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The founders of the USA left important precedents.
美國的建立者留下了很多重要的先例（復(fù)習(xí)：precedent, 取決于pre=before)。
George Washington, in particular, refused to act as president for a third term.
具體來說，作為總統(tǒng)，喬治華盛頓拒絕連任第三屆（the third term)。
George真的就解甲歸田，也為后世確立了一個(gè)precedent: 總統(tǒng)只能連任一次。
但這只是一個(gè)慣例(custom)，而非聯(lián)邦法律（federal law)。于是，
Roosevelt broke the custom at the special time of the Great Depression and World War Two, acting as American president through four terms.
牛人羅斯福在大蕭條及二戰(zhàn)（注意！此兩件大事，經(jīng)常談及）的特殊時(shí)刻，打破了這一慣例，在總統(tǒng)寶座上一干就是四任。
But later the precedent became law, requiring any president, however able he is, no matter what the situation is, to leave after the second term.
但后來這一先例成為法律，要求每位總統(tǒng)在兩任后必須離任，不管他多有能力，也不管形勢如何。
term: 任期。
現(xiàn)在讓我們從the White House回到學(xué)校，“任期”自然就變成了____?
It is quite unimaginable to many Chinese that Bill Gates abandoned Harvard in the third or fourth term.
牛人比爾-蓋茨在第三還是第四學(xué)期拋棄了哈佛，這對于很多中國人來說委實(shí)難以想像。
term: 學(xué)期。
It should be admitted that both George and Bill are the greatest names, only in terms of different things.
應(yīng)該承認(rèn)，喬治和比爾都是最偉大的人物，只是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不同。
George is greatest in terms of his contribution to the independence of the American people, while Bill is greatest in terms of his devotion to the development of the Information
