文档介绍:外刊赏读( 《基督箴言报》 2016 年 3月 10日) 本文选自《基督箴言报》中一篇名为“ Why Canada embraces Syrian refugees, while US is still wary ?”的文章。文章由对比加美两国对叙利亚难民救助力度的差距, 从历史传统、加拿大人的观念以及叙利亚儿童艾伦· 科迪的事故等方面,分析了加拿大热心救助叙利亚难民的原因。【原文】Ⅰ① On a chilly Canadian night in December, the country ’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, greeted the first planeload of Syrian refugees to reach Canadian soil with handshakes, hugs, and warm puffy coats. Ⅱ① Trudeau ’s e party at the Toronto airport that night reflected a campaign pledge he’d made in the fall campaign to open Canada toup to25,000 Syrian refugees within months – and to double that to50,000 by the end of2016. Ⅲ① But behind that campaign pledge was something deeper, a national ethic and tradition of ing the victims of the world's conflicts that contrasted sharply with the much more modest goals and contradictory responses to Syrian refugees in the United States. ② Mr. Obama ’paratively diminutive pledge to take in10,000 Syrian refugees this year was met with a chorus of outrage from largely Republican governors and anti-immigration groups. Ⅳ① In Canada ’s case, the bighearted e reflects a number of both intrinsic and practical factors: Canadians generally pride themselves on an openness to the world and a desire to share their national good fortune with the world ’s less fortunate. ② On a practical level, Canada has for decades ed refugees under a three-tiered national s