2002布什在清华讲话.docx

PRESIDENT BUSH: Vice President Hu, thank you very much for your kind and generous remarks. Thank you for welcoming me and my wife, Laura, here.布什总统：胡副主席，非常感谢您的欢迎致辞。非常感谢您在这里接待我和我的夫人劳拉。I see shes keeping pretty good company, with the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Its good to see you, Mr. Secretary.我发现她与鲍威尔先生相处得很好，今天很高兴看到国务卿先生。And I see my National Security Advisor, Ms. Condoleezza Rice, who at one time was the provost at Stanford University. So shes comfortable on university campuses such as this. Thank you for being here, Condi.同时我也看到我的事务助理莱斯女士，她曾经是斯坦福大学的校长，因此她回到校园是最适合不过了。谢谢你的到来，康迪。Im so grateful for the hospitality, and honored for the reception at one of Chinas, and the worlds, great universities. This university was founded, interestingly enough, with the support of my country, to further ties between our two nations.我非常感谢各位对我热情的接待，很荣幸能够来到中国，来到清华大学这所世界最伟大的学府之一，这所大学恰好是在美国的支持下成立的，目标是为了推动我们两国的关系。I know how important this place is to your Vice President. He not only received his degree here, but more importantly, he met his gracious wife here.我也知道清华大学对于胡副主席有着十分重要的意义，他不仅在这里获得了学位，而且是在这里与他优雅的夫人相识的。I want to thank the students for giving me the chance to meet with you, the chance to talk a little bit about my country and answer some of your questions. The standards and reputation of this university are known around the world, and I know what an achievement it is to be here. So, congratulations.我想同时也感谢在座的各位学生给我这个机会，跟大家见面，谈一谈我自己的国家，并且回答大家的一些问题。清华大学的治学标准和声望闻名于世，我也知道能考入这所大学也是一个成就，祝贺你们。I dont know if you know this or not, but my wife and I have two daughters who are in college, just like you. One goes to the University of Texas. One goes to Yale. Theyre twins. And we are proud of our daughters, just like Im sure your parents are proud of you.我不知道大家是不是知道这一点，我和我的太太有两个女儿，她们像你们一样正在上大学，有一个女儿上的是德州大学，有一个女儿是上耶鲁大学，她们是双胞胎。我对我们的两个女儿倍感骄傲，我想你们的父母对你们的成就同样也是引以为荣的。My visit to China comes on an important anniversary, as the Vice President mentioned. Thirty years ago this week, an American