zuò
做
yí gè
一个
hǎo
好
de
的
gǔ bā yì
古巴裔
měi guó rén
美国人
,
shì
是
shén me
什么
yì si
意思
?

What Does It Mean to Be a Good Cuban American?
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liù nián qián六年前,rú guǒ如果nǐ你wèn问wǒ我zhè ge这个wèn tí问题,wǒ我kě néng可能huì会shuō说:yào要fǎn duì反对gǔ bā古巴zhèng fǔ政府,fǎn duì反对gòng chǎn zhǔ yì共产主义,yě也yào要zhī chí支持měi guó美国duì对gǔ bā古巴de的jìn yùn禁运。

Six years ago, if you had asked me this question, I might have said: oppose the Cuban government, oppose communism, and support the U.S. embargo on Cuba.

yīn wèi因为wǒ我cóng xiǎo从小jiù shì就是zhè yàng这样bèi被jiào dà教大de的。

Because I was raised that way from a young age.

hòu lái后来,wǒ我màn màn慢慢fā xiàn发现,shì qíng事情méi yǒu没有zhè me这么jiǎn dān简单。

Later, I gradually realized that things are not so simple.

xiǎo shí hòu小时候,gǔ bā古巴yǒu有hěn很yán zhòng严重de的jīng jì经济kùn nán困难,shí wù食物bù gòu不够,diàn电yě也cháng cháng常常tíng停。

When I was a child, Cuba had very serious economic difficulties; there was not enough food, and the electricity often went out.

hěn很duō多rén人gào sù告诉wǒ我,zhè这yī qiè一切dōu都zhǐ shì只是gǔ bā古巴zhèng fǔ政府de的cuò错。

Many people told me that all of this was the fault of the Cuban government.

suǒ yǐ所以wǒ我yì zhí一直hěn很hài pà害怕shè huì zhǔ yì社会主义,yě也xiāng xìn相信jìn yùn禁运shì是duì对de的。

So I was always very afraid of socialism and believed the embargo was right.

shàng上dà xué大学hòu后,wǒ我cān jiā参加le了yī xiē一些huó dòng活动,yě也gèng更xiāng xìn相信zhè xiē这些xiǎng fǎ想法。

After I went to college, I participated in some activities and believed these ideas even more.

kě shì可是hòu lái后来,yǒu rén有人gào sù告诉wǒ我,hěn duō很多guān yú关于gǔ bā古巴de的shuō fǎ说法qí shí其实ràng让rén人hài pà害怕,bù不gǎn敢zì jǐ自己qù去kàn看zhēn shí真实qíng kuàng情况。

But later, someone told me that many statements about Cuba actually make people afraid and stop them from seeing the real situation for themselves.

guò qù过去jǐ nián几年,wǒ我kāi shǐ开始chóng xīn重新sī kǎo思考。

In the past few years, I have started to rethink.

wǒ我xiàn zài现在jué de觉得,zuò做yí gè一个hǎo好de的gǔ bā yì古巴裔měi guó rén美国人,jiù shì就是zhī chí支持gǔ bā古巴rén mín人民,ér而bú shì不是zhǐ只zhī chí支持mǒu某yí gè一个zhèng fǔ政府。

Now I feel that being a good Cuban American means supporting the Cuban people, not just supporting a particular government.

jìn yùn禁运ràng让gǔ bā古巴rén mín人民gèng更nán难mǎi买dào到shí wù食物、yào药hé和shēng huó生活yòng pǐn用品,suǒ yǐ所以yīng gāi应该jié shù结束jìn yùn禁运。

The embargo makes it harder for the Cuban people to buy food, medicine, and daily necessities, so the embargo should end.

gǔ bā古巴de的wèi lái未来,yīng gāi应该yóu由gǔ bā古巴rén mín人民zì jǐ自己jué dìng决定,bù不yīng gāi应该bèi被bié de别的guó jiā国家kòng zhì控制。

The future of Cuba should be decided by the Cuban people themselves, not controlled by other countries.

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