大学英语口译课文

Lesson oneText ALadies and Gentlemen,Good morning!I am very happy to be here for the opening of the

Lesson one Text A Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning! Iam very happy to be here for the opening of the XVI international AIDS Conference,which we are honored to host in Canada this year. This conference will give us awonderful opportunity to form alasting bond of fellowship・ Iwould like to extend our warmest welcome to all of you who have traveled from far and wide. Your efforts will remind us that life is our most precious possession and that we need to find aplanet-wide approach if we are to have any hope of protecting i(・ Iwould even go so far as to say that we need to globalize our efforts to fight the threat of AIDS;a kind of globalization, with the sole purpose of saving lives, gives us the opportunity to rethink the world in the spirit of atrue global community. Ican still recall the fear, the hostility felt by some when we first began to hear about AIDS some twenty-five years ago. And when Iheard people around me saying that this disease was the result of "deviant” behaviour, apunishment against those who are condemned, Icould barely contain my anger. AIDS brought with it ashame that could not be named. But as we now know, AIDS knows no boundaries, nor has it any regard for our prejudices or the ways in which we ostracize and abandon one another. Is that not reason enough to put those prejudices to rest and come together to fight this universal threat? AIDS is now the fourth leading cause of death in the world・ AIDS indiscriminately strikes children, women, and men; AIDS devastates national economies; AIDS destabilizes communities around the world. Take for example sub Saharan Africa, where the situation is the most alarming. Just over one tenth of the world's population lives in that area, including nearly 64 per cent of all people living with HIV. Two million of them are children under the age of fifteen. The situation is dire. We must act now. We cannot remain indifferent to the devastating attack that the AIDS is taking. Those of us who live in such affluent countries have amoral responsibility to do something and work together. Cananda is among the countries that answered the United Nations* call in June 2001 to halt the spread of AIDS, and signed the Declaration of Commitment on HIV\AIDS・ We support a coordinated effort on all fronts, from governments, the private sectors, communities, researchers, and individuals. And it is our firm belief that the rights and dignity of those living with HIV must be recognized, respected and defended・ We must be relentless in our fight against discrimination, which breeds fear and ignorance, we must ensure that people living with this disease are not treated like pariahs, and let me be frank:to give up would be irresponsible, simply unforgivable. The battle against AIDS is abattle for life. Every life is precious, in every corner of this world. 什 Everyone is entied to freedom and dignity. Today, Ihave the opportunity to applaud your efforts and ,on behalf of all Canadians, Ithink all of you here・ It is with great pride that inow declare the XVI International AIDS Conference officially open.