它首次向一位非洲裔美国人敞开了白宫椭圆形办公室的大门，而且，在实现这一创举的全国性投票中，他的种族背景似乎已是一个相对次要的因素。

It opened the door to the Oval Office to an African-American for the first time, and did so with a national vote in which his race seems to have been a relatively minor factor.

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而我，经常在白宫的椭圆形办公室的桌子上跟我的秘书大战。

For me, I am usually banging my secretary on the desk in the oval office of the white house.

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“这是可耻的，”在白宫椭圆形办公室奥巴马这样说。

"It is shameful," Obama said from the Oval Office.

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