奥巴马夫妇"钱途"远大 09年赚550万
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle earned $5.5 million (£3.5 million) in 2009, more than twice their income in 2008, despite the economic recession.尽管过去的一年经济不景气，但美国总统贝拉克•奥巴马和夫人米歇尔一年的收入仍高达550万美元（350万英镑），为2008年的两倍多。
Mr Obama has managed to develop a political career far more lucrative than those of his predecessors.
奥巴马政治生涯的“钱途”远超过他的前任们。
After the first year of his first term, President George W. Bush earned $894,800 and in his last year $936,111.
前总统小布什在其首届任期的第一年共赚得894800美元，在任最后一年的收入为936111美元。
In his final year in office, President Bill Clinton netted just $417,467.
而前总统比尔•克林顿执政最后一年的收入仅为417467美元。
The Obamas' tax return, released by the White House on Thursday - the day all Americans have to file their tax returns - showed that the Obamas earned $5.5 million last year and paid nearly $1.8 million (£1.16 million) in federal income tax.
根据本周四美国“纳税日”当天白宫公布的纳税申报单显示，奥巴马夫妇去年的总收入达550万美元，向联邦政府缴纳个人所得税近180万美元（116万英镑）。
In 2008, the Obamas made just under $2.5 million. The White House said that the increase was due to increased sales of Mr Obama's books.
2008年，奥巴马夫妇的收入不到250万美元。白宫方面表示，他们收入的增加主要是因为奥巴马两本书的大卖。
Mr Obama's books "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope" were on sale in 2008, but his winning the White House appears to have boosted sales considerably.
奥巴马的新书《我父亲的梦想》和《无畏的希望》于2008年上架销售，但他当选总统似乎大大推动了两本书的销量。
Mr Obama, whose "principal business or profession" was listed in his tax return as "author", and the First Lady gave $329,000 (£213,000) to charities.
在奥巴马纳税申报单的“主营业务或职业”这一项，填写的内容是“作者”。奥巴马夫妇去年共向慈善机构捐款32.9万美元（21.3万英镑）。
That included $50,000 (£32,000) each to CARE and the United Negro College Fund.
其中包括向美国援外组织和黑人学院联合基金会各捐的5万美元（3.2万英镑）。
The President also donated his $1.4 million (£900,000) Nobel Peace Prize award to 10 different charities. The president's official annual salary is $400,000 (£258,000), which was raised from half that amount in 2001.
奥巴马还将其所获得的140万美元（90万英镑）的诺贝尔和平奖奖金捐给了10家慈善机构。奥巴马的年工资为40万美元（25.8万英镑），2001年以前，这一数字为目前的一半。
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