83.During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
83.冷戰期間,美國的主要顧慮是?
Answer: Communism
答案:共產主義
Explanation: A war usually involves a lot of fighting and death.
解釋:戰爭通常涉及很多戰斗和死亡。
The Cold War, however, was different.
但是冷戰卻不一樣。
The Cold War wasn't actually a war, but instead it was a very long period of hostility (or dislike) between the United States and the Soviet Union (or the part of the world that would later become Russia and other countries).
冷戰實際上不是戰爭,不過它是美國和蘇聯(或后來解體為俄羅斯和其他國家的國家)之間很長一段時間的敵對狀態(或互相反感)。
The two countries disagreed on ideology (or ideas about how governments should work).
這兩個國家在意識形態(或政府該怎樣運作的想法)上意見不一。
The United States believed that democracies were the best governments.
美國認為民主制度是最好的政體。
The Soviet Union believed that communism was best.
而蘇聯認為共產主義制度才是最好的。
The Cold War began in the mid-1940s and didn't end until the early 1990s.
冷戰始于20世紀40年代中期,直至20世紀90年代初才結束。
During that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world's superpowers (or most powerful and richest countries).
在那個時候,美國和蘇聯是世界上的超級大國(或最強大和最富有的國家)。
Many people were scared that the two superpowers would begin to actually fight each other, causing many deaths, but that never happened.
許多人都害怕這兩個超級大國之間會發生戰爭,從而導致很多人喪生,但這事從來就沒發生過。
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