Face to Face Πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο Cara a cara フェイス・トゥ・フェイス Twarzą w twarz Cara a cara Лицом к лицу 面对面

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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight program. 感谢您加入我们今天的 Spotlight 计划。 I’m Rebekah Schipper. 我是丽贝卡·施佩尔。

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And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

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Walls. Throughout history people from many different cultures have built walls. 歴史を通じて、さまざまな文化の人々が壁を築いてきました。 These walls have kept people separate from each other. But today Spotlight and the Face to Face project ask: What happens when you look over the wall? しかし今日、Spotlight と Face to Face プロジェクトは次のように問いかけています。 What is so frightening about the people on the other side? 反対側の人々の何がそんなに恐ろしいのですか？ 对面的人有什么可怕的？ Could it be that the people living over the wall are just like you? 难不成翻墙的人都和你一样？

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The most famous wall in the world is probably the Great Wall of China. The Chinese built the main part of this wall in the fourteen hundreds [1400s]. They wanted to protect themselves from the Mongol people. Over the years they built the wall longer and longer. Today it stretches over six thousand [6,000] kilometres! It is the longest man-made structure in the world.

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Another famous wall was the Berlin wall, built after World War Two. This wall divided Germany. It separated Democratic West Germany and Communist East Germany. 它将民主西德和共产主义东德分开。 Its purpose was to stop people from fleeing East Germany. But this wall caused pain for many people. The wall divided families. Family members could not see each other for many years. In 1989, the East German government decided that East Germans could finally cross into West Germany. It was a celebration for many people. The wall came down. In fact, people broke it down with their own hands! Many families were finally reunited.

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There is another famous wall between the state of Israel in the Palestinian West Bank. 在巴勒斯坦西岸的以色列国之间还有另一堵著名的墙。 It is the Israeli West Bank barrier. 它是以色列西岸的屏障。 It separates the Palestinians of the West Bank from the Israelis living on the other side. This is an area of great conflict. The Israelis believe they need the wall for protection. And the Palestinians believe the wall is illegal. The Palestinian people believe that the wall is an attempt to take away their rights and their land. 巴勒斯坦人民认为，隔离墙是企图剥夺他们的权利和土地。 It does not seem like this wall will come down any time soon. 这堵墙似乎不会很快倒塌。

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In 2005, two French artists, JR and Marco, travelled to the Middle-East. They wanted to know why Palestinians and Israelis could not find a way to get along together. 他们想知道为什么巴勒斯坦人和以色列人无法找到相处之道。 They visited both sides of the Israeli West Bank barrier. 他们参观了以色列西岸隔离墙的两侧。 They talked with both Palestinian and Israeli people. And they found that the barrier separated people who were not so different from each other. 他们发现，屏障将彼此没有太大区别的人隔开。 In fact, JR and Marco believed these people could easily be brothers. 事实上，JR 和 Marco 相信这些人很容易成为兄弟。

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“After a week, we had a [theory]: these people look the same; they speak almost the same language, like twin brothers raised in different families. A religious covered woman has her twin sister on the other side of the barrier. A farmer, a taxi driver, a teacher, has his twin brother in front of him. 一个农民，一个出租车司机，一个老师，他的双胞胎兄弟在他面前。 He is endlessly fighting with him. 他与他无休止地战斗。 It is [clear], but they do not see that. 这是[清楚]，但他们没有看到。 We must put them face to face. 我们必须让他们面对面。 They will [see and understand].”

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That was the beginning of the Face to Face project. 那是面对面项目的开始。 JR and Marco asked the question: What happens when you look over the wall? What they found was that Palestinians and Israelis are not so different. In fact, they are very similar!

