美國總統趣聞錄

Who is more likely to be elected president—someone who is left-handed or right-handed? Which Detroit firm has a lock[牢牢的緊握] on the presidential limo[豪華轎車] contract? Which president took the longest vacation? Check out these presidential fun facts to learn the answers!

誰更有可能當選總統——是左撇子還是右撇子？哪家底特律公司牢牢地掌控著總統豪華轎車的合同？哪位總統休過最長的假期？答案就在下面的總統趣聞錄里！

Southpaws[左撇子] Rule the White House 左撇子統治著白宮

Three of the past four presidents have been southpaws (left-handed): George H. W. Bush， Bill Clinton， and Barack Obama are all lefties. Only George W. Bush was a righty.

Left-handedness is the preference[優先選擇] for the left hand over the right for everyday activities， writing， for example. Only about ten percent of the U.S. population is left-handed， but all three candidates[候選人] in 1992 (Bush， Clinton， Perot) were.

In 2006， researchers at Lafayette College and Johns Hopkins University reported that college-educated， left-handed men are 15-26 percent richer than right-handed men. In his book， Right-Hand， Left-Hand， Chris McManus argues that the brains of left-handers are structured differently from right-handers.

在最近的四任美國總統中，有三位是左撇子：老布什、比爾·克林頓和貝拉克·奧巴馬都是左撇子，只有小布什是右撇子。

左撇子喜歡用左手而不是右手來進行日常活動，比如寫字。左撇子在美國人口當中只占大約10%，但1992年的三位總統候選人（老布什、克林頓、佩羅）竟然全都是左撇子。

2006年，拉斐特學院和約翰·霍普金斯大學的研究人員發表報告稱，在受過大學教育的男性當中，左撇子的財富比右撇子多出15-26%。克里斯·麥克馬納斯在他的書《右手，左手》中談到，左撇子的大腦結構與右撇子不同。

GM注1 Rules The Presidential Limo Pool 通用汽車統治著總統車庫

A Cadillac-badged[使佩帶徽章] limo， code named Cadillac One， is the official state car used by the U.S. President. The “2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine[豪華轎車]” is the first not to carry a specific model name.

General Motors has a 90-year history with the presidency[（美國）總統職務]. President Woodrow Wilson rode in a Cadillac during a World War I victory parade[游行] in 1919. President Calvin Coolidge used a 1928 Cadillac town car注2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman， however， rode in Lincolns (Ford).

Although the presidential limo is based on the Cadillac design， the resemblance[類同之處] ends with the name. Equipped with armor[裝甲] (reportedly five inches thick)， run-flat[漏氣后仍能行駛的] tires and explosive-proof gas tanks[汽車油箱]， Cadillac One more closely resembles an armored tank.

掛著凱迪拉克徽章、代號為“凱迪拉克一號”的豪華轎車，是美國總統的御用國家級專車。“2009凱迪拉克總統專車”則是第一部不帶特定型號名稱的總統專車。

通用汽車與美國總統結緣已有90年。1919年，伍德羅·威爾遜總統乘坐一輛凱迪拉克參加慶祝一戰勝利的大游行。卡爾文·柯立芝總統的座駕是一輛1928年款的凱迪拉克市級專車。不過，富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福總統和哈里·杜魯門總統乘坐的則是林肯轎車（福特汽車公司旗下品牌）。……