1、宋美齡1943年美閾閾曾演全文（英文）1943年2月18日蔣宋美齡女士在美閾參冢雨院耳箭席曾彝表演她是美閾魔史上畿英閾女王之彳矍，第二位在閾曾殿堂凌表演的女性。=有美演前因彳矍果，者青看新浪新Error!DiskFull.Freesomediskspaceandrecalculatethisfield.=英文演全文取自美SWIidl己金滎(CongressionalRecord),1943年，第1080-1081WoMError!DiskFull.Freesomediskspaceandrecalculatethisfield.Mr.President,MembersoftheSenateof

2、theUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,“Howdoyoudo,Iamsoverygladtoseeyou,"andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,ju

3、stbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouldliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.10!先生，美SMHII院各位to,各位女士、先生，受到位所代表的美閾人民熱情典真的歉迎，令我感勤莫名。我事先不知今天要在羲院樊表演只以卷要到此大家好，很高典兄到各位，31向H閾人民醇逵敝閾百姓的冏候之意。不遇，在來到此地之前，*13副SS統告我，他希望我和各位句言舌。Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdi

4、scouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePresident'slibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.WhatdoyouthinkIsawthereIsawmanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasth

5、efirstdraftofoneofthePresident'sspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandonuptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtomentionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowritesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech

6、.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyouwillmakeallowancesforme.我36不擅於即席演1,事K上根本耦不上是演家，但我不曾因此怯埸，因卷前襄天我在海德公圜參統圃善食官，在那貍看兄的一些柬西豉勘了我，言襄我感H各位或三午不曾封我的即席演要求太多。各位知道我在那貍兄到什麼喝？我看到了三午多，但最言襄我感典趣的，莫遇於一彳固放著先生（群按，即箍斯福統）演草稿的玻璃箱，優第一份草稿、第二份草稿，一直到第六份草稿。昨天，我碰巧向先生提及此事，我我很高典知道，以他如此知名又公1g一流的演家，遢必須麼多份草稿。他回答有畤他

7、一次演得K12份草稿。因此，今天本人在此贊表的即席演1,我碓信各位一定曾包容。Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof160years.Ifeel-andIbelievethatIamnottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway-thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship.J!閾和敝閾之有著160年悠久魔史的情it,我It得H

8、閾人民和敝閾百姓有三伶午多多的相似黑占，而造些相似黑占正是雨閾情it的基磁，我也相信不是只有我有道檬的感H。Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbelief.WhenGeneralDoolittleandhismenwenttobombTokyo,ontheirreturnsomeofyourboyshadtobailoutintheinteriorofChina.Oneofthemlatertoldmethathehadtobailoutofhisship.andthatwhenhelandedonChinesesoi

9、landsawthepopulacerunningtowardhim,hejustwavedhisarmandshoutedtheonlyChinesewordheknew,“Meo,Mei-kuo,whichmeans"America."LiterallytranslatedfromtheChineseitmeansBeautifulcountry.Thisboysaidthatourpeoplelaughedandalmosthuggedhim,andgreetedhimlikealonglostbrother.Hefurthertoldmethathethoughtt

10、hathehadcomehomewhenhesawourpeople;andthatwasthefirsttimehehadeverbeentoChina.（Applause.）在止匕，我想彳固小故事，明此一信念。杜立德符里和部下一起去矗炸柬京，回程畤有些美閾子弟兵不得不在中閾內陛跳率。其中一人彳矍來告我，他被迫徙來械跳率，踏上中閾的土地畤，看到富地居民跑向他，他就揮著手，喊由他的唯一一句中閾言舌：美閾，美閾，也就是美利箋的意思，（掌磬）美閾在中閾言舌的意思是美震的閾家。道彳固大男孩敝閾人民臆了都笑來，挑抱他，像歉迎失散多年的兄弟一般。他遢告我富他看到我何的人民，感受他已回到家；而那是他第一次

11、來到甲H。（掌H）Icametoyourcountryasalittlegirl.Iknowyourpeople.Ihavelivedwiththem.IspenttheformatiIbeveyearsofmylifeamongstyourpeople.Ispeakyourlanguage,notonlythelanguageofyourhearts,butalsoyourtongue.SocomingheretodayIfeelthatIamalsocominghome.（Applause）我來到J!閾畤是彳固小女孩，我熟悉J!閾人民，我和他何一起生活遇。我生命中成H的蕨月是和H閾人民一起

