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There's going to be a Copenhagen conference in December in which world leaders are trying to find a recipe so that we can all make commitments that are differentiated so each country would not have the same obligations -- obviously China, which has much more poverty, should not have to do exactly the same thing as the United States -- but all of us should have these certain obligations in terms of what our plan will be to reduce these greenhouse gases.
在定于12月舉行的哥本哈根會議上，世界領導人將努力尋找一項方案，使我們大家都能夠作出各自不同的承諾，對各國承擔的義務有所區(qū)分——顯然，因為中國貧困人口多得多，因此不必采取與美國完全相同的行動——但是，在計劃如何減少溫室氣體方面，我們大家都應承擔一定的義務。
So that's an example of what I hope to get out of this meeting -- a meeting of the minds between myself and President Hu about how together the United States and China can show leadership. Because I will tell you, other countries around the world will be waiting for us. They will watch to see what we do. And if they say, ah, you know, the United States and China, they're not serious about this, then they won't be serious either. That is the burden of leadership that both of our countries now carry. And my hope is, is that the more discussion and dialogue that we have, the more we are able to show this leadership to the world on these many critical issues. Okay? (Applause.)
這個例子說明了我希望在這次會晤中看到什么成果——我將與胡主席交換想法，討論美中兩國如何能夠共同發(fā)揮領導作用。因為，我可以告訴你們，世界上其他國家將等待著我們。他們將觀察我們的行動。如果他們認為美國和中國并不認真對待這個問題，那么他們也就不會認真對待它。這是我們兩國現(xiàn)在肩負的領導責任。我的希望是，通過越來越多的討論和對話，我們能夠向世界更多地展示我們在許多這些關鍵問題上的領導作用。好不好？（掌聲）
All right, it's a -- I think it must be a boy's turn now. Right? So I'll call on this young man right here.
好吧，下面該輪到男生了，對嗎？我來請這位小伙子提問。
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問：總統(tǒng)先生，下午好。我來自同濟大學。我想引用孔子的一句話：“有朋自遠方來不亦樂乎”。在《論語》中有一句名言叫和而不同。中國倡導一個和諧世界。我們知道美國形成了一種以多元化為特點的文化，請問您的這屆政府會采取哪些措施來建設一個由不同文化組成的多元化世界？您會采取哪些措施尊重其他國家不同的文化和歷史？我們將來能進行哪些合作？
Q (As translated.) Mr. President, good afternoon. I'm from Tongji University. I want to cite a saying from Confucius: "It is always good to have a friend coming from afar." In Confucius books, there is a great saying which says that harmony is good, but also we uphold differences. China advocates a harmonious world. We know that the United States develops a culture that features diversity. I want to know, what will your government do to build a diversified world with different cultures? What would you do to respect the different cultures and histories of other countries? And what kinds of cooperation we can conduct in the future?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: This is an excellent point. The United States, one of our strengths is that we are a very diverse culture. We have people coming from all around the world. And so there's no one definition of what an American looks like. In my own family, I have a father who was from Kenya; I have a mother who was from Kansas, in the Midwest of the United States; my sister is half-Indonesian; she's married to a Chinese person from Canada. So when you see family gatherings in the Obama household, it looks like the United Nations. (Laughter.)
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)：這一點提得非常好。美國的優(yōu)勢之一就是我們有一種非常多元化的文化。我們那里有來自世界各地的人。因此，對于美國人長什么樣不能一言以蔽之。以我自己的家庭為例，我父親來自肯尼亞，我母親來自美國中西部的堪薩斯州，我妹妹有一半的印度尼西亞血統(tǒng)，她又嫁給了一位華裔加拿大人。因此，我們奧巴馬全家的聚會就像聯(lián)合國一樣。（笑聲）
