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一、第一讲:我们是一个国家吗电话铃响了,一次司空见惯的对话开始了:1989年以后,国务院就老是缠着我,想让我加入去这个那个国家的代表团,给它们的宪法向民主过渡提提建议,可我是拒绝拒绝再拒绝:我不想去旅游;我也不想到我不了解的国家去,在我不认识的政治家面前大放厥词。但是有一回,我听到电话那头的人操着一口诚恳的中西部口音,自命不凡地说他是副助理国务卿
I. Lecture 1: Are We a Country? The phone rang and a common conversation started: Since 1989, the State Department has always been holding me and wants me to join the delegation to that country. The Constitution proposes to make a transition to democracy. However, I refuse to refuse and refuse: I do not want to travel; I do not want to go to a country I do not know and talk nonsense to politicians whom I do not know. However, on one occasion, I heard the man on the other end of the phone speak a sincere Midwest accent and pretend to be deputy assistant secretary of state