Jenna Hager (L), daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush, arrives with her husband Henry Hager (R) to participate in a commemorative tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington September 27, 2008.

Former President George W. Bush's daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, is set to become a correspondent for the U.S. television news and talk show "Today."

NBC, which airs "Today" weekday mornings, said on Monday it had hired Hager, 27, to be a contributing correspondent starting September 14.

"In previous appearances, she displayed a natural ability to communicate and connect," Jim Bell, the show's executive producer, said in a statement. "She has great passion about important subjects, especially education and literacy."

Hager started teaching schoolchildren in Washington in 2005 and has served as an intern¹ for UNICEF, touring Latin America and the Caribbean to document the plight² of impoverished³ children.

She currently is the Young Leadership Ambassador & Chair for UNICEF's Next Generation committee.

Hager has written two books that made The New York Times bestsellers list, "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope," the true story of a 17-year-old mother in Latin America who has HIV, and "Read All About It!," a picture book co-written with her mother, former first lady Laura Bush.

Hager also has written stories for The New York Times and CosmoGIRL! magazine. She graduated from the University of Texas in 2004.

美国前总统乔治•W•布什的女儿詹娜•布什•黑格将成为美国电视新闻和访谈节目《今日》的记者。

NBC电视台于本周一称，该公司已雇佣27岁的詹娜担任电视台的特约记者，她将于9月14日开始工作。NBC电视台的《今日》节目于周一至周五的每天早晨播放。

该节目的的执行制作人吉姆•贝尔在一份声明中称：“之前她在节目中露面时，表现出了良好的沟通和交流天赋。她对重要主题有极大热情，尤其在教育和普及识字率方面。”

詹娜于2005年开始在华盛顿的一所小学当老师，并曾在联合国儿童基金会实习，其间她走访了拉丁美洲和加勒比海地区，记录了这些地区贫困儿童的生活状况。

目前她是联合国儿童基金会“下一代委员会”的青年领袖大使兼主席。

詹娜·哈格曾写过两本书，均登上了《纽约时报》的畅销书排行榜，其中的一本《希望之旅：安娜的故事》讲述了拉丁美洲的一名年仅17岁、身患艾滋病的年轻母亲的真实故事；另一本是她与她的母亲、前第一夫人劳拉•布什合著的图画书《都来读读吧！》。

詹娜还曾为《纽约时报》和《时尚娇点》杂志撰写过文章。她于2004年毕业于得克萨斯大学。

Vocabulary:

contributing correspondent: 特约记者

plight: a situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one 困境，苦境