Havana is only 90 miles from Florida, but to get here we had to travel a great distance -- over barriers of history and ideology. For all of our differences, the Cuban and American people share common values in their own lives. That's why I believe our grandchildren will look back on this period of isolation as an aberration, as just one chapter in a longer story of family and of friendship. Since 1959, we've been shadow-boxers in this battle of geopolitics and personalities. I know the history, but I refuse to be trapped by it.
哈瓦那（古巴首都）距離佛羅里達僅90英里，但是要到這裡，我們得先跨越歷史與意識形態的鴻溝。雖然我們之間存在許多差異，但古巴與美國人民在生活中，依然享有共同的價值觀。這也是為什麼我相信，當我們的孫子回過頭來檢視這段斷交時期，會將它當作是一個失誤，只是我們漫長友誼中的一節篇章。從1959年起，我們在地緣政治和政治人物間，一直是彼此的假想敵。我知道歷史，但我拒絕為它所困。
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ideology/͵aɪdɪˋɑlədʒɪ/意識形態
例句：Some people view ideology more than life.
有些人把意識形態看得比命還重。
aberration/͵æbəˋreʃən/失誤、偏離常軌
例句：The authority sees these protests as an mental aberration of the minority.
當政者將這些抗議活動視為少數人民的心理偏差。
shadow-box假想敵；為迴避最重要問題，製造煙霧彈
例句：He is not tackling the real issue; he’s shadow boxing.
他沒有要處理真正的問題，他只是在虛晃一招。
