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President Barack Obama put his political worries to one side and followed the traditional American call to "Go West" as he and his wife and daughters visited the Grand Canyon.
With wife Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia and his White House retinue in tow, Mr Obama struck out into the wilderness on the third day of a four-day tour through western mountain states aimed at defending his health care reform bid.
Mr Obama's work-hard, play-hard tour mixes trips to some of America's most majestic beauty spots with the serious business of thwarting Republican attacks on his health care plan. He held two town hall meetings on the issue in Montana and Colorado on Friday and Saturday.
Mr Obama, the first city slicker president in decades, has spent his adult life in New York, Boston, Chicago and, now, Washington. Basketball, golf, and bodysurfing comprise his athletic activities. Indoor daily gym workouts are the norm. Fishing and hunting are not part of his typical repertoire.
But late on Friday, the president tried his hand at fly fishing, fulfilling an often-stated goal from the campaign trail.
"Every time we'd been to Montana… he said, 'I'm going to come back here and learn how to fly fish,'" said Robert Gibbs, Mr Obama's spokesman.
"He was dying to do that and finally got a chance… though he was a bit frustrated he didn't get to hold one of the fish," Mr Gibbs admitted.
Michelle Obama and his two daughters, meanwhile, spent Saturday whitewater rafting in the shadow of Montana's craggy peaks "in the rain, and I'm told, in the hail", said Mr Gibbs. Despite the inclement weather, "they had a blast", he added.
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近日，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)巴拉克?奧巴馬總統(tǒng)將他的政治煩惱拋在一邊，響應(yīng)美國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的“西行”號(hào)召，和妻子女兒一同游歷了大峽谷。
奧巴馬此次西部山區(qū)之旅為期四天，主要目的是為他的醫(yī)療改革方案進(jìn)行辯護(hù)。在整個(gè)行程的第三天，奧巴馬和妻子米歇爾，女兒薩莎和瑪麗婭以及他的白宮隨從人員忙里偷閑，游覽了西部荒野。
奧巴馬此行既要努力工作，也要開心游玩。他游覽了一些美國(guó)最壯麗的景點(diǎn)，同時(shí)要處理重要政務(wù)，抵制共和黨人對(duì)其醫(yī)療改革計(jì)劃的攻擊。他于上周五和周六分別在蒙大拿州和科羅拉多州針對(duì)該問(wèn)題舉行了兩次市政廳會(huì)議。
奧巴馬是幾十年來(lái)首位“城市總統(tǒng)”，他成年后先后在紐約、波士頓、芝加哥以及現(xiàn)在所在的華盛頓度過(guò)。他鐘愛的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)包括籃球、高爾夫和徒手沖浪。他通常在體育館內(nèi)進(jìn)行日常鍛煉。而釣魚和打獵并不是他的拿手項(xiàng)目。
但在上周五晚些時(shí)候，總統(tǒng)先生則嘗試了飛蠅釣魚，實(shí)現(xiàn)了其在總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選期間的承諾。
奧巴馬的發(fā)言人羅伯特?吉布斯說(shuō)：“每次我們?nèi)ッ纱竽弥荩紩?huì)說(shuō)，‘我還要再回來(lái)，學(xué)習(xí)飛釣’。”
吉布斯坦稱：“他非常期待學(xué)習(xí)釣魚，現(xiàn)在終于如愿以償……不過(guò)沒能釣到魚讓他有些沮喪。”
據(jù)吉布斯介紹，周六當(dāng)天，米歇爾?奧巴馬則和兩個(gè)女兒在蒙大拿州陡峭山崖之間乘木筏漂流，“當(dāng)時(shí)下了雨，但據(jù)她們所說(shuō)，則是下了冰雹。他說(shuō)，盡管天氣惡劣，但“她們玩得很盡興”。
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