12、度遇，我你何的言舌，我想的和你何一檬，1的也和你何一檬。所以今天來到迄本里，我也感受我好像回到家了。（掌磬）lieve,however,thatitisnotonlyIwhoamcominghome,IfeelthatiftheChinesepeoplecouldspeaktoyouinyourowntongue,orifyoucouldunderstandourtongue,theywouldtellyouthatbasicallyandfundamentallywearefightingforthesamecause(greatapplause);thatwehaveidentityofi

13、deals;thatthe“fourfreedoms,"whichyourPresidentproclaimedtotheworld,resoundthroughoutourvastlandasthegongoffreedom,thegongoffreedomoftheUnitedNations,andthedeathknelloftheaggressors.(Applause.)不遇，我相信不只是我回到家，我It得，如果中閾人民曾用你何的言吾言典你何者舌，或是你何能了解我何的言吾言，他何曾告你何，根本而言，我何都在卷相同的理念備戟(如雷掌磬)；我何有一致的理想；亦即置:閾統向全世界

14、揭示的四彳固自由，自由的金童阜耳箭合閾自由的金童磬，和侵略者的提金童警彳散我閾途闊的土地。(掌H)Iassureyouthatourpeoplearewillingandeagertocooperatewithyouintherealizationoftheseideals,becausewewanttoseetoitthattheydonotechoasemptyphrases,butbecomerealitiesforourselves,forourchildren,forourchildren'schildren,andforallmankind.(Applause.)U向各位保

15、敝閾人民深k亦渴望卷些理想和n閾合作，因卷我何希望道些理想不曾流於空言，而是成卷我何、我何的子子繇繇、全人IB的真境。(掌磬)HowarewegoingtorealizetheseidealsIthinkIshalltellyoualittlestorywhichjustcametomymind.Asyouknow.Chinaisaveryoldnation.Wehaveahistoryof5,000years.WhenwewereobligedtoevacuateHankowandgointothehinterlandtocarryonandcontinueourresistanceagai

16、nstaggression,theGeneralissimoandIpassedoneofourfronts,theChangshafront.OnedaywewentintotheHeng-yangMountains,wheretherearetracesofafamouspavilioncalled-the-mRrrbr”pavilion,whichwasbuiltover2,000yearsago.Itwillperhapsinterestyoutohearthestoryofthatpavilion.我怦號要如何道些理想我想，我可以告各位一彳固我剛想到的小故事。各位知道，中閾是一彳固非

17、常古老的閾家。我何有五千年魔史。我何被迫攏澳口撤退，醇入大彳矍方抵抗侵略的畤候，蔣委nn和我一慮前就在n沙。有一天，我何上衡山，山上有一慮有名的遺品亦，叫磨臺，是雨千多年前的古跨。位或三午有典趣11噩61古質的故事。TwothousandyearsagonearthatspotwasanoldBuddhisttemple.Oneoftheyoungmonkswentthere,andalldaylonghesatcrosslegged,withhishandsclaspedbeforehiminanattitudeofprayer,andmurmured“AmitaBuddha!Amita-B

18、uddha!Amita-Buddha!”Hemurmuredandchanteddayafterday,becausehehopedthathewouldacquiregrace.雨千年前，臺址近旁有一座古老的佛寺。一名年馨和尚來此修行，他整天然腿坐律，曼手合十，口中喃喃念著阿憫陀佛！阿憫陀佛！阿憫陀佛！他唱念佛虢，日彳復一日，因卷他希望成佛。TheFatherPriorofthattempletookapieceofbrickandrubbeditagainstastonehourafterhour,dayafterday,andweekafterweek.Thelittleacolyte,

19、beingveryyoung,sometimescasthiseyesaroundtoseewhattheoldFatherPriorwasdoing.TheoldFatherPriorjustkeptonhisworkofrubbingthebrickagainstthestone.Soonedaytheyoungacolytesaidtohim.“FatherPrior,whatareyoudoingdayafterdayrubbingthisbrickonthestone”TheFatherPriorreplied,“Iamtryingtomakeamirroroutofthisbrick."Theyoungacolytesaid,“Butitisimpossibletomakeamirroroutofabrick,FatherPrior.”“Yes,"saidtheFatherPrior,“anditisjustasimpossibleforyouyoacquiregracebydoingnothingexceptmurmur'Amita-Buddha'alldaylong,dayinanddayout."(Applause!)1的住持於是也跟著拿一現碟去磨一現石Uh日寺畤刻刻的磨，一天又一天的磨，一周又一周的磨。小和尚