○  ＂南京大屠杀＂的英语演讲稿  ○

le.In Nanjing more than 300,000 innocent citizens and unarmed soldiers were slaughtered.The ancient capital Nanjing suffered an unprecedented catastrophe and was turned into a living hell. At the time,westerners who stayed behind in Nanjing were all men and women of experience and learning from Britain,USA,Germany and other countries in Europe.They were in China as professors,pastors,medical doctors,journalists,diplomats and businessmen.Although of different nationalities and occupations,they shared the same ideals - to uphold justice,humanity and righteousness.They cherished peace and life.However,after the hall of Nanjing,they witenessed a hell on earth.

　　Nanjing Massacre was first publicized by western journalists.Reports on the Massacre printed in the major newspapers and magazines in the western countries shocked the world.After World War 2,those westerners staying in Nanjing during that period were also present at the Far East International Military Tribunal as the eyewitenesses of the Massacre. Historical lessons can never be forgotten.Nanjing Massacre is not only the misfortune of the Chinese people but also of the world.It was an unscrupulous trampling of human civilization.On August 12, 1985, the People's Government of Nanjing Municipality had the Memorial to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre erected on the site of the Jiangdongmen,one of the places where the Japanese troops slaughtered the Chinese civilians in mass.Since then,numerous people from China as well as a great number of overseas friends have come to visit and express their grievances as well as teir wishes of opposing aggressive wars and safeguarding world peace.

　　Peace and development is the common theme of the human beings.People in Nanjing,having had much sufferings from wars,cherish even more peace and life,and they are dedicating themselves to the construction of a New Nanjing.

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