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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Editor's Note: Today's profile is of First Lady Melania Trump1. Check in tomorrow for a profile of Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Democratic Party presidential nominee2 Joe Biden.
Melania Trump is married to Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
The former fashion model is Trump's third wife. His first two marriages ended in divorce. Melania Trump is also mother to Barron Trump, the youngest of Donald Trump's five children.
In her position as U.S. First Lady, she launched BE BEST, a campaign focused around the well-being3 of children. Part of BE BEST is aimed at the opioid drug crisis and how to protect youngsters from drug abuse.
The early days
Melania Trump is only the second first lady born outside the United States. She was born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970 in a small town in Slovenia, which was then part of Yugoslavia. Her mother was a pattern maker4 for children's clothing. Her father sold automobiles5 and was a member of the Communist Party.
The future Melania Trump grew up with a sister. Later in life, she found out she also had a half-brother. He belonged to her father from an earlier relationship.
As a young woman, she reportedly had dreamt of leaving behind small-town life in Slovenia. Modeling would offer that chance.
Modeling and marriage
Melanija Knavs began working as a fashion model at the age of 16. She would attend college in Slovenia but left school after one year. The future first lady worked in Milan and Paris under the name Melania Knauss, the German pronunciation of her name.
In 1996, she moved to New York City. There, she modeled for several advertising6 campaigns and publications, including for Max, a French magazine, and the British version of GQ.
She met Donald Trump at a fashion industry party in 1998. Seven years later, in 2005, the two were married in Palm Beach, Florida. A year later, she gave birth to a son, Barron. She also became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
In 2010, Melania Trump served as the Chairwoman for the American Heart Association. She helped the group raise $1.7 million for research. The same year, she launched her own jewelry7 collection.
Trump presidential bid
During Donald Trump's first presidential campaign in 2016, reporters and other Americans began asking questions about Melania's private life. That is when nude8 magazine pictures of her from Max and GQ resurfaced.
As her husband pressed for controversial immigration reforms, critics also questioned her legal right to work as a model when she arrived in New York City.
Melania Trump also made news during the 2016 Republican National Convention. Parts of the speech she gave were found to be very similar to parts of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention. Not long after, Trump's speech writer claimed responsibility for the mistake.
BE BEST
As First Lady, Trump has made many visits to schools, both in the United States and overseas.
A little over a year after her husband took office, the First Lady launched her BE BEST campaign. It had three aims: to support the social and emotional well-being of children; protect children from effects of the opioid crisis; and fight bullying9 of children, especially on social media.
Parts of the campaign have been well-received. For example, Melania Trump has visited children's hospitals for a firsthand look at the effects of opioid abuse on babies. She also has taken part in opioid conferences and continues to speak on opioid abuse and how to better protect children from it.
Views on immigration
The first lady's critics pointed10 out the contradiction between her mission to protect children and the Trump administration's immigration policies. They said the administration separated thousands of immigrant children from their parents and placed them all in crowded, unclean detention11 centers with little food.
In a statement in summer 2018, she said she hated to see children separated from their families and hoped Republicans and Democrats12 would come together on immigration reforms.
A few days later, she made an unplanned visit to a Texas detention center for immigrant children. But the visit made news for a different reason: She wore clothing with writing on it that said, "I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO YOU?" on the way to and from Texas.
The 2020 RNC
In her speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention, Melania Trump expressed that she did care about some things.
The First Lady spoke13 with kindness about the nation's struggles with racial issues. She talked about "the beautiful side of humanity" she has observed following natural disasters around the country. She expressed sympathy for families affected14 by COVID-19, an "invisible enemy" she said that has tested the United States but brought its citizens together.
And she said, "Total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president."
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Words in This Story
fashion - n. the business of creating and selling clothes in new styles
divorce – n. the ending of a marriage by a legal process
focus – v. a main purpose or interest
pronunciation – n. the way in which a word or name is said
nude – adj. having no clothing on
bullying – n. frightening, hurting or threatening smaller or weaker people
controversial – adj. relating to or causing much discussion, disagreement, or argument
contradiction – n. the act of saying or doing something that is opposite or very different from something else
invisible – adj. impossible to see
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detention
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