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宋庆龄在美国的演讲　In1943intheUnitedStatescongressspeechsoongchinglingMr.President,MembersoftheSenateoftheUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,Howdoyoudo,Iamsoverygladtoseeyou,andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,justbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouldliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdiscouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePresidentslibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.WhatdoyouthinkIsawthereIsawmanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasthefirstdraftofoneofthePresidentsspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandonuptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtomentionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowritesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyouwillmakeallowancesforme.　Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof　160years.Ifeel-andIbelievethatIamnottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway-thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship.Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbelief.WhenGeneralDoolittleandhismenwenttobombTokyo,ontheirreturnsomeofyourboyshadtobailoutintheinteriorofChina.Oneofthemlatertoldmethathehadtobailoutofhisship.AndthatwhenhelandedonChinesesoilandsawthepopulacerunningtowardhim,hejustwavedhisarmandshoutedtheonlyChinesewordheknew,Mei-kuo,Mei-kuo,whichmeansAmerica.LiterallytranslatedfromtheChineseitmeansBeautifulcountry.Thisboysaidthatourpeoplelaughedandalmosthuggedhim,andgreetedhimlikealonglostbrother.Hefurthertoldmethathethoughtthathehad