2023年美国副总统拜登5月5日在美中商会早餐会英语演讲稿.docx

此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。 美国副总统拜登5月5日在美中商会早餐会英语演讲稿 　　(Applause.) Thank you very much. And I’m so late you probably thought you weregoing tohear from the 48th Vice President of the United States. (Laughter.) I apologize. I always,when I’mlate at home, always blame it on the President. But I can’t do that today, and Iapologize for keeping you waiting. 　　I remember 220 years ago, when Iwas in college, you only had to wait 10 minutes for aprofessor, 20 minutes fora full professor. The only fullprofessor in the Biden family is my wife --you didn’t have to wait thislong. But thank you so much for givingme the opportunity to speakwith you all. 　　Let me begin by saying one thingabout competition. I’ve told this toVice President Xi andthen President Xi, in all the time I had to spend withhim, is that one of the things that hashappened in the last 20 years, as theworld has become more competitive, it’s awakened thecompetitive spirit in theUnited States. Competition is stampedinto our DNA. And if there’sanythingremotely approaching a level playing field, we’ll do just fine -- just fine. 　　And so I want to thank theAmerican Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Business Councilfor inviting me heretoday. You are living the U.S.-Chinarelationship every single day, and youknow the opportunities, but you alsoknow the obstacles. And it’s great to beback together onelast time here in Beijing with our Ambassador, GaryLocke. I say one last time because heisgoing to be heading back to his home state of Washington after a verydistinguished career,which I don’t think is anywhere near ended, as bothgovernor, member of the Cabinet, as well asthe Ambassador. 　　And Gary and I were speaking thismorning as I was -- there was a telephone call, they saidI’m requiredupstairs. And one of the things I likeabout Gary -- there’s no member of -- nogovernor or member of Cabinet that Ihave enjoyed working with more, because Gary speaksEnglish. By that, I mean not English versus Chinese; Imean plain versus complicated. (Laughter.) And so when Gary speaks, everyone understandsexactly what he means. 　　And as you know better than I,communication is the currency, and particularly thecurrency that is neededmost here in China. He’s been anAmbassador to the Chinesegovernment, but also to the Chinese people, and hewill be missed. I remember, I washereshortly after Gary arrived and every newspaper you’d pick, even though I don’treadChinese, I’d see Gary’s picture -- because he connected. He connected immediately with theChinesepeople as a representative of our country and knowing -- the Chinese peopleknowinghe was reaching out not just to the government, but to them. 　　I had a chance since I’ve beenhere -- it’s been a very rapid visit, and it’s been 14-hour days,but veryuseful -- I had a chance to talk with Vice President Li, and I will spendseveral hours --and I spent I guess almost four and a half hours withPresident Xi. And I’m honored thathewould give me the time to go into such detail, both in a private bilat with himas well as anexpanded, as well as a lovely dinner he hosted for me and a fewof my colleagues. Later, I’ll bemeetingwith Premier Li. 　　And I want to talk to you aboutmuch of what -- some of what I’ve talked to all of themabout and what Ibelieve to be are next steps in the U.S.-China relationship. 　　We’re trying to build a new kindof relationship between major powers, one that’s different,one that is definedby constructive cooperation, healthy competition, and a shared respectfor anagreed upon new set of rules of the road and international norms for the 21stcentury. 　　After World II, our grandfathersand fathers and mothers put in place a structure thataccommodated the economicchange that took place in the world and set up a new set of rules ofthe roadfor the remainder of the 20th century. We’re in a different place now. You all know itbetter than I do. We use the phrase in colloquial conversation in all our countries thatit’s a〞;global economy.〞; But it’s trulya global economy -- a global economy. 　　My colleagues always kid me aboutquoting Irish poets all the time. Theythink I do itbecause I’m Irish. I do itbecause they’re the best poets. (Laughter.) And William ButlerYeatswrote a poem called Easter Sunday 1916, about the first rising in Irelandin the 20th century.And he had a linein it that better describes, I would argue, the Pacific Basin in the year2023than it did in his Ireland in 1916. Hesaid, “;All is changed, changed utterly, a terriblebeauty has been born.〞; 　　We’re at a moment, a window, asthey say, of opportunity. How long itwill remain openremains to be seen -- where we can potentially establish a setof rules of the road that providefor mutual benefit and growth of both ourcountries and the region, that set down sort of thetracks fo