President Truman had always been a friend of labor unions.

杜鲁门总统一直和工会关系较好。

President Truman was the first president to pardon a turkey.

杜鲁门总统是第一位特赦火鸡的总统。

President Truman asks the full Roosevelt cabinet to remain in office.

杜鲁门总统要求罗斯福内阁全体成员留任。

President Truman feared that these actions might start another world war.

杜鲁门总统担心，这些战役可能会引发另一场世界大战。

Bush offered a number of ideas to President Truman at the end of the war.

在战争结束时，布什向杜鲁门总统提出了许多建议。

President Truman appointed Mrs. Roosevelt as a delegate to the first meeting of the UN.

杜鲁门总统任命罗斯福太太为联合国第一次会议的代表。

But they could not be sure what kind of president Truman would become.

但他们不确定杜鲁门会成为什么样的总统。

In 1949, President Truman effectively extended the Marshall Plan to other developing countries around the world.

1949年，杜鲁门总统有效地将马歇尔计划推广到世界其他发展中国家。

President Truman explained why there had to be a Marshall Plan. People were starving, he said.

杜鲁门总统解释了马歇尔计划制定的原因。人们正在挨饿，他说。

President Truman quickly ordered military planes to fly coal, food, and medicine to the city.

杜鲁门总统迅速命人用军用飞机将煤、食品和药品空运到柏林。

So, President Truman and other party leaders discussed different candidates. Each one, however, seemed to have some political weakness.

因此，杜鲁门总统和其他政党领导人讨论了不同的候选人。然而，每个人似乎都有一些政治弱点。

At first President Truman agreed to send American planes and ships. Later he agreed to send American ground forces.

1950年6起初，杜鲁门总统同意派遣美国飞机和船只。后来，他同意派遣美国地面部队。

President Truman chose to run for another term in the White House. And he planned to win.

杜鲁门总统竞选连任，他打算赢得竞选。

President Truman believed that other problems in the world could be settled by cooperative international efforts.

总统认为，通过国际合作可以解决世界上的其他问题。

Bush studied the problem. And he offered a number of ideas to President Truman at the end of the war.

布什研究这个问题。在战争结束时，他向杜鲁门总统提出了一些建议。

President Truman tried to stop the increases through a special price control agency that had been created during the war.

杜鲁门总统试图在战争期间建立特殊的价格管制机构来阻止价格上涨。

They believed the Republican Dewey would surely win the election. President Truman did not have strong public support.

他们相信，共和党人杜威一定会赢得选举，杜鲁门总统没有得到公众的大力支持。

No one expected President Truman to be as strong a leader as Franklin Roosevelt had been. And at first, they were right.

没有人预料到杜鲁门总统会像富兰克林·罗斯福那样强大，起初他们的想法是正确的。

Almost no one expected President Truman to be as strong a leader as Roosevelt had been. And, at first, they were right.

几乎没人料到杜鲁门总统会像罗斯福那样坚强。一开始，他们是对的。

Fighting continued during the negotiations. As it did, President Truman lost support. This was one reason why he decided not to seek re-election.

谈判期间，战斗仍在继续。事实上，杜鲁门总统失去了支持。这就是他决定不寻求连任的原因之一。