广播电视英语短句 第 273 课：停战日-1

November eleventh, nineteen eighteen, was the day Germany signed a cease-fire agreement with the Allies in World War One. 1918 年 11 月 11 日 ，德国和协约国签署第一次世界大战的停战协议。

Some countries observe November eleventh as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. 许多国家把这 11 月 11 日 定为停战日或者荣军日。

This year, Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first German leader to attend the ceremony in Paris. 今年，总理默克尔成为第一个参加在巴黎举行的庆祝日活动的德国领导。

Her visit was another sign of growing European unity, and growing ties between France and Germany. 她的访问成为另一个欧洲不断增强和法德不断加强团结的信号。

Two days earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Germany as thousands of people remembered a different war -- the Cold War. 就在两天前，法国总统撒克齐在德同数众千民众一起回忆一场不回寻常的战争 --- 冷战。