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一幅荷兰女孩拿着花的画作 Painting of a Dutch girl holding flowers
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旅居海外的年轻约翰昆西亚当斯 Young John Quincy Adams Abroad
虽然约翰昆西亚当斯在担任总统期间并非十分受到拥戴，但总统任期前在外交领域有着相当成功的表现。他赢得总统乔治华盛顿的青睐、仰赖他的写作协助国家对外政策的发展；他能说荷兰语、也在1794年他27岁时，成为荷兰大使。
但亚当斯其实在十三岁就已经开始了自己的外交生涯，当时他就已经担任美国驻俄大使法兰西斯丹那（Francis Dana）的私人秘书（亚当斯后来也曾担任驻俄大使一职），您认为亚当斯是如何获得这个工作的呢？
Though John Quincy Adams was not very popular during his presidency, he developed an excellent reputation as a diplomat before it. He won President George Washington's admiration with his writings in support of the president's foreign policy. He was also able to speak Dutch and got himself appointed ambassador to the Netherlands in 1794, the year he turned 27.
But Adams actually began his diplomatic career at age 13, when he was asked to serve as personal secretary to Francis Dana, the U.S. ambassador to Russia (a post that Adams himself would later fill). How do you think this opportunity arose for Adams
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