【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ercent increase in the study of Chinese among our own are nearly 200 “friendship cities” drawing our munities and Chinese scientists cooperate on new research and of course, Yao Ming is just one signal of our shared love of basketballI39。m only sorry that I won39。t be able to see a Shanghai Sharks game while I39。m ，我們兩國人民的聯(lián)系十分有限。今天，我們看到當(dāng)年乒乓球隊(duì)員的好奇心已經(jīng)化為許多領(lǐng)域的紐帶，中國留學(xué)生在美國的人數(shù)名列第二，而在美國學(xué)生中，學(xué)中文的人數(shù)增加了50%。我們兩國有近200個友好城市，把我們的社區(qū)連接在一起。美中科學(xué)家合作進(jìn)行新的研究與發(fā)現(xiàn)。而姚明是我們兩國人民都熱愛籃球的僅僅一個標(biāo)志而已——令我遺憾的是，此行中我不能觀看上海大鯊魚隊(duì)的比賽。It is no coincidence that the relationship between our countries has acpanied a period of positive has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of povertyan acplishment unparalleled in human historywhile playing a larger role in global the United States has seen our economy grow along with the standard of living enjoyed by our people, while bringing the Cold War to a successful ，這不是偶然的。中國實(shí)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。美國在促使冷戰(zhàn)順利結(jié)束的同時，經(jīng)濟(jì)也取得了增長，人民的生活水平提高。There is a Chinese proverb: “Consider the past, and you shall know the future.” Surely, we have known setbacks and challenges over the last 30 relationship has not been without disagreement and the notion that we must be adversaries is not predestinednot when we consider the , because of our cooperation, both the United States and China are more prosperous and more have seen what is possible when we build upon our mutual interests, and engage on the basis of mutual ：“溫故而知新?！碑?dāng)然，過去30年中我們也曾遇到挫折和挑戰(zhàn)，我們的關(guān)系不是沒有分歧和困難。但是，“我們必然是對手”的概念并非是注定不變的——回顧過去不會是這樣。由于我們的合作，美中兩國都更加繁榮、更加安全。我們已經(jīng)看到我們本著共同的利益和相互的尊重去努力所能取得的成果。And yet the success of that engagement depends upon understandingon sustaining an open dialogue, and learning about one another and from one just as that American table tennis player pointed outwe share much in mon as human beings, but our countries are different in certain ，這種接觸的成功取決于理解，取決于繼續(xù)進(jìn)行開誠布公的對話，相互了解，相互學(xué)習(xí)。正如前面提到的那位美國乒乓球隊(duì)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。I believe that each country must chart its own is an ancient nation, with a deeply rooted United States, by parison, is a young nation, whose culture is determined by the many different immigrants who have e to our shores, and by the founding documents that guide our documents put forward a simple vision of human affairs, and they enshrine several core principlesthat all men and women are created equal, and possess certain fundamental rights。that government should reflect the will of the people and respond to their wishes。that merce should be open, information freely accessible。and that laws, and not simply men, should guarantee the administration of 。中國是一個文明古國，文化深遠(yuǎn)。而美國相對而言是一個年輕的國家，它的文化由來自許多不同國家的移民以及指導(dǎo)我國民主制度的建國綱領(lǐng)所形成。這些綱領(lǐng)中提出了對人類事務(wù)的簡單明了的矚望，并包含了一些核心原則——不論男女人人生而平等，都享有某些基本權(quán)利；政府應(yīng)當(dāng)反映民意，并對人民的愿望作出回應(yīng)；商貿(mào)應(yīng)該是開放的，信息應(yīng)該自由流通；司法保障應(yīng)該來自法治而不是人治。Of course, the story of our nation is not without its difficult many waysover many yearswe havestruggled 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 ：精讀文章：美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在上海演講(中英對照全文)(已打印)精讀文章：美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在上海演講（中英對照全文）2009年11月16日, 首次訪華的美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在上海科技博物館與數(shù)百名中國學(xué)生對話，在對話前，奧巴馬發(fā)表了演講。以下為奧巴馬演講的中英文對照全文。標(biāo)記的表達(dá)和段落均為漢語部分，請大家重點(diǎn)掌握。這篇文章除了作為聽力、口譯練習(xí)材料之外，希望大家能夠從標(biāo)記的我們可以從漢語著手進(jìn)行backtranslation練習(xí)，因此，這也是筆譯練習(xí)的很好素材。PRESIDENT OBAMA:Good is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of 39。d like to thank Fudan University39。s President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious 39。d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our don39。t know what he said, but I hope it was good.(Laughter.)奧巴馬總統(tǒng)：你們好。能夠有機(jī)會在上海跟你們大家交談，我深感榮幸。我要感謝復(fù)旦大學(xué)的楊校長，感謝他的款待和熱情的歡迎。我還要感謝我們出色的大使洪博培，他代表了我們兩國之間的深遠(yuǎn)聯(lián)系和相互尊重。我不知道他剛才說什么，但是希望他說得不錯。（笑聲）What I39。d like to do is to make some opening ments, and then what I39。m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we39。ve received questions online, which will be asked by some of the students who are here in the audience, as well as by Ambassador I am very sorry that my Chinese is not as good as your English, but I am looking forward to this chance to have a ，但我真正希望做的是回答問題，不但回答在座的學(xué)生提出的問題，同時也回答從網(wǎng)上提出的一些問題，這些問題由在座的一些學(xué)生和洪博培大使代為提出。很抱歉，我的中文不如你們的英文，但我期待著這個和你們對話的機(jī)會。This is my first time traveling to China, and I39。m excited to see this majestic , in Shanghai, we see the growth that has caught the attention of the worldthe soaring skyscrapers, the bustling streets and entrepreneurial just as I39。m impressed by these signs of China39。s journey to the 21st century, I39。m eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China39。s distant and the next day I hope to have a chance when I39。m in Beijing to see the majesty of the Forbidden City and the wonder of the Great , this is a nation that enpasses both a rich history and a belief in the promise of the ，看到你們壯麗的國家，我感到很興奮。在上海，我們看到了全球矚目的發(fā)展——高聳的大廈、繁忙的街道、創(chuàng)業(yè)的動態(tài)。這些都是中國步入21世紀(jì)的跡象，讓我感到贊嘆。同時，我也期盼看到向我們展現(xiàn)中國悠久歷史的古跡。明天和后天我會在北京，希望有機(jī)會看到壯觀的故宮和奇跡般的長城。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。The same can be said of the relationship between our two , of course, is a city that has great meaning in the history of the relationship between theUnited States and was here, 37 years ago, that the Shanghai Communique opened the door to a new chapter of engagement between our governments and among our , America39。s ties to this cityand to this countrystretch back further, to the earliest days of America39。s 。毫無疑問，上海在美中關(guān)系史上是一個具有重大意義的城市。正是在這里，37年前發(fā)布的《上海公報(bào)》（Shanghai Communique）開啟了我們兩國政府和兩國人民接觸交往的新篇章。然而，美國與這個城市以及這個國家的紐帶可以追溯到更久遠(yuǎn)的過去，直至美國獨(dú)立初期。In 1784, our founding father, George Wa