你們必須重新想象新世紀的中國,你們這一代必然處于中國復興的中心。
The new century is upon us. All our sights are turned toward the future. Now your country has known more millennia than the United States has known centuries. Today, however, China is as young as any nation on Earth. This new century can be the dawn of a new China, proud of your ancient greatness, proud of what you are doing, prouder still of the tomorrows to come. It can be a time when the world again looks to China for the vigor of its culture, the freshness of its thinking, the elevation of human dignity that is apparent in its works. It can be a time when the oldest of nations helps to make a new world.
我們即將進入新世紀。我們所有的目光瞄向未來。即使貴國以千年計算歷史,即使美國以百年計算歷史,貴國的歷史也更加悠久。然而,今天的中國和任何一個國家一樣年輕。新世紀將是新的中國的黎明,貴國為其在歷史上的偉大而自豪,為你們進行的事業(yè)而自豪,更為明天的到來而自豪。在新世紀中,世界可能再次轉(zhuǎn)向中國尋求她文化的活力、思想的新穎、人類尊嚴的升華,這在中國的成就中顯而易見。在新世紀中,最古老的國家有可能幫助建設一個新世界。
The United States wants to work with you to make that time a reality.
Thank you very much.
美國希望與貴國合作,使那個時刻成為現(xiàn)實。