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2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-A President George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired privilege of serving as the president.  President-elect Barack Obama is staying in Chicago to have a whole bunch of people over to the house and squeeze in some Christmas shopping.  On a holiday designed for reflection(回忆), one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.  Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people you can call me Barack. He followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked the excited kids, Whos going to have turkey? Whos going to have green beans? Whos going to have sweet potato pie?  Obama has shown a knack(窍门) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin.  Here hes showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think thats probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition period thats been so heavily focused on Wall Street and the financial system and these economic problems, he said. Hes not forgetting who these economic problems are hurting the most.  For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飞）the Thanksgiving turkey, Pumpkin, on Wednesday.  He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks