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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Huge gap in Asian countries' understanding of history 亞洲國家對歷史的理解存有巨大落差
◎ 魏國金
For many Japanese, a series of recent anti-Japanese demonstrations in China and South Korea seems hard to understand, mainly because the history Japanese students were taught was very different from that taught in the schools of their Asian neighbours.
對許多日本人而言，最近在中國與南韓的一連串反日示威似乎難以理解，這主要是因為日本學生被教導的歷史與其亞洲鄰國在校傳授的歷史大不相同。
The leading Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun said in a page one commentary Tuesday that Japan's own views of history, especially concerning World War II, have served as catalysts for touching off anti-Japanese sentiment in the region.
日本主流日報「朝日新聞」週二在頭版一篇評論中說，日本自己的史觀，尤其是關於二次世界大戰的史觀，已成為引爆該區反日情緒的催化劑。
Japanese schools do not teach their students detailed information about what the Japanese military did to people in other Asian countries. Sex slavery and the Nanjing massacre are among the subjects glossed over in Japanese schools.
日本學校並沒有教導學生關於日軍對其他亞洲國家人民所作所為的詳細資料。性奴隸與南京大屠殺便是在日校中遭掩飾的主題之一。
Up to 200,000 Asian women, including those from China and the Korean Peninsula, were believed to have been forced to work as "comfort women" for Japanese military personnel before and during World War II.
多達二十萬名的亞洲婦女，包括來自中國與朝鮮半島的婦女，據信在二次大戰之前與期間被迫充當日軍的「慰安婦」。
Schools in China and South Korea, however, do not shy aswy from describing in detail the atrocities committed during Japan's invasion and occupation of their countries.
然而，中國與南韓對於日本入侵與佔領兩國期間所犯下的暴行，則不避諱的詳加描述。
新聞辭典
catalyst：催化劑、刺激因素。
touch off：使爆炸，觸發、引發（重大事件），例句：This accident touched off a riot.（這件意外引發了一場暴動。）
gloss over：掩飾、掩蓋（錯誤、過失）。例句：You have just tried to gloss over your disloyalty.（你只是試圖掩飾你的不忠。）
comfort women：慰安婦。
shy（away） from：迴避、規避。例句：He seems to shy away from meeting her.（他似乎避免遇到她。）
