西部落：小学生对奥巴马说

Dear Mr. President

Elementary school kids have questions for the President-elect.

Dear President-elect Barack Obama:

Dear Mr. Obama:

Dear President-elect Obama:

I have a few questions that I would like to ask you if you don’t mind answering. First you said /you/ that you are going to get a puppy for your girls. Where are you gonna get the new dogs for your daughters? What kind that would be? What are you gonna name it.

I’m very concerned about pet prices, the homeless, people losing their jobs and pollution. Please tell me how you can fix the world.

How can our country help to clean the world? What're you going to do when you're actually at power of the U.S.A.? I hope you brighten the world.

How does it feel to be the first African-American president? I would like you to stop racism¹, could you make a law about it?

Can you please make peace in Israel?

What would you do about the immigrants? I want to know about this because I’m Latino, the people from my country which is Guatemala come here as immigrants.

I'm very concerned about smoking and other kinds of drugs, please tell me how we can have no drugs in the United States of America.

Can you find better medicine for people that have cancer by finding experts to create better medicine?

Would you please help / help keep food prices that African can get it all the time?

Do you have any nicknames for your wife and daughters? My mum and daddy call me "Silly little goose" or ''Munchkin", how do you like your nickname “No drama Obama”?

My favorite basketball team is the Lakers, what is yours?

Finally, do you have any advice for me in running for office? Right now, I’m in charge of my after -school program, and I’ve been nominated to run for vice² president. I’m going against a 5th grader, so I would use any advice you would give me.

I hope you're going to do the / be the best President ever.

Sincerely, Alex.

Sincerely, Juana and Jameson.

Sincerely, yours, Mario Patio³.

Sincerely, Kelly Wamic.

1 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 patio   

n.庭院，平台

参考例句：

• Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there,I thought.我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子，我能够在这里宁静地呆会。
• They had a barbecue on their patio on Sunday.星期天他们在院子里进行烧烤。