文档介绍：a 宋美龄美国国会演讲 1943 Mr. President, Members of the Senate of the United States, ