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１ In 2009, the people of Prague and people all over the world heard the words of

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the US.

２ “So today, I state America’s promise to look for peace in a world without

nuclear weapons. This goal will not be reached quickly. It will take patience and

persistence. But we must ignore the voices who tell us that the world cannot

change. We have to say, ‘Yes, we can!’”

３ All who heard this speech cheered and clapped with excitement. In the same

year, Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. Usually, this prize goes to

people who have done something great. However, his hope for a world without

nuclear weapons won him the prize in 2009.

４ Another thing Barack Obama received was a letter from an old Japanese man,

Yamaguchi Tsutomu. “I was so moved by your speech in Prague. I’ll also spend

the rest of my life insisting that the world stop keeping nuclear arms,” the letter

said.

５ Yamaguchi was the only person recognized as a survivor of two atomic attacks.

He was on a business trip in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. On that day, an atomic

bomb was dropped there. Although he was three kilometers away from the site,

the top half of his body was burned. The following day, he caught a train home to

get away from the bad experience. However, when he arrived at his home in

Nagasaki, another bomb was dropped on that city. It was three days after the first

bomb. He was telling his boss everything that had happened in Hiroshima.

Suddenly, the same white light filled the room. “I thought the atomic cloud had

followed me from Hiroshima,” he said later in life.

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６ Some called him the luckiest man ever. However, like many other survivors, he

was in agony for much of his life. His feelings were shown in tanka, a traditional

Japanese poem: I think myself a phoenix, and I have lived until now. But how

painful they have been, these twenty-four years past.

７ “I write poems and songs about the atomic bomb,” he said. “When I’m writing

a poem like that, I have to think back to those terrible days. That hurts, really.

When I write, I dream of everything I saw then, night in, night out.”

８ After his son died of cancer at the age of 59, Yamaguchi began to talk about his

painful experiences in public. He believed that it was his destiny to convey those

terrible experiences.

９ He talked in schools and wrote books about his experiences, and he appeared

in a movie about survivors. At age 90, he even spoke at the United Nations in

New York. “I experienced the bomb twice, and I sincerely request that there be

no third one,” he said.

10 Someone once asked Yamaguchi if he felt any hope about the future. After a

few moments, he said, “I have hope for the future. I believe in love and in human

beings.”

11 His dream has already been passed on to younger people. Even the famous

Canadian film director, James Cameron, met Yamaguchi and promised to carry on

his dream.

“I have done my duty,” said Yamaguchi, in a hospital bed in his last year.

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1. What made Barack Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?

-> His hope for a world without nuclear weapons won him the prize in 2009.

2. Who sent Obama a letter following his speech in Prague?

-> Yamaguchi Tsutomu sent Obama a letter.

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3. What was Yamaguchi Tsutomu recognized as?

-> He was the only one recognized as a survivor of two atomic attacks.

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4. What did Yamaguchi Tsutomo believe his destiny was?

-> He believed it was his destiny to convey his terrible experiences.

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5. What did James Cameron promise to do?

-> He promised to carry on Yamaguchi's dream.

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