Michelle Bachelet was born in 1951. She is the first woman to become President of Chile. She won the 2006 election in a runoff, campaigning to help reduce the country's huge gap between rich and poor. In 2008, ‘Time’ magazine ranked her fifteenth on its list of the world's 100 most influential people. She is a qualified surgeon and speaks five languages fluently.
米歇尔·巴切莱特出生于1951年。她是智利首位女总统。2006年获得总统选举，她的竞选目标为缩小国家贫富差距。2008年，《时代周刊》将她列入全球一百位最具影响力人物榜单，她排名第十五位。巴切莱特还是一名外科医生，且精通五国外语。
Bachelet was born in Santiago, Chile. Her mother was an archaeologist and her father was an air force officer. She spent most of her childhood traveling around Chile, living on different military bases. She attended a prestigious girls-only public school and excelled in her studies. She started studying medicine in 1970. She said: "It was a concrete way of helping people cope with pain."
巴切莱特出生于智利圣地亚哥。母亲为考古学家，父亲是一名空军。童年时期，她经常周游智利，曾在许多军事基地生活。她进入了著名的女子私立学校，成绩优异。1970年，巴切莱特开始学医。她认为：“学医能够真正帮助人们免受痛苦。”
Augusto Pinochet came to power in a 1973 coup and her life changed forever. Her father died in 1974 after months of daily torture. Bachelet and her mother were also tortured. In 1975, they were exiled to Australia. A year later she went to the German Democratic Republic, where she completed her medical studies and learnt German.
1973年，智利发生军事政变，奥古斯托·皮诺切特走马上任，此次事件也改变了巴切莱特的一生。1974年，父亲在数月痛苦折磨后逝世。巴切莱特和母亲也同样遭受欺辱。1975年，两人逃亡澳大利亚。一年后，她进入德意志民主共和国，完成学业，并开始学习德语。
In 1979, Bachelet returned to Chile and helped children whose parents were being tortured by Pinochet's government. She became a consultant for the World Health Organization. She also earned a Master's in military science. In 2002 Bachelet became Latin America's first female Defence Minister. Four years later, she became president. A record number of foreign heads of states attended her swearing in ceremony.
1979年，巴切莱特回到智利，许多夫妻遭皮诺切特政府欺辱，巴切莱特便加入了儿童救助工作。她还是世卫组织顾问。且获得了军事科学专业硕士学位。2002年，皮诺切特成为拉丁美洲首位女性国防部长。四年后成为总统。多国首脑参加就职典礼，参与人数创纪录。
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