| NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , is sixty years old. 北约，北大西洋公约组织， 60 岁了。 On April fourth, nineteen forty-nine, twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington. 1949 年 4 月 4 日， 12 国在华盛顿签署了北大西洋公约。 They were allies from World War Two. They promised to protect each other from the growing threat they saw from another former ally, the Soviet Union . 他们二战时就是同盟，承诺保护彼此，免于来自另一个先前的联盟苏联的可以预见的威胁。 Leaders from NATO countries have gathered for two days of meetings through Saturday in Strasbourg, France, and Kehl, Germany. 来自北约各国的首脑聚集在法国斯特拉斯堡和德国的凯尔，举行为期两天的会议。
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