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TEVEEMBER:Welcome toTHEMAKING OF ANATION – American history in VOA Special English.Im SteveEmber. 史蒂夫·恩贝尔：欢迎来到美国之音慢速英语美国历史节目--建国史话。我是史蒂夫·恩贝尔。 Today, wecontinuethestoryof Americas thirty-sixthpresident,LyndonBaines Johnson. 今天我们继续讲述美国第36任总统林登.约翰逊。 Johnsonwas vicepresidenttoJohnF.Kennedy.Kennedywasmurdered in Dallasin November ofnineteen sixty-three. Johnsonservedthelastfourteen months ofthe presidents term. Then hewona full term ofhis own starting in January nineteen sixty-five. Much ofJohnsons time and energy would betaken up by thewar in Vietnam. 林登.约翰逊是美国前总统约翰.肯尼迪的副总统。肯尼迪1963年11月在达拉斯遇刺身亡，约翰 逊继任总统，做完了肯尼迪剩下的14个月任期后，又当选连任，从1965年1月开始第二个任期。 约翰逊的很多时间和精力花在了越南战争上。 By early nineteen sixty-four, America had aboutseventeen thousandtroops in Vietnam.Thetroopsweretheretoadviseandtrain theSouthVietnamesemilitary. Vietnam had gained its independence fromFrance in nineteen fifty-four. The countrywas dividedintoNorthandSouth.TheNorthhadacommunistgovernment ledbyHoChiMinh.TheSouthhadananti-communistgovernmentledbyNgoDinh Diem. 1964年初，美国有大约一万七千人驻扎在越南，负责为南越武装出谋划策，提供军事培训。越 南1954年脱离法国独立后，分为南北两部分，北越是胡志明领导的共产政权，南越是吴庭艳领 导的反共政权。 In nineteen fifty-seven, communist rebels --theViet Cong--launched a violent campaignin theSouth.Theywere supportedbythegovernmentofNorthVietnam andlaterbyNorthVietnamesetroops.Their goalwas tooverthrowthegovernment in theSouth. President Johnsonbelieved that theUnited States had tosupport SouthVietnam. Many Americansagreed. Theybelieved thatwithoutAmerican help, SouthVietnamwouldbecomecommunist.Therewereconcernsabouttheso-called Domino Theory, that if South Vietnam fell, other SoutheastAsian countries would alsofall tocommunists. 1957年，南越反政府的 共产武装--越共发动暴力运动，他们得到了北越政府和北越部队的支 持，目的是推翻南越政府。约翰逊总统认为，美国必须支持南越，很多美国人也认同这种看 法。 他们认为，没有美国的支持，南越就会被共产主义吞噬。多米诺骨牌效应让大家忧心忡忡，他 们担心，如果南越变天，那其它东南亚国家也会陆续成为共产主义 阵营的一部分。 AsJohnsonbeganhis full term, his military adviserstoldhimthecommunistswere losing thewar. They told him thatNorth Vietnamesetroops and