As she prepares to leave the White House, Michelle Obama has revealed that she intends to continue a life of public service.
隨著美國第一夫人米歇爾.奧巴馬正做好準備離開白宮，她透露將會繼續投身公共服務。
Gracing the cover of the December issue of Vogue, in her last interview with the magazine as First Lady - conducted in September - the 52-year-old said she believes ’it’s time’ for her and President Barack Obama to move on.
在今年9月——她最后一次以第一夫人的身份登上《Vogue》12月號封面的采訪中，現年52歲的米歇爾.奧巴馬表示，她相信“到她和奧巴馬繼續前行的時候了?！?/p>
"I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It’s enough," she explained. "Because it’s important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power. The nature of living in the White House is isolating."
她坦言，“我認為我們的民主體系十分正確：兩屆任期，8年，足夠了。當你擁有這種權力后，最重要的是你務必要一只腳踏在現實世界。白宮生活本質上是孤立的。”
While she revealed that her teenage daughters Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15, brought ’some normalcy’ to The White House, she admitted that, being immersed in political life, it becomes difficult to connect with everyday experience.
同時她也透露，她們的兩個女兒，18歲的瑪麗亞和15歲的薩莎，為白宮帶來了“一些常態”。她坦承，一旦投入政治生活，便很難再體驗到日常平凡的生活。
"When you’re not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it’s important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse."
“當你不再經歷普通人日復一日的掙扎，慢慢地你就會脫節了。所以我認為白宮中的人要把握脈搏，這是非常重要的?！?/p>
Dressed in a white Carolina Herrera dress on the cover of the magazine’s December issue, the First Lady exudes her characteristic style and elegance. Despite being hailed a global style icon, according to Mail Online she explained that fashion wasn’t a huge consideration for her in her role as First Lady. "It all boils down to comfort level: If I’m going to make you comfortable, then I have to be comfortable first,’ she explained.
本次12月號的封面拍攝中，米歇爾身著一襲卡羅琳娜.海萊娜長裙，散發著第一夫人獨有的風格，高貴典雅。盡管她在全球都被譽為時尚偶像，但據《每日郵報》報道稱，米歇爾表示時尚并不是她作為第一夫人所關心的一個大問題。她解釋道，“這全歸結為一個舒適度的問題——如果我想讓你感到舒服，我自己必須先看起來舒服?！?/p>
Paying tribute to his wife, President Obama said in an email to Vogue writer Jonathan Van Meter, that he always knew Michelle would be an "incredible" First Lady.
奧巴馬也向《Vogue》雜志的作家喬納森.凡.米特發了一封電郵贊揚愛妻，他說，早知道米歇爾會成為一位“卓越”的第一夫人?！?/p>
"Like a lot of political spouses, the role was thrust upon her," he explained. "But I always knew she’d be incredible at it, and put her own unique stamp on the job. That’s because who you see is who she is — the brilliant, funny, generous woman who, for whatever reason, agreed to marry me."
他寫道，“就像很多領袖人物的伴侶，第一夫人是硬塞給她。但我早知道她一定會勝任，做事時還會帶有自己的色彩。因為你看到的她就是她本人，聰明、有趣、仁慈大方的女子，不管出于什么原因，嫁給了我?！?/p>
