【正文】 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。s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn can find all of our reports with transcripts and MP3s at /20100629/第四篇：奧巴馬上海演講中英文對照奧巴馬上海演講稿 20091213 14:53奧巴馬上海演講稿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 remarks, 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 the United 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》（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，直至美國獨立初期。In 1784, our founding father, George Washington, missioned the Empress of China, a ship that set sail for these shores so that it could pursue trade with the Qing wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like is a mon American impulsethe desire to reach for new horizons, and to forge new partnerships that are mutually ，我們的建國之父喬治?華盛頓主持了“中國女皇號”（Empress of China）的下水儀式。這條船前往中國海岸，尋求與清朝通商。華盛頓希望看到這條懸掛美國國旗的船前往世界各地，與像中國這樣的國家締結(jié)新的紐帶。這是通常的美國人的愿望——希望達(dá)到新的地平線，建立新的、互利的伙伴關(guān)系。Over the two centuries that have followed, the currents of history have steered the relationship between our countries in many even in the midst of tumultuous winds, our people had opportunities to forge deep and even dramatic instance, Americans will never forget the hospitality shown to our pilots who were shot down over your soil during World War II, and cared for by Chinese civilians who risked all that they had by doing Chinese veterans of that war still warmly greet those American veterans who return to the sites where they fought to help liberate China from ，歷史洪流使我們兩國關(guān)系向許多不同的方向發(fā)展，但即使在動蕩的歲月中，兩國人民也抓住機(jī)會發(fā)展了深入的、甚至極不平凡的關(guān)系。例如，美國人民永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記，二戰(zhàn)期間，美國飛行員在中國上空被擊落后，中國公民冒著失去一切的危險護(hù)理他們。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。A different kind of connection was made nearly 40 years ago when the frost between our countries began to thaw through the simple game of table very unlikely nature of this engagement contributed to its successbecause for all our differences, both our mon humanity and our shared curiosity were one American player described