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Smaller nations served two year terms on the Security Council with the five permanent members, being the United States,
小國家在理事會的任期為兩年，安全理事會也有五個常任理事國，包括美國
Great Britain, France, Nationalist China and the USSR.
英國，法國，國民黨領導下的中國和蘇聯
Each of these five permanent members could veto any United Nations' actions.
這五個常任理事國都有權否決任何聯合國的行動
This became complicated when the red Chinese took over from the nationalists.
但紅軍打敗國民黨領導了中國之后，情況就變得復雜了
Even then, the nationalist Chinese had a veto where the red Chinese did not.
國民黨領導下的中國投票否決的時候，共產黨領導下的中國并沒有
The UN marked a turn away from America's traditional isolationism.
聯合國標志著美國開始偏離傳統的孤立主義
Although the United States and the Soviet Union would soon part,
盡管美國和蘇聯很快就要分道揚轆
go their own way at the head of their respective political blocs the UN was a stabilizing force during the impending Cold War.
領導起各自的政治陣營，在即將到來的冷戰時期，聯合國還是一個穩定的力量
Willingly or not, the United States had become one of the world's two superpowers.
不管情不情愿，美國都變成了世界兩大超級力量之一
How were we going to handle that?
那么我們要怎么對待這個局面呢
Segment 27e, "Conclusions".
27段第五部分，結論
1. An American paradox.
第一，一個美國悖論
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a study in contradictions.
托馬斯·伍德羅·威爾遜是一個矛盾結合體
Virginian born, he became president of Princeton University in 1902 and governor of New Jersey in 1910.
他出生在維吉尼亞，1902年當上普林斯頓大學校長，1910年成為新澤西州長
