孙中山全英文介绍演说词.doc

THE FIRSTSun Yat-sen , also known as Sun Zhongshan , was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who often referred to as the Father of Modern China. Sun played an instrumental role in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in 1911. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang where he served as its first leader. THE SECONDSunEnglish name is Sun Yat-sen（备注：粤语读音） because he once was called SUN YIxian（孙逸仙）,yes,his English name is the Cantonese pronunciation of it. Everyone in China called him:Sun Zhongshan,however,few people know that this name was a mistake in translationSUNs original name is SUN WEN（孙文）WHEN He lived in Japan ，in order to avoid The Qing government.he named himself:Zhong shan qiao(中山樵）Later a Chinese translator saw this name by accident,and he wrong to think it was his last name .SO，he translated SUNs name as SUN ZHONGSHAN.Therefore CHINESE people all called him SUN Zhongshan.Nevertheless,Sun never called himself this name until he died. THE THIRDThere is suns hometown.THE FOURTHIn 1894,Dr. Sun Yat-sen formed a small bourgeois revolutionary organization in Honolulu called the Hsing Chung Hui (Society for Chinas Regeneration) THE FIFTHSun developed a political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People :The Peoples Relation, The Peoples Rights, and the Peoples Livelihood.And we all know about it.THE sixthThe Chinese Revolution in 1911 overthrew the Manchu dynasty. Sun was in America when this happened but he quickly returned to China. In January 1913, an assembly elected him President of the United Provinces of China. However, China was far from united and after a few months in office Sun resigned in the hope that this gesture might make the rival factions in China pull together to put the country first rather than their own individual claims. The gesture did not work and China became a nation run by warlords in their own region.Central government, if it