访谈录 Interview 2007-06-14&06-16, 永远的里根总统
英语课
"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet 1 Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall..."
It still gives you a chill, doesn't it? It was 20 years ago today that Ronald Reagan made that famous speech in West Germany. The Berlin Wall soon came down and Eastern Europe was on the path to freedom. Albanian, savoring 2 that freedom this week and praising President Bush. Dan Rather covered that historical speech as a network news anchor. He is currently the global correspondent for HDNET. So Dan, you've made a lot of news recently talking about what's happening over CBS, we are going to talk about that in just a minute. But first we wanna talk about that famous state 20 years ago. Did you realize when you heard Ronald Reagan said that how significant it was?
No, I did realize that was a very good speech, very well delivered, and said to myself at that time this, you know, it may go down as one of the better speeches made by an American president in my lifetime. Franklin Roosevelt’s we have nothing to fear, but fear itself. John Kennedy soon..
He made the speech and John Kennedy at the same hall.
Exactly, and I thought of that day Ronald Reagan made his address. But just think about Ronald Reagon, and even people who don't like him or his policies agreed that he was able to articulate American ideas and ideals and his policies extraordinarily 3 well. President Eisenhower whose stock has been rising was not a great orator 4. He made one of the best speeches, in my mind, as American President when he warned about the military industrial complex since he left office. But I have no way of knowing out, I didn't know at that time, how significant the speech would be.
Did you think Ronald Reagan, a lot of critics of President Reagan at the time, thought that he was naive 5. They said he is a nice guy, but I think amiable 6 fool was what Clark Clifford once said about him. Did you think the same of him?
No, I didn't. Partly because I'd met him, I was not an enemy of Reagan’s
You knew he is...
I interviewed him a couple of minutes when he was governor of California. And I knew that was not true. And you know, worth remembering is the wall didn't come down for what, another five or six years at least came after that.
Yeah, but what Reagan did at the beginning of his presidency 7, all of his experts said, you gotta do day-talk, you gotta do this. Thus he said, I wanna do something very simple, I wanna win the cold war. That simple, how did he say it as a wholly miracle. This guy knows what he was getting into. But he set out to do exactly that.
Well, again this is one of Ronald Reagan's strengths. He is very easy to say," well, of course he is an actor, a good speaker. But he knew what he believe, whether you agree with or not, and he came into (he stuck to his guns) the presidency with about four things that he wanted to accomplish. And one was he wanted to give new vigor 8 to the long standing 9 American foreign policy, both Democratic and Republic administrations, but we have to stand firm towards the Soviet Union. But he mentioned they talked, there was a whole school of diplomatic thoughts running through both Democratic and Republican Parties, what he had to do, is to make nice with them. And this speech made it absolutely clear that it was not in Ronald Reagan's mind...
He did meet with Soviet leaders, he went direct. But he walked out when he didn’t get things when he thought that they were pulling the war oversize. In reck of it, for example.
Well, and … and this showed that he was sophisticated. And a lot of people will guffaw 10, when I am using that word in connection with Ronald Reagan. But he was very sophisticated in his own thinking, partly because he knew what he wanted, and he felt that winning the Cold War was one of the, if not the most important things he had to do.
And he outflanked the Soviets 11. I mean he spent a lot more than they could possibly spent in building up the armament. I mean, he outflanked them in Central American, he founded solidarity 12 in the wholly freedom projects in Eastern Europe like no other president had done.
Well, that is true. And I do believe if Ronald Reagan were here, he would say all of that is true. But keep in mind, that we had a national consensus 13, we had a national commitment, we had national unity 14. Whatever your Party, that we are going to win the Cold War. And what he did was built on appreciating 40 years or so of a bipartisan commitment to defeating the Soviet Communism. And he was a very important player to say the least in making it happen today.
It still gives you a chill, doesn't it? It was 20 years ago today that Ronald Reagan made that famous speech in West Germany. The Berlin Wall soon came down and Eastern Europe was on the path to freedom. Albanian, savoring 2 that freedom this week and praising President Bush. Dan Rather covered that historical speech as a network news anchor. He is currently the global correspondent for HDNET. So Dan, you've made a lot of news recently talking about what's happening over CBS, we are going to talk about that in just a minute. But first we wanna talk about that famous state 20 years ago. Did you realize when you heard Ronald Reagan said that how significant it was?
