[轉載]第一夫人米歇爾·歐巴馬鮮為人知的五件趣事

06-05

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第一夫人米歇爾·歐巴馬（MichelleObama）七年來一直在公眾的視線之中。在美國，很多人都知道她倡導健康的飲食習慣，帶頭種植有機菜園，並為軍人家庭和工薪家庭代言。但這位被歐巴馬總統稱為「我的支柱」的第一夫人還有一些鮮為人知的趣事。

1. 她每天鍛煉90分鐘

米歇爾·歐巴馬在一次提倡體育鍛煉的「讓我們動起來！」活動上跑40碼（約合37米）短跑(? AP Images)

第一夫人對於她所倡導的飲食健康和積極鍛煉身體力行。據她的朋友們說，她鍛煉起來就像一名「鬥士」，常常早上4:30就起床了，在跑步機上跑步、舉重、做拳擊操及其他運動。脫口秀主持人艾倫·德傑尼勒斯（EllenDegeneres）曾在節目上同第一夫人比賽做俯卧撐，結果怎樣呢？請觀看視頻。

2. 她放棄專職從事公司法的律師生涯，轉而投身於公益服務

米歇爾曾工作過的盛德律師事務所（Sidley Austin）大樓，她在這裡結識了巴拉克·歐巴馬。 (CreativeCommons)

米歇爾·歐巴馬學業成績優秀，她從普林斯頓大學（Princeton University）和哈佛大學法學院（Harvard LawSchool）畢業後曾在總部設在美國的第六大公司法律師事務所盛德（Sidley AustinLLP）律師事務所就職。但她於1993年辭職，參與創辦了一個全國性的服務項目——芝加哥公益聯盟（Public AlliesChicago）。她說，她轉而從事公益事業的原因是「看到年輕人認識到他們不僅有能力充實自己的生活，而且有能力充實身邊民眾的生活，沒有什麼比這更令人欣慰的了」。

3. 她提倡健康的飲食習慣，不過依然愛吃炸薯條

第一夫人顯然不是第一家庭中唯一的一個炸薯條愛好者 (? AP Images)

這是事實。2008年，現在擔任歐巴馬總統的資深顧問的第一夫人的朋友瓦萊麗·賈勒特（ValerieJarrett）說過，炸薯條是第一夫人愛吃但又不敢多吃的食品。賈勒特說：「當我們在外面奔波了一整天后……我們就會找個借口吃一次炸薯條，如果我們吃東西一直很注意的話，還能點個乳酪漢堡配上炸薯條一起吃！」

4. 她仍能抽出時間和好朋友聚會

米歇爾·歐巴馬和副總統拜登的夫人吉爾正在看菜單。她們兩人共同發起了一個幫助退伍軍人及其家庭的項目。(? AP Images)

根據《華盛頓郵報》（The WashingtonPost）2013年發表的一篇報道，米歇爾·歐巴馬到過的華盛頓地區的餐飲和娛樂設施至少有46個。作為一個名人能去這麼多地方實屬不易。她在盡到為人妻為人母的責任的同時，不時抽出時間和女性朋友一起出去。她說：「其他女性能夠激勵我。我丈夫好極了。他是我真正的伴侶。但我們作為女性相互支持也很重要。而且當女性聚在一起時自然而然地會重新煥發活力，相互激勵更上一層樓。但你要花時間投入到朋友身上和自己身上。」

5. 直到巴拉克和她哥哥打了一場籃球賽，她才同意和他約會

歐巴馬夫婦在2014年10月3日歡慶了結婚22周年紀念日(@FLOTUS Twitter)

1988年，後來成為總統的巴拉克·歐巴馬到米歇爾工作的律師事務所當暑期實習生，接受米歇爾的指導。當巴拉克邀她出去約會時，她先是回絕了，因為她覺得兩個人約會不太合適。但巴拉克一再相約，米歇爾就請她哥哥克雷格·羅賓遜（CraigRobinson）先和巴拉克打一場籃球。羅賓遜在接受《Slate 雜誌》（SlateMagazine）的採訪時說，米歇爾並不是想要看看他籃球打得好不好，「但她在成長過程中一直聽到我父親和我這樣說：一個人在籃球場上的表現能說明很多問題」。羅賓遜在打完球後報告說，他在這次籃球評估中沒有發現任何性格缺陷。巴拉克和米歇爾隨後開始約會，並在1992年結婚。

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First lady Michelle Obama has been steadily in the public eye forseven years. In the United States, she is especially famous foradvocating healthy eating habits, championing organic gardening,and speaking on behalf of military and working families. But thereis a lot more to discover about the woman President Obama calls 「myrock.」

1. She exercises for 90 minutes every day

Michelle Obama runs a 40-yard (37-meter) sprint as part of herLet』s Move! campaign to promote fitness. (? AP Images)

The first lady practices what she preaches when she encourageshealthy eating and fitness. According to her friends, she works out「like a gladiator,」 waking up as early as4:30a.m.to run on a treadmill, lift weights, and dokickboxing and other activities.Watch whathappenedwhen talk show host Ellen Degenereschallenged her to a push-up contest.

2. She left a career in corporate law to work in publicservice

Sidley Austin law firm building where Michelle worked and where shefirst met Barack Obama (Creative Commons)

Michelle Obama excelled at school and went to Princeton Universityand Harvard Law School before working at Sidley Austin LLP, thesixth-largest U.S.-based corporate law firm. But in 1993, she lefther job to help found a national service programcalledPublic Allies Chicago. Shesaid she made the change because 「there are few things morerewarding than watching young people recognize they have the powerto enrich not only their own lives, but the lives of those aroundthem as well.」

3. Despite her advocacy of healthy eating, she loves frenchfries

Clearly, the first lady isn』t the only one in her family who lovesfrench fries. (? AP Images)

It』s true. In 2008,her friend Valerie Jarrett,who is now a senior adviser to President Obama, acknowledged thatit was the first lady』s guilty pleasure. 「Whenever we』re on theroad and we』ve had a long day … we』re looking for a way to havefrench fries and, if we』ve been really good, then we get to have acheeseburger to go along with our french fries!」 Jarrett said.

4. She still makes time for 「girls』nightout」

Michelle Obama and Vice President Biden』s wife, Jill, look overfood menus. The two worked together to launch a project to helpmilitary veterans and their families. (? AP Images)

TheWashingtonPostreported in2013that Michelle Obama had been to at least46 food and entertainment venues in Washington, which is not aneasy task when you』re a celebrity. For many of these outings, shetakes time away from her roles as mother and wife to spend timewith her girlfriends. 「Women energize me. Myhusband is terrific. He is my true partner,」 she said. 「But it』salso important for us as women to find each other. And there』s thatnatural re-energizing that happens when women get together and wekind of hold each other up. But that takes time to invest in yourfriendships and to invest in yourself.」

5. She wouldn』t go out with Barack until he first played abasketball game against her brother

The Obamas celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary on October 3,2014. (@FLOTUS Twitter)

When Michelle met the future president in 1988, he was a summerintern at her law firm and she was his adviser. When he asked herout, she first said no, because she thought it wasn』t appropriatefor them to date. When he persisted, she asked her brother, CraigRobinson, to play a game of basketball with himfirst.RobinsontoldSlateMagazinethat it wasn』t to see if he was agood player or not, 「but because she』d grown up hearing my dad andI say you can tell a lot about a guy on the basketball court.」Robinson reported back that he could find 「no personality flawswith respect to the basketball evaluation.」 Barack and Michellestarted dating and got married in 1992.

How much do you think you know about the president? Learnsomelittle-knownfactsthat may surprise even the mostknowledgeable Obama expert, includinghis fondness for a certainsuperhero.

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