PBS高端访谈:特朗普总统与教皇方济各会面互送礼物

 　　President Trump¹'s first trip abroad placed him at the Vatican today, marking Mr. Trump's first meeting with the leader of the Catholic Church.

　　Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant is in Rome for us tonight, and he has this report.

　　It was a meeting of two men with a difficult history.

　　After a public greeting, President Trump and Pope Francis spoke² privately³ for half-an-hour.

　　Later, there were introductions all around, and group pictures, with Mr. Trump smiling broadly, and the pontiff stone-faced.

　　Just a little over a year ago, they clashed publicly. The pope took on the Trump campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

　　A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not a Christian⁴.

　　The candidate answered with a dig of his own.

　　For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful.

　　Today, instead of barbs⁵, they exchanged gifts. Mr. Trump presented the pope with a first-edition set of Martin Luther King Jr.'s works.

　　Francis offered his three main teaching documents and an olive branch medal.

　　Later, after touring the Sistine Chapel⁶ and St. Peter's Basilica, and the president offered a new assessment⁷ of the pope.

　　He is something. He is really good. We had a fantastic meeting. We had a fantastic tour. It was really beautiful.

　　President Trump's take on his meeting with Pope Francis differs greatly from the interpretation⁸ of veteran Vatican analysts¹⁰.

　　They believe that the president was exaggerating. The Vatican issued an unusually brief statement about the discussions.

　　They qualified¹¹ the meeting as cordial, which means that the meeting wasn't a cold one, but a cordial one, but, in any case, it was not a warm meeting.

　　Longtime Vatican watcher Riccardo Cristiano says he doubts there was any meeting of minds.

　　I think that it was a opportunity to meet, but also the impression is that they understood they have different perspectives.

　　Analyst⁹ Robert Mickens was far more upbeat. He says it was a success for the Vatican.

　　Pope Francis is always very gracious. He likes to build bridges of encounter.

　　It's very, very important to get the superpower online with the soft power, the Holy See.

　　The president also met with the Vatican's secretary of state, who encouraged continued U.S. participation¹² in the Paris climate agreement.

　　Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave his own appraisal¹³ on the flight from Rome to Brussels.

　　Well, we had a good exchange on the difficulty of balancing, addressing climate change, responses to climate change, and ensuring that you still have a thriving economy.

　　The president arrived in Brussels this evening for meetings with European Union and NATO officials, and was greeted by the Belgian prime minister and royal family.

　　Thousands of demonstrators also turned out, protesting the president's immigration and environmental policies.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Malcolm Brabant in Rome. undefined

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 barbs   

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

参考例句：

• She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句

6 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

7 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

8 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

9 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

10 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

11 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

12 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

13 appraisal   

n.对…作出的评价；评价，鉴定，评估

参考例句：

• What's your appraisal of the situation?你对局势是如何评估的？
• We need to make a proper appraisal of his work.对于他的工作我们需要做出适当的评价。