【英语】肯尼迪和奥巴马演讲文化链接.doc

Kennedy’s speech Culture Links Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Missile Crisis, was a major confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that occurred in 1962 over the issue of Soviet-supplied missile installations in Cuba. Regarded by many as the worlds closest approach to nuclear war, the crisis began when the United States discovered, on October 14, that Cuba had secretly installed Soviet missiles able to carry nuclear weapons. The missiles were capable of hitting targets across most of the United States. The discovery led to a tense stand-off of several days as the United States imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded that the USSR remove the missiles. At the same time, Kennedy began to arrange his men to negotiate secretly with Khrushchev. At last, on October 28th, secret diplomatic negotiations succeeded. The two sides reached the following agreement: Soviet withdrew its missiles from Cuba; the United States agreed not to invade Cuba, and secretly withdrew its missiles deployed in Turkey. This was a crisis that almost involved the whole world into a deadly nuclear war. Fortunately, Kennedys good judgment and the prudence Khrushchev displayed once the crisis intensified helped avert catastrophe. In the process of this crisis, Kennedy had always acted decisively and uncompromisingly. Kennedy’s brave hawk style of work, his calm and flexible measures frustrated the Soviets’ plan, won a victory for Americans, and also humiliated the soviets. The Concept of Natural Rights The term “ 天赋人权”, from the Latin term “jus Nafural”, should be translated into “自然权利”(natural rights); In early days in China it was translated this way, and so it has been used in this way ever since. Natural rights concept originated from the natural law theory in ancient Greek philosophy. Since the Renaissance, it has become an important theme of the western legal and political thoughts. The con