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    考研英语阅读篇章：希拉里自传《艰难抉择》追忆母亲
    Ahead of another possible presidential run, Hillary Clinton is opening up
about her life in a new memoir, "Hard Choices," set to be published next
month.
    在新一轮的总统竞选前期，希拉里·克林顿在她新的自传——《艰难抉择》中披露了她的个人生活。
    And in an excerpt published by Vogue on Mother's Day, Clinton remembers how
her mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, comforted her following her loss in the 2008
campaign.
    "Having her so close became a source of great comfort to me, especially in
the difficult period after the end of the 2008 campaign," Clinton writes. "I'd
come home from a long day at the Senate or the State Department, slide in next
to her at the small table in our breakfast nook, and let everything just pour
out."
    Dorothy Howell Rodham died in 2011 at age 92.
    "When I became Secretary of State, Mom was just about to turn 90," Clinton
writes. "She had been living with us in Washington for the past few years, ever
since being alone in her apartment overlooking the zoo on Connecticut Avenue
became too much. Like so many Americans of my generation, I felt both blessed to
have these extra years with an aging parent and very responsible for making sure
she was comfortable and well cared for. Mom gave me so much unconditional love
and support when I was growing up in Park Ridge, Illinois; now it was my turn to
support her."
    She "loved mystery novels, Mexican food, 'Dancing with the Stars'" and her
grandchildren, including Chelsea Clinton, the former first daughter. "For
Chelsea, her grandmother was one of the most important figures in her life,"
Clinton writes. "Mom helped Chelsea navigate the unique challenges of growing up
in the public eye and, when she was ready, encouraged her to pursue her passion
for service and philanthropy.
    "I'm not sure if I ever saw Mom happier than at Chelsea's wedding," Clinton
continues. She "exulted over her joyful, radiant granddaughter."
    Rodham's "own childhood was marked by trauma(创伤) and abandonment":
    In Chicago her parents fought frequently and divorced when she and her
sister were young. Neither parent was willing to care for the kids, so they were
put on a train to California to live with their paternal grandparents in
Alhambra, a town near the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles. The elderly
couple was severe and unloving. One Halloween, after Mom was caught
trick-or-treating with school friends, a forbidden activity, she was confined to
her room for an entire year, except for the hours she was in school. She wasn't
allowed to eat at the kitchen table or play in the yard.

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