【正文】 itizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet mon in our a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America39。to defend needed reforms against easy attacks。s promise through civility, courage, passion and , at its best, matches a mitment to principle with a concern for civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear the stakes for America are never our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be we do not turn the hearts of childrentoward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer must live up to the calling we is not a tactic or a is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of munity over this mitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared , at its best, is also national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending mon dangers defined our mon we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future , we will reclaim America39。responsible citizens, building munities of service and a nation of are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: “We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his yearsand changes the themes of this day he would know: our nation39。非常感謝各位對我的熱情接待，很榮幸能夠來到中國，甚至是世界最偉大的學(xué)府之一。我在1975年有幸訪問過中國，那時候在座的有些人可能還沒有出生，這也表明我是多么老了。所以的這些變化將導(dǎo)致中國更強(qiáng)大，更自信，這個中國將使世界矚目，也將使世界更加豐富。現(xiàn)在使中國歷史上非常令人振奮的一個時期，此時此刻連最宏偉的夢想似乎也唾手可得。中國在開發(fā)，企業(yè)，經(jīng)濟(jì)自由方面都取得了驚人的成績。我這次訪華恰逢一個重要的紀(jì)念日，副主席剛才也談到了，30年前的這一周，一位美國總統(tǒng)來到了中國，他訪華之旅的目的是為了結(jié)速兩國之間長達(dá)數(shù)十年的隔閡。s author, who fills time and eternity with his his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every work story goes an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this bless you all, and God bless America.第五篇：布什清華演講Vice President Hu,thank you very much for your kind and generous you for weling me and my wife , laura, see she is keeping pretty good pany with the Secretary of State, Collin is good to see you, I see my National Security Adviser, Rice, who once was the provost of Stanford University, so she is fortable on the university campuses such as you for being here , am so grateful for the hospitality and honored for the reception at one of China’s and the world’s great standards and the reputation of this university are known around the world, and I know what an achievement it is to be visit to China es an important anniversary, as the vice president years ago this week an American president arrived in China on an trip designed to end decades of estrangement and confront centuries of Richard Nixon showed that two vastly differentgovernment could meet on the grounds of mon interests in the spirit of mutual they left the airport that day, Premier Zhou EnLai said this to President Nixon: “you handshake came over the vastest ocean in the world25years of no the 30 years since, America and China have exchanged manyhandshakes of friendship and as we have had more contact with each other ,the citizens of both countries have gradually learned more about each was my honor to visit China in of you were not even born shows how old I a lot has changed in your country since has made amazing progress in openness and enterprise and economic this progress previews China’s great has joined the World Trade Organization, and as you live up to its obligations, they inevitably will bring changes to Chinese leagal morden China will have a consistent rule of law to govern merce and secure the rights of its new China you genera