盘点左撇子名人

　　No.1 Barack Obama 巴拉克·奥巴马

　　In the past hundred years, the U.S. presidency has veered more and more to the left--not in policy, but in handedness. Barack Obama is the latest to join a long list of left-handed presidents from the 20th century: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were all southpaws.

　　在过去的一百年中，美国的总统们越来越“左倾”，这不是指他们的政见，而是他们的用手习惯。二十世纪以来一长串左撇子总统名单中，奥巴马是最近加入的一个。在他之前，加菲尔德总统、胡佛总统、杜鲁门总统、里根总统、老布什总统和克林顿总统都是左撇子。

　　What makes lefties so electable? Some experts think left-handed people have a greater aptitude for language skills, which may help them craft the rhetoric necessary for political office. And as for the bout of recent left-handed presidents, some think it's because teachers only recently stopped working to convert lefties to righties at an early age.

　　怎么会有那么多左撇子总统当选呢？一些专家认为，左撇子人群的语言运用能力更强，这种能力或许可以使他们在组织一些政治措辞时更为游刃有余。而至于近些年左撇子总统出现更为集中的问题，有些人认为这和教师最近停止对左撇子儿童进行右手使用纠正训练有关。