读 President Barakck Obama 传记

读完传记， 一直想写一点心得。 就先记录一下最感兴趣的几点吧。

美国总统的每一天是怎么开始的？

“At the start of each day of my presidency, I would find a leather binder waiting for me at the breakfast table. Officially it was known as the President's Daily Brief. Or PDB. Top secret, usually about ten to fifteen pages in length, and prepared overnight by the CIA in concert with the other intelligence agencies, the PDB was intended to provide to president a summary of world events and intelligence analysis， particular anything that was likely to affect America's national security."

总统的一天是从阅读总统简报开始的。 简报由中央情报局和其它相关单位提供。担当重任的人， 每天的第一件事， 应该都是从阅读简报开始吧。

 

总统在圣城耶路撒冷Western Wall 前的祷告写的也很好。

“Lord, protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will”.

来自世界各地的朝圣者在哭墙前祈祷。 通常他们把心愿写在纸上，塞进墙缝里， 上帝会接受他们的祈祷。 总统也把纸条塞进墙缝，总统以为这是他和上帝之间的对话， 可走后纸条就被人找了出来。 第二天大家就从报纸上看到了总统写了什么。

 

书中描写的和外婆之间的感情也让人感动, 是我最喜欢的章节。

总统是外婆外公带大的， 和外婆外公感情深厚。 因为外婆病重，即使选举前很忙，他也前去看他的外婆。 并且设法抛开随从，一个人在小区漫步，回忆只有他和外婆知道的美妙瞬间。他的外婆在总统选举日去世。

“Once Toot （总统对外婆的称呼）was gone, there would be no one left who remembered that life, or remembered me in it。” 让人唏嘘。

等有空再仔细读读。