拜登自传速读PromisesToKeep(24)

让事情雪上加霜的是。记者翻阅了拜登的学术记录，发现在锡拉丘兹大学他也被指控剽窃了一段引文。最后法学院得出结论，拜登并没有打算作弊。作为一个年轻的学者，他根本不知道如何恰当地引用。但媒体并不在乎。他们刊登了一篇关于拜登在大学里是如何剽窃的报道。这些故事对拜登来说是毁灭性的，因为媒体在质疑他最看重的品质：正直。
All of this heat in the media came at the worst possible time. Biden was chairing controversial nomination proceedings for a Supreme Court judge. And the attacks on his character threatened to derail the proceedings, as well as his campaign.
媒体的这些热度都是在最糟糕的时候出现的。拜登正在主持一位有争议的最高法院法官提名程序。对他性格的攻击威胁着这一流程和他的竞选活动。
He had no alternative but to pull out of the race.
他别无选择，只好退出竞选。
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In the end, pulling out of the race was a godsend. Throughout the campaign, Biden had suffered agonizing headaches, sometimes having to take more than ten painkillers a day. He’d shruggedthem off as stress and overexertion, but the real cause was much more sinister.
最终，退出竞选是天赐良机。在整个竞选过程中，拜登饱受头痛之苦，有时一天要吃10多种止痛药。他以为是压力过大和过度劳累，所以不屑一顾，但真正的原因是更加险恶。
One night, after delivering a long speech, Biden returned to his hotel room and passed out. Doctors found an aneurysmlodged underneath his brain. If he’d still been actively campaigning, it’s possible it would have killed him before he could get a diagnosis.