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英译汉原文 Sarah Palin Politician.?Born Sarah Louise Heath on February 11, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho. At the age of three months, she moved to Alaska when her parents came to teach school in Skagway in southeast Alaska. Sarah Palins father, Charles, was a science teacher and track coach. Her mother, Sally, was a school secretary. Sarah Palin grew up in the small town of Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage. In 1982, she played on Wasilla High Schools state champion girls basketball team, picking up the nickname Sarah Barracuda for her intense playing style. After graduating from Wasilla High in 1982, Sarah Palin wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska contest. She went on to earn a bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She also became a television sports reporter in Anchorage. An outdoors enthusiast, Palin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. She is an avid hunter, eats moose hamburger and rides snowmobiles. Palin eloped with her high school sweetheart, Todd Palin, on August 29, 1988, and helped run his familys commercial fishing business. Todd, who is part Yupik Eskimo, also worked for BP at a Prudhoe Bay processing facility. He took leave from the company when his wife became governor to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Affectionately referred to as Alaskas First Dude, Todd is also a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, the worlds longest snow machine race. From 1995 to 2002, he was a member of Alaskas Independence Party, a fierce states rights group that wants to turn all federal lands in Alaska back to the state. Some party leaders have advocated Alaskan secession from the United States. Palin and her husband have five children: Bristol (who is 17-years-old and expecting a baby with boyfriend Levi Johnston, a hockey player at Bristols high school), Willow, Piper, Track (who is in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq on September 11, 2008) and Trig (who was born