Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama, written by Keith and Sarah Corte -Martin. Focus question. Who is Michelle Obama? And what are some of her accomplishments?

米歇尔·奥巴马，作者：基思·科特-马丁、萨拉·科特-马丁 探究问题 米歇尔·奥巴马是谁？ 她都有哪些成就呢？

A Lifetime of Service Michelle Obama is one of the most famous women in the world. She is a former First Lady of the United States. Her husband, Barack, served as the 44th U .S. President. Throughout her life, Michelle Obama has worked to help other people succeed. Before she became First Lady, Michelle Obama was already a leader in her home city of Chicago. She worked to improve the lives of the people around her. She worked to make Chicago a good place for everyone to live. As First Lady, Michelle Obama found new ways to help people. She supported people serving in the American military. She worked to improve education for American kids. She also tried to help American kids get more exercise and eat healthy food.

一生服务他人 米歇尔·奥巴马是全球最知名的女性之一 她曾是美国第一夫人 她的丈夫贝拉克，是美国第44任总统 终其一生，米歇尔·奥巴马都在助力他人取得成功 成为第一夫人前，米歇尔就已是家乡芝加哥的领军人物 她致力于改善身边民众的生活 她努力让芝加哥成为适合所有人居住的美好家园 成为第一夫人后，米歇尔开拓了全新的助人方式 她支持服役的美国军人 她致力于改善美国儿童的教育条件 她还呼吁美国儿童多锻炼、健康饮食

Growing Up in Chicago Michelle was born in Chicago in 1964. Her father, Fraser Robinson III, worked in the city's water treatment plant. Her mother, Marion Shields Robinson, worked as a secretary and later stayed home to raise Michelle and her older brother, Craig. The Robinson family was descended from enslaved African -Americans who lived in the South. Michelle's grandfather, Frazier Robinson Jr., moved from South Carolina to Chicago in the 1930s in search of a better life. Michelle's family lived in a one -bedroom apartment in South Chicago. The family was close, eating family dinners together and playing board games. They didn't have a lot of money, but Frazier and Marion worked hard. They encouraged their children to do their best in school.

在芝加哥成长 米歇尔1964年出生于芝加哥 她的父亲弗雷泽·罗宾逊三世，在城市自来水厂工作 她的母亲玛丽昂·希尔兹·罗宾逊曾是秘书，后来辞职在家照顾米歇尔和哥哥克雷格 罗宾逊一家是曾生活在美国南方的非裔黑奴后裔 米歇尔的祖父小弗雷泽·罗宾逊，在20世纪30年代为追寻更好生活从南卡罗来纳州搬到芝加哥 米歇尔一家住在芝加哥南部的一居室公寓里 一家人感情亲密，总是一起吃晚餐、玩桌游 他们家境并不富裕，但弗雷泽和玛丽昂一直勤恳工作 他们鼓励孩子在学校全力以赴做到最好

Michelle and Craig both learned to read by the age of four. Both also skipped second grade. Michelle was placed in a gifted class in her elementary school. Along with her class, she studied French and biology at a nearby college. Later, Michelle was chosen to attend Whitney Young High School. Whitney Young was Chicago's first magnet school. The school helped its students prepare for college. To get to school each day, she rode a city bus for an hour. Michelle studied hard in high school. She took tough classes and served as treasurer of the student council.

米歇尔和克雷格四岁就都学会识字了 两人都跳级跳过了二年级 米歇尔小学就被分到了天才班 除了本校课程，她还在附近大学学习法语和生物学 后来，米歇尔考入了惠特尼·杨高中 惠特尼·杨是芝加哥第一所重点磁校 这所学校帮助学生为大学入学做准备 为了每天上学，她要坐一小时的城市公交 米歇尔在高中学习非常刻苦 她修了难度很高的课程，还担任过学生会财务主管

Michelle received a very good education, and she had big dreams. She wanted to follow her brother to Princeton University after high school. Princeton is one of the top universities in the United States. When Michelle told her teachers about her college dreams, however, some of them told her she was setting her sights too high. They didn't believe she could get into Princeton. Michelle was determined to prove those teachers wrong.

米歇尔接受了非常好的教育，也拥有远大的梦想 高中毕业后，她想追随哥哥进入普林斯顿大学读书 普林斯顿大学是美国顶尖大学之一 可当米歇尔告诉老师她的大学梦时，有些老师说她把目标定得太高了 他们不相信米歇尔能考进普林斯顿 米歇尔下定决心要证明这些老师错了

college, and law school. Michelle's hard work in high school paid off. She was accepted to Princeton. There, she majored in sociology, the study of how people work and live together. She also took classes in African -American studies and learned about the history and culture of black people in the United States. Princeton was a new experience for Michelle. Many of her classmates came from wealthy families. There were not many other African American students at Princeton at the time. Michelle felt that her race was the first thing her classmates and teachers noticed about her. In her senior project, she wrote that she felt like a visitor on campus, as if I really don't belong. However, Michelle kept studying hard. She graduated in 1985 with top grades.

大学与法学院求学 米歇尔高中阶段的努力得到了回报 她成功被普林斯顿录取 在那里，她主修社会学，也就是研究人类如何共同工作生活的学科 她还修了非裔美国人研究的课程，了解美国黑人的历史与文化 对米歇尔来说，普林斯顿是全新的体验 她的很多同学都出身富裕家庭 当时普林斯顿的非裔美国学生并不多 米歇尔觉得，肤色是师生对她的第一印象 在毕业设计里，她写道：我感觉自己就像校园里的访客，仿佛我并不属于这里 但米歇尔依旧坚持刻苦学习 她在1985年以优异成绩毕业