VOA常速英语:特朗普总统北约发表讲话

During a ceremony at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, two memorials were unveiled highlighting two key values for NATO: solidarity and freedom – one, part of the Berlin Wall commemorating the victory of freedom over oppression; the other, a structure of tangled beams from the 9/11 attacks in New York, symbolizing NATO solidarity and our common fight against terrorism, as well as the commitment by NATO, codified in the clause known as Article 5, and invoked for the first and only time in 2001, to the collective defense of its members.
在位于布鲁塞尔的北约新总部一场仪式上，揭幕了两个纪念碑来强调北约的两个核心价值观：团结和自由——其中一个是柏林墙的一部分，纪念自由战胜压迫的胜利；而另一个则是一个来自纽约911恐袭之后的扭曲梁式结构，象征着北约的团结和共同打击恐怖主义，以及北约的承诺——将《第五条》（该条款第一次也是唯一一次被使用是在2001年）通过成为北约成员集体防御的一项法律。

In his address to fellow NATO leaders, President Donald Trump praised the organization as “an alliance that has promoted safety and peace across the world.”
在他对北约领导人的讲话中，川普称赞该组织是“一个在全球促进安全与和平的联盟”。

Mr. Trump emphasized the need for the NATO of the future to “include a great focus on terrorism” as well as the “threats from Russia and on NATO’s eastern and southern borders:”
川普强调，未来北约需要“高度关注恐怖主义”、以及“来自俄罗斯和北约东部、南部边界的威胁。”

“The recent attack on Manchester and the United Kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism…All people who cherish life must unite in finding, exposing and removing these killers and extremists.”
“最近发生在曼彻斯特和英国的恐怖袭击表明了我们所面对的恐怖主义的沉重罪恶。所有珍爱生命的人都应该团结起来，寻找、揭露、以及清除这些杀手和极端主义分子。”

President Trump urged NATO members who have failed to do so to spend their fair share for their defense, noting that over the past eight years, the United States has spent more on defense than all other NATO countries combined.
川普敦促未能如此行事的北约成员国支付足额的防御费用，并指出在过去的8年里，美国在防御上的花费比所有其他北约盟国加起来还要多。

The President noted that each of the two memorials unveiled at NATO headquarters “marks a pivotal event in the history of this alliance and in the eternal battle between good and evil:”
川普指出，在北约总部揭幕的两座纪念碑“标志着这一联盟历史上的关键事件、以及正义与邪恶之间的永恒战争”。

“On the one side, a testament to the triumph of our ideals over a totalitarian communist ideology, bent on the oppression of millions and millions of people; on the other, a painful reminder of the barbaric evil that still exists in the world and that we must confront and defeat together as a group, as a world.”
“一方面，标志着我们对极权主义共产主义意识形态的胜利，将数亿人从压迫中解放出来；另一方面，则痛苦地提醒我们这个世界上仍然存在野蛮的邪恶，而我们必须作为一个集体、作为同一个世界来面对并打败他们。”

But the twisted mass of metal from 9/11 is a reminder, he added, “not only of what we have lost, but also what forever endures,” including courage, strength of resolve and “the commitments that bind us together as one.”
但是他还说道，这座来自911事件中扭曲的金属“不仅仅提醒我们已经失去了什么，还提醒了我们永远必须坚守的东西，”包括勇气、决心的力量、以及“团结一致的承诺”。

Underscoring the U.S. commitment to Article 5, the President said, “We will never forget the lives that were lost. We will never forsake the friends who stood by our side. And we will never waver in our determination to defeat terrorism and to achieve lasting security, prosperity and peace.”
在强调美国对《第五条》的承诺时，川普说道：“我们绝不会忘记那些逝去的生命。我们绝不会放弃站在我们身边的朋友。我们绝不会动摇击败恐怖主义，实现持久安全、繁荣与和平的决心。”