法案》,這是一個(gè)兩黨一同建立的法案,目的是提高教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。他還為納稅人減稅,并與十幾個(gè)國家建立了自由商貿(mào)協(xié)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,這一天是布什任期內(nèi)最重要的一天,恐怖組織在這一天殺害了近3000名美國市民。之后,他向恐怖組織宣戰(zhàn),并進(jìn)攻阿富汗,解決塔利班政權(quán)問題,并找尋本拉登。之后又就大規(guī)模殺傷性武器事宜進(jìn)攻伊拉克,實(shí)際上武器并不存在。卸任之后,布什回到了德克薩斯州的農(nóng)場,現(xiàn)在是一名演說家。
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