Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton. Written by Sean McCollum. Focus question. Who is Hillary Clinton? And why is she important?

希拉里·克林顿。 作者：肖恩·麦科勒姆。 思考问题： 希拉里·克林顿是谁？ 她为什么很重要？

Big Dreams Long before Hillary Clinton was an important leader in the United States, she was a little girl with big dreams. Hillary Rodham was born in 1947. She grew up near Chicago, Illinois. She was the oldest of three children. Hillary became a top student and won awards as a Girl Scout. She also served on the Student Council in high school.

大大的梦想 早在希拉里成为美国重要领导人之前，她就是个怀揣远大梦想的小女孩。 希拉里·罗德姆出生于1947年。 她在伊利诺伊州芝加哥近郊长大。 她是家中三个孩子里的大姐。 希拉里成绩名列前茅，还在女童子军拿过奖项。 高中时她还在学生会任职。

Hillary grew up at a time when many Americans believed that only men should be firefighters, soldiers, and politicians. Men were supposed to earn money and be the head of the household in most families. Women were often expected to stay home and care for children. Hillary's father believed many of these ideas. He also saw that Hillary was very smart. He wanted her to be able to follow her dreams. Her mother told Hillary she would have to be tough and stand up for herself.

希拉里成长的年代，很多美国人都认为消防员、士兵和政治家只该由男人担任。 大多数家庭观念里，男人就该挣钱养家，做一家之主。 人们通常觉得女人就该留在家中照顾孩子。 希拉里的父亲也认同大部分这类观念。 但他也看出希拉里十分聪慧。 他支持希拉里去追寻自己的梦想。 她的妈妈告诉希拉里，她必须坚强，学会为自己挺身而出。

When Hillary was 13, she wrote to NASA and asked what she needed to do to become an astronaut. NASA wrote her back and said there would not be any female astronauts. The news made Hillary want to follow her dreams even more.

希拉里13岁时，写信给NASA问她要做些什么才能成为宇航员。 NASA给她回信说，他们不会招收女宇航员。 这个消息反而让希拉里更加坚定了追寻梦想的决心。

lawyer, wife, and mother. In 1965, Hillary went to college in Massachusetts. The more she learned, the more she wanted to help protect people from unfair treatment. After college, she decided to go to law school at Yale University.

律师、妻子与母亲。 1965年，希拉里前往马萨诸塞州读大学。 学得越多，她越想要帮助人们远离不公平待遇。 大学毕业后，她决定去耶鲁大学法学院深造。

In 1971, Rodham met someone special. A young man with bushy hair kept looking at her in the library. She introduced herself to him. His name was Bill Clinton. One day he would be elected president of the United States. Bill and Hillary started dating. She liked that he was not scared by how smart she was. Both Hillary and Bill had big plans. She wanted to work as a lawyer in Washington, D .C. He wanted to go into politics in his home state of Arkansas. In 1974, Hillary moved to Arkansas to be with Bill. They were married in 1975.

1971年，罗德姆遇到了一个特别的人。 图书馆里有个头发浓密的年轻男生一直看着她。 她主动向他介绍了自己。 他的名字是比尔·克林顿。 后来他成功当选了美国总统。 比尔和希拉里开始约会。 她很喜欢比尔不会因为自己太聪明而感到胆怯。 希拉里和比尔都有着远大的计划。 希拉里想在华盛顿特区当律师。 比尔想回到家乡阿肯色州从政。 1974年，希拉里搬到阿肯色州和比尔相伴。 两人在1975年结婚。