资源描述:
《克林顿自传My_Life_2_of_6_Bill_Clinton》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、克林顿有声自传MyLife2of6BillClintonIwasbornonmygrandfather’sbirthday,acoupleofweeksearly,weighinginatarespectablesixpoundseightounces,onatwenty-one-inchframe.MotherandIcamehometoherparents’houseonHerveyStreetinHope,whereIwouldspendthenextfouryears.Thatoldhouseseemedmassiveandmys
2、terioustomethenandstillholdsdeepmemoriestoday.ThepeopleofHoperaisedthefundstorestoreitandfillitwitholdpictures,memorabilia,andperiodfurniture.TheycallittheClintonBirthplace.ItcertainlyistheplaceIassociatewithawakeningtolife—tothesmellsofcountryfood;tobuttermilkchurns,ice-
3、creammakers,washboards,andclotheslines;tomy“DickandJane”readers,myfirsttoys,includingasimplelengthofchainIprizedabovethemall;tostrangevoicestalkingoverour“partyline”telephone;tomyfirstfriends,andtheworkmygrandparentsdid.Afterayearorso,mymotherdecidedsheneededtogobacktoNew
4、OrleanstoCharityHospital,whereshehaddonepartofhernursingtraining,tolearntobeanurseanesthetist.Intheolddays,doctorshadadministeredtheirownanesthetics,sotherewasademandforthisrelativelynewwork,whichwouldbringmoreprestigetoherandmoremoneyforus.Butitmusthavebeenhardonher,leav
5、ingme.Ontheotherhand,NewOrleanswasanamazingplaceafterthewar,fullofyoungpeople,Dixielandmusic,andover-the-tophauntsliketheClubMy-Oh-My,wheremenindragdancedandsangaslovelyladies.Iguessitwasn’tabadplaceforabeautifulyoungwidowtomovebeyondherloss.IgottovisitMothertwicewhenmygr
6、andmothertookmeonthetraintoNewOrleans.Iwasonlythree,butIremembertwothingsclearly.First,westayedjustacrossCanalStreetfromtheFrenchQuarterintheJungHotel,ononeofthehigherfloors.ItwasthefirstbuildingmorethantwostorieshighIhadeverbeenin,inthefirstrealcityIhadeverseen.Icanremem
7、bertheaweIfeltlookingoutoverallthecitylightsatnight.Idon’trecallwhatMotherandIdidinNewOrleans,butI’llneverforgetwhathappenedoneofthetimesIgotonthetraintoleave.Aswepulledawayfromthestation,Motherkneltbythesideoftherailroadtracksandcriedasshewavedgood-bye.Icanseehertheresti
8、ll,cryingonherknees,asifitwereyesterday.Formorethanfiftyyears,fromthatfirsttrip,NewOrleanshasalw