优秀大学生英语演讲稿
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PRESIDENT CLINTON:
Thank you. Thank you, President Chen, Chairmen Ren,
Vice President Chi, Vice Minister Wei. We are delighted
to be here today with a very large American delegation,
including the First Lady and our daughter, who is a
student at Stanford, one of the schools with which
Beijing University has a relationship. We have six
members of the United States Congress; the Secretary of
State; Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of
Agriculture; the Chairman of our Council of Economic
Advisors; Senator Sasser, our Ambassador; the National
Security Advisor and my Chief of Staff, among others. I
say that to illustrate the importance that the United
States places on our relationship with China.
I would like to begin by congratulating all of you,
the students, the faculty, the administrators, on
celebrating the centennial year of your university.
Gongxi, Beida. (Applause.)
As I'm sure all of you know, this campus was once
home to Yenching University which was founded by American
missionaries. Many of its wonderful buildings were
designed by an American architect. Thousands of Americans
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students and professors have come here to study and
teach. We feel a special kinship with you.
I am, however, grateful that this day is different in
one important respect from another important occasion 79
years ago. In June of 1919, the first president of
Yenching University, John Leighton Stuart, was set to
deliver the very first commencement address on these very
grounds. At the appointed hour, he appeared, but no
students appeared. They were all out leading the May 4th
Movement for China's political and cultural renewal. When
I read this, I hoped that when I walked into the
auditorium today, someone would be sitting here. And I
thank you for being here, very much. (Applause.)
Over the last 100 years, this university has grown to
more than 20,000 students. Your graduates are spread
throughout China and around the world. You have built the
largest university library in all of Asia. Last year, 20
percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including
half of your math and science majors. And in this
anniversary year, more than a million people in China,
Asia, and beyond have logged on to your web site. At the
dawn of a new century, this university is leading China
into the future.
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I come here today to talk to you, the next generation
of China's leaders, about the critical importance to your
future of building a strong partnership between China and
the United States.
The American people deeply admire China for its
thousands of years of contributions to culture and
religion, to philosophy and the arts, to science and
technology. We remember well our strong partnership in
World War II. Now we see China at a moment in history
when your glorious past is matched by your present
sweeping transformation and the even greater promise of
your future.
Just three decades ago, China was virtually shut off
from the world. Now, China is a member of more than 1,000
international organizations -- enterprises that affect
everything from air travel to agricultural development.
You have opened your nation to trade and investment on a
large scale. Today, 40,000 young Chinese study in the
United States, with hundreds of thousands more learning
in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
Your social and economic transformation has been even
more remarkable, moving from a closed command economic
system to a driving, increasingly market-based and driven
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优秀大学生英语演讲稿PRESIDENTCLINTON:Thankyou.Thankyou,PresidentChen,ChairmenRen,VicePresidentChi,ViceMinisterWei.WearedelightedtobeheretodaywithaverylargeAmericandelegation,includingtheFirstLadyandourdaughter,whoisastudentatStanford,oneoftheschoolswithwhichBeijingUniversityhasarelationship.Wehavesixmembersof...
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