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美古融冰 歐巴馬:拒為歷史所困

2016-04-04  TWM




美國總統歐巴馬20日飛往古巴,展開為期3日的訪問,成為88年來首位造訪古巴的美國總統。他在古巴期間,不僅會晤總統勞爾卡斯楚,觀賞兩國棒球友誼賽,也對古巴人民發表一場精采的演說,表示兩國政府在民主自由等敏感議題上雖有歧見,但也該是跨越彼此歷史與意識形態鴻溝的時候了,兩國友誼從此開始,是新的篇章。

Havana is only 90 miles from Florida, but to get here we had to travel a great distance -- over barriers of history and ideology. For all of our differences, the Cuban and American people share common values in their own lives. That's why I believe our grandchildren will look back on this period of isolation as an aberration, as just one chapter in a longer story of family and of friendship. Since 1959, we've been shadow-boxers in this battle of geopolitics and personalities. I know the history, but I refuse to be trapped by it.

哈瓦那(古巴首都)距離佛羅里達僅90英里,但是要到這裡,我們得先跨越歷史與意識形態的鴻溝。雖然我們之間存在許多差異,但古巴與美國人民在生活中,依然享有共同的價值觀。這也是為什麼我相信,當我們的孫子回過頭來檢視這段斷交時期,會將它當作是一個失誤,只是我們漫長友誼中的一節篇章。從1959年起,我們在地緣政治和政治人物間,一直是彼此的假想敵。

我知道歷史,但我拒絕為它所困。

看懂關鍵字

ideology/aɪdɪˋɑldɪ/意識形態例句:Some people view ideology more than life.

有些人把意識形態看得比命還重。

aberration/abˋreʃn/失誤、偏離常軌例句:The authority sees these protests as an mental aberration of the minority.

當政者將這些抗議活動視為少數人民的心理偏差。

shadow-box假想敵;為迴避最重要問題,製造煙霧彈例句:He is not tackling the real issue; he’s shadow boxing.

他沒有要處理真正的問題,他只是在虛晃一招。

撰文 / 蔡曜蓮


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