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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered the state of the world address to this year's United Nations General Assembly.
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯在今年的联合国大会上发表了《世界现状》演讲。
Fracture. Guterres warned world leaders of the dangers of the United States and China working against each other
分裂。古特雷斯告诫世界领导人，
in areas like trade and technology.
美国和中国在贸易和科技上相互对抗的危险。

I fear the possibility of a great fracture, the world splitting in two,
我担心世界一分为二，出现大分裂的可能性。
with the two largest economies on earth creating two separate and competing worlds.
地球上两个最大的经济体创造出两个单独的世界，互相竞争。
In this example, a fracture is division in an organization or society.
在这个例子中，“fracture”指的是一个组织或社会中出现的分裂。
It is a crack or a break.
它指的是一个裂缝或断裂。