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Some 80 years ago, a British prime minister and an American president met on a ship and signed a charter that would lay out the principles for how things should look after the Second World War.
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WINSTON CHURCHILL: This was a meeting which marks forever in the pages of history the taking up by the English-speaking nations, amid all this peril, tumult and confusion, of the guidance of the fortunes of the broad, toiling masses in all the continents.
KELLY: That, of course, was Winston Churchill speaking after his meeting with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Some historians like to say their partnership saved the world, and there were some echoes back to that today when President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met for the first time in a seaside town in England. NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez was there. Hey, Franco.
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise.
KELLY: All right. Tell us about this meeting.
ORDOÑEZ: Well, you know, the leaders agreed to a new version, an updated version of that famous Atlantic Charter that Churchill and FDR signed. And with this document, Biden and Johnson are sort of casting themselves in the position of being champions of democracy, you know, fighting against those who undermine it and together fighting problems like climate change and COVID-19. But this meeting today, it was actually fairly modest in scale. They looked at a copy of the original charter under glass and exchanged some brief pleasantries, but most of their meeting was behind closed doors.
KELLY: Brief pleasantries — I wonder, were you able to get any sense of their relationship? Because Boris Johnson, of course, was very friendly with Biden's rival for the presidency, with former President Donald Trump.
ORDOÑEZ: Yeah. Trump once called him Britain Trump, and he meant that as a compliment. Johnson, of course, was a champion of Brexit. Biden was against Brexit, and Biden is all about rebuilding global alliances, you know, not breaking them up. But they have some common ground in their political role models. Biden often talks about FDR's policies for rebuilding America, and Johnson wrote a book about Churchill. And today, they agreed on the broad principles.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We talked about the shared sacrifices our service members have made bravely serving side by side in Afghanistan for close to 20 years. The U.K. was with us from the start, as they always are, equally committed to rooting out the terrorist threat. And now we're coordinating our withdrawal together. And, of course, we talked about how our two nations can together lead the global fight against COVID-19.
KELLY: So that was Biden today. What did we hear from the prime minister?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, you know, that's the funny thing. Biden said they had a productive meeting and they discussed a range of issues, but they didn't give joint remarks afterward. Biden just gave a small update, you know, during remarks about his own plans to address the global pandemic. You know, his focus was on his new promise to give vaccines to countries that can't afford to buy them. And he said we can expect the G-7 leaders to talk more about their plans to help the world recover from the pandemic tomorrow.
KELLY: Another point of tension between these two has been Northern Ireland. Did that come up?
ORDOÑEZ: Yeah. It's a sensitive issue, but it was part of their written statement afterward. The leaders said they are committed to the Good Friday Agreement, that it's a deal brokered by the U.S. that helped establish peace in Northern Ireland for a couple of decades now. Now, Brexit has renewed some tensions there because Northern Ireland is part of the U.K., while the Republic of Ireland remains part of the European Union. And — but as a candidate, Joe Biden has warned that any threat to the Good Friday Agreement could ruin chances for a trade deal.
KELLY: So lots to watch there, too. NPR's Franco Ordoñez traveling with the president — thanks, Franco.
ORDOÑEZ: Thank you.
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大约80年前，英国首相和美国总统在一艘船上举行会谈，并签署了为第二次世界大战后形势制定原则的宪章。
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温斯顿·丘吉尔：这场会谈将在历史篇章中永远铭记，讲英语的国家在所有这些危险、动乱和混乱中，对各大洲广大劳苦大众命运的指导。
凯利：当然，这是温斯顿·丘吉尔在与富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福会面后发表的讲话。一些历史学家喜欢说，他们的伙伴关系拯救了世界，而今天，乔·拜登总统和英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在英国的一个海滨小镇首次会晤时，有人重新提及了这种说法。NPR新闻驻白宫记者弗朗科·奥德内兹在现场。你好，弗朗科。
弗朗科·奥德内兹连线：你好，玛丽·路易斯。
凯利：好。请介绍一下这次会谈。
奥德内兹：两国元首就领导人就更新丘吉尔和罗斯福签署的著名的《大西洋宪章》达成一致。通过这份文件，拜登和约翰逊在某种程度上将自己定位为民主的捍卫者，与破坏民主的人战斗，共同应对气候变化和新冠肺炎等问题。但今天的这次会晤实际上规模相当小。他们参观了保存在玻璃下的《大西洋宪章》原始版本，简短地寒暄了几句，但大多数会谈都是闭门进行。
凯利：简短地寒暄，你能理解他们的关系吗？因为鲍里斯·约翰逊与拜登竞选总统时的对手、前总统唐纳德·特朗普的关系非常友好。
奥德内兹：是的。特朗普曾称他为英国特朗普，他认为这是恭维。当然，约翰逊是英国脱欧的拥护者。但拜登反对英国脱欧，拜登要重建全球联盟，而不是拆散它们。但他们的政治榜样有一些共同点。拜登经常谈论罗斯福重建美国的政策，在，而约翰逊写了一本有关丘吉尔的书。今天，他们就广泛原则达成了一致。
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乔·拜登总统：我们谈到了近20年来两国军人在阿富汗勇敢地并肩作战时所做出的共同牺牲。英国从一开始就和我们站在一起，同样致力于根除恐怖主义威胁。现在我们一起协调撤军。当然，我们还谈到了我们两国如何共同领导全球抗击新冠肺炎的斗争。
凯利：这是拜登今天所说。那英国首相有何表态？
奥德内兹：这很有趣。拜登表示，他们举行了一次富有成效的会谈，双方讨论了一系列问题，但会谈后并未发表联合讲话。拜登在谈到自己应对全球疫情的计划时，只提及了一点最新情况。他的重点是他做出的新承诺，即为买不起疫苗的国家提供疫苗。他还表示，我们可以期待七国集团领导人更详细地讨论他们的计划，以帮助世界尽快从疫情中恢复过来。
凯利：这两个国家之间的另一个紧张点是北爱尔兰。这个问题有提及吗？
奥德内兹：有。这是一个敏感问题，但他们会谈后发表的书面声明中提到了这个问题。两位领导人表示，他们致力于《耶稣受难节协议》，这项由美国斡旋的协议帮助北美尔美建立了数十年的和平。现在，英国脱欧导致一些紧张局势重现，因为北爱尔兰是英国的一部分，而爱尔兰共和国仍是欧盟成员国。拜登在竞选总统时曾警告称，耶稣受难节协议面临的任何威胁都可能毁掉达成贸易协议的机会。
凯利：因此，很多问题都有待观察。以上是随总统出访的NPR新闻记者弗朗科·奥德内兹带来的报道，谢谢你，弗朗科。
奥德内兹：谢谢。
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重点讲解
重点讲解：
1. behind closed doors 秘密地；背地里地；
The society held a series of meetings behind closed doors.
这个团体举行了一系列的秘密会议。
2. break up （使）分裂；（被）拆分；(使）破碎；
It would be a huge mistake to break up the big three, though.
但要拆散三巨头也是个巨大的错误。
3. side by side 并排；并肩；
We're usually working side by side with the men.
通常我们和男性一起并肩工作。
4. root out 根除；杜绝；彻底解决；
There would be a major drive to root out corruption.
将会有一场根除腐败的大规模运动。
