【正文】 milies will be able to raise their kids, finish their studies, or keep up on theirbills with a little less financial stress and ，本周早些時候，美國最大零售商之一蓋普公司決定，今年開始為員工提高工資，這是個好消息。In the year since I first asked Congress to raise the minimum wage, six states have passed laws toraise theirs, and more states are working on it as we only Congress can finish the joband lift Americans’ wages across the ，六個州已通過提高最低工資的立法，就在我們談話過程中，更多的州正在完成立法程序。通過這一法案！給美國加薪吧！努力工作的人，不應(yīng)該生活在貧困之中——每位努力工作的人，都應(yīng)該擁有獲得成功的機會！Thanks, and have a great ！祝周末愉快！In the Garden:Getting the Most Out of MumsThis is the VOA Special English Agriculture have grown chrysanthemums for more than two thousand and other Asian cultures make tea with the mums also make bright and colorful basic kind of mum is the hardy or garden other basic kind is the florist garden mum is better able to handle different growing conditions than the florist are many varieties of decorative mum is often seen in popular type, the quill mum, has long, straight petals like a tube or blooms can be white, yellow, gold, red or other plants often grow to one meter in soil should be kept moist but well drained so it does not get too planted mums should be watered two or three times a week, depending on established in the ground may do well just with normal dry conditions they will need more grow best in full produce colorful blooms when days get shorter and nights get life cycle of the plant depends on the amount of is why experts advise against placing mums near nightlights or light may interfere with their normal growth plants may develop buds too climates where temperatures fall below freezing, plant mums at least six weeks before the first frost is way, the plants will be well established for cold mulch around the plants can protect them from the Akers from the cooperative extension service at Purdue University in Indiana suggests straw or shredded leaves for the material will also add nutrients to the gardeners say the most beautiful presentation es from planting mums close they also advise leaving enough space between the plants so air can not, the chance of disease may get more blooms, gardeners pinch back the branches when new growth has extended to fifteen about five to seven centimeters off each again when a branch grows another twelve to fifteen pinching about one hundred days before you want the plants to that39。Hardworking Americans deserve better than ―no.‖ Let’s tell Congress to say ―yes.‖ Pass that America a here in America, no one who works hard should have to live inpoverty – and everyone who works hard should have a chance to get ―不‖更好的答案。它幫助減少人員流動率、它提高生產(chǎn)力，它給人們更多的錢可以花到當?shù)仄髽I(yè)身上。In my State of the Union Address, for example, I asked more business leaders to take action toraise their employees’ even though our economy is growing, and our businesseshave created about eight and a half million new jobs over the past four years, average wages havebarely ，在國情咨文中，我請求更多的企業(yè)領(lǐng)袖采取行動，提高員工工資。s one thing that we can take from today39。That39。這也就是為什么美國堅決表示我們不謀求遏制中國的崛起。然而，最重要的是，我在你們身上看到了中國的未來 ——年輕一代的聰明才智、獻身精神和夢想將為塑造21世紀發(fā)揮巨大作用。s extraordinary mitment to science and researcha mitment borne out in everything from the infrastructure you build to the technology you is now the world39。正是對普世權(quán)利的尊重指導(dǎo)著美國向其他國家開放，尊重各種不同的文化，致力于遵守國際法，并對未來抱有信念。And that is why America will always speak out for these core principles around the do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation, but we also don39。None of this was we made progress because of our belief in those core principles, which have served as our pass through the darkest of is why Lincoln could stand up in the midst of civil war and declare it a struggle to see whether any nation, conceived in liberty, and “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” could long is why Luther King could stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and ask that our nation live out the true meaning of its 39。中國是一個文明古國，文化深遠。由于我們的合作，美中兩國都更加繁榮、更加安全。美中科學家合作進行新的研究與發(fā)現(xiàn)。所有這些問題都是我明天與胡主席會談的內(nèi)容。and we export to China machinery that helps power your trade could create even more jobs on both sides of the Pacific, while allowing our people to enjoy a better quality of as demand bees more balanced, it can lead to even broader ，美中貿(mào)易額約為50億美元，今天，年度貿(mào)易額已經(jīng)超過4000億美元。參加過二戰(zhàn)的中國老兵仍然熱情歡迎故地重游的美國老兵，他們曾經(jīng)在那里作戰(zhàn)，幫助中國從占領(lǐng)下獲得解放。正是在這里，37年前發(fā)布的《上海公報》（Shanghai Communique）開啟了我們兩國政府和兩國人民接觸交往的新篇章。這些都是中國步入 21世紀的跡象，讓我感到贊嘆。This is my first time traveling to China, and I39。我要感謝復(fù)旦大學的楊校長，感謝他的款待和熱情的歡迎。d like to thank Fudan University39。（笑聲）What I39。s journey to the 21st century, I39。的確，這是一個既有豐富的歷史，又對未來的希望充滿信心的國家。這條船前往中國海岸，尋求與清朝通商。正如一位美國乒乓球隊員在回憶對中國的訪問時所說：“那里的人民和我們一樣??這個國家和美國有許多相似之處，也有很大區(qū)別。隨著需求趨于平衡，繁榮的范圍將進一步擴大。m only sorry that I won39。中國實現(xiàn)了億萬人民脫貧，這一成就史無前例，同時，中國在全球問題中也在發(fā)揮更大的作用。正如前面提到的那位美國乒乓球隊員所說——作為人，我們有著許多共同之處，但是我們兩國在某些方面存在著差別。Of course, the story of our nation is not without its difficult many waysover many yearswe have struggled to advance the promise of these principles to all of our people, and to forge a more perfect fought a very painful civil war, and freed a portion of our population from took time for women to be extended the right to vote, workers to win the right to organize, and for immigrants from different corners of the globe to be fully after they were freed, African Americans persevered through conditions that were separate and not equal, before winning full and equal ，我國的歷史也并非沒有困難的篇章。and why someone like me, who less than 50 years ago would have had trouble voting in some parts of America, is now able to serve as its 。our respect for different cultures。我也知道中國有很多有待我們了解的情況。s largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and bat climate changeand I39。one country39。我們知道，大國之間選擇合作而非對抗會帶來更大的惠益。m absolutely confident that America has no better ambassadors to offer than our young they, just like you, are filled with talent and energy and optimism a