28-year-old Chinese-American elected mayor in US

时间：2007-11-12 08:24:06

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Mayor-elect Lisa Wong celebrates her victory on Tuesday November 8, 2007.
 
Nov. 11 - A 28-year-old Chinese-American lady was elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts on Thursday, the first minority mayor in the city's 243-year history.

 

Despite Lisa Wong, or Huang Sufen in Mandarin1, being quite a newcomer to politics, she received over 70 percent of the votes, and unseated four-term Fitchburg mayor Thomas Donnelly.

 

She aspires2 to make Fitchburg a cultural and commercial center in the suburbs of Boston, by introducing more investment and improving public security.

 

Before running her first campaign for municipal office, Wong had been working for the Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority for six years, and had served as a first full-time3 executive director since she was 24.

 

She has succeeded in attracting companies back into idle, local factories, thus adding revenue and creating job opportunities in the local community.

 

Wong was born to Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong, who have lived in the US for 35 years. Her father runs a restaurant and her mother works as a nurse. She graduated from Boston University as a major in economics and international relations.

 

Fitchburg, located 50 miles from Boston, was a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.

 

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1 Mandarin TorzdX     
n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的
参考例句：
  • Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
  • Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。
2 aspires e0d3cbcde2a88805b7fd83a70eb48df3     
v.渴望，追求( aspire的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • The fame to which he aspires was beyond his reach. 他追求的名誉乃是他所不能及的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • An old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li. 老骥伏枥，志在千里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 full-time SsBz42     
adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的
参考例句：
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

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