Lesson 40 The Power of Words

In the early twentieth century, people suffered through many wars.

二十世纪早期，人们经历了很多战争。

When World War II was over, an organization called the United Nations (the UN) was formed to help countries talk about their problems instead of fighting.

当第二次世界大战结束后，一个叫做联合国的组织成立了，帮助国家谈论他们的问题而不是战争。

That was in 1945.

那是在1945年。

Today there are 193 member states in the UN.

今天联合国已有193个成员国。

The headquarters of the UN is in New York City.

总部位于纽约。

The head of the UN, chosen by all the member states, is called the Secretary-General.

UN的领导，由所有成员国推选出来， 被称作总秘书。

The UN Security Council has fifteen members,

联合国安全理事会有十五个成员国，

five of which are permanent members - China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.

五个常任理事国——中国、法国、俄国、英国及美国。

Many times since 1945, the UN has sent armies to keep peace between two fighting countries.

1945年之后，很多次联合国派军维护两站战乱国之间的和平。

It helps the situation, but sometimes it is not successful.

它改善了状况，可有时候并不成功。

It is not always easy for the members to reach an agreement.

让成员们达成一致并不总是一件很容易的事情。

Just imagine how difficult it is to satisfy all 193 members!

想象一下，让193个成员国都满意有多难！

However, the UN is still the best way for the world to solve its problems.

然而，对世界而言，UN仍然是解决问题的最好方式。

Let's hope that the great idea they had in 1945 to prevent war will last forever.

1945，他们的想法是阻止世界战乱，让我们期望这一伟大想法将永远延续下去。

Words - even angry words - are always better than war!

言辞——甚至是争论——总比战争更好！