双语 第1期

The article in the issue of December 19th Time, Vol.178 No.24, All the Wrong Moves: Putin Plots His Strategy Against the Protesters mentions that while the Russian opposition was busy preparing another wave of demonstrations in Moscow and more than 70 other cities, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with his team of imagemakers to discuss their counterstrategy. They chose to envision their dilemma as a game of chess. The opponent in this game, as Putin went on to explain, is not so much local opposition leaders, who organized the largest protests ever against his rule, but the "American partners" moving them around like pawns.

去年12月19日出刊的《时代周刊》杂志，在一篇题为“一个错误的举动：普京应对示威者的策略”的文章提到――正当俄罗斯反对派忙于准备在莫斯科及其他70多个城市发动又一轮示威活动之际，俄罗斯总理普京召见了他的形象设计师们，商讨应对策略。他们将目前的困境看成一场棋局。这场棋局中的对手，不太像是一个“土”领袖，而正是这位反对派领导人组织了针对普京的最大规模的抗议活动。但是，他就像一枚棋子，任由他的“美国朋友”摆布。

The article with the title saying Slain civilians taint U.S. legacy in Iraq, on December 11th, 2011, mentioned that it was here, on Nov. 19, 2005, that a group of Marines went on a shooting spree in which 24 Iraqi civilians were killed. Their patrol had been hit by a roadside bomb and one of their comrades was dead. They ordered five men out of a taxi and gunned them down. Then they went into three nearby homes and shot 19 people, including 11 women and children.On those facts, U.S. and Iraqi accounts agree. On just about everything else ― why it happened, whether it was justified and how it was resolved ― they do not.And in those dueling perceptions, over the killings in Haditha and others nationwide, lay the undoing of the U.S. military’s hopes of maintaining a long-term presence here. When it came to deciding the future of American troops in Iraq, the irreconcilable difference that stood in the way of an agreement was a demand by Iraqi politicians for an end to the grant of immunity that has protected on-duty U.S. soldiers from Iraqi courts.

去年12月11日的《华盛顿邮报》刊登一篇题为“平民惨遭屠杀，美国在伊拉克留下污点”的文章称，2005年11月19日一群美国海军陆战队员对24位伊拉克平民大开杀戒。起因就是这群海军陆战队员在巡逻的时候遭一枚路边炸弹袭击，一名队员丧生。他们于是叫路边一辆的士中的五人下车，然后全部击毙。随后，陆战队员进入附近的三户居民家中，开枪打死19人，其中包括11名妇女和儿童。对上述事件的发生经过，美伊双方并无争议。但其他方面，如该悲剧为何会发生、击毙平民是否正确、如何善后，双方意见相左。正是美伊双方在对待发生在哈迪塞及伊拉克其他地方类似美军屠杀平民事件问题上针锋相对，这才彻底葬送了美国打算在伊拉克长期驻军的希望。在谈到驻伊美军的去留问题时，伊拉克当局要求停止授予驻伊美军豁免权的要求正是横亘在美伊之间不可调和的分歧。