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Secret Service agents have one of the toughest jobs in Washington. |
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They are expected, if necessary, to put their lives on the line in the protection of the president and his family. |
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祕勤探員擁有華府數一數二艱難的工作。如果必要，他們應當付出生命代價以保護總統及其家人。 |
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They've also had to teach a teen to drive. |
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他們還必須指導一名青少年開車。 |
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First lady Michelle Obama revealed this week that her older daughter, 16-year-old Malia, was taught to drive by the Secret Service and occasionally drives outside the White House grounds on her own. |
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第一夫人蜜雪兒．歐巴馬在本週透露，她的大女兒──十六歲的瑪麗亞──在祕勤局的教導下學會開車，而且偶爾會自行開車到白宮園區以外。 |
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"The Secret Service [taught her], actually, because they wouldn't let me in the car with her," Obama told television host Rachael Ray in an interview that's set to air Thursday. |
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「其實是祕勤探員教她的，因為他們不肯陪同，」蜜雪兒．歐巴馬在預定於週四播出的訪談中向電視節目主持人瑞秋．雷表示。 |
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It's a good thing, too, as the First Lady told Ray she hasn't driven in seven or eight years and admitted earlier this week she's forgotten some of the basics. |
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那也是一件好事，第一夫人向瑞秋．雷指出，她已經有七、八年沒開車了，並且在本週稍早承認她已經忘了部分基本知識。 |
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During a Monday interview on Live! With Kelly and Michael, Obama said that when Malia asked her for advice on how to park in a public lot, the First Lady wasn't sure. |
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在週一接受《凱莉與麥克現場秀》的一場訪談中，蜜雪兒．歐巴馬說瑪麗亞問她有關在公共停車場如何停車的建議，結果第一夫人不曉得該怎麼回答。 |
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"I barely know now, too, so I have to check with other sources," she said. |
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「我自己現在也不太知道怎麼停了，所以還得問問別人，」她說。 |
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Obama said that while Malia is typically covered by a security detail, she has driven on her own. |
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蜜雪兒．歐巴馬表示，瑪麗亞雖然通常有隨扈保護，但她已自行開車外出過。 |
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"She always has security around. |
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But in order for her to learn to drive, she had to drive on her own. |
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So, once she was legally permitted to drive on her own, she gets in her car," she said. |
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「她隨時都有安全人員在側。可是為了讓她學會開車，她還是必須自行駕車。所以，她一達到法定駕駛年齡，就迫不及待開車上路了，」她說。 |
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Allowing Malia to drive, Obama told Ray, is part of her parents' effort to give their kids as normal a life as possible, despite their unusual upbringing. |
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蜜雪兒．歐巴馬向瑞秋．雷表示，儘管他們的子女是在不尋常的環境中成長，但她身為家長仍努力讓孩子過盡可能正常的生活，允許瑪麗亞開車就是其中一種方式。 |
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"Driving for Malia, I think, gives her a sense of normalcy, like the rest of her friends are doing. |
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And my kids have got to learn how to live in the world like normal kids," she said. |
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「我想，對於瑪麗亞而言，開車能夠讓她有平凡正常的感覺，就像她其他的朋友在做的事一樣。我的孩子必須像一般的孩子一樣學習如何在世界上生活，」她說。 |
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