VOA慢速英語：克里參觀廣島和平紀念公園“深受感動”

克里訪問廣島“深受感動”

John Kerry said he was “deeply moved" and "honored” to visit Hiroshima, Japan on Monday.

克里表示，他于周一訪問日本廣島而“深受感動”和“榮幸” 。

United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. An estimated 140,000 people died in that bombing.

1945年8月6日，二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束前夕，美國向廣島投放了一顆原子彈，造成約14萬人死亡。

The meeting included a tour of a World War II memorial to victims in Hiroshima.

“It was a stunning display,” said Kerry, after visiting Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

此次克里是訪問廣島是參加7國集團外長會議，該會議包括參觀廣島和平紀念公園。在參觀結(jié)束后，克里表示：“克里說，“那里的景象令人震驚。”

“It is a gut-wrenching display. It tugs at your sensibilities as a human being," he added.

他補充說：“那景象令人心碎，觸動一個人的心靈。”

Speaking of the U.S. alliance with Japan, Kerry said, “My visit to Hiroshima has a very special meaning about the strength of the relationship and the journey we have traveled together since the difficult time of the war.”

當談到美日聯(lián)盟，克里表示;“我此次訪問廣島具有十分特殊的意義，那就是加強我們關(guān)系和自戰(zhàn)爭困難時期的我們一起走過的路程。”

The secretary of state was asked if President (Barack) Obama will visit Hiroshima when he attends a G-7 leaders’ summit in Japan in May. Kerry said he hoped that one day the president of the U.S. would be among those who visited the city.

有人問奧巴馬總統(tǒng)今年5月到日本參加7國集團峰會的時候是否會訪問廣島，克里說，他希望有一天美國總統(tǒng)會訪問那里。

He added that Obama had expressed an interest in visiting, but did not know if the president’s schedule would permit it during his upcoming trip to Japan.

他還說，奧巴馬表示有興趣訪問，但不知道在訪問日本的時候日程安排是否能有時間訪問廣島。

Nuclear proliferation and disarmament however were important themes during discussions.

貫穿這次7國集團外長會議的主題是核不擴散，解除核武裝。

Kerry commented at the end of a two-day meeting with other Group of Seven, or G7, foreign ministers. He was joined by foreign ministers from Germany, Italy, Britain, Canada, France as well as Japan.

以上是克里在為期2天的7國集團外長會議結(jié)束所說。之后，他跟隨來自德國、意大利、英國、法國和日本的外長，一同參觀廣島和平紀念公園。

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida hosted the ministers’ meeting. He was asked if Japan would seek its own nuclear weapons as suggested by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

日本外交部長岸田文雄(Fumio Kishida)主持了會議。有記者問他日本時都會按美國共和黨候選人特朗普所建議的，開發(fā)擁有自己的核武器。

Kishida answered, “For us to obtain nuclear weapons is completely inconceivable.”

岸田文雄回答：“日本不可能擁有核武器。”

The foreign ministers released a joint declaration in Japan calling for a world without nuclear weapons.

此次外長會議達成全球無核化協(xié)議。

The so-called Hiroshima Declaration discussed the security situations in Syria and Ukraine. It also noted North Korea's repeated violations of bans on its nuclear and missile tests.

《廣島宣言》討論了敘利亞和烏克蘭的安全局勢問題，和朝鮮屢次違反條約進行核試驗的問題。

On Sunday, the seven ministers discussed issues including the regional problems posed by China's increasing presence in the South China Sea. They also discussed North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

周日，7國外長探討了包括中國南海問題在內(nèi)的地區(qū)性熱點問題。他們還討論了朝鮮核試驗的問題。