In the short period of six days, we have gone a longer distance than the world-renowned “Long March”. We have acquired a keen sense of the diversity, dynamism, and progress of China under your policies of reform and opening to the outside world.// My wife and I have a special regard and personal friendship for the people of China. Beijing is for us an old and nostalgic home. During our stay here ten years ago we spent a great deal of memorable time with the people here--working, shopping, sightseeing, and touring the city on our bicycles.// Those were happy days. They were good days, important days. We were part of the dramatic process which brought us back together and set us on the road to a genuine friendly and cooperative relationship.// Nonetheless, problems remain in our economic, education and strategic relations. While we are not so naive as to believe that there are no issues of difference between us, I also believe that our differences are greatly overshadowed by issues which bind us and strengthen our relationship.//

　　在短暫的六天里，我們的行程超過了舉世聞名的“長征”。在改革開放政策引導(dǎo)下的中國，氣象萬千，充滿活力，不斷進(jìn)步，這些我們都已強(qiáng)烈的感受到了。//我和我夫人對中國人民懷有一種特殊的敬慕之情和個(gè)人友誼。對我們兩人來說，北京是我們思念的故鄉(xiāng)。十年前我們在此生活期間，我們與這里的人們一起度過了許多難忘的時(shí)光—— 我們在這里工作、購物、觀光、騎自行車逛城。//那是一些令人愉快的日子，一些美好的日子，一些意義重大的日子。我們參與了富有戲劇性的轉(zhuǎn)變過程，這種轉(zhuǎn)變使我們重新走到一起，使我們踏上了一條通往建立一種真誠友好的合作關(guān)系的道路。//然而，我們在經(jīng)濟(jì)、教育以及戰(zhàn)略關(guān)系中仍然存在著問題。一方面，我們不會天真的以為我們之間不存在分歧，另一方面，我也認(rèn)為那些將我們聯(lián)系在一起并且強(qiáng)化我們關(guān)系的事務(wù)，在很大程度上弱化了我們之間的差異。//