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译者点评:乔治·W·布什2000年当选美国总统以来,发生了许多惊心动魄的事情——2001年的“9·11事件”拉开了全球反对恐怖主义的序幕;紧接着,美国在阿富汗和伊拉克发动了两场战争。这一切既表明了美国饱受恐怖主义的威胁,也显示了其反恐决心。2003年,美国经济出现了近年少有的高增长。之后,“勇气”号和“机遇”号两个火星探测器成功登陆火星。正是在此形势下,布什总统于今年1月14号提出了更为宏大的太空探索计划。2004年是美国的大选年,民主和共和两党又开始展开一番你死我活的决斗。现任总统共和党人布什决定竞选连任,并成为共和党惟一的总统候选人。此时宣布这一计划,有可能为其竞选连任增添重要砝码。
Translator Comments: Since George W. Bush was elected President of the United States in 2000, there have been a lot of thrilling events - the September 11 incident in 2001 opened the curtain for global anti-terrorism; Afghanistan and Iraq launched two wars. All this shows that the United States has been threatened by terrorism, but also shows its determination to fight terrorism. In 2003, the U.S. economy experienced few high growth rates in recent years. After that, two Mars probes, “Courage” and “Opportunity”, successfully landed on Mars. It is in this situation that President Bush proposed a more ambitious space exploration plan on January 14 this year. 2004 was the year of the United States election. Democrats and the Republican Party began another round of your duel. The incumbent Republican Bush decided to run for re-election and became the only Republican candidate for president. The announcement of this plan at this time may add important weight to his re-election campaign.