Americans are turning away from Europe toward Asia, according to a survey released on Wednesday showing, for the first time, most US citizens thought China and Japan were more important to their national interest.

　　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。

　　The Transatlantic Trends survey found 51 percent of Americans felt Asian countries were more important to them than European Union nations, while only 38 percent thought the opposite.

　　跨大西洋趋势调查发现，51%的美国人觉得亚洲国家相对于欧洲国家对他们更重要，只有38%的美国人认为欧洲更重要。

　　The new American focus was prompted by both interest in new business opportunities from Asia's booming economies and fear of growing competition from the Far East, said analysts.

　　分析家说，美国人关注点的新变化原因有二，一是亚洲蓬勃发展的经济带来的新商机，另一个是对来自远东地区日益激烈的竞争的担忧。二者都对美国人的利益产生了影响。

　　"What do people see on TV? ... Booming China, booming India, imploding Europe. It's natural to ask: Who do we want to align ourselves with?," said Bruce Stokes, a senior fellow from think tank the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GM) that published the survey.

　　发布这一调查的美国智囊团德国马歇尔基金会的资深成员布鲁斯-斯托克斯说：“人们在电视上看到了什么呢？繁荣发展的中国和印度，急剧衰退的欧洲。人们很自然地会问：我们更想和谁结成同盟？”

　　The findings were reversed the last time the survey asked a similar question.

　　上次的调查中提出了相似的问题，结果和这次完全相反。

　　In 2004, 54 percent of Americans said Europe was more important to their country's "vital" interests, while only 29 percent said Asia was.

　　2004年，54%的美国人说欧洲对本国的“核心”利益更重要，只有29%的人说亚洲更重要。

　　"We may have arrived at a watershed moment when the United States looks ... to the Far East as its first instinct," said GM president Craig Kennedy in a statement.

　　德国马歇尔基金会主席克雷格-肯尼迪在一份声明中说：“我们也许已经到了一个转折时刻，从此美国开始将远东视为自己的首要关注目标。”

　　The survey, carried out in May and June, asked US and European citizens their opinions on international affairs, the economy and other issues.

　　该调查是在五月和六月间进行的，询问了美国和欧洲民众对国际事务、经济等问题的看法。

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