[转载]第一夫人米歇尔·欧巴马鲜为人知的五件趣事

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第一夫人米歇尔·欧巴马（MichelleObama）七年来一直在公众的视线之中。在美国，很多人都知道她倡导健康的饮食习惯，带头种植有机菜园，并为军人家庭和工薪家庭代言。但这位被欧巴马总统称为“我的支柱”的第一夫人还有一些鲜为人知的趣事。

1. 她每天锻炼90分钟

米歇尔·欧巴马在一次提倡体育锻炼的“让我们动起来！”活动上跑40码（约合37米）短跑(? AP Images)

第一夫人对于她所倡导的饮食健康和积极锻炼身体力行。据她的朋友们说，她锻炼起来就像一名“斗士”，常常早上 4:30就起床了，在跑步机上跑步、举重、做拳击操及其他运动。脱口秀主持人艾伦·德杰尼勒斯（EllenDegeneres）曾在节目上同第一夫人比赛做俯卧撑，结果怎样呢？请观看视频。

2. 她放弃专职从事公司法的律师生涯，转而投身于公益服务

米歇尔曾工作过的盛德律师事务所（Sidley Austin）大楼，她在这里结识了巴拉克·欧巴马。 (CreativeCommons)

米歇尔·欧巴马学业成绩优秀，她从普林斯顿大学 （Princeton University）和哈佛大学法学院（Harvard LawSchool）毕业后曾在总部设在美国的第六大公司法律师事务所盛德（Sidley AustinLLP）律师事务所就职。但她于1993年辞职，参与创办了一个全国性的服务项目——芝加哥公益联盟（Public AlliesChicago）。她说，她转而从事公益事业的原因是“看到年轻人认识到他们不仅有能力充实自己的生活，而且有能力充实身边民众的生活，没有什么比这更令人欣慰的了”。

3. 她提倡健康的饮食习惯，不过依然爱吃炸薯条

第一夫人显然不是第一家庭中唯一的一个炸薯条爱好者 (? AP Images)

这是事实。2008年，现在担任欧巴马总统的资深顾问的第一夫人的朋友瓦莱丽·贾勒特（ValerieJarrett）说过，炸薯条是第一夫人爱吃但又不敢多吃的食品。贾勒特说：“当我们在外面奔波了一整天后……我们就会找个借口吃一次炸薯条，如果我们吃东西一直很注意的话，还能点个奶酪汉堡配上炸薯条一起吃！”

4. 她仍能抽出时间和好朋友聚会

米歇尔·欧巴马和副总统拜登的夫人吉尔正在看菜单。她们两人共同发起了一个帮助退伍军人及其家庭的项目。(? AP Images)

根据《华盛顿邮报》（The WashingtonPost）2013年发表的一篇报道，米歇尔·欧巴马到过的华盛顿地区的餐饮和娱乐设施至少有46个。作为一个名人能去这么多地方实属不易。她在尽到为人妻为人母的责任的同时，不时抽出时间和女性朋友一起出去。她说：“其他女性能够激励我。我丈夫好极了。他是我真正的伴侣。但我们作为女性相互支持也很重要。而且当女性聚在一起时自然而然地会重新焕发活力，相互激励更上一层楼。但你要花时间投入到朋友身上和自己身上。”

5. 直到巴拉克和她哥哥打了一场篮球赛，她才同意和他约会

欧巴马夫妇在2014年10月3日欢庆了结婚22周年纪念日(@FLOTUS Twitter)

1988年，后来成为总统的巴拉克·欧巴马到米歇尔工作的律师事务所当暑期实习生，接受米歇尔的指导。当巴拉克邀她出去约会时，她先是回绝了，因为她觉得两个人约会不太合适。但巴拉克一再相约，米歇尔就请她哥哥克雷格·罗宾逊（CraigRobinson）先和巴拉克打一场篮球。罗宾逊在接受《Slate 杂志》（SlateMagazine）的采访时说，米歇尔并不是想要看看他篮球打得好不好，“但她在成长过程中一直听到我父亲和我这样说：一个人在篮球场上的表现能说明很多问题”。罗宾逊在打完球后报告说，他在这次篮球评估中没有发现任何性格缺陷。巴拉克和米歇尔随后开始约会，并在1992年结婚。

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First lady Michelle Obama has been steadily in the public eye forseven years. In the United States, she is especially famous foradvocating healthy eating habits, championing organic gardening,and speaking on behalf of military and working families. But thereis a lot more to discover about the woman President Obama calls “myrock.”

1. She exercises for 90 minutes every day

Michelle Obama runs a 40-yard (37-meter) sprint as part of herLet’s Move! campaign to promote fitness. (? AP Images)

The first lady practices what she preaches when she encourageshealthy eating and fitness. According to her friends, she works out“like a gladiator,” waking up as early as 4:30a.m. to run on a treadmill, lift weights, and dokickboxing and other activities. Watch whathappened when talk show host Ellen Degenereschallenged her to a push-up contest.

2. She left a career in corporate law to work in publicservice

Sidley Austin law firm building where Michelle worked and where shefirst met Barack Obama (Creative Commons)

Michelle Obama excelled at school and went to Princeton Universityand Harvard Law School before working at Sidley Austin LLP, thesixth-largest U.S.-based corporate law firm. But in 1993, she lefther job to help found a national service programcalled Public Allies Chicago. Shesaid she made the change because “there are few things morerewarding than watching young people recognize they have the powerto enrich not only their own lives, but the lives of those aroundthem as well.”

3. Despite her advocacy of healthy eating, she loves frenchfries

Clearly, the first lady isn’t the only one in her family who lovesfrench fries. (? AP Images)

It’s true. In 2008, her friend Valerie Jarrett,who is now a senior adviser to President Obama, acknowledged thatit was the first lady’s guilty pleasure. “Whenever we’re on theroad and we’ve had a long day … we’re looking for a way to havefrench fries and, if we’ve been really good, then we get to have acheeseburger to go along with our french fries!” Jarrett said.

4. She still makes time for “girls’ nightout”

Michelle Obama and Vice President Biden’s wife, Jill, look overfood menus. The two worked together to launch a project to helpmilitary veterans and their families. (? AP Images)

The WashingtonPost reported in2013 that Michelle Obama had been to at least46 food and entertainment venues in Washington, which is not aneasy task when you’re a celebrity. For many of these outings, shetakes time away from her roles as mother and wife to spend timewith her girlfriends.  “Women energize me. Myhusband is terrific. He is my true partner,” she said. “But it’salso important for us as women to find each other. And there’s thatnatural re-energizing that happens when women get together and wekind of hold each other up. But that takes time to invest in yourfriendships and to invest in yourself.”

5. She wouldn’t go out with Barack until he first played abasketball game against her brother

The Obamas celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary on October 3,2014. (@FLOTUS Twitter)

When Michelle met the future president in 1988, he was a summerintern at her law firm and she was his adviser. When he asked herout, she first said no, because she thought it wasn’t appropriatefor them to date. When he persisted, she asked her brother, CraigRobinson, to play a game of basketball with himfirst. Robinsontold SlateMagazine that it wasn’t to see if he was agood player or not, “but because she’d grown up hearing my dad andI say you can tell a lot about a guy on the basketball court.”Robinson reported back that he could find “no personality flawswith respect to the basketball evaluation.” Barack and Michellestarted dating and got married in 1992.

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