宋美龄美国国会演说全文

1、宋美龄1943年美阈阈曾演全文（英文）1943年2月18日蒋宋美龄女士在美阈参冢雨院耳箭席曾彝表演她是美阈魔史上畿英阈女王之彳矍，第二位在阈曾殿堂凌表演的女性。=有美演前因彳矍果，者青看新浪新Error!DiskFull.Freesomediskspaceandrecalculatethisfield.=英文演全文取自美SWIidl己金荥(CongressionalRecord),1943年，第1080-1081WoMError!DiskFull.Freesomediskspaceandrecalculatethisfield.Mr.President,MembersoftheSenateof

2、theUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,“Howdoyoudo,Iamsoverygladtoseeyou,"andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,ju

3、stbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouldliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.10!先生，美SMHII院各位to,各位女士、先生，受到位所代表的美阈人民热情典真的歉迎，令我感勤莫名。我事先不知今天要在羲院樊表演只以卷要到此大家好，很高典兄到各位，31向H阈人民醇逵敝阈百姓的冏候之意。不遇，在来到此地之前，*13副SS统告我，他希望我和各位句言舌。Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdi

4、scouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePresident'slibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.WhatdoyouthinkIsawthereIsawmanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasth

5、efirstdraftofoneofthePresident'sspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandonuptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtomentionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowritesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech

6、.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyouwillmakeallowancesforme.我36不擅於即席演1,事K上根本耦不上是演家，但我不曾因此怯埸，因卷前襄天我在海德公圜参统圃善食官，在那狸看兄的一些柬西豉勘了我，言襄我感H各位或三午不曾封我的即席演要求太多。各位知道我在那狸兄到什麽喝？我看到了三午多，但最言襄我感典趣的，莫遇於一彳固放著先生（群按，即箍斯福统）演草稿的玻璃箱，优第一份草稿、第二份草稿，一直到第六份草稿。昨天，我碰巧向先生提及此事，我我很高典知道，以他如此知名又公1g一流的演家，遢必须麽多份草稿。他回答有畤他

7、一次演得K12份草稿。因此，今天本人在此赞表的即席演1,我碓信各位一定曾包容。Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof160years.Ifeel-andIbelievethatIamnottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway-thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship.J!阈和敝阈之有著160年悠久魔史的情it,我It得H

8、阈人民和敝阈百姓有三伶午多多的相似黑占，而造些相似黑占正是雨阈情it的基磁，我也相信不是只有我有道檬的感H。Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbelief.WhenGeneralDoolittleandhismenwenttobombTokyo,ontheirreturnsomeofyourboyshadtobailoutintheinteriorofChina.Oneofthemlatertoldmethathehadtobailoutofhisship.andthatwhenhelandedonChinesesoi

9、landsawthepopulacerunningtowardhim,hejustwavedhisarmandshoutedtheonlyChinesewordheknew,“Meo,Mei-kuo,whichmeans"America."LiterallytranslatedfromtheChineseitmeansBeautifulcountry.Thisboysaidthatourpeoplelaughedandalmosthuggedhim,andgreetedhimlikealonglostbrother.Hefurthertoldmethathethoughtt

10、hathehadcomehomewhenhesawourpeople;andthatwasthefirsttimehehadeverbeentoChina.（Applause.）在止匕，我想彳固小故事，明此一信念。杜立德符里和部下一起去矗炸柬京，回程畤有些美阈子弟兵不得不在中阈内陛跳率。其中一人彳矍来告我，他被迫徙来械跳率，踏上中阈的土地畤，看到富地居民跑向他，他就挥著手，喊由他的唯一一句中阈言舌：美阈，美阈，也就是美利笺的意思，（掌磬）美阈在中阈言舌的意思是美震的阈家。道彳固大男孩敝阈人民臆了都笑来，挑抱他，像歉迎失散多年的兄弟一般。他遢告我富他看到我何的人民，感受他已回到家；而那是他第一次

11、来到甲H。（掌H）Icametoyourcountryasalittlegirl.Iknowyourpeople.Ihavelivedwiththem.IspenttheformatiIbeveyearsofmylifeamongstyourpeople.Ispeakyourlanguage,notonlythelanguageofyourhearts,butalsoyourtongue.SocomingheretodayIfeelthatIamalsocominghome.（Applause）我来到J!阈畤是彳固小女孩，我熟悉J!阈人民，我和他何一起生活遇。我生命中成H的蕨月是和H阈人民一起

