2015年CRI Old Friends Await Xi's Arrival
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：2015CRI中国国际广播电台
The town of Muscatine, Iowa is nestled along the banks of the Mississippi River.
While somewhat 1 nondescript, the community of some 20-thousand people has special meaning for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
He first visited the town in 1985 when he was a junior politician, spending time in Muscatine as part of a provincial 2 agriculture delegation 3 from Hebei.
27-years later in 2012, he made a second visit as Chinese vice-President.
Sarah Lande met Xi Jinping the first time in 1985, putting him up as a guest in her home.
"We all came in the door, and we welcomed Xi Jinping to our home. This is Xi Jinping and he gave this bear to my granddaughter Lucy, and this is my son, and she named the bear China."
Meeting Xi Jinping at that time 30-years ago created a sense of interest in China for Lande.
She's since travelled to China several times, and had a chance to meet with her old friend, then-vice-President Xi Jinping, 3-years ago in Beijing.
Xi Jinping's time in Muscatine has turned the community into a cause-celeb for Chinese media.
Muscatine Mayor 4 DeWayne Hopkins says people in his community remain the same as they did 30-years ago, with hospitality 5 still being key to the city.
"One of the statements that Xi Jinping made several years ago was that to him, we are America-meaning us folks here in Muscatine-because of the way he was treated in 1985."
And at the same time, Hopkins says if people in China want to better understand average Americans, they need not look any further than his community.
"We, from Muscatine, tend to ignore the big political overtures 6 that take place in Washington, D.C., and Beijing and so forth 7, and we focus in on- if there is such a thing as a focus- the people-to-people relationships."
Xi Jinping's old friend, Sarah Lande, says in the end, she belives its inter-personal relationships which can help China and the United States get past their differences.
"I hope we can focus on the positive things and keep working through. There are differences from both points of view. But the people, the people of both countries enjoy each other."
For CRI, I'm Luo Wen.
- The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
- The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
- The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
- The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。
- He welcomed you to enjoy his hospitality.他欢迎你去做客。
- Thank you for your kind hospitality.谢谢你的盛情款待。
- Their government is making overtures for peace. 他们的政府正在提出和平建议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship. 最近他开始主动表示友好，样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。 来自辞典例句