新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/08/25

美国：走向分裂的国家

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi.

U.S. President Donald Trump¹ this week called for national unity² as he addressed veterans in Nevada, a day after he emphasized divisions at a rally in neighboring Arizona.

He said the American people are not defined by the color of skin, the figure on paycheck or the party of politics. Trump's tone was different from what he said at the Phoenix³ rally on Tuesday when he began with talks of unity but quickly erupted in anger.

The decision by Charlottesville's city council to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a local public park sparked a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12 that later turned into violent clashes between rival protesters. A 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 others were injured when a sports car driven by a suspected Nazi⁴ supporter plowed⁵ into a crowd protesting white supremacism.

Trump at first blamed "many sides" for the Charlottesville violence and corrected his comments to condemn⁶ white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the KKK after two days.

Today we talk about the divisions in the United States.

Joining our discussion are Brian Kopczynski, American journalist based in Beijing；Professor Ran Jijun with China Foreign Affairs University；and Prof Eric Shepherd, Professor of Chinese language, culture and literature at University of South Florida also the author of Eat Shandong.

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1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

3 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

4 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

5 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

6 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。