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Canada Dares to Stand Up to Trump
加拿大反击特朗普
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Canada Dares to Stand Up to Trump
加拿大反击特朗普
为应对美国的贸易举措，加拿大对价值200亿美元的美国商品加征了最高达50%的报复性关税。美方此前提出了侵犯加拿大主权的苛刻条件，导致两国谈判破裂，从而引发了这场冲突。尽管高达80%的加拿大民众支持政府的强硬应对，甚至掀起了抵制美货运动，但专家警告称，这两个传统盟邦之间的互信已遭受严重破坏。
Canada has struck back against Donald Trump with new trade penalties.
加拿大采取新的贸易制裁措施，向唐纳德·特朗普发起反击。struck back 反击 / trade penalties 贸易制裁
The country placed tariffs on 20 billion dollars of American goods.
该国对价值200亿美元的美国商品加征了关税。placed tariffs 加征了关税 / American goods 美国商品
This trade war erupted after negotiations between the two allies collapsed.
在两个盟友间的谈判破裂后，这场贸易战随即爆发。trade war 贸易战 / erupted 爆发 / negotiations collapsed 谈判破裂
Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from the talks
马克·卡尼总理愤然退出了谈判。walked away from 退出了 / the talks 谈判
because Washington demanded terms that threatened Canada's sovereignty.
这是因为华盛顿方面提出的要求危及了加拿大的主权。demanded terms 提出了要求条件 / threatened sovereignty 危及主权
The White House insisted that Canada weaken protections for the French language.
白宫坚决要求加拿大放宽对法语的保护措施。insisted 坚持要求 / weaken protections 放宽保护措施
American officials also pressured Canadian companies to move factories south.
美国官员还施压加拿大企业将工厂迁往美国本土。pressured 施压 / move factories 迁移工厂
Canada refused to accept these conditions to protect its independence.
为了维护自身的独立自主，加拿大断然拒绝了这些条件。refused to accept 拒绝接受 / protect its independence 捍卫其独立自主
The retaliatory duties target hundreds of products, including steel and cheese.
这些报复性关税针对包括钢铁和奶酪在内的数百种商品。retaliatory duties 报复性关税 / target 针对 / including steel and cheese 包括钢铁和奶酪在内的
Tariff rates on these American items will climb as high as 50 percent.
这些美国商品的关税税率最高将攀升至50%。tariff rates 关税税率 / climb as high as 最高攀升至
The United States has an economy 13 times larger than Canada's,
尽管美国的经济体量是加拿大的13倍，economy 经济体量 / 13 times larger 规模大13倍
but polls show that up to 80 percent of Canadians support Carney.
但民调显示高达80%的加拿大人支持卡尼总理。polls show 民调显示 / up to 80 percent 高达80%
Many citizens have started boycotting American goods and cutting travel.
许多民众已经开始抵制美国商品并减少赴美旅行。boycotting American goods 抵制美国商品 / cutting travel 减少旅行
Canadian negotiators say that the door for future talks remains open.
加拿大谈判代表表示，未来重返谈判的大门依然敞开。negotiators 谈判代表 / door remains open 大门依然敞开 / future talks 未来的谈判
However, diplomatic experts warn that trust has been deeply damaged,
然而外交专家警告称，双方互信已遭受严重破坏，diplomatic experts 外交专家 / deeply damaged 遭受严重破坏
and relations between the two close neighbors will never be the same.
这对亲密邻邦之间的关系将再也无法回到从前。relations 关系 / close neighbors 亲密邻邦 / never be the same 再也无法回到从前
Quiz 🧠
Q1. When a foreign country threatens a nation's independence, citizens usually support their own leader.
查看答案
✅ True
当面临外部威胁时，国民通常会团结起来支持自己的领导人，以捍卫国家尊严与主权。
Threats from outside often bring citizens together to defend their national pride and sovereignty.
Q2. What does 'boycott' mean in 'boycott foreign goods'?
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✅ refuse to buy
'Boycott' 指通过拒绝购买或使用某种产品来表示抗议。
To boycott means to refuse to buy or use something as a protest.
Q3. The US demanded that Canada weaken French language protections. Why did Canada refuse?
查看答案
✅ To protect its culture
语言是国家认同的核心，因此各方会坚决抵制任何削弱自身语言文化的外部施压。
Language is central to national identity, so countries strongly resist outside attempts to weaken it.
Dialogue 🎧
James: Did you see what Canada just did?
James: 你看到加拿大刚刚的举动了吗？
James: They hit twenty billion dollars of American goods with tariffs!
James: 他们竟然对200亿美元的美国商品加征了关税！
Olivia: I saw that!
Olivia: 我看到了！
Olivia: Rates climb as high as fifty percent on items like steel and cheese.
Olivia: 像钢铁和奶酪这类商品，关税税率最高甚至要飙到50%了。
James: Wait, fifty percent? That sounds like a full-blown trade war between close neighbors.
James: 等等，50%？这听起来简直就是亲密邻邦之间的全面贸易战啊。
Olivia: It really is. Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from negotiations after talks collapsed.
Olivia: 确实是。谈判一破裂，马克·卡尼总理就直接愤然离席了。
James: He just walked out? What pushed him over the edge?
James: 他就这么甩手走人了？到底是什么把他逼到这种地步的？
Olivia: Washington made demands that threatened Canada's sovereignty.
Olivia: 美方提出的一些要求危及了加拿大的国家主权。
Olivia: They pressured Canadian companies to move factories south.
Olivia: 他们还施压加拿大企业把工厂迁往美国本土。
James: Move their factories? No wonder he refused! Did they ask for anything else?
James: 迁厂？难怪他断然拒绝！除了这个他们还要求什么了？
Olivia: The White House even insisted that Canada weaken protections for the French language.
Olivia: 白宫甚至还坚持要求加拿大削弱对法语的保护政策。
James: The French language? That makes no sense. Why target that?
James: 法语？这也太离谱了，干嘛非要针对这个？
Olivia: Canada saw it as an attack on their independence.
Olivia: 加拿大方面认为这是对其独立自主地位的侵犯。
Olivia: So Carney drew a hard line.
Olivia: 所以卡尼总理才坚决划清了界限。
James: Isn't that risky, though? The American economy is thirteen times larger than Canada's!
James: 但这样不觉得太冒险了吗？美国的经济体量可是加拿大的13倍啊！
Olivia: It is a huge gamble.
Olivia: 确实是一场巨大的豪赌。
Olivia: But polls show up to eighty percent of Canadians support Carney.
Olivia: 但民调显示，高达80%的加拿大人都支持卡尼总理。
James: Eighty percent? Wow, people are really uniting behind him.
James: 80%？哇，民众真的是全力团结在他身后了。
Olivia: Totally. Citizens have started boycotting American goods and cutting travel to the US.
Olivia: 没错。民众已经开始抵制美货，并且减少去美国旅行了。
James: Oof. So is there any chance they will negotiate again?
James: 哎。那双方还有可能重新坐下来谈判吗？
Olivia: Canadian negotiators say the door for future talks remains open.
Olivia: 加拿大谈判代表表示，未来谈判的大门依然敞开。
Olivia: Still, trust has been deeply damaged.
Olivia: 但即便如此，彼此的信任已经严重破裂了。
James: Yeah. Relations between the two allies will probably never be the same.
James: 是啊。这两个盟友之间的关系恐怕再也回不到从前了。