撒切尔夫人在里根总统80寿辰晚宴上致辞译文.docVIP

撒切尔夫人在里根总统80寿辰晚宴上致辞译文 Mr Chairman, [ Ronald Reagan] Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman. We are here tonight to celebrate the 80th birthday of a great American. His is not, of course, an altogether typical American life —not even in the great Republic does every poor boy grow up to be President—but it is the ideal American life. 主席先生，总统先生，女士们、先生们。 我们今晚在此欢聚一堂共庆一个伟大的美国人的80寿辰。 他的一生当然全然不同于普通美国人的一生--甚至不同于在这个伟大的共和国里成长为总统的穷孩子的一生--但是却是美国人的理想的一生。 The extraordinary range of achievement and experience spanned by President Reagans career—from a poor but loving family in the Depression, to stardom at the height it Hollywood story, to the leadership of the Free World at its most testing is a living example of what the world has learned to call the American dream. 里根总统的一生的成就和经历跨域广泛--从大萧条中一个贫困和充满爱的家庭到好莱坞明星，到自由世界遭遇严峻考验时期的领袖，他的一生是全世界所知的美国梦的活写真。 If I may put it in terms familiar to many in this audience, its a career that begins as Andy Hardy, takes off as A Star is Born, continues as Mr Smith Goes to Washington and reaches its climax with The Best Years of Our Lives. Your recent autobiography, Mr President, may be the first book ever to win an Oscar—for the best original screenplay. 如果我用在座的大多数人熟悉的辞令来讲，他的生涯以《私心秘书》开始，以《一个明星的诞生》起飞，以《史密斯先生在华盛顿》延续，以《我们的黄金岁月》达到顶峰。 总统先生，您的刚刚问世的自传可能成为第一本获得奥斯卡最佳原创电视剧奖的著作。 Ronnie, I was a fan of yours long before either of us entered politics. Kings Row, The Voice of the Turtle, The Hasty Heart they all made their way to Grantham. I think I missed Bedtime for Bonzo, but Im told that too was part of the Reagan career. 罗尼，我早在我们俩都没有进入政坛之前就是你的粉丝了。《金石盟》，《龟之声》，《浮生梦痕》都涌入我的故乡格兰瑟姆。 我没有看过《班卓的床上时光》，但是我听说它也是里根的生涯的一部分。 In those days, Mr President, you were quite popular enough in Britain to stand for Parliament with every prospect of your customary landslide, but you did not take political office until 1966. 在那些日子里，总统先生，您在英国几乎是家喻户晓，足以以您惯有的压倒性优势代表国会了，但是您直到1966年才步入政坛。 Later you became President at the age of 69 and to serve for two terms is—well, quite an incentive to those