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美国第一夫人劳拉替丈夫布什进行总统广播讲 话 名人演讲稿 LauraBush: Goodmorning.I ’’’’ mLauraBush,andI ’’’’ mdelive ring thisweek ’’’’ sradioaddresstokickoffaworld -wideef forttofocusonthebrutalityagainstwomenandchildrenbytheal -QaidaterroristnetworkandtheregimeitsupportsinAfghanist an,theTaliban.Thatregimeisnowinretreatacrossmuchoftheco untry,andthepeopleofAfghanistan-especiallywomen-arerejo icing.Afghanwomenknow,throughhardexperience,whattherest oftheworldisdiscovering:Thebrutaloppressionofwomenisace ntralgoaloftheterrorists.Longbeforethecurrentwarbegan,t heTalibananditsterroristalliesweremakingthelivesofchild renandwomeninAfghanistanmiserable.SeventypercentoftheAf ghanpeoplearemalnourished.Oneineveryfourchildrenwon ’’ ’’ tlivepasttheageoffivebecausehealthcareisnotavailabl e.Womenhavebeendeniedaccesstodocto rswhenthey ’’’’ res ick.LifeundertheTalibanissohardandrepressive,evensmalld isplaysofjoyareoutlawed- childrenaren ’’’’ tallowedtof － 1 － lykites;theirmothersfacebeatingsforlaughingoutloud.Wome ncannotworkoutsidethehome,orevenleavetheirhomesbythemse lves. ThesevererepressionandbrutalityagainstwomeninAfghan istanisnotamatteroflegitimatereligiouspractice.Muslimsa roundtheworldhavecondemnedthebrutaldegradationofwomenan dchildrenbytheTalibanregime.Thepoverty,poorhealth,andil literacythattheterroristsandtheTalibanhaveimposedonwome ninAfghanistandonotconformwiththetreatmentofwomeninmost oftheIslamicworld,wherewomenmakeimportantcontributionsi ntheirsocieties.OnlytheterroristsandtheTalibanforbidedu cationtowomen.OnlytheterroristsandtheTalibanthreatentop ulloutwomen ’’’’ sfingernai lsforwearingnailpolish.The plightofwomenandchildreninAfghanistanisamatterofdeliber atehumancruelty,carriedoutbythosewhoseektointimidateand control. Civilizedpeoplethroughouttheworldarespeakingoutinho rror-notonlybecauseourheartsbreakforthewomenandchildren inAfghanistan,butalsobecauseinAfghanistan,weseetheworld theterroristswouldliketoimposeontherestofus. － 2 － Allofushaveanobligationtospeakout.Wemaycomefromdiff erentbac