When Time's special issue on the death of Osama bin Laden hits newsstands, it will be the fourth cover in the magazine's history to feature a red 'X' scrawled across the face of an American enemy. This bin Laden 'X' was illustrated by Tim O'Brien. A look at the circumstances surrounding the magazine's first three red-'X's.
《時(shí)代》近日對(duì)本·拉登的死做了特別報(bào)道,這是該雜志第四次在封面刊登“美國(guó)敵人”的嘴臉并對(duì)其使用大“紅叉”。這回本·拉登的畫(huà)像是由蒂姆·奧布萊恩繪制的?,F(xiàn)在我們就來(lái)回顧一下過(guò)去三次用到“大紅叉”的情況是怎樣的吧!
Adolf Hitler (May 7, 1945)
阿道夫·希特勒 (1945年5月7日)
The issue came out after the discovery of Hitler's body on May 2, but before the German surrender of May 8.
這次事件是在同年5月2日發(fā)現(xiàn)希特勒尸體后刊登的,但在德國(guó)的投降時(shí)間(5月8日)之前。
Japan (August 20, 1945)
日本(1945年8月20日)
This was the first cover after nuclear weapons were dropped on Hiroshima (August 5) and Nagasaki (August 9). Because of the red in Japan's flag, a black cross was used instead. The formal surrender of Japan came on September 2.
這是美軍在對(duì)廣島(8月5日)和長(zhǎng)崎(8月9日)投放核武器后,《時(shí)代》雜志的第一個(gè)封面。但因?yàn)槿毡镜膰?guó)旗顏色是紅色,所以這次的“大紅叉”改為了黑色的。而日本的正式投降日期是9月2日。
Saddam Hussein (April 21, 2003)
薩達(dá)姆·侯賽因 (2003年4月21日)
Time waited nearly 60 years for its second red-'X' cover. This cover didn't coincide with the former Iraqi dictator's capture of execution of the former Iraqi dictator. The US-led coalition had merely taken control of Baghdad. Hussein was still on the run, and wouldn't be captured for another seven months. He was executed in 2006.
這回《時(shí)代》雜志等了將近60年才有新的機(jī)會(huì)刊登“大紅叉”封面。這次的封面和這位前總統(tǒng)被執(zhí)行死刑并不是同時(shí)發(fā)生。而是在以美國(guó)為首的聯(lián)軍差一點(diǎn)就要控制巴格達(dá)的時(shí)候,當(dāng)時(shí)薩達(dá)姆依然在逃,并在過(guò)去的七個(gè)月內(nèi)都沒(méi)有被抓住。(薩達(dá)姆于2006年被執(zhí)行死刑)。
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (June 13, 2006)
扎卡維 (2006年6月13日)
The death of al-Qaeda's number three in a US-led airstrike coincided with waning American popular support for the war. Zarqawi was called the "mastermind" of the insurgency in Iraq.
基地組織第三號(hào)頭目扎卡維的死與多國(guó)聯(lián)軍逐漸失去公眾支持同時(shí)發(fā)生,而扎卡維在伊拉克暴動(dòng)分子里被稱為“優(yōu)秀策劃者”。
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(來(lái)源:滬江英語(yǔ) 編輯:崔旭燕)