美国前总统吉米·卡特逝世，享年100岁
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.
美国前总统吉米·卡特去世，享年100岁。
His presidency was marked by rising inflation and unemployment.
他的总统任期以通货膨胀和失业率上升为标志。
He helped negotiate a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
他协助促成了埃及和以色列之间的和平协议。
He returned the Panama Canal to the Central American country, recognized mainland China, and signed an arms limitation agreement with the former Soviet Union.
他将巴拿马运河归还给了中美洲国家，承认了中国大陆，并与前苏联签署了限制武器协议。
However, in 1979, Iran took U.S. embassy workers hostage in Tehran.
然而，1979年，伊朗在德黑兰将美国大使馆工作人员扣为人质。
The Iran hostage crisis dominated his final years in the White House and contributed to his defeat by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election.
伊朗人质危机占据了他白宫任期的最后几年，并导致他在1980年大选中败给了罗纳德·里根。
Carter liked to say the end of his presidency in 1981 was the beginning of a new life.
卡特喜欢说，1981年他总统任期的结束是新生活的开始。
He traveled around the world "fighting disease, building hope, and waging peace," he said.
他说，他走遍世界，“抗击疾病、建立希望、推动和平”。
In 2002, the former president received the Nobel Peace Prize.
2002年，前总统获得了诺贝尔和平奖。
The White House released a statement from President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday, calling Carter “a dear friend.”
白宫于周日发布了总统乔·拜登和第一夫人吉尔·拜登的声明，称卡特为“一位亲密的朋友”。
Biden also declared January 9, 2025, as a National Day of Mourning in honor of Carter and directed flags at public buildings to be displayed at half-staff for 30 days.
拜登还宣布2025年1月9日为全国哀悼日，以悼念卡特，并指示公共建筑降半旗30天。
President-elect Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social: “…He did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.”
当选总统唐纳德·特朗普在Truth Social上发帖称：“……他竭尽全力改善所有美国人的生活。为此，我们都欠他一份感激之情。”
Early life
早年生活
Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in the small town of Plains, Georgia.
卡特于1924年10月1日出生在佐治亚州的小镇普莱恩斯。
Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and married Rosalynn Smith in the same year.
卡特于1946年从美国海军学院毕业，并于同年与罗莎琳·史密斯结婚。
As an officer in the U.S. Navy, he helped in the development of nuclear submarines.
作为美国海军的一名军官，他参与了核潜艇的研发工作。
But he returned to his hometown in 1953 to run the family peanut-farming business.
但他在1953年回到家乡，经营家族的花生种植生意。
He entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Democratic Party.
他在20世纪60年代作为民主党成员步入政坛。
Carter served two terms as a Georgia legislator before becoming the state's 76th governor from 1971 to 1975.
卡特在担任佐治亚州第76任州长（1971年至1975年）之前，曾连任两届佐治亚州议员。
The Democratic Party chose Carter as its presidential candidate for the 1976 presidential election.
民主党选择卡特作为其1976年总统选举的总统候选人。
Carter ran against Republican President Gerald Ford who was completing the term of President Richard Nixon.
卡特与共和党总统杰拉尔德·福特竞选，福特当时正在完成理查德·尼克松总统的任期。
Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal.
尼克松因水门事件辞职。
Carter narrowly defeated Ford to become president.
卡特以微弱优势击败福特，成为总统。
The high point of Carter's presidency came in 1978.
卡特总统任期的巅峰出现在1978年。
He brought Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Camp David, a presidential vacation home in rural Maryland, to negotiate a peace treaty.
他把埃及总统安瓦尔·萨达特和以色列总理梅纳赫姆·贝京带到马里兰州乡间的总统度假地戴维营，谈判达成了一项和平条约。
Carter said: "When I became president, there had been four wars between Arabs and Israelis in the previous 25 years…we had success in getting a treaty between Israel and Egypt…not a word of which has ever been violated."
卡特说：“我就任总统时，在过去25年里，阿拉伯人和以色列人之间已经发生了四次战争……我们成功促成了以色列和埃及之间的条约……该条约的任何一个字都从未被违反过。”
Carter negotiated a treaty turning control of the Panama Canal over to the Panamanian government.
卡特谈判达成了一项条约，将巴拿马运河的控制权移交给巴拿马政府。
He also normalized diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, recognizing the communist government in Beijing.
他还实现了与中华人民共和国外交关系正常化，承认了北京的共产党政府。
But in 1979, Carter's administration had to turn its attention to Iran.
