【波士顿双语网讯】一年一度美东华人的足球盛会——“美东杯”华人足球锦标赛，日前在美国马里兰州成功举办，并创下”美东杯”自1997年创办以来最大的规模记录。本周六6月29日，2019大波士顿地区华人足球邀请赛将在波士顿西郊的艾克顿镇隆重举行。
本届“美东杯”比赛是今年全美华人足球爱好者的最大赛事。来自32支球队，870名足球爱好者，角逐了两天83场紧张激烈的比赛，最后由新港UIUC队和哥大华人足球队分获公开组冠亚军。纽约世华联和纽约长岛华夏队分获四十岁年龄组的冠亚军，新泽西老炮队和北大常青队分获五十岁以上组的冠亚军。
上图：公开组冠军新港UIUC队。
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Boston, June 23, 2019, — A photo exhibition marking the 40th Anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations opened this afternoon in Boston Common. State Senator Joe Bencore, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, Deputy Consul General Qiu Jian of Chinese Consulate in New Year and hundreds of guests attended the opening ceremony.
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MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE
JUNE 21, 2019
The United States today celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Labor Organization (ILO). The dignitaries that convened in Paris in 1919 to end the Great War knew that any lasting peace needed to be rooted in the protection of individual rights, including the rights of workers and employers to associate freely and bargain collectively. The United States proudly hosted the first International Labor Conference in 1919 and the war-time conference that enshrined the ILO’s enduring founding principles and aims in the Declaration of Philadelphia. As strong supporters of the ILO and its mission, we reflect on the important role played by Americans to create and sustain this organization, including David Morse, who served as ILO Director-General for 22 years, and under whose leadership the ILO won the Nobel Peace Prize.
First session of the International Labour Conference in Washington in 1919.
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【佛教是世界上最早的世界宗教，比基督教早上五百年，比伊斯兰教早一千两百年。为什么称为世界宗教呢？因为它虽然属于一个特定的时间及地点，在某一程度上也反映了当时的历史、社会等背景，但是它传教的对象并不限于某一个国家及人民。佛教传遍不同的文化地区，不像一神教那样排斥当地的宗教，却通过跟本地文化的互动，而发展出不同的佛教传统与特色。因此我们在讨论佛教时，通常说南传佛教、藏传佛教、汉传佛教，其中汉传佛教也包括中国、韩国、日本佛教。】
法鼓山圣严法师，节选自《悼念‧游化》
在波士顿一下飞机就见到三位迎接我的青年，其中一位是吴玉如小姐，另一位是哈佛大学中国同学会的副会长欧阳正先生，另外一位则使我感到非常惊喜，他竟然是中国文化大学历史系的教授蒋义斌博士，他是一位虔诚的居士，曾在文大哲研所听过我的华严哲学，当时他已经是讲师，所以他说他是我的学生，我说他是我的同事，他是由教育部奉派到哈佛大学神学院研究深造，主修东西方的宗教哲学，为期一年。我说已经好久不见，想不到在美国会面。他却告诉我说，我们去年在台北新店燕子湖召开的东方宗教研讨会上还见过面；又告诉我说，东方宗教研讨会的成员之中，另外一位周伯戡先生也到了美国。
上图：圣严法师（前排中）同华洋信徒合影。
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Dear friends of Hong Kong,
You may have seen the news about the public processions over the past two Sundays in Hong Kong on the proposed legislative amendments on the extradition laws. Having regard to the strong and different views in society, the Hong Kong Government issued a statement on June 16, saying that the Government has suspended the legislative amendment exercise on the extradition laws at the Legislative Council and there is no timetable for restarting the process.
【波士顿双语网讯】牛顿教育促进会和牛顿华人协会，日前在牛顿图书馆礼堂合作举办了亚美青年社会心理健康论坛。主讲人是多年潜心研究亚裔青年健康心理的韩裔郑惠旭（Hyeoouk Hahm）教授，其研究成果已获得高度重视并在学校推广。同时邀请的其他三位嘉宾，也是医学、文化、家庭教育、学校教学领域的佼佼者。
上图：沈安平博士（左）同福乐市长交谈。主办方提供
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New York City, — On Monday, May 7, 2018, Radio City Music Hall hosted the 2018 Yale School of Visual Arts Commencement Exercises. Proud parents, elated students —1,180 graduates receiving degrees—and seas of red graduation gowns filled the beautiful Art Deco space on this glorious day.
The centerpiece highlight, of course, was the keynote speech by designer and environmentalist Maya Lin, an artist “who interprets the natural world through science, history, politics and culture,” as so perfectly put by SVA Board of Directors member Joseph F. Patterson.
A recipient of both the National Medal of Arts (2009) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016), Lin was introduced to the art world in 1981, when as a 21-year-old undergraduate at Yale, she won a fierce competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which was completed in 1982 and redefined the concept of a monument, standing as one of the most powerful memorials in modern memory.
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【波士顿双语网讯】冠军国际体育文化协会机构目前分布在中国澳门特区、欧盟成员国拉脱维亚、以及美国文化教育名城波士顿等地。该协会同波士顿地区的教育机构合作，推出机器人国际教育夏令营，受到中美两国学生、家长和老师的好评。
上图：夏令营的学生们在MIT留影。
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【波士頓雙語網訊】曾經在波城華埠的華人天主教會服務多年的高德神父的安葬儀式，2019年5月28日隆重舉行。包括前任波士頓華人天主教會主席陳建立在內的多位華人教徒、以及高德神父親友和耶穌會社區領袖出席了本次活動。
上圖：陳建立夫婦（左二、左三）同出席安葬儀式的嘉賓合影。
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【波士顿双语网讯】哈佛大学第368届毕业典礼于2019年5月30日星期四举行。今年毕业典礼的主题是，移民创造了梦想，会让世界更美丽！德国总理安吉拉·默克尔(Angela Merkel)担任首席致辞嘉宾。默克尔曾经是量子化学家，在苏联控制的东德生活了35年。
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