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安南在清华大学的演讲（英汉双语） 　2008-1-30　台海网　 【字体：缩小 放大 　　Secretary-Generals speech at Qing Hua University 　　Secretary-General Kofi Annan: 　　Thank you, President Gu, for that most flattering introduction. 　　Ladies and Gentlemen, 　　It is a great honour for me to speak at one of Chinas great academic institutions one that is helping to revive and maintain your countrys historic tradition of leading the world in science and technology, and one whose alumni are to be found in positions of leadership throughout the country. 　　Here, as in so many other places in China, no visitor can help feeling the excitement of a great country developing at breakneck speed, and every day opening up new vistas of knowledge and opportunity to its citizens. You can be really proud of your country and what it has achieved in the last 25 years. 　　As I look out over the young faces in this audience I cannot help envying the international students more than a thousand, I am told, from over 50 countries who have the privilege of sharing your learning experience here. 　　It reminds me for a moment of my own student days, when my country, Ghana, was newly independent. We felt we were suddenly reaching out to the world, and making new discoveries every day. But then I also remember that times of rapid change can bring pain and confusion, even destruction, as well as progress and excitement. 　　The more rapid and exciting it is, the more change calls for careful management, and wise, humane leadership. 　　Order and stability have to be preserved, but without choking off the freedom to enquire, and experiment, and express oneself, since as you young researchers know better than anyone knowledge and science have a vital role in national development. 　　And technical expertise needs to be harnessed to the development and security of society as a whole, so that it not only creates greater wealth for the few, but enables all citizens to feel safer and