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The Face to Face project makes picture portraits of Palestinians and Israelis who have the same job. “面对面”项目为从事相同工作的巴勒斯坦人和以色列人拍摄肖像。 JR takes the pictures with his camera. JR用他的相机拍照。 Then, JR and Marco put these pictures up, side by side, in public places. 然后，JR 和 Marco 将这些照片并排放置在公共场所。 Many people must pass by these pictures on both the Palestinian and Israeli side of the barrier. 在隔离墙的巴勒斯坦和以色列一侧，许多人必须经过这些照片。

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But, these are not just any pictures. 但是，这些不仅仅是任何图片。 They are HUGE pictures of faces. 它们是巨大的面孔照片。 And the people in the pictures are not simply smiling for the camera. 而照片中的人也不仅仅是对着镜头微笑。 They are making very strange faces! 他们正在做非常奇怪的面孔！ Some people put out their tongues. Bazı insanlar dillerini çıkarır. Other people closed their eyes tight. 其他人都紧紧闭上了眼睛。 Some people made a kiss-face with their lips. 有些人用嘴唇做了一个吻脸。 And still others crossed their eyes. 还有一些人越过他们的眼睛。 These are not serious pictures. 这些不是严肃的照片。 They are pictures for people to have fun with! JR and Marco wanted to show that life does not always have to be serious. Sometimes it can be fun too!

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Examples of Face to Face pictures include many different kinds of people. There are pictures of teachers, of taxi drivers, of television actors, hairdressers, musicians, and many others. 有老师、出租车司机、电视演员、美发师、音乐家和许多其他人的照片。 JR describes taking the pictures.

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“[For example], we go to a Palestinian hairdresser. “[例如]，我们去找巴勒斯坦的理发师。 We tell him that we are French. 我们告诉他我们是法国人。 We tell him that we are neither anti-Israeli nor anti-Palestinian but we [want real] peace. 我们告诉他，我们既不反以色列也不反巴勒斯坦，但我们[想要真正的]和平。 We [tell him that] we want to put [him] against a wall and [take pictures of his face] with a [camera]. Then we [tell him] we will take [his] picture in huge format and [put] it everywhere, in Israel, in Palestine, in his town, on the wall, everywhere. The crazy thing is that [the people] accepted!” 疯狂的是[人民]接受了！”

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JR and Marco believe that the Face to Face project is important. They want Palestinians and Israelis to see that they are not so different from each other. They may experience conflict. 他们可能会遇到冲突。 But, in the end, they are just people. They are people with families and homes. 他们是有家人有家的人。 They are people who have similar jobs. They are just people who live on opposite sides of a wall. JR and Marco hope that when people see their faces side by side they will also see that they are brothers.

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The Middle-East is the holy meeting place for many religions. 中东是许多宗教的圣地。 People from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam live together here. 来自犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教的人们在这里共同生活。 Sometimes this causes conflict. 有时这会导致冲突。 And we all know that conflict can separate people. Sometimes conflict even causes people to build walls. So, how and when will these walls of separation come down? Peki, bu ayrılık duvarları nasıl ve ne zaman yıkılacak? 那么，这些隔离墙将如何以及何时会倒塌？

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Well, Judaism, Christianity and Islam teach something very important. They all teach that people are God’s highest creation. 他们都教导说，人是上帝最高的创造物。 In fact the Jewish and Christian holy books say that humans are made in the image of God. 事实上，犹太人和基督教的圣书都说人类是按照上帝的形象造的。 Respecting God means respecting other people because they are made in His image. 尊重上帝意味着尊重他人，因为他们是按照他的形象造的。 When people learn to respect each other, the walls will come down.

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JR and Marco hope that Palestinians and Israelis will one day be able to tear down the wall between them. JR 和 Marco 希望巴勒斯坦人和以色列人有朝一日能够推倒他们之间的隔离墙。 When the wall is gone the people will finally be able to see each other face to face. When that happens, JR and Marco have promised to start a new project. That project will be called, “Hand in Hand.” 该项目将被称为“手拉手”。

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The writer and producer of today’s Spotlight was Rebekah Schipper. 今天 Spotlight 的作者和制作人是 Rebekah Schipper。 The voices you heard were from the United States. Computer users can hear more Spotlight programs, read our scripts, and see our word list on our website at www.radio.english.net. This program is called, “Face to Face.”

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