▍原文
The prime minister of Papua New Guinea defended the Pacific Island nation after President Joe Biden appeared to imply that "cannibals" ate his uncle's body there during World War II, urging the U.S. to clean up the remnants of the conflict in the region.
"President Biden's remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled as such," Prime Minister James Marape said in a statement.
▍语言点
1. Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚（简称巴新）
2. defend somebody/something 捍卫......，为......辩解、发声
3. Pacific Island nation 太平洋岛国
4. cannibal /ˈkænɪbl/ n. 吃人的人，食人者（源自西班牙语Caniba，原本指的是加勒比土著）
5. urge somebody to do something 敦促某人做某事
6. remnant /ˈremnənt/ n. 剩余物，残余物
7. slip of the tongue 口误，失言
8. deserve to do something 应该做某事，值得做某事（既可表示“罪有应得”，也可表示“受之无愧”）
9. label somebody/something as something 给......贴上某种标签（通常指不公正或不合理地贴标签、扣帽子）
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