Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words.
欢迎收看美国之音新闻词汇。
Here are two words. They have to do with a kind of war.
这是两个词，与某种战争有关。
Listen to this expert in Washington, D.C.
请听这位来自华盛顿特区专家的讲话。
Civil war. This is civil war. We are not on the brink of civil war, we are not headed towards civil war, this is what civil war looks like.
内战。这是一场内战。我们不是处在内战边缘，我们不是在走向内战，这就是内战的样子。
Civil war. Together these words mean a war between citizens in the same country.
内战。这两个字放在一起，意思是同一国公民之间的战争。
That is different from a war where one country invades, or attacks, another.
这与一国入侵或袭击另一国的战争不同。

In the U.S. , there was a civil war between the people in the North and the South.
在美国，南北方人民之间曾经发生过内战。
This was in the 1860s, when Abraham Lincoln was president.
这场战争发生在十九世纪六十年代，那时的总统是亚伯拉罕·林肯。
Now, when you hear the words, civil war, you will know what these News Words mean!
现在，当你听到内战这个词组的时候，你就会知道这个新闻词汇的意思了！