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.

　　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下的中國，氣象萬千，充滿活力，不斷進步，這些我們都已強烈的感受到了。我和我夫人對中國人民懷有一種特殊的敬慕之情和個人友誼。對我們兩人來說，北京是我們思念的故鄉。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光—— 我們在這里工作、購物、觀光、騎自行車逛城。

　　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.

　　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變過程，這種轉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系的道路。然而，我們在經濟、教育以及戰略關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，我也認為那些將我們聯系在一起并且強化我們關系的事務，在很大程度上弱化了我們之間的差異。