我不同意这样的说法，即中国和美国是在进行一场零和竞争，一方崛起，另一方就要衰落。

I reject the notion that China and the United States are engaged in a zero-sum competition, where one side must fall for the other to rise.

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首先，我们可以很容易地回答第二个问题，因为美国是在最近几十年才逐渐走上历史舞台的。

We can answer the second question first, and quite easily, because America's global preeminence is a relatively recent phenomenon.

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观看美国在男子游泳接力赛中得到了北京奥运的金牌，难以相信美国是在游泳方面有问题的国家。

Watching the American men's relay team swim for gold in Beijing, it's hard to believe the United States has a swimming problem.

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How does this interesting human rights, the value of human rights pertain to the United States?

人权问题，人权价值观,到底在美国是什么样的？

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which I don't know if you guys are familiar with. It's like a rural state in the middle of America,

我不知道你们对那里熟不熟悉。
这是在美国中部的一个以乡村为主的州。

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You know, my great uncle had been lynched and they wrapped his body with the US flag hanging from a tree.

我的伯祖父是受私刑而死的,他的身体被包裹在美国国旗里，悬挂在树上。

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