News Plus慢速英语:肯尼迪遇刺50周年:还原魅力总统的真实人生

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Finally, a piece of history revisiting. 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was born in 1917 into one of America's most famous political families. His grandfather was the former Boston Mayor and his father the business tycoon Joseph P. Kennedy, became US ambassador to London.
最后，我们来回顾一段历史。2013年是美国总统约翰·费茨杰拉德·肯尼迪遇刺50周年。他1917年出生在一个美国最著名的政治家庭中。他的祖父是波士顿前市长，他的父亲是商业巨头约瑟夫·帕特里克·肯尼迪，曾任美国驻英国大使。

Jack, as the young JFK was known by his family, was the second son in the large fiercely Catholic Kennedy family. His mother Rose had nine children in all.
约翰·费茨杰拉德·肯尼迪年轻时被家人称为杰克，他是强大的天主教家庭肯尼迪家族的第二个儿子。他的母亲罗丝一共生下了九个孩子。

It was during his father's tenure in the British capital that the young Kennedy had his first real taste of politics when he took up duties helping out in his father's office in 1939.
他父亲在英国首都任职时，年轻的肯尼迪于1939年在父亲的办公室帮忙做事，这是他第一次真正接触到政治。

He studied at Harvard. A college football injury, later exacerbated by war injuries, left him with back problems for the rest of his life. During World War Two he served as a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific. He was decorated twice by the Navy for his efforts to ensure the survival and rescue of his crew after his PT boat was cut in two by an enemy destroyer.
他在哈佛大学学习期间，曾在一次学校橄榄球比赛中受伤，之后他遭遇的战争伤害加重了这一伤病，导致他余生一直受背疾所困扰。在第二次世界大期间，肯尼迪以海军上尉的身份在太平洋服役。他指挥的一艘鱼雷艇被敌军驱逐舰撞成两截，他奋力救援船员及并确保船员可以生存下去，他因在此次事件中的英勇表现两次被海军授予勋章。

Riding a wave of praise for his heroics as a Navy officer protecting his men following the sinking of the PT-109, JFK won the 1947 election for Massachusetts' 11th congressional district.
约翰·费茨杰拉德·肯尼迪因作为海军官员在PT-109沉没后保护船员的英勇行为爱到了广泛赞美，同时也赢得了1947年马萨诸塞州第十一国会选区的选举。

He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1953 and, four years later, won the Pulitzer Prize in biography for his book "Profiles in Courage," a work that many are convinced was largely ghostwritten.
他于1953年当选美国参议院议员，四年之后他以自传《当仁不让》获颁普利策传记文学奖，但是许多人认为这本书大部分是由他人代写的。

In 1953 Kennedy married the glamorous socialite Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. The wedding drew celebrities from across the nation and increased his own celebrity. Soon he was being mentioned as a candidate for national office.
1953年，肯尼迪和富有魅力的社交名流杰奎琳·李·鲍维尔结婚。全美各界名人参加了这场婚礼，同时婚礼也提升了肯尼迪的名望。很快他就被提名为公职候选人。

The JFK narrative was well in place for his presidential run in 1960: a handsome, witty and athletic World War Two hero and family man who vowed to revitalise the country.
约翰·费茨杰拉德·肯尼迪的故事很好地推动了他在1960年参加的总统大选：一个英俊、机智、健壮的二战英雄和顾家男人发誓要振兴国家。

However Kennedy's Catholicism was an issue and his election a milestone in America's perception of itself as an inclusive nation. In a close race Kennedy beat Richard Nixon and became the youngest ever man to take the office of the presidency. The landmark televised debates with the Republican nominee helped seal the deal. Some 70 million Americans watched the first debate, with the telegenic Kennedy deemed the clear winner.
但是，肯尼迪天主教教徒的身份成为问题，而他的选举因美国作为一个包容国家的认知而成为里程碑。肯尼迪在一场势均力敌的选举中击败了理查德·尼克松，成为美国历史上最年轻的总统。他与共和党候选人进行的具有里程碑意义的电视辩论帮助他赢得总统大选。首次电视辩论的观看人数约为7000万，显然颇为上镜的肯尼迪会成为最后的赢家。

Televised debates would become staples of future presidential campaigns.
自此电视辩论成为日后总统选举的必备环节。

In Kennedy's inaugural address he spoke about the importance of handing over power to this new generation that he had come to represent, as he was the first US president born in the 20th century.
肯尼迪在就职演说中谈到了将权力转移给以他为代表的新一代的重要性，他是首位出生在20世纪的美国总统。

The Kennedys were a breath of fresh air in the White House, Jackie's understated glamour and the couple's cute children, all added to the sense of youthful vigour that JFK projected.
肯尼迪家族给白宫带来了新气象，杰克淡雅的魅力和总统夫妇可爱的孩子们无疑增加了肯尼迪希望的青春活力感。

As president, Kennedy's top priority was foreign policy. There were enormous Cold War challenges from the Soviet Union and Vietnam to Cuba.
肯尼迪作为总统的首要任务是外交政策。当时他面临着冷战时期由苏联、越南和古巴等国带来的巨大挑战。

In November 1963 politics brought the 46-year-old president to Texas, a pivotal and worrisome state in his 1964 re-election plans. With first lady Jacqueline at his side, Kennedy smiled and waved at the crowds from the back seat. Just before 12:30 p.m., the motorcade slipped out of the glass and steel canyons of downtown and zigzagged toward Elm Street and a drab, seven-story brick building.
1963年11月，46岁的总统因政治事务前往得克萨斯州，这里是他1964年连任计划中一个关键的州，同时也是一个令人感到担忧的州。肯尼迪在第一夫人杰奎琳的陪同下，在车的后座微笑着向人群挥手致意。在快到下午12点半时，汽车列队离开了市中心玻璃和钢筋的保护，向埃尔姆街一栋土褐色的七层砖楼的方向驶去。

Then the shots rang out. A half-hour later, Kennedy was declared dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
然后枪声响起，一个半小时之后，帕克兰纪念医院宣布肯尼迪死亡。