영어속독(200단어)--트럼프 미 대통령 한국 국회 연설(8)

To attempt to flee is a crime punishable by death. one person who escaped remarked, "When I think about it now, I was not a human being. I was more like an animal. only after leaving North Korea did I realize what life was supposed to be." 

 

And so, on this peninsula, we have watched the results of a tragic experiment in a laboratory of history. It is a tale of one people, but two Koreas. one Korea in which the people took control of their lives and their country, and chose a future of freedom and justice, of civilization, and incredible achievement. And another Korea in which leaders imprison their people under the banner of tyranny, fascism, and oppression. The result of this experiment are in, and they are totally conclusive.

 

When the Korean War began in 1950, the two Koreas were approximately equal in GDP per capita. But by the 1990s, South Korea’s wealth had surpassed North Korea's by more than 10 times. And today, the South’s economy is over 40 times larger. You started the same a short while ago, and now you're 40 times larger. You're doing something right. (226 words)

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