第17篇 普林斯顿大学演讲

女士们，先生们，晚上好。很荣幸应邀到普林斯顿大学参加你们的研讨会，对我本人，我的同学及许多中国人来说，普林斯顿大学的名字早已是耳熟能详。它的历史比这个国家还长。从这个校园里走出来的美国第二十八任总统伍德隆威尔逊、伟大科学家爱因斯坦、著名诗人T.S．艾略特等众多杰出人物。正如前总统克林顿在1996年普大建校250周年时所说，在美国历史上的每一个紧要关头，普林斯顿大学及其师生都发挥了关键作用。令人高兴的是，在座诸位对中国事务都有研究兴趣。虽然我们两国地理上相距万里，但在日常生活中却非常相近。好莱坞影片中的麦当劳快餐成了许多人生活中的内容，而中国加工的服装，日用品也天天伴随着美国人民。我希望通过今天的交流，能增进诸位对中国及中国外交政策的了解，为未来彼此的友谊与合作锦上添花。

Good evening , Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my great honor to be invited to take part in your seminar in Princeton University. Princeton University has been very familiar to me, my friends and many Chinese people. Its history is even longer than the country's history. Many outstanding figures come out of this famous university, like the 28th American president, great scientist Einstein, and the well-known poet T.S. Eliot. Just as the former American president Clinton once said at the 250 Anniversary of Princeton University, that Princeton University and its staff and students play a critical role at every crucial moment in American history. It is delightful that everyone present here takes interest in studying Chinese affairs. Despite the long distance between the two countries in geography, we have a lot of similarities in our daily life. The Hollywood film's McDonald's fast food has become the daily contents of many Chinese people, and China-made clothes and products are also exported to the American people. I hope that today's exchange can help everyone present here to know more about China and Chinese diplomacy, and promote mutual friendship and cooperation between the countries in the future.