2015年CRI China Welcomes UNESCO Listing of Nanjing Massacre Files

 

Chinese Foreign Ministry¹ spokesperson Hua Chunying says that the inscription² gives the Nanjing Massacre³ recognition across the international community.

The files show the atrocities⁴ of Japanese troops in the killing⁵ of 300,000 Chinese civilians⁶ and unarmed soldiers from December 13, 1937 to January of 1938.

The spokeswoman adds that China will ensure these valuable documents are protected and circulated, and make them play a positive role in remembering history and cherishing peace.

Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, led the preparation of the documents. 

He says the inscription marks the Nanjing Massacre as a worldwide warning against holocaust⁷.

"The success in listing the Nanjing Massacre files has made the memory of the city of Nanjing the memory of the world and let more people in the world know the significance as a worldwide warning against holocaust so that they will draw lessons from history and commit to memory that part of history and cherish world peace."

Ma Zhendu, vice-curator of the Second Historical Archives of China, says the success of the listing will remind people of the history, and help them draw lessons from it.

"The files are the true records of history. We want to tell that part of history through the files so as to make history serve as a mirror to provide a reference for building a better future." 

After learning the news of the UNESCO listing, many people made a special trip to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in the eastern Chinese city.

"We can not forget history as time goes on. To show the history to the public is to let people learn about history more profoundly. This is absolutely necessary."

The Memory of the World Register is the list of documentary heritage set up by UNESCO in 1992 and was created to preserve significant and endangered documents.

The latest list was revealed after a two-year process as part of the 2014-2015 nomination⁸ cycle, during which 88 submissions⁹ from 61 countries were examined. 

The final result includes 47 nominations¹⁰. 

For CRI, I'm Li Jianhua.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 inscription   

n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文

参考例句：

• The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
• He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

8 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

9 submissions   

n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据

参考例句：

• The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
• Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

10 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句