Barack Obama

Barack Obama. Written by R .K. Burris.

巴拉克·奥巴马。作者：R·K·伯里斯。

A Big Job Did you ever think about being president of a country? Do you wonder why someone would want such a big job? Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in November 2008.

重任在肩 你有没有想过当一个国家的总统？ 你会不会好奇为什么会有人想要承担这么重大的职责呢？ 巴拉克·奥巴马在2008年11月当选为美利坚合众国的总统。

Growing up. Barak was born in 1961 in Hawaii. People called him Barry when he was young. His mother was a white woman from the United States. His father was a black man from an African country.

成长故事 巴拉克1961年出生在夏威夷。 他小时候大家都叫他巴里。 他的妈妈是一位来自美国的白人女性。 他的爸爸是一位来自非洲国家的黑人男性。

Barry's father moved away to Africa when Barry was very young. Later, his mother married a man from a country in Asia. Barry's family moved to that country. Many people there were very poor.

巴里还很小的时候，爸爸就搬去了非洲。 后来，妈妈嫁给了一位来自亚洲某国的男士。 巴里一家就搬到了那个国家生活。 那里的很多人都过得十分贫困。

Barry moved back to Hawaii at age 10. He lived with his grandparents until he finished high school. Barry lived in many homes and many cultures. He did not know where he belonged in the world.

巴里10岁的时候搬回了夏威夷， 他和爷爷奶奶住在一起，直到高中毕业。 巴里在很多地方生活过，接触过不同的文化， 他不知道自己属于世界上的哪个地方。

Finding His Way Barry left Hawaii in 1979. He moved away to go to another school. He started to use his African name, Barak. He started to see that he was African-American and white. He did not have to choose between the two.

寻找人生方向 1979年巴里离开了夏威夷， 他去外地读另一所学校。 他开始使用自己的非洲名字巴拉克， 也逐渐意识到自己既是非裔美国人，也是白人后裔 他不需要在两者之间做选择。