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1、1943年宋美龄在美国国会的演讲(中英对译)Mr.President,MembersoftheSenateoftheUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,"Howdoyoudo,Iamsoverygladtoseeyo
2、u.”andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,justbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouuIdliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.议长先生,美国参议院各位议员,各位女士、先生,受到诸位所代表的美国人民热情与真诚的欢迎,令我感动莫名。我事先不知今天要在参议院发表演说,只以为要到此说声「大家好,很高兴见到各位」,并向贵国人民转达敝国百姓的问候之意。不过,在来到此地之前,贵国副总统告诉我,他希望我和各位
3、说几句话。Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdiscouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePresident’slibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.Whatdoy
4、outhinkIsawthereIsawtheremanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasthefirstdraftofoneofthePresident’sspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandonuptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtothementionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowr
5、itesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyouwillmakeallowancesforme.我并不擅于即席演说,事实上根本称不上是演说家,但我不会因此怯场,因为前几天我在海德公园参观过总统图书馆,在那里看见的一些东西鼓励了我,让我感觉各位或许不会对我的即席演说要求太
6、多。各位知道我在那里见到什么吗?我看到了许多,但最让我感兴趣的,莫过于一个放着总统先生(译按,即罗斯福总统)演说草稿的玻璃箱,里头从第一份草稿、第二份草稿,一直到第六份草稿。昨天,我碰巧向总统先生提及此事,我说我很高兴知道,以他如此知名又公认一流的演说家,还必须写这么多份草稿。他回答说,有时他一次演说得写12份草稿。因此,今天本人在此发表的即席演说,我确信各位一定会包容。Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof160years.Ifeel--andIbelievethatIamn
7、ottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway--thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship贵国和敝国之间有着160年悠久历史的情谊,我觉得贵国人民和敝国百姓有许许多多的相似点,而这些相似点正是两国情谊的基础,我也相信不是只有我有这样的感觉。Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbelief.WhenGener
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