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奥巴马总统在开罗大学的演讲 Part I [ 2010-06-24 11:28 ] 本文选自中信出版社2010年5月出版的《跟奥巴马学英语2》一书中《奥巴马总统在开罗大学的演讲》一文。该书独家收录奥巴马上海演讲、中美经济战略对话演讲以及开罗大学演讲，权威专家解读。 作者孟宪波，男，1969年生于山东省临沂市。学者、资深同声传译译员。毕业于中国外交学院，1993年进入外交部工作。长期从事口、笔译实践与翻译教学。学识渊博、著述颇丰。 独家专访孟宪波 President Speaks at Cairo University Cairo University June 4, 2009 中文 Get Flash Player Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has had stood as a beacon of Islamic learning. And for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypts advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. Im grateful for your hospitality and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. And Im also proud to carry with me the good will of the American people and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: Assalamu-alaikum. We meet at a time of great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world, tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of coexistence and cooperation but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims and a Cold War in which Muslim majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam. Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11, 2001, and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and western countries but also to human rights. All this has bred more fear and more mistrust. So