2017年12月英语四级阅读200篇：布莱尔答清华学子思维导图

QUESTION:SevendaysagoduringyourvisittotheUSA,newspapercuttingscommentedthattheUKhadbecomethe51ststate1oftheUnitedStates.Iwantyourviewsaboutthatcomment.

PRIMEMINISTER:Onthe51ststate,wellthatiswhatisoftensaidbypeoplewhoopposeBritain'sstrongalliancewiththeUnitedStatesofAmerica.Andactuallyitisnottruetosaythatwedon'thaveourdisagreementswiththeUnitedStates,sometimeswedo.TheKyotoProtocolonClimateChange2wasanexampleofthat.ButIamproudofourrelationshipwiththeUnitedStatesandIamproudofthepartnershipthatwehave.ButIdon'tthinkthatweshouldseeastrongrelationshipwiththeUnitedStatesastheonlystrongrelationshipwecanhave.Theproblemsthatwefaceareproblemstodowithglobalterrorismandweaponsofmassdestructioninthehandsofirresponsiblepeople,Ithinktheyareclimatechange,Ithinkitiseconomicglobalisation,Ithinkitistodowithhowweextenddevelopmenttothepoorestpartsoftheworld.ButIthinkthosechallengesarebestdealtwithbynationsworkingtogether.SowehaveacloserelationshipwiththeUnitedStates,butwearealsopartoftheEuropeanUnion.IwouldlikeacloserrelationshipbetweentheUKandChina,becauseIthinkhowChinadevelopsinthisinternationalframeworkisgoingtobevitallyimportant.Ithink21stcenturypoliticsisaboutnationscomingtogetheronacommonagenda.Nowthatmeansinmyview,notthatwecometogethersimplyonanagendathatAmericasets,butthatwecometogetheronanagendathatwesettogether.IthinkthatthepathforBritainisnottobeworriedaboutouralliancewiththeUnitedStates,IthinkitisgoodthatwehavegotanalliancewiththeUnitedStates,butIthinkweshouldbeusingthatinfluencetotryandbringtheUnitedStatesandothercountriestogetheronacommonagendathatweareallhappywith,thatyourleadershiphereinChinaishappywith,theEuropeanUnion,theRussians,countrieslikeIndiathataredevelopingtoo.Wehaveallgottogetinthesameplaceonthesameagenda,andthatiswhatweareworkingtowards,becauseIthinkthatisthebestthingforpeople...Ireallydo.

QUESTION:Youarearoundmyfather'sageandlikemyfather.Wouldyoutellmeherehonestly,liketalkingtoyourownchildren,thatyouneverliedontheIraqwar?

PRIMEMINISTER:WhatwouldIsaytomychildren?WhatIwouldsaytothemisthis,thatintheendasapoliticalleaderyouhavegottotakethedecisionsthatyouthinkareright,andthosedecisionsaresometimesvery,verydifficult.ButIbelievepassionatelyinrelationtoIraq,wecouldnotallowSaddamHusseintocarryondevelopingweaponsofmassdestruction3,anddon'tbeinanydoubtthathewasdoingit,becausewehad23differentUnitedNationsresolutionsabouttheveryissueofSaddamandweaponsofmassdestruction.Sopleasedon'tanyoneherethinkthisissomethingthatsuddenlywasdreamedupbytheAmericansortheBritish,itwasthere,itwasaseriousissue.ThatiswhytheUnitedNationsinspectorswereinIraqthroughoutthe1990s.Theywerethenforcedtoleaveattheendof1998,itwaswhytheywentbackinNovemberaftertheUnitedNationsresolution.SoIdon'thaveanydoubtaboutthethreatthatheposed,andIdon'thaveanydoubteitheraboutthedangerofthatthreatinthehandsofamanlikeSaddam.Itisdifficultforpeopleherejusttoappreciate4this,butoutofacountryof23million,4millionofitspeoplewereinexile—4millionofthemwereinexile.Literally5tensofthousandsofchildrenusedtodieofmalnutritioneverysingleyear,ofpreventablediseases,becauseofthewayheranthecountry.AndtoallowsomeonelikethattocarryonbeingasecuritythreattotheworldIthoughtwasthewrongthing,soItooktheactionthatIdid.Nowtherewillbepeoplehere,andItotallyunderstandit,whodisagreewiththatdecision,andthedifficultthingaboutbeingapoliticalleaderisthatintheendyouhavetotakethedecisionsthatyoubelievearerightandstandbythem.ItookthedecisionIthoughtwasrightandIstickbyit.AndthatiswhatIwouldsaytomychildrenoranybodyelse'schildren.

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学生:几天前,在您到美国的访问时,有报纸评论说英国是美国的第51个州,您是怎么看待这些评论的?

布莱尔:人们经常会用第51个州之说来反对英国跟美国的强大联盟。但是我们不能说英美之间就没有分歧,有时候我们也会有不同意见,《关于全球气候变化的京都议定书》就是一个例子。但对于我们与美国的关系,我感到非常自豪,我对我们的伙伴关系感到非常自豪。但是我并不认为与美国的良好关系是我们所能具有的惟一的关系。现在我们面临的问题是国际恐怖主义,是掌握在不负责任的人手中的大规模杀伤性武器,是气候变化,是经济全球化,是发展贫穷国家的经济。我觉得应付这些挑战的方法,是各国人民的合作。所以我们跟美国有很好的关系,同时我们也是欧盟的一部分。我也愿意与中国发展更紧密的关系,因为我觉得中国在国际构架下如何发展事关重大。我觉得21世纪的政治是各个国家为一个共同的议程走到一起。我的意思是,我们不是按美国制定的议程,而是按我们共同制定的议程走到一起。所以,我觉得英国的任务不是去担心与美国的联盟,我觉得我们应该跟美国保持良好的盟友关系,应该把这种影响扩大开来,推动美国和其他国家的关系,制定出大家都能接受的共同议程。中国的领导能够接受,欧盟、俄罗斯以及像印度这样的发展中国家也能接受。大家都走到一起,制定共同的议程,这是我们努力的方向。因为我觉得这是最有利于人民的,我坚信这一点。

学生:您大概是我爸爸的年龄,您像我父亲一样。您能不能像您对您的孩子那样老实地告诉我,您在伊拉克战争当中没有撒谎?

布莱尔:我会怎么回答我的孩子?我想要说的是,作为一个政治领导人,你不得不做出你认为正确的决定。有时候要做出这些决定是很困难的,但我坚信:有关与伊拉克的关系上,我们绝不允许萨达姆继续发展大规模杀伤性武器,毫无疑问,他的确在发展大规模杀伤性武器,因为对此联合国有二十三个决议。在座的各位可别认为这是英国或者美国虚构的。事实就是如此,这是很严肃的问题。这就是为什么联合国检查人员整个20世纪90年代都呆在伊拉克,直到1998年底被迫离开。但是在联合国做出决定之后,他们又回到伊拉克。我毫不怀疑萨达姆所构成的威胁,我也同样不怀疑一个像萨达姆这样的人手中握有这种武器会有危险。中国人可能很难意识到这意味着什么,但是在伊拉克2300万人口中,有400万流落他乡,每年有数万的儿童死于营养不良和可防沿的疾病。所有这些都是因为他的统治所造成的。我认为任由像他这样的人继续威胁世界安全是错误的,所以我采取了那样的行动。会有人不赞同我的决定,我完全理解。作为一个政治领导人的困难在于你必须做出你认为正确的决定,而且坚持你的立场。我做出了我认为正确的决定,我坚持这个立场,这就是我要对我自己的孩子以及别人的孩子要说的话。