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Background: 肯尼迪总统遗孀杰奎琳-肯尼迪在肯尼迪总统被刺杀仅4个月后录制的一段录音采访内容近日被公开。在长达8小时的磁带中，美国最著名的第一夫人透露了她对一些人的看法。

In the eight hours of relaxed chat between Jacqueline Kennedy and an historian some candid moments reveal strong opinions of world figures.

Churchill in the fifties she says was already quite ga-ga, civil rights leader Martin Luther King was ''a tricky person'', Indira Gandhi, before she became India's first prime minister, was to Mrs Kennedy ''a bitter, horrible woman''.

The tapes include plenty of tender family moments, at one point three-year-old John Kennedy Junior interrupts, the interviewer asks if he knows what happened to his father. He's gone to heaven the young child answers.

What's most remarkable is that these recordings were made just four months after JFK was assassinated. Until her death in 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy stayed silent about her celebrated life. Now we have a rare glimpse in her own words.

Glossary 词汇表

to chat 聊天 

candid moments 坦率的时刻 

to be ga-ga 言行举止疯狂 

a tricky person 麻烦的人，棘手的人 

bitter 充满仇恨的 

to go to heaven 到西方极乐世界去了 

remarkable 令人感叹的 

to stay silent 保持沉默 

a celebrated life 受众人关注的一生 

a rare glimpse 罕见的一瞥

Questions:

1. What did Jackie Kennedy think of Churchill? 

That the British leader was mad.

2. Who did the American First Lady think was a difficult person to deal with? 

The civil rights activist Martin Luther King.

3. When was the interview recorded? 

Four months after President John Kennedy was assassinated.

4. True or false? Jackie Kennedy was famous for her strong opinions.

False. According to the report, the interview gave the public a rare glimpse into her private thoughts.