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全球最受矚目的總統大選即將出爐，在膠著又漫長的開票期間，不妨一起來回顧一下兩位年長的美國總統候選人，70多年的人生中留下了哪些個人和職業的軌跡。

換做是你，你覺得70的自己還會想挑戰甚麼呢？
（小英可能只奢求還有精力與腦力參加英文小聚...）
 

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📌 Trump was sent to a military academy at age 13 after he started misbehaving in school.
川普13歲那年因為在學校不守規舉而被送進了軍校。

📌 Young Joe's biggest challenge was overcoming a speech impediment - a stutter - that afflicted him well into high school.
年幼的拜登面對的最大難題是說話結巴，他一直到中學都備受困擾。

📌 Trump helped manage an extensive portfolio of residential housing estates in New York City, eventually taking control of the company.
川普在父親的公司中，幫助經營紐約市大量的地產開發項目，並最終從父親手中接班。

📌 Mr. Biden famously took the oath of office for his first term as a Democratic Party senator from the hospital room of his toddler sons.
拜登在年幼的兒子病牀邊宣誓就職，第一次出任民主黨參議員廣為人知。

📌 Not everything he touched turned to gold. Mr. Trump's ventures have led to four business bankruptcy filings.
川普並沒有點石成金的魔力。他的冒險進取曾導致了四項商業破產申請。

📌 On 23 August 2008, Mr. Obama introduced Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate, and the pair eventually served two terms.
2008年8月23日，歐巴馬宣佈拜登為自己的競選伙伴，這兩位搭檔連續兩屆勝選。

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新聞來源
US election 2020: Trump and Biden pictured through the years: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54267454
美國大選：特朗普與拜登 老照片中的過往歲月: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-54795475

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