歷屆美國總統(tǒng)介紹:第39任總統(tǒng) 詹姆斯·厄爾·卡特

　　James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. was the 39thPresident of the United States. He served between1977 and 1981.He was born in 1924, in Plains,Georgia on his father’s peanut farm. At school he wasa gifted studentand a basketball star. He graduatedin 1946 from the U.S. Naval Academy and served forseven years as a naval officer. He turned his family’speanut farming business into a commercial success.

　　詹姆斯·厄爾·卡特是美國第39任總統(tǒng)。他的任期是1977-1981年。1924年，他出生于喬治亞州，生在父親的花生農(nóng)場之中。他在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)非常優(yōu)異，還是學(xué)校的籃球明星。1946年畢業(yè)于美國海軍軍官學(xué)校，并擔(dān)任了7年的海軍軍官。他讓父親的花生農(nóng)場獲得了頗豐的經(jīng)濟(jì)回報。

　　In 1962, he entered state politics, and eight years later was elected Georgia Governor. Hequickly attracted a lot of attention by emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government, and theremoval of racial barriersin Georgia. Carter also became known for his outspoken oppositionto the death penalty. Carter announced his candidacy for President in December 1974, thestart of a two-year campaign.

　　1962年，他進(jìn)入政壇，8年之后，他選舉成為了喬治亞州州長。他通過重視生態(tài)、促進(jìn)政府實(shí)效獲得了外界的諸多注意，他還消除了喬治亞州的種族歧視。卡特還公然反對死刑。1974年，卡特宣布競選總統(tǒng)，這開啟了他兩年的競選之旅。

　　Carter beat President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 presidential race. As President, he workedhard to combatthe continuing economic woes of inflation and unemployment. He increasedjobs by nearly eight million and decreased the budget deficit, measured in percentage of thegross national product. He also dealt with an energy shortage and increased protected nationalparks by 103 million acres.

　　在1976年的競選中，卡特打敗了杰拉爾德·魯?shù)婪?middot;福特。作為總統(tǒng)，他努力應(yīng)對通貨膨脹和失業(yè)率。增加了800萬個工作機(jī)會，減少了預(yù)算赤字，國民生產(chǎn)總值也有所增加。他還處理了能源短缺，增加了一億零三百萬英畝的國家公園土地。

　　Carter was busy with his foreign policy. He helped bring peace between Egypt and Israel withthe 1978 CampDavid agreement, for which he later won the Nobel Prize. He also establishedfull diplomatic relations with China and completed the negotiation of a nuclear limitationtreaty with the Soviet Union. However, the Iran hostage crisis in 1980 and high inflationmeant he lost the 1980 election.

　　他還忙于制定外交政策。1978年，他幫助埃及和以色列重返和平軌道，兩國簽署了戴維營協(xié)議，因此，他也贏得了諾貝爾和平獎。他還與中國建立了全方面外交，并于蘇聯(lián)完成了核武器限制條約的簽署。但是，1980年發(fā)生的伊朗人質(zhì)事件，以及較高的通貨膨脹率讓他沒有在1980年的選舉中再次連任。

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