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JULY 4, 2007 RECEPTION

STEPHEN WICKMAN

07美国独立日招待会欢迎�?
总领事�?�?文

尊敬的�?��?�?�宾：大家中�?�好�?我想感谢�?��?�?��?�加今年的美国独立日招待会，特别是辽�?�?政府�?�万�?副�?长，沈阳市政府宋�?�副市长，以�?�东北三�?部分城市和外事办公室有关领导，从百忙的工作中抽出时间�?�专程�?�加今天的活动。也感谢驻沈阳的�?�邦�?��?，俄罗斯总领事馆穆拉夫斯基总领事，日本总领事馆阿部�?哉总领事，韩国总领事馆朴圣雄总领事，以�?�法国驻�?�使馆沈阳代表处�?霭�?首席代表，谢谢您们的支�?。

This day is special for all Americans, as well as for the many people around the world who have been inspired by our example. It is especially important for us to say thank you to our hosts, the governments and people of the three provinces of Northeast China. Look around you at the American corporate sponsors who have generously supported this event; Starbucks, McDonalds, Annhauser-Bush, Yum, Baskin-Robbins and Pepsi Cola. Their brands are now household names here, and they are responsible corporate citizens of Northeast China, providing opportunity for countless local managers, investors, and employees. We are proud of what they and many other for-profit and not-for-profit American institutions are achieving in Northeast China. We welcome their participation in this year’s Independence Day as a sign of even greater prosperity to come for China and all of the countries represented here today.

这一天对所有美国人以�?�世界上许许多多被美国这个榜样所激励�?�的人们都有�?��?其特殊的�?�?�?义。在此我们�?特别感谢领馆的驻在地—中国东北三�?的政府和人民。看看周围还有慷慨支�?此次活动的美国�?业赞助商--星巴克，麦当劳，AB公�?�，百盛集团，美国冰淇淋和百事�?��?。他们的�?牌现在已是家喻户晓，他们是中国东北地区尽�?�尽责的�?业界�?员，为当地无数的�?�?�人�?投资家和�?�雇员工�??供了机会。我们为他们以�?�其他美国�?�利机构和�?��?�利机构在中国东北所�?就的业绩感到骄傲，我们欢迎他们�?�加今年的独立日活动，他们的到�?�预示�?�中国以�?�今天列席的所有国家将会更加�?�?�昌盛。

On July 4, 1776 the founders of the new American nation declared in bold terms a fundamental truth that has guided the U.S. for over 200 years; "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it …" These words were revolutionary and published at a time of great danger for the founders of the new American nation. The ultimate success of this great venture in building a new nation on the basis of new ideas was by no means guaranteed. Its success was won through astonishing determination and sacrifice.

1776年7月4日，一个新的国家--美国诞生了。她的创始人鲜明地宣布一个�??分�?�?的�?已�?引导了美国200多年的真�?�；“我们认为这些真�?�是�?言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物者赋予他们若干�?�?�剥夺的�?�利，其中包括生命�?��?自由�?�和追求幸�?的�?�利。--为了�?障这些�?�利，人类�?在他们之间建立政府，而政府的正当�?�利，则是�?被治�?�者的�?��?所授予的。--任何形�?的政府一旦对这些目标的实现起破�??作用时，人民便有�?�予以更�?�或废除…”这些�?�命性的�?语是�?�表在新美国的国家创始人�?�临巨大�?�险的时期，当时他们冒�?�巨大风险建设一个基于新�?想的新国家，最终的�?功全无�?障。它的�?功是用惊人的决心和牺牲�?��?�的。

Through our war of independence and nation building and through the great changes in America brought by rapid industrialization, a civil war, massive immigration and economic crisis and to the present, these self-evident truths have been the ones that unite Americans. Indeed they define what it means to be an American. These truths also shaped President Bush' Second Inaugural address in 2005 when he reaffirmed America's commitment to these eternal truths, linking them to core U.S. national security interests and our determination to defend these values in all parts of the world.

�?历过独立战争和国家建设并且�?历过快速工业化，内战，大�?移民和�?济�?�机带给美国的巨大�?�化，迄今为止，是这些�?言而喻的真�?�团结了美国人，的确，它们说明了�?为一个美国人�?味�?�什么。这些真�?�也影�?了了布什总统2005年第二任就�?�演说，他�?次强调美国�?�?守这些永�?�真�?�，并将其与主�?的美国国家安全利益�?�系在一起，并�?申了美国将在世界�?�地为�??�?�这些价值观而战的决心。

So when Americans gather on this hallowed day in homes and parks, with families and friends at parades and public squares around the U.S. and the world, we all reaffirm our continuing commitment to these self-evident truths. On this day it is a great American tradition to attend a parade, have a picnic with family and friends and then watch fireworks. While I can't promise you a parade and fireworks, I can offer you samples of American culture, cuisine and some of our finest wines; I hope you will enjoy all of it.

所以当美国人在这神圣的一天，在全美国和世界�?�地，�?�集在家里和公园，�?�家人和朋�?��?�加游行和在公共广场上�?�会的时候，我们都�?次确认我们将继续�??�?�这些�?言而喻的真�?�。这一天，别具一格的美国传统就是�?�加游行�?�?�家人和朋�?�野�?，然�?�观�?焰�?�。虽然我�?能�?�你们�?�?今天会有游行和焰�?�，但是我能让你们看到美国文化的缩影，请大家�?�?美国�?�肴和我们最好的葡�?�酒；我希望你们会喜欢。

我欢迎大家作为家人和朋�?��?��?�加今天的美国�?庆�?活动；也�?�纪念这些�?仅丰富了美国历�?�并将继续影�?美国未�?�的美国�?价值观。

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WELCOMING REMARKS

JULY 4, 2007 RECEPTION

STEPHEN WICKMAN

07美国独立日招待会欢迎�?总领事�?�?文

07美国独立日招待会欢迎�?
总领事�?�?文