但在1979年，卡特政府不得不将注意力转向伊朗。
A revolution in that country led by religious clerics ousted the government of the U.S.-supported Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
该国发生了一场由宗教神职人员领导的革命，推翻了美国支持的穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维国王政府。
The U.S. then permitted Pahlavi to receive treatment for cancer in the country.
美国随后允许巴列维在该国接受癌症治疗。
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants, unhappy with U.S. action, stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage.
1979年11月4日，伊朗激进分子因对美国的行为不满，冲入美国驻德黑兰大使馆，劫持了66名美国人作为人质。
Thirteen were released weeks later but the hostage crisis extended through the rest of Carter's presidency.
十三人于数周后获释，但人质危机贯穿了卡特总统任期的剩余时间。
Five months into the crisis, in April 1980, Carter ordered a complex military operation to free the remaining hostages.
危机发生五个月后，即1980年4月，卡特下令执行一项复杂的军事行动，以解救剩余的人质。
The operation was aborted when several aircraft developed problems.
当几架飞机出现问题时，行动被中止了。
Eight U.S. military members and one Iranian civilian died.
八名美国军人和一名伊朗平民丧生。
Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, told VOA that that day was the lowest point of their administration.
卡特的副总统沃尔特·蒙代尔告诉美国之音，那一天是他们执政期间的最低谷。
The failed mission damaged Carter's standing with the American public.
这次失败的任务损害了卡特在美国公众心目中的形象。
It took place seven months before the 1980 presidential election, which Carter lost to Reagan.
这件事发生在1980年总统大选前七个月，卡特最终败给了里根。
Carter said, “That was the number one issue that caused me to fail.
卡特说：“那是导致我失败的首要问题。”
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Other major events during Carter’s presidency included the invasion of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union.
卡特总统任期内发生的其他重大事件包括前苏联入侵阿富汗。
As a response, Carter ordered a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
作为回应，卡特下令抵制1980年在莫斯科举行的夏季奥运会。
Life after politics
政治生涯之后的生活
In 1981, Carter returned to Plains.
1981年，卡特回到了普莱恩斯。
His plan for a presidential library and museum became the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
他计划建立的总统图书馆和博物馆成为了佐治亚州亚特兰大的卡特中心。
Under his direction, the Carter Center observed more than 80 elections around the world and aimed to negotiate disputes.
在他的指导下，卡特中心观察了全球80多场选举，并致力于通过谈判解决争端。
They included a dispute over nuclear weapons with North Korea in 1994 and a peace agreement between Uganda and Sudan in 1999.
它们包括1994年与朝鲜的核武器争端，以及1999年乌干达和苏丹之间的和平协议。
The center also aims to support health and fight disease in poor countries.
该中心还旨在支持贫困国家的卫生事业并抗击疾病。
In one of many interviews with Voice of America, Carter said the greatest parts of his legacy were not the things he did serving the American people as U.S. president or the Nobel Peace Prize.
在多次接受美国之音采访时，卡特表示，他遗产中最伟大的部分并不是他作为美国总统为美国人民所做的事情，也不是诺贝尔和平奖。
He said his greatest accomplishment was the eradication of Guinea worm disease.
他说他最大的成就是根除麦地那龙线虫病。
As a result, there were only 13 cases of Guinea worm recorded in 2022.
因此，2022年仅记录了13例麦地那龙线虫病例。
Carter led an active life until the age of 99, surviving brain cancer in 2015.
卡特一直保持着积极的生活方式，直到99岁高龄，他在2015年战胜了脑癌。
He last appeared in public during the funeral services for his wife, Rosalynn, in November 2023.
他最后一次公开露面是在2023年11月他妻子罗莎琳的葬礼上。
Carter said of his hopes for the country: “I would like to see the United States in the future strive to be the number one champion in the world of peace and human rights and environmental quality, and…treating everyone equal.”
卡特在谈到他对这个国家的期望时说：“我希望未来的美国努力成为世界和平、人权和环境质量的头号捍卫者，并且……平等对待每一个人。”
Carter lived longer than any U.S. president, and his 76-year marriage to Rosalynn is the longest of any president and first lady.
卡特比任何一位美国总统都长寿，他与罗莎琳长达76年的婚姻也是所有总统和第一夫人中最长的。
He is to be buried on the grounds of his home in Plains, Georgia.
他将被安葬在佐治亚州普莱恩斯的自家宅院土地上。
I’m Mario Ritter, Jr.
我是小马里奥·里特。
Kane Farabaugh reported this story for VOA.
凯恩·法拉博为美国之音报道了这则新闻。
Mario Ritter, Jr. adapted it for VOA Learning English.
小马里奥·里特为VOA英语学习频道改编了此文。
