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习马会 Xi-Ma Meeting

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ID: 2882 Advanced
两岸领导人在新加坡的会面可以说是历史性的大事，有人看好、有人不以为然，对话中我们将通过一位记者的眼光，用比较中性的角度来看看这件事，听听看他们怎么说。
Fri Apr 29 2016 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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习马会 xímǎhuì meeting between Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping
见识 jiànshi to see; to experience
以来 yǐlái since
有幸 yǒuxìng to have the fortune to
听说你前段时间去新加坡出差了，又有什么大事要报道吗？
tīngshuō nǐ qiánduànshíjiān qù Xīnjiāpō chūchāi le ，yòu yǒu shénme dàshì yào bàodào ma ？
I heard you traveled to Singapore recently for work, was there anything big to report?
你还不知道吗？我去新加坡是为了报道“习马会”。
nǐ hái bù zhīdào ma ？wǒ qù Xīnjiāpō shì wèile bàodào “xí mǎ huì ”。
Don't you know yet? I went to Singapore to report the meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou.
习马会，噢，这么大的事情我怎么可能没听说呢，原来你亲眼见识了这个大场面。
xí mǎ huì ，ò ，zhème dà de shìqing wǒ zěnme kěnéng méi tīngshuō ne ，yuánlái nǐ qīnyǎn jiànshi le zhè ge dà chǎngmiàn 。
A meeting between Xi and Ma. Oh, how come I didn't hear of such a big event. I can't believe you got to see such a big event in person.
对啊，二零一五年十一月七日下午，两岸领导人习近平、马英九在新加坡香格里拉大酒店会面。这是一九四九年以来两岸最高领导人首次会面，我有幸亲眼见证了这一历史性的时刻。
duìa ，èrlíngyīwǔnián shí yīyuè qīrì xiàwǔ ，liǎngàn lǐngdǎorén Xí jìnpíng 、Mǎ yīngjiǔ zài Xīnjiāpō xiāng dà jiǔdiàn huìmiàn 。zhè shì yījiǔsìjiǔnián yǐlái liǎngàn zuì gāo lǐngdǎorén shǒucì huìmiàn ，wǒ yǒuxìng qīnyǎn jiànzhèng le zhè yī lìshǐxìng de shíkè 。
Yes, on the afternoon of 7th November, 2015, leaders from both sides of the strait, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, met at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. This was the first meeting between the top leadership across the strait since 1949 and I was fortunate to get to see this historic moment first hand.
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