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中英文本
Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in 1837 and died aged 71 in 1908. He was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, being the only president to leave the White House (in 1889) and return for a second term four years later (in 1893). He was also the first Democrat elected after the Civil War. Cleveland was one of nine children. He was raised in upstate New York and qualified as a lawyer in 1859.
格罗弗·克利夫兰出生于1837年,并于1908年去世,享年71岁
。他是美国第22,和第24任总统 。他是唯一一位于1889年卸任,之后又于1893,时隔四年之后再一次担任总统的人 。他也是内战后第一个当选总统的民主党人 。克利夫有八个兄弟姐妹 。克利夫在纽约的北部长大,1859年获得律师资格 。
At 44, his political career took off. Running as a reformer, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later, Governor of New York. Cleveland won the Presidency with the combined support of Democrats and reform-minded Republicans. It was a hotly-contested race, with Cleveland winning by one-quarter of a percent ofthe popular vote. The electoral votes gave Cleveland a majority of 219–182.
44岁时,他的政治生涯开始如日中天
In June 1886, Cleveland got married - the only President to do so while in the White House. Cleveland vigorously pursued a policy barring favors to any economic group. He also vetoed many private pension bills toCivil War veterans whose claims were fraudulent. He angered the railroads by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by Government and forced them to return 81,000,000 acres.
1886年6月,克利夫成家了-他是首位在任职期间结婚的总统
Cleveland was elected as President again in 1892. This time round he faced an acute economic depression. He dealt directly with the Treasury crisis rather than business failures, farm mortgage foreclosures, and unemployment. With the help of Wall Street, he maintained the Treasury's gold reserve. His policies during the depression were unpopular and his party deserted him.
1892年,克利夫再次成功当选总统
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词语解释
1.favor to 有利于
High inflation, a source of social unrest in China, could work in Yum's favor to some extent as low-price menus at KFC and Pizza Hut boost sales.
高通胀可能在一定程度上有利于百胜,因为肯德基和必胜客的低价菜单推动了销售 。 高通胀是中国社会不稳定的一个根源 。
2.treasury crisis 财政危机
Decisions by the Fed-Treasury financial crisis management team -- such as letting investment bank Lehman Brothers fail -- could also be called into question.
美联储和财政部联合作出的一些决定,如允许投行雷曼兄弟破产,也可能成为贝南克的绊脚石.
3.electoral vote 选票
The District of Columbia -- where Washington is located -- has no voting representation in Congress, but nevertheless has three electoral votes.
哥伦比亚特区──首都华盛顿所在地──在国会中没有正式代表,但有三张选举人票
。4.a majority of 绝大多数
You can point out ,if you are man, a majority of poets and scientists are male; you could refute, if you are woman, most criminals are male as well .
如果你是男子,你可以指出,大多数诗人和科学家都是男性;如果你是女子,你可以反驳说大多数罪犯也都是男人
。5.war veterans 退役老兵
A few people have tried to link the health problems of Gulf War veterans to the possible presence of squalene in the vaccines these soldiers received.
一些人试图将海湾战争退伍军人的健康问题同这些军人曾接种过的疫苗中所含的角鲨烯联系起来
。