推倒多米诺 德国纪念柏林墙倒塌20年

BBC News with Jerry Smit. 现在杰里·斯密特为您播报BBC新闻 World leaders have been speaking in Berlin at special ceremonies to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which changed the political face of Europe. After a day of celebrations attended by tens of thousands of people, the leaders met at the Brandenburg Gate in the centre of the city. In a video message from Washington, President Obama said the people of Berlin and Germany had delivered their own rebuke to tyranny and oppression and had struck out for their freedom. 世界各国领袖纷纷在柏林墙倒塌20周年纪念会中发言。而柏林墙的倒塌，让整个欧洲焕然一新。成千上万的群众参与了这次庆典活动，在活动结束后，各国领袖在城市中心的布兰顿伯格门会面。而在一段来自美国的视频信息中，美国总统奥巴马表示，柏林人民，甚至整个德国的人民，释放了他们心中对暴政的压抑和不满，并赢得他们的自由。 ‘Let us never forget November 9th, 1989, nor the sacrifices that made it possible. Let us sustain the friendship across the Atlantic that must never be broken, and together, let us keep the light of freedom burning bright for all who live in the darkness of tyranny and believe in the hope for a brighter day. Thank you.' “我们永远不会忘记1989年12月9日那一天，不会忘记努力获取自由的人们。我们要坚守越洋友谊，不能让两者的友谊断裂，我们要团结，让我们用光亮而炽热的自由照亮那些生活在暴政中人们的黑暗。我们要坚信，光明的日子一定会到来。谢谢” President Medvedev of Russia said the fall of the wall had told the Russian and Germany put their enmity behind them. 俄罗斯总统Medvedev还表示，倒闭的柏林墙告诫着德国和俄罗斯要放下憎恨。 And chancellor Angela Merkel, who was brought up in East Germany, said the night the wall came down was a fulfillment of a dream. After the speeches, Berliners toppled a chain of giant dominoes along the path of the wall which once divided the city. 另外，出生于东德的安格拉·默克尔大臣称，柏林墙倒闭那一晚，是他实现愿望的夜晚。演讲结束后，柏林人把分离柏林的1000多米的多米诺“柏林墙”推倒。