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一、2011.9.23AmericansareturningawayfromEuropetowardAsia,accordingtoasurveyreleased发表onWednesdayshowing,forthefirsttime,mostUScitizensthoughtChinaandJapanweremoreimportanttotheirnationalinterest.周三发布的一项调查显示,美国人的关注点正在从欧洲转向亚洲,多数美国公民认为中国和日本对他们的国家利益更重要,这还是有史以来首次。TheTransatlanticTrendssurveyfound51percentofAmericansfeltAsiancountriesweremoreimportanttothemthanEuropeanUnionnations,whileonly38percentthoughttheopposite.ThenewAmericanfocuswaspromptedbybothinterestinnewbusinessopportunitiesfromAsia'sboomingeconomiesandfearofgrowingcompetitionfromtheFarEast,saidanalysts."WhatdopeopleseeonTV?...BoomingChina,boomingIndia,imploding(爆聚的)Europe.It'snaturaltoask:Whodowewanttoalignourselveswith?,"saidBruceStokes,aseniorfellowfromthinktanktheGermanMarshallFundoftheUnitedStates(GM)thatpublishedthesurvey.Thefindingswerereversedthelasttimethesurveyaskedasimilarquestion.In2004,54percentofAmericanssaidEuropewasmoreimportanttotheircountry's"vital"interests,whileonly29percentsaidAsiawas."Wemayhavearrivedatawatershed(流域,分水岭)momentwhentheUnitedStateslooks...totheFarEastasitsfirstinstinct,"saidGMpresidentCraigKennedyinastatement.Thesurvey,carriedoutinMayandJune,askedUSandEuropeancitizenstheiropinionsoninternationalaffairs,theeconomyandotherissues.While63percentofAmericanssawChinaasathreatandjust31percentasanopportunity,majoritiesinseveralEuropeancountries,includingGermanyandBritain,saidChinawasanopportunity.Obama'sforeignpoliciesprovedmorepopularinEurope,wherehescoreda75percentapprovalrating,thanintheUnitedStates,wherehescored54percent.Forthefirsttimeinthesurvey,amajorityofAmericans,or56percent,werepessimistic(悲观的)abouttheprospectsofstabilizingthesituationinAfghanistan,whileEuropeanpessimismremainedhighat66percent.二、