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And now Canada is taking even more.
并且現(xiàn)在加拿大正在接收更多的難民
And yet, if you ask Canadians what makes them proudest of their country,
如果你問加拿大人他們的國家最讓他們感到驕傲的是什么
they rank "multiculturalism," a dirty word in most places, second, ahead of hockey. Hockey.
他們會將“多元文化”這個在很多地方都帶有貶義的詞語排在第二位，領(lǐng)先于曲棍球。曲棍球
In other words, at a time when other countries
換句話說，當(dāng)其它國家都在
are now frantically building new barriers to keep foreigners out,
瘋狂地建造新的障礙阻擋外國人時
Canadians want even more of them in.
加拿大人卻想要引進更多的外國人
Now, here's the really interesting part. Canada wasn't always like this.
然而真正有趣的是，加拿大也不是一開始就這樣的
Until the mid-1960s, Canada followed an explicitly racist immigration policy.
直到1960年代中期，加拿大都奉行著一個明顯帶有種族歧視的移民政策。
They called it "White Canada," and as you can see, they were not just talking about the snow.
他們叫稱之為“白色加拿大”，而如你所知，他們并不是在談?wù)摫?/div>
So how did that Canada become today's Canada?
那么彼時的加拿大是如何變成今日的加拿大的呢？
Well, despite what my mom in Ontario will tell you, the answer had nothing to do with virtue.
嗯，不管我住在安大略省的媽媽會如何跟你說，但我想說的是這個答案跟美德沒有半點關(guān)系。
Canadians are not inherently better than anyone else.
加拿大人并不是天生的就比其他人心要好。
The real explanation involves the man who became Canada's leader in 1968,
真正的答案涉及到那個在1968年成為加拿大領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的男人，
Pierre Trudeau, who is also the father of the current prime minister.
皮埃爾·特魯多，他也是加拿大現(xiàn)任總理的父親。
The thing to know about that first Trudeau is that he was very different from Canada's previous leaders.
關(guān)于老特魯多我們需要了解的是，他跟加拿大之前的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都不一樣。
He was a French speaker in a country long-dominated by its English elite.
在一個長期被說英語的精英統(tǒng)治的國家，他卻是說法語的。
He was an intellectual. He was even kind of groovy.
他是一個知識分子。他也是那種時髦的人
I mean, seriously, the guy did yoga. He hung out with the Beatles.
我是說真的，他還練瑜伽，他跟披頭士們一起玩。
