拜登川大演讲中英

美副总统拜登川大演讲（中英文对照）Remarks by the Vice President at Sichuan University美副总统拜登川大演讲 Thank you, all, very much. (Applause.) Mr. President, thank you for your gracious introduction. We have an expression in the United States Senate where I served for many years when we want to say something personal, we say, permit me a point of personal privilege. I would like to introduce you to two of my family members who I’ve brought along with me, my daughter-in-law Kathleen Biden and my granddaughter Naomi Biden. Would you guys stand? (Applause.)非常感谢在座各位。感谢习副主席亲切的介绍。在我就职多年的美国参议院，如果我们的议员要谈及个人事情，就会说：请容许我说点私事。在此，我要给大家介绍两位随我同行的家人，我的儿媳凯思林.拜登和我的孙女儿内奥米.拜登。你们俩能起立向观众致意一下吗？ gracious a.亲切的，优美的privilege v.特权 It would be more appropriate to say Naomi brought me along with her since she’s a budding Chinese speaker, been taking Chinese for five years, so I’ve been listening to her on the whole trip.确切地说这次应该是内奥米带我到中国。她学习汉语五年了，一路上我都在听她翻译。appropriate a.恰当的 I want to again thank you very much. I had a wonderful few days in Beijing and a series of very positive and productive conversations with Chinese leaders. And I’m pleased to make my first visit to western China, which has played such an incredible, such an incredible role in this nation’s proud, proud history, and which today is the vanguard of Chinese -- China’s high-tech future.我想再次表达我的谢意。在北京的几天我非常愉快，并且还与几位中国领导人进行了几次积极的、富有成效的洽谈。我也非常高兴能首次来到中国西部。中国西部在中国伟大的历史上起着非常重要的作用，而今是中国人的先锋——中国高科技的未来之地。 incredible a.难以置信的vanguard n.前锋，领导者 Two years ago, Sichuan province suffered one of the greatest natural disasters in China’s recent history. And the American people were inspired -- were inspired by the way you all came together to help one another during that crisis. And I’m absolutely amazed as I drive around the city, and I’ll be moving out into the province later, after this speech -- I’m amazed at how quickly you have rebuilt and you have recovered.两年前，四川省遭受了中国近代史上最严重的自然灾害之一。灾难之中中国人民团结一心共同抗灾，极大地鼓舞了美国人民。我坐车游览了这个城市，演讲后我还会到省内其他地方。看到你们如此地重建家乡，恢复生活，我感到震惊！ absolutely ad.完全 The people of Chengdu, let me say simply that your hospitality has more than lived up to your reputation as the “land of abundance,” so again, thank you so very much for that hospitality.在我看来，成都人民，你们的热情好客无愧于你们“天府之国”的美誉，在此，我对你们的热情再次表示感谢。 land of abundance 天府之国【abundance n.充裕，丰富】 It’s also great to be here on a university campus. I also want to thank our host, the university which counts amongst its alumni some of the most illustrious figures in recent Chinese history, including Zhu De and Ba Jin, both of whom are -- one a literary icon; the other, one of the most illustrious figures, and a founding father of the republic.非常荣幸能来到四川大学演讲。在此我想向川大表示感谢。四川大学拥有中国近代史上最杰出的一些人物，包括文学巨匠巴金先生和中华人民共和国的缔造者之一朱德将军。 alumni alumnus(男校友)的复数形式illustrious a. 著名的，杰出的icon n.偶像 I’m also pleased to be joined today by -- he’s already been introduced -- but by our ambassador, our new ambassador Gary Locke whose grandfather came to the United States from Canton in the 1890s and toiled as a house servant in the United States in exchange for being able to get English language lessons. In less than two generations -- two generations later, Gary Locke, his grandson, has served as the governor of his home state of Washington, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the chief of mission in one our most important diplomatic posts in the world.我很高兴此次我们的新驻华大使，已经介绍过的骆家辉先生能陪同我到川大访问。19世纪90年代，骆家辉大使的祖父从广东来到美国，他不辞辛苦做着一份仆人的工作，以换得学习英语的机会。在不到两代人的时间里——骆家两代之后，他的孙子骆家辉当选为家乡华盛顿州的州长、美国商务部部长以及在与美国拥有世界上最重要的外交关系的中国驻外大使。 ambassador n.大使toil v.苦干 n.辛苦diplomatic a.外交的 I share this story with you not because it’s unique, but because it is uniquely American. While not every child or grandchild of an immigrant will reach the pinnacle of society as Ambassador Locke has, America continues to put such possibilities within reach of all those who seek our shores. 我和大家分享这个故事，不是因其特别，而是因其具有独特的美国色彩。不是每一个移民的下一代或孙辈能像骆大使这样攀登到美国社会的顶峰，但美国一直为那些来寻梦的移民提供这样的机会。 unique a.独特的immigrant n.移民pinnacle n.顶峰，极点 On my first visit to China, which was more than 30 years ago when I was a young United States senator in 1979, I was with the first delegation of congressional leaders to visit China after normalization. We had several days of business with then Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping. It was a very different country then, but what was absolutely clear to me was that China was on the cusp of a remarkable transformation.30多年前，彼时我还是一名年轻的美国参议员，中美两国关系正常化之后，我随同国会代表团于1979年首次访问了了中国。我们与时任中国国务院副总理的邓小平先生举行了几天会谈。那时的中国与现在很不同，但我清楚地意识到中国正处于一次伟大的变革之初。 