No, I did realize that was a very good speech, very well delivered, and said to myself at that time this, you know, it may go down as one of the better speeches made by an American president in my lifetime. Franklin Roosevelt’s we have nothing to fear, but fear itself. John Kennedy soon..
He made the speech and John Kennedy at the same hall.
Exactly, and I thought of that day Ronald Reagan made his address. But just think about Ronald Reagon, and even people who don't like him or his policies agreed that he was able to articulate American ideas and ideals and his policies extraordinarily 3 well. President Eisenhower whose stock has been rising was not a great orator 4. He made one of the best speeches, in my mind, as American President when he warned about the military industrial complex since he left office. But I have no way of knowing out, I didn't know at that time, how significant the speech would be.
Did you think Ronald Reagan, a lot of critics of President Reagan at the time, thought that he was naive 5. They said he is a nice guy, but I think amiable 6 fool was what Clark Clifford once said about him. Did you think the same of him?
No, I didn't. Partly because I'd met him, I was not an enemy of Reagan’s
You knew he is...
I interviewed him a couple of minutes when he was governor of California. And I knew that was not true. And you know, worth remembering is the wall didn't come down for what, another five or six years at least came after that.
Yeah, but what Reagan did at the beginning of his presidency 7, all of his experts said, you gotta do day-talk, you gotta do this. Thus he said, I wanna do something very simple, I wanna win the cold war. That simple, how did he say it as a wholly miracle. This guy knows what he was getting into. But he set out to do exactly that.
Well, again this is one of Ronald Reagan's strengths. He is very easy to say," well, of course he is an actor, a good speaker. But he knew what he believe, whether you agree with or not, and he came into (he stuck to his guns) the presidency with about four things that he wanted to accomplish. And one was he wanted to give new vigor 8 to the long standing 9 American foreign policy, both Democratic and Republic administrations, but we have to stand firm towards the Soviet Union. But he mentioned they talked, there was a whole school of diplomatic thoughts running through both Democratic and Republican Parties, what he had to do, is to make nice with them. And this speech made it absolutely clear that it was not in Ronald Reagan's mind...
He did meet with Soviet leaders, he went direct. But he walked out when he didn’t get things when he thought that they were pulling the war oversize. In reck of it, for example.
Well, and … and this showed that he was sophisticated. And a lot of people will guffaw 10, when I am using that word in connection with Ronald Reagan. But he was very sophisticated in his own thinking, partly because he knew what he wanted, and he felt that winning the Cold War was one of the, if not the most important things he had to do.
And he outflanked the Soviets 11. I mean he spent a lot more than they could possibly spent in building up the armament. I mean, he outflanked them in Central American, he founded solidarity 12 in the wholly freedom projects in Eastern Europe like no other president had done.
Well, that is true. And I do believe if Ronald Reagan were here, he would say all of that is true. But keep in mind, that we had a national consensus 13, we had a national commitment, we had national unity 14. Whatever your Party, that we are going to win the Cold War. And what he did was built on appreciating 40 years or so of a bipartisan commitment to defeating the Soviet Communism. And he was a very important player to say the least in making it happen today.
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- 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。
v.意味，带有…的性质( savor的现在分词 )；给…加调味品；使有风味；品尝
- Cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most. 烹饪当然很好，但他最享受的是闻到的各种味道。 来自互联网
- She sat there for a moment, savoring the smell of the food. 她在那儿坐了一会儿，品尝这些食物的香味。 来自互联网
adv.格外地；极端地
- She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
- The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。
n.演说者，演讲者，雄辩家
- He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
- The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。
adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的
- It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
- Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。
adj.和蔼可亲的，友善的，亲切的
- She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
- We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。
n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
n.活力，精力，元气
- The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
- She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.哄笑；突然的大笑
- All the boys burst out into a guffaw at the joke.听到这个笑话，男孩子们发出一阵哄笑。
- As they guffawed loudly,the ticket collector arrived.他们正哈哈大笑的时候，检票员到了。
苏维埃（Soviet的复数形式）
- A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
- The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。
n.团结；休戚相关
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？