CCTV9英语新闻12月：波茨坦宣言敦促日本实施开罗宣言的条款

On the occasion of marking the 70th anniversary of the Cairo Declaration, our correspondent visited the venue¹ of the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

The Postsdam Declaration defined the terms for Japan’s surrender, and was issued in July 1945 by the US, the UK, the former Soviet² Union and China. It urged Japan to surrender unconditionally³. It also stated Japan shall enforce the Cairo Declaration, and Japanese territories will be limited to the four islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, and some other islets as accepted by the international community.

"The Potsdam Declaration states clearly that Japan must restore the land it stole from China before the second world war. It includes Northeast China, Taiwan and the Pescadores. It also said the Korean Peninsula Japan seized and then colonized⁴ must gain independence from it. All this was also stated in the Cairo Declaration issued in November 1943.” Matthias Simmich, deputy curator of Cecilienhof Palace of Potsdam said.

"As an historian, I want to say that Japan must reflect, study and analyze⁵ its war history. They must know it is morally upsetting for society. I want to say it is not too late to reflect upon it now." German historian Jorg Morre said.

 

 

1 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

3 unconditionally   

adv.无条件地

参考例句：

• All foreign troops must be withdrawn immediately and unconditionally. 所有外国军队必须立即无条件地撤出。
• It makes things very awkward to have your girls going back unconditionally just now! 你们现在是无条件上工，真糟糕！ 来自子夜部分

4 colonized   

开拓殖民地，移民于殖民地( colonize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The area was colonized by the Vikings. 这一地区曾沦为维京人的殖民地。
• The British and French colonized the Americas. 英国人和法国人共同在美洲建立殖民地。

5 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。