美国有线新闻 CNN 拜登承认奥斯曼帝国对亚美尼亚人种族灭绝（在线收听）

Which of these empire dissolved the most recently? Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Qing Dynasty or Russian Empire. Of these options only the Ottoman Empire lasted until 1922.

下列哪个帝国的解体时间最晚？奥斯曼帝国、普鲁士王国、清朝还是俄罗斯帝国？在这些选项中，只有奥斯曼帝国的统治持续到1922年。

In 1914, the Ottoman Empire was home to about 2 million Armenians, an ancient group of people who lived in the region. By 1922, the number of Armenians in what had become Turkey had fallen to 400,000. What happened to them? Armenians say it was genocide. That during World War I, the Ottoman Empire murdered or forced hundreds of thousands of Armenians to flee and there is photographic evidence that large numbers of Armenians were killed. Turkey strongly opposes the use of the world genocide. Its government says Turkish and Armenian lives were lost during World War I and that the number of Armenians who died is closer to 300,000. The term genocide has divided Turkey and Armenia. It's also a word that American leaders have hesitated to use.

1914年，奥斯曼帝国居住着约200万亚美尼亚人，这是居住在该地区的一个古老群体。到1922年，土耳其境内的亚美尼亚人已减少到40万。他们发生了什么？亚美尼亚人称这是种族灭绝。在第一次世界大战期间，奥斯曼帝国谋杀或逼走了数十万亚美尼亚人，有照片证明大量亚美尼亚人被杀。土耳其强烈反对使用“世界灭绝种族罪”这种说法。土耳其政府表示，土耳其人和亚美尼亚人在第一次世界大战中丧生，亚美尼亚人的死亡人数接近30万。种族灭绝一词分裂了土耳其和亚美尼亚。这也是美国领导人迟迟不愿使用的一个词。

The last one who referred to the genocide of Armenians was former President Ronald Reagan in 1981. But this month, President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey rejected his statement and said it would worsen the nations relationship but that country's leader also said he aims to open a new door with the U.S. this June.

上一个提到亚美尼亚种族灭绝的人是1981年的前总统罗纳德·里根。但本月，拜登总统正式承认了奥斯曼帝国对亚美尼亚的种族灭绝。土耳其驳斥了拜登的声明，并表示这将恶化两国关系，但土耳其领导人还表示，他计划今年6月为两国关系“打开新的大门”。