12、度遇，我你何的言舌，我想的和你何一檬，1的也和你何一檬。所以今天来到迄本里，我也感受我好像回到家了。（掌磬）lieve,however,thatitisnotonlyIwhoamcominghome,IfeelthatiftheChinesepeoplecouldspeaktoyouinyourowntongue,orifyoucouldunderstandourtongue,theywouldtellyouthatbasicallyandfundamentallywearefightingforthesamecause(greatapplause);thatwehaveidentityofi

13、deals;thatthe“fourfreedoms,"whichyourPresidentproclaimedtotheworld,resoundthroughoutourvastlandasthegongoffreedom,thegongoffreedomoftheUnitedNations,andthedeathknelloftheaggressors.(Applause.)不遇，我相信不只是我回到家，我It得，如果中阈人民曾用你何的言吾言典你何者舌，或是你何能了解我何的言吾言，他何曾告你何，根本而言，我何都在卷相同的理念备戟(如雷掌磬)；我何有一致的理想；亦即置:阈统向全世界

14、揭示的四彳固自由，自由的金童阜耳箭合阈自由的金童磬，和侵略者的提金童警彳散我阈途阔的土地。(掌H)Iassureyouthatourpeoplearewillingandeagertocooperatewithyouintherealizationoftheseideals,becausewewanttoseetoitthattheydonotechoasemptyphrases,butbecomerealitiesforourselves,forourchildren,forourchildren'schildren,andforallmankind.(Applause.)U向各位保

15、敝阈人民深k亦渴望卷些理想和n阈合作，因卷我何希望道些理想不曾流於空言，而是成卷我何、我何的子子繇繇、全人IB的真境。(掌磬)HowarewegoingtorealizetheseidealsIthinkIshalltellyoualittlestorywhichjustcametomymind.Asyouknow.Chinaisaveryoldnation.Wehaveahistoryof5,000years.WhenwewereobligedtoevacuateHankowandgointothehinterlandtocarryonandcontinueourresistanceagai

16、nstaggression,theGeneralissimoandIpassedoneofourfronts,theChangshafront.OnedaywewentintotheHeng-yangMountains,wheretherearetracesofafamouspavilioncalled-the-mRrrbr”pavilion,whichwasbuiltover2,000yearsago.Itwillperhapsinterestyoutohearthestoryofthatpavilion.我怦号要如何道些理想我想，我可以告各位一彳固我刚想到的小故事。各位知道，中阈是一彳固非

17、常古老的阈家。我何有五千年魔史。我何被迫拢澳口撤退，醇入大彳矍方抵抗侵略的畤候，蒋委nn和我一虑前就在n沙。有一天，我何上衡山，山上有一虑有名的遗品亦，叫磨台，是雨千多年前的古跨。位或三午有典趣11噩61古质的故事。TwothousandyearsagonearthatspotwasanoldBuddhisttemple.Oneoftheyoungmonkswentthere,andalldaylonghesatcrosslegged,withhishandsclaspedbeforehiminanattitudeofprayer,andmurmured“AmitaBuddha!Amita-B

18、uddha!Amita-Buddha!”Hemurmuredandchanteddayafterday,becausehehopedthathewouldacquiregrace.雨千年前，台址近旁有一座古老的佛寺。一名年馨和尚来此修行，他整天然腿坐律，曼手合十，口中喃喃念著阿悯陀佛！阿悯陀佛！阿悯陀佛！他唱念佛虢，日彳复一日，因卷他希望成佛。TheFatherPriorofthattempletookapieceofbrickandrubbeditagainstastonehourafterhour,dayafterday,andweekafterweek.Thelittleacolyte,

19、beingveryyoung,sometimescasthiseyesaroundtoseewhattheoldFatherPriorwasdoing.TheoldFatherPriorjustkeptonhisworkofrubbingthebrickagainstthestone.Soonedaytheyoungacolytesaidtohim.“FatherPrior,whatareyoudoingdayafterdayrubbingthisbrickonthestone”TheFatherPriorreplied,“Iamtryingtomakeamirroroutofthisbrick."Theyoungacolytesaid,“Butitisimpossibletomakeamirroroutofabrick,FatherPrior.”“Yes,"saidtheFatherPrior,“anditisjustasimpossibleforyouyoacquiregracebydoingnothingexceptmurmur'Amita-Buddha'alldaylong,dayinanddayout."(Applause!)1的住持於是也跟著拿一现碟去磨一现石Uh日寺畤刻刻的磨，一天又一天的磨，一周又一周的磨。小和尚