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BACKGROUND: 

美国总统奥巴马周六晚上在一个新闻发布会上,与肯尼亚总统交流,并就同性恋权利发表个人观点,下面一起来看看吧~~

CONTENT:

With a warm smile, fond reflections on his family's ties to Kenya and even a 'birther' joke, he charmed the African nation's leaders on Saturday night.
But at one point, President Barack Obama struck a nerve.
Speaking at a press conference outside Nairobi's State House, Obama condemned Kenya for its treatment of homosexuals, comparing discriminating against gays to treating people differently due to race and saying that 'law-abiding' citizens should not be punished for loving a particular person.
'As an African-American in the United States I am painfully aware of what happens when people are treated differently,' he said. 'When you start treating people differently, not because of any harm they are doing, but because they are different, that's the path whereby freedoms begin to erode.
'[If] somebody is a law-abiding citizen... the idea they are going to be treated differently or abused because of who they love is wrong. Full stop.'
In response, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was standing on a stage alongside Obama, declared that gay rights are a 'non-issue' in Kenya.
 
KEY POINTS:
fond 美好的
charm 用魅力取悦
strike a nerve 触及要害,与hit a nerve同义
Nairobi 内罗比,肯尼亚首都
Kenya 肯尼亚,东非国家
homosexual 同性恋
gay 同性恋,尤指男性
law-abiding 守法的
whereby 凭借
erode 削弱
non-issue 不是重要的事
注释:birther一词专门为美国总统奥巴马出现。自从他当选总统后就有人认为他实际是个穆斯林,篡改了出生证明才当上美国总统。有此想法的人被称为“birther”
 
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参考译文1:

周六晚上,奥巴马微笑着,讲述着他的家庭与肯尼亚关系的美好回忆,甚至还讲了“birther”的笑话,他的个人魅力令非洲国家的领袖欣赏。
但在一点上面,布拉克奥巴马总统触及到了肯尼亚的要害。奥巴马在内罗比国会外的新闻会议上谴责肯尼亚对待同性恋的态度,将歧视同性恋与因为种族不同而区别对待,称守法的公民不应该因为爱某个人而受到惩罚。
他说,“作为一个非裔美国人,我在美国深深体会到被区别对待的感受”。“当你区别对待他人不是因为他做了坏事而是因为他们与你不同,那就是开始走一条人民自由的权利开始削弱的道路。”
“(如果)一个人是守法公民...他们因为爱的人而受到区别对待或受到虐待,这种观念是错误的。彻底停止吧。”
站在台上、奥巴马旁的肯尼亚总统乌呼鲁肯雅塔回应称,同性恋权利在肯尼亚并不是很重要的事情。

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