1月20日是美国总统就职日。每隔四年的这一天,当上一年11月8日选出的新总统在首都华盛顿宣誓就职时,北美洲大地正是朔风呼啸、冰天雪地的严冬季节。然而,滴水成冰的酷寒天气丝毫不能减弱美国人民对这一传统日子的热情。他们兴致勃勃、喜气洋洋地穿上盛装华服,心花怒放地庆祝又一位新总统任期的开始。自美国宪法批准生效近200年来,已有40人宣誓就职,出任美国总统,即将宣誓就职的布什是第41位。其中,连任两届总统者达16人之多,而富兰克林·罗斯福更是一人独得四次就职机会。1951年,国会新批准的《宪法修正案》 January 20 is America’s inaugural day. Every four years, on the day when the new president, elected on November 8, was sworn in at the capital, Washington, the North American continent was the winter whistling snow-capped winter. However, the bitter cold dripping ice weather did not in any way diminish the enthusiasm of the American people on this traditional day. In spirits, they gleefully dressed in costumes, elated to celebrate the beginning of another new president’s term. Nearly 200 years after the U.S. constitutional ratification took effect, 40 people have been sworn in as the nation’s 41st president as soon as it is sworn in. Among them, the number of re-elected two presidents as many as 16 people, and Franklin Roosevelt is one person alone get four job opportunities. In 1951, the newly approved “Constitutional Amendment”