delegation n.代表团congressional a.国会的normalization n.正常化cusp n.尖端remarkable a.非凡的 Changes were just getting underway. My first introduction here in Sichuan that would begin transforming a largely agrarian society into an engine of economic global and help lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty was -- seemed to me clear at the time. That first visit came amid a debate in the United States of America similar to the one that exists today about how to view China’s emergence. Let me be clear -- let me be clear: I believed in 1979 and said so and I believe now that a rising China is a positive development, not only for the people of China but for the United States and the world as a whole.一个处于变革之中的中国。此刻我也确信我首次造访的四川省，也会开始一场伟大的变革，它将从一个以农业经济为主的社会转变成全球经济的发动机，将会帮助千百万的人们摆脱贫困。今天在美国关于中国崛起的争论和我第一次访问中国时的争论一模一样。但我重申我的观点：1979年访问中国时我就相信，正如此刻我也坚信，中国的崛起不仅对中国人民，对美国和全世界都具有积极意义。 agrarian a.农业的，耕地的 A rising China will fuel economic growth and prosperity and it will bring to the fore a new partner with whom we can meet global challenges together. When President Obama and I took office in January of 2009, we made our relationship with China a top priority. We were determined to set it on a stable and sustainable course that would benefit the citizens of both our countries. Our Presidents have met nine times since then, including very successful state visits in Beijing and Washington, and have spoken numerous times by telephone. 中国的崛起将为世界经济的繁荣和发展提供动力，也意味着中国能与美国一起并肩应对全球挑战。2009年1月奥巴马总统与我正式就职时，我们就确定美中关系是美国最重要的外交关系。我们致力发展平稳持续、惠泽两国人民的双边关系。此后，包括在北京和华盛顿进行的国事访问，奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席共会面九次，电话通话更是不计其数。 fuel v.刺激；加燃料 n.燃料prosperity n.繁荣bring to the fore 在最前面【fore 前面】priority n.优先；重点考虑的事情sustainable a.能维持的Direct discussions between senior policymakers and the personal ties that result from such discussions in my view over the last 35 years of conducting foreign policy are the keys to building cooperation. They're built on understanding. They allow us to better understand each other and allow us to define our interests in ways that are clear so that each one of us know what the other country’s interests are, and to see the world through the eyes of the other with the intention of preventing miscommunications and misconceptions that tend to fuel mistrust. 在过去处理国际事务的35年中，我认为高层领导人的直接会谈和个人联系是美中外交合作的关键。从相互理解的角度出发，两国能更好地了解彼此，弄清彼此的利益，以对方的眼光看待世界，谨防造成误解，加深不信任。 misconception n.误解mistrust n.不信任 With that goal in mind, we have worked very hard to develop our cooperative partnership through more than 60 separate dialogues on issues of matter to both China and to the United States; and I would suggest to the world as a whole.秉持发展良好的双边关系的目标，两国致力于构建合作伙伴关系，并就关于美国和中国的重要议题进行了60多场对话。以我之见，世界各国都应以对话解决问题。 The premier forum is what we refer to as the Strategic and Economic Dialogue which brings together policymakers from across both governments to discuss a range of issues from trade barriers to climate change. But we also recognize -- we also recognized immediately on starting that the importance more directly addressing security issues, as well. That's why in May we jointly launched the first Strategic Security Dialogue, a new channel for civilian and military leaders to discuss sensitive topics, including cyber and maritime security. That's why it’s also important that our military leaders work together, get to know one another -- not just our political leaders, but our military leaders -- as Admiral Mullen and General Chen have begun to do in their recent exchange of meetings.当前两国首轮论坛是美中战略与经济对话，通过论坛对话，两国领导人可以讨论从贸易壁垒到气候变化等话题。但我们也立即意识到两国应该开始就军事安全直接对话。因此在今年5月，两国联合举行了首轮美中战略安全对话，为政治领导人和军事领导人就网络安全和海洋安全等敏感问题进行讨论开辟了渠道。不仅政治领导人，两国的军事领导人也应该增进理解。正如最近美国海军上将马伦就与中国人民解放军总参谋长陈炳德进行会谈。premier a.第一的，最初的jointly ad.共同launch v.发起，使从事sensitive a.敏感的 The fact is China and the United States face many of the same threats and share many of the same objectives and responsibilities. But because we sometimes view threats from different perspectives -- that is China and the United States view them from different perspectives, our -- or favor a different way in dealing with what we perceive to be joint threats, our generals should be talking to each other alongside with our diplomats, as frequently as our diplomats do. Like China, the United States has a huge stake in the prosperity and stability of Asia and the Pacific.事实上，中美两国面临许多共同的挑战也肩负很多共同的目标和责任，但有时从不同的角度来解读它们，或者说，我们倾向于用不同的方法来解决我们共同的威胁。两国的军事将领应随两国的外交官进行频繁的对话。同中国一样，一个繁荣稳定的亚太地区对美国有重大的利益。 favor v.偏爱perspective n.看法，观点perceive v.意识到，理解stake n.赌注，这里指“利害关系” I lo