美总统首份工作五花八门：奥巴马当过杂工
<p>美国有线电视资讯网7月3日报道，风光无限的总统们也有落魄时，苦哈哈地工作，领着惨兮兮的薪水。但铺就成功之路的，往往就是这些看似不如意的“沉默时光”。</p><p><span word="Obama">Obama</span>: <span word="Ice">Ice</span> <span word="cream">cream</span> <span word="scooper">scooper</span></p><p>奥巴马：冰激凌店小工</p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="minimum">minimum</span> <span word="wage">wage</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="scooped">scooped</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="cream">cream</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Baskin">Baskin</span>-<span word="Robbins">Robbins</span>, <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="painter">painter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waited">waited</span> <span word="tables">tables</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assisted">assisted</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="facility">facility</span>.</p><p><span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="clearing">clearing</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Upper">Upper</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Side">Side</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="attending">attending</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="University">University</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="Presidents">Presidents</span> (<span word="think">think</span> <span word="Roosevelts">Roosevelts</span>, <span word="Bushes">Bushes</span>, <span word="JFK">JFK</span>) <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="off">off</span> <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="represent">represent</span>, <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="plenty">plenty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="commanders">commanders</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="wages">wages</span>.</p><p>近日，奥巴马在接受一本杂志采访时透露，自己年轻时也曾是打工仔，最初四份工作的工资比最低标准高不到哪儿去。他曾在一家名为“芭斯罗缤”的冰激凌店舀过冰激凌、做过油漆工、也在养老院当过勤杂工。在哥大学习期间，奥巴马还做过建筑工地的清理工。</p><p>相比出身显赫的罗斯福、布什和肯尼迪，奥巴马显得有些辛酸，不过还有许多总统和他一样，清楚地知道拿着微薄薪水拼命工作的滋味。</p>
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