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1、美国政客信誉度不及好莱坞明星Americansreally,reallytrustHollywood.Theyare,however,farmoreskepticalofWashington,D.C.据外国媒体5月10日报道，美国人真的非常信任好莱坞。相比之下，华盛顿的政客们却并不享有这种殊荣。 AnewsurveyonthemosttrustedpeopleinAmericafindsactorstakingthetopthreespots:TomHanks,SandraBullockandDenzelWa
2、shington.ThefirstpoliticiantoappearonthelistisformerPresidentJimmyCarter,whocomesinatnumber24. Carter,88,oftenreferredtoasthemostsuccessfulex-presidentinAmericanhistory,hasearnedbipartisan（两党连立的）praisesinceleavingofficeforhisworkonbehalfofvarioushumanitaria
3、ncauses. Duringhissuccessful1976presidentialcampaign,CarterwonoveramajorityofAmericanvoterswithhis"TrustMe"campaignslogan. Thesurveyedasked1,000participantswhotheytrustedthemostandwasconductedbyTheWagnerGroupforReadersDigest. PresidentObamamadethelistaswell
4、butcameinatnumber65. Accordingtothelist,Obamawasedgedout（挤掉，险胜）bynoneotherthanAdamSandler,namedthe64thmosttrustedpersoninAmerica. Nootherformerpresidentmadethelist,thoughHillaryClinton,apotential2016candidate,cameinatnumber51. Thepresidentwasalsofaroutclass
5、edbyhisownwife.MichelleObamawasthetop-rankedWashingtonianonthelist,cominginatnumber19.UnlessyoucountClintEastwood,cameinatnumber13onthelist. ObamadidedgeoutSupremeCourtJusticeAntoninScalia,whowaslistednumber66inthepoll. Themostpopularjudicialfigureonthelist
6、?Well,thatwouldbeJudithSheindlin,“JudgeJudy,"whobeatoutallnineSupremeCourtjustices,cominginatnumber29onthelist. Ofcourse,allofthesenumbersareslightlyskewed.Reader'sDigestnotesthatthetopthreechoices,byfar,were"yourowndoctor"(77%),"yourownspiritual2adviser"(7
7、1%),and"yourownchild'scurrentteacher"(66%).Thoseresponseswereremovedtofocusonpublicfigures. Someotherinterestingnamesinthetop100: TVcookinghostRachelRay(31)edgedoutformerSecretaryofStateColinPowell(32) StarWarscreatorGeorgeLucas(42)ismoretrustedthanChiefJus
8、ticeJohnRoberts(44). Thetop10wasdominatedbyHollywoodfigures,includingMerylStreep(4),StevenSpielberg(6)andJuliaRoberts(10). Theyareall,apparently,moretrustedthan2012NobelPrize-winningchemistRobertJ.Lefk
