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quán lì
权力
guò dà
过大
dài lái
带来
de
wèn tí
问题

Problems Caused by Excessive Power
本站:原文:
yǒuyī cì一次měi guó美国zǒng tǒng总统tè lǎng pǔ特朗普shuōxiǎngmǎi xià买下gé líng lán dǎo格陵兰岛

Once, U.S. President Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.

hěnduōrénjué de觉得zhè ge这个xiǎng fǎ想法hěnqí guài奇怪

Many people thought this idea was strange.

gé líng lán dǎo格陵兰岛shìdān mài丹麦deyí gè一个dì qū地区dān mài丹麦měi guó美国shìpéng yǒu朋友dōushìběi yuē北约dechéng yuán成员

Greenland is a region of Denmark; Denmark and the U.S. are friends and both members of NATO.

qí shí其实měi guó美国yǐ jīng已经kě yǐ可以bǎo hù保护gé líng lán dǎo格陵兰岛xū yào需要zhēn de真的mǎixià lái下来

Actually, the U.S. can already protect Greenland and does not really need to buy it.

tè lǎng pǔ特朗普gōng kāi公开shuōyàomǎigé líng lán dǎo格陵兰岛háiyīn wèi因为dān mài丹麦tóng yì同意érshēng qì生气zhèrànghěnduōrénjué de觉得xiàngyī xiē一些xǐ huān喜欢mìng lìng命令bié rén别人delǐng dǎo rén领导人

Trump publicly said he wanted to buy Greenland and got angry because Denmark disagreed, which made many people think he was like some leaders who like to give orders.

xī fāng西方guó jiā国家yì zhí一直shuōzì jǐ自己zhī chí支持zì yóu自由mín zhǔ民主xǐ huān喜欢zhuān zhì专制

Western countries have always said they support freedom and democracy and dislike authoritarianism.

dàn shì但是zhèxī fāng西方guó jiā国家zì jǐ自己chū xiàn出现lexǐ huān喜欢jí quán集权delǐng dǎo rén领导人

But this time, Western countries themselves have leaders who like centralized power.

zhōng guó中国gǔ rén古人shuōguòquán lì权力tàiróng yì容易dài lái带来má fán麻烦

Ancient Chinese people said that too much power easily brings trouble.

zhè ge这个gù shì故事gào sù告诉wǒ men我们quán lì权力rú guǒ如果méi yǒu没有xiàn zhì限制bù guǎn不管zàinǎ ge哪个guó jiā国家dōukě néng可能dài lái带来wèn tí问题

This story tells us that if power is not limited, it can cause problems in any country.

By Irshad Ahmad Mughal / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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