环球英语 — 413：Peace for One Day: The Power of Friend

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Hello and welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Ruby² Jones.
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And I'm Marina Santee. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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‘My experience of conflict is this. The people who are involved really would like to have even one day of peace.'
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This is the opinion of Mary Robinson. She is the former United Nations High Commissioner³. She is talking about September the twenty first. For many years, people have celebrated⁴ peace on this day. And in 2002, the United Nations officially declared this day as the permanent International Day of Peace. We will hear more about this day later in the programme. But first, we will hear the powerful story of two men living in peace, in an area of war - the Middle East.
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‘They think we are insane,' says Rami Elhanan. He is talking about himself and his friend - Mazen Faraj. Rami is an Israeli Jew. And Mazen is a Palestinian Arab. They have both experienced⁵ great pain in the Middle Eastern conflict. Sadly, this is usual. Many people have been killed in the conflict. But what is unusual is this. These two men are sitting side by side - in Dheisheh refugee⁶ camp, near Bethlehem. This is where Mazen has lived his whole life. And this is where Rami is visiting his friend.
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Rami's daughter was killed by a Palestinian man. She was buying books for school. A Palestinian man used a bomb to kill himself - and everyone around him, including Rami's daughter. She was only fourteen years old. Rami has every reason to hate Palestinians.
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Mazen's father was carrying food from the store one day. An Israeli soldier thought he was carrying a weapon. So the soldier shot him dead. Mazen has every reason to hate Israelis.
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So how did these two men become friends? Separately, they heard about a group called the Parents Circle-Families Forum⁷. You may have heard other Spotlight programs about this group. The group is for Israelis and Palestinians who have lost family members. At first, the idea of a group for Israelis and Palestinians seemed like a very strange idea. Rami said:
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‘Most Israelis do not meet Palestinians ever'.
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However, both men still decided⁸ to join the Parents Circle-Families Forum. Mazen remembers the first time he heard Rami speak:
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‘I looked at him and thought, "What does he know about suffering? What does he know about pain? This man is talking about peace?" Then he started to talk about his daughter. He spoke⁹ about what had happened to his family. I was very ashamed of my thoughts.'
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It was in the group meetings that Rami also began to change his thinking. He said:
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‘I met Palestinian families who had lost people they loved. And I saw Palestinians as human beings, not as pictures in newspapers, or objects of history. But I saw them as real people, coming towards me, shaking my hand for peace, holding me, crying with me.'
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Mazen and Rami began working with the Families Forum. And they became good friends. Today, they work together for peace. They visit schools. This is powerful, Rami said:
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‘An Israeli and a Palestinian step into a classroom together. They call each other brother. They are not fighting each other. They are not trying to compare the size of their pain. They are not trying to say who started what, or who is to blame. This is a shock for the students.'
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Rami and Mazen admit that their work is not easy. Mazen said:
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‘After my father was killed, I had to choose: punish other people for my father's death, or go another way.'
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Similarly¹⁰, Rami described the fight for peace as an every day struggle:
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‘First, you have to control your anger. Every morning you wake up after a long night without sleep. And you have to choose again and again: "This day I will go this way and not the other way." It is a battle you fight against yourself, against your history, against your mind.'
‘You come to a point where you ask yourself, "If I kill someone else, will it bring her back?" Of course not.'
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Above all, the men say they have respect for each other. They know each other - as people. And together they are fighting for their children's future. Mazen said:
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‘Today, it is our responsibility for our children and for our families. We have to build something new.'
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September the twenty first is a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. The idea is that on this day all fighting will stop - for one whole day. This permits aid workers and health workers to reach suffering people. It gives fighters time to think.
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Peace One Day is an organization that works¹¹ to make people act on Peace Day. In 2007, the Peace One Day project helped create safe conditions in Afghanistan on and around Peace Day. The fighting groups agreed to stop for three days. Health workers were able to reach children in far away areas. They gave the polio vaccine¹² to over one million children. The vaccine drug prevents the children from getting the polio disease¹³. Before this, conflict had prevented medical workers reaching the children.
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The Peace One Day project is also working with schools across the world. The group is providing them with free materials about peace building. They hope that teaching¹⁴ young people will bring change in the future.
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The Peace One Day project is also encouraging individuals around the world to get involved - wherever they are. It could be making peace with a family member, an old friend, or stranger. Or it could be encouraging your local community to do something on Peace Day. Some people have sixty seconds of silence, to remember people suffering in war. Other people are organising a football game! This is to encourage people to kick a ball - not each other!
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Jeremy Gilley is the founder¹⁵ of the Peace One Day project. He said:
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'If we are to move from a culture of war to a culture of peace, we will have to unite around this issue - the protection of each other and our environment. The 21st of September is the starting point.'
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

3 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

4 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

5 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

6 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

9 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。

10 similarly   

adv.类似地，相似地

参考例句：

• He was late and I similarly was delayed.他迟到了，我也晚了。
• These two pages are similarly glued together.这两页好像粘在一起了。

11 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

12 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

13 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

14 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

15 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。