◆唐 濤/編譯

The article in Time on May 12th 2019, Austerity-Battered U.K.‘Retreating Behind a Nuclear Shield’ mentions that the budget cutbacks have contributed to growing doubts in Washington about whether Britain remains capable of fighting a war alongside the American military.France is gradually supplanting Britain as the leading European military ally of the United States, further weakening the “special relationship” between Britain and America.

最新一期的美國《時代》周刊題為《英國軍費捉襟見肘，靠核力量撐腰》的文章提到，英國軍費預算削減讓美國對英國是否仍有能力與美軍并肩作戰(zhàn)產(chǎn)生了越來越大的懷疑。法國正在逐漸取代英國成為美國在歐洲的主要軍事盟友, 這進一步削弱了英美之間的“特殊關系”。

The article with the title saying Capitalism in Crisis in Washingtonpost on May 3rd, 2019, mentioned that Democrats and Republicans have hailed America’s business elite, especially in Silicon Valley,as the country’s salvation.The government might be gridlocked, the electorate angry and divided, but America’s innovators seemed to promise a relatively pain-free way out of the mess.For the first time in decades, capitalism’s future is a subject of debate among presidential hopefuls.There is a sense that the kind of capitalism that once made America an economic envy is responsible for the growing inequality and anger that is tearing the country apart.

2019年5月3日的《華盛頓郵報》一篇題為《危機中的資本主義》的文章稱，美國民主與共和兩黨稱商界尤其是硅谷的精英們是國家的“救世主”。政府可能會陷入僵局，選民們憤怒和分裂。幾十年來，資本主義的未來首次成為總統(tǒng)候選人爭論的話題。人們都有一種感覺,資本主義曾經(jīng)讓美國經(jīng)濟為他國所嫉妒，同時也是日益加劇的不平等和憤怒的罪魁禍首，而這種情緒正在使美國四分五裂。