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Economic security also can be an essential element of freedom. It is recognized in the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. In China, you have made extraordinary strides in nurturing that liberty, and spreading freedom from want, to be a source of strength to your people. Incomes are up, poverty is down; people do have more choices of jobs, and the ability to travel -- the ability to make a better life. But true freedom includes more than economic freedom. In America, we believe it is a concept which is indivisible.
經(jīng)濟(jì)保障也應(yīng)該是自由的一個(gè)基本要素。這在《聯(lián)合國經(jīng)濟(jì)社會文化權(quán)益公約》中獲得承認(rèn)。在中國，你們?yōu)榕嘤@種自由已邁出了大步，并將這種自由不斷擴(kuò)展，使之成為貴國人民的力量源泉。中國人的收入提高了，貧困現(xiàn)象減輕了；人們有了更多選擇就業(yè)的機(jī)會和外出旅游的機(jī)會，有了創(chuàng)造更好生活的機(jī)會。但真正的自由不僅僅是經(jīng)濟(jì)的自由。在美國，我們認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)不可分割的概念。
Over the past four days, I have seen freedom in many manifestations in China. I have seen the fresh shoots of democracy growing in the villages of your heartland. I have visited a village that chose its own leaders in free elections. I have also seen the cell phones, the video players, the fax machines carrying ideas, information and images from all over the world. I've heard people speak their minds and I have joined people in prayer in the faith of my own choosing. In all these ways I felt a steady breeze of freedom.
在過去的四天中，我在中國看到了自由的許多表現(xiàn)形式。我看到民主的萌芽在貴國心臟地帶的村莊迸發(fā)。我訪問了一個(gè)自由選舉村委領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的村莊。我也看到了移動電話、錄象機(jī)和傳真機(jī)，這些機(jī)器帶來了世界個(gè)地點(diǎn)信息和影像。我聽到人們抒發(fā)自己的想法，我還同當(dāng)?shù)嘏c我有著相同宗教信仰的人一起祈禱。在所有這些方面，我感覺到自由的微風(fēng)在吹拂。
