此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。1943年美国国会宋美龄英语演说Mr.President,MembersoftheSenateoftheUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,”;Howdoyoudo,Iamsoverygladtoseeyou,andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,justbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouuldliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.议长先生，美国参议院各位议员，各位女士、先生，受到诸位所代表的美国人民热情与真诚的欢迎，令我感动莫名。我事先不知今天要在参议院发表演说，只以为要到此说声「大家好，很高兴见到各位」，并向贵国人民转达敝国百姓的问候之意。不过，在来到此地之前，贵国副总统告诉我，他希望我和各位说几句话。Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdiscouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePresidentslibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.WhatdoyouthinkIsawthereIsawmanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasthefirstdraftofoneofthePresidentsspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandonuptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtomentionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowritesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyou此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。willmakeallowancesforme.我并不擅於即席演说，事实上根本称不上是演说家，但我不会因此怯场，因为前几天我在海德公园参观过总统图书馆，在那里看见的一些东西鼓励了我，让我感觉各位或许不会对我的即席演说要求太多。各位知道我在那里见到什麽吗?我看到了许多，但最让我感兴趣的，莫过於一个放着总统先生(译按，即罗斯福总统)演说草稿的玻璃箱，里头从第一份草稿、第二份草稿，一直到第六份草稿。昨天，我碰巧向总统先生提及此事，我说我很高兴知道，以他如此知名又公认一流的演说家，还必须写这麽多份草稿。他回答说，有时他一次演说得写12份草稿。因此，今天本人在此发表的即席演说，我确信各位一定会包容。Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof160years.Ifeel--andIbelievethatIamnottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway--thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship.贵国和敝国之间有着160年悠久历史的情谊，我觉得贵国人民和敝国百姓有许许多多的相似点，而这些相似点正是两国情谊的基础，我也相信不是只有我有这样的感觉。Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbelief.WhenGeneralDoolittleandhismenwenttobombTokyo,ontheirreturnsomeofyourboyshadtobailoutintheinteriorofChina.Oneofthemlatertoldmethathehadtobailoutofhisship.andthatwhenhelandedonChinesesoilandsawthepopulacerunningtowardhim,hejustwavedhisarmandshoutedtheonlyChinesewordheknew,”;Mei-kuo,Mei-kuo,whichmeans"America.LiterallytranslatedfromtheChineseitmeans”;Beautifulcountry.Thisboysaidthatourpeoplelaughedandalmosthuggedhim,andgreetedhimlikealonglostbrother.Hefurthertoldmethathethoughtthathehadcomehomewhenhesawour此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。people;andthatwasthefirsttimehehadeverbeentoChina.(Applause.)在此，我想说个小故事，来说明此一信念。杜立德将军和部下...
