/?n?k?mb?nt/) Joe Biden 拜登的生平故事。
第一部分政治生涯Political Life
1. In 1972, at age 29, Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate. 1972年29岁的拜登被选入美国参议院。（相当于全国人大代表，年轻有为。）He served 36 years. 在这个职位上他干了36年。
2. In 1987, Biden was a candidate for president. 1987年，拜登是总统候选人。
3. In 2007, Biden joined Barack Obama’s campaign as his running mate. 2007年，拜登加入奥巴马的竞选团队，作为他的副手。
4. Between 2008 and 2016, Biden was the vice-president. 2008年到2016年，拜登是美国副总统。He served under President Barack Obama. 他在奥巴马总统时期任职（副总统）。
5. In 2019, at 77, Biden announced his candidacy for president. 2019年，77岁高龄的拜登宣布宣布竞选总统。His age became an issue of debate. 他的年龄成为讨论的议题。
6. In 2020, Biden defeated Donald Trump and won the election. 2020年，拜登击败特朗普，赢得了选举。
7. In 2021, Biden was sworn in as President of the United States. 2021年，拜登宣誓就职美国总统。
1. Biden was born in 1942 in Pennsylvania. 拜登1942年出生于宾夕法尼亚州。10岁时，家人搬到了Delaware州。His family moved to Delaware when he was 10 years old.
2. Biden was educated in private Roman Catholic schools as a youth.
大学之前，拜登在私立的罗马天主教学校读书。
Later, he attended the University of Delaware. 后来，他在Delaware大学就读。在1965年获得政治科学与历史专业的一个学位。
He received a degree in political science and history in 1965.
Biden also received his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in
New York. 拜登也获得了法学学位。
3.在Delaware读大学期间，拜登与一个同学相爱。
Biden fell in love at Delaware with a fellow student.
大学毕业后第二年，拜登与女友结婚。
Biden got married the following year.
The couple had three children. 这对夫妻有三个孩子。
4.生活中的不幸tragedies
Biden’s wife and daughter Naomi were killed in a car crash.
拜登妻子与女儿Naomi在车祸中丧生。
Sons Beau and Hunter were injured.
两个儿子受了伤。
Biden was suddenly a single father.
拜登一下子突然成为了单亲爸爸。
He briefly considered leaving his Senate seat.
拜登曾在很短的时期内考虑过辞掉他的参议院职位。
但是后来还是决定继续干。
But he decided to stay in office.
5.贴心的奶爸
Unlike most lawmakers, however, he did not move to Washington.
但是，与大多学立法官员不同，拜登没有搬到华盛顿。
He did not want to uproot his little boys.
他不想让他的小孩离开家园。uproot，是root根的相关词汇，uproot指连根拔起，
这里引申为让拜登孩子们离开熟悉的地方。这可能与拜登儿时的经历有关。
Instead, he traveled daily to and from Washington, D.C on the train.
相反，拜登每天乘火车往还华盛顿特区。
He could be home with his sons with night.
这样，他每天晚上都可以和他的孩子待在一起。
Biden continued this custom for 36 years. 拜登一做就是36年。
6.第一人妻子车祸去世后，拜登遇到了第二任妻子Jill Jacobs,一名英语教师。
Biden met Jill Jacobs, an English teacher.
They fell in love and married in 1977.
Daughter Ashley was born in 1981.
这就是拜登的政治生涯、求学经历与家庭生活大致情况。至于他在总统任期的表现，我们等他任期结束后美国媒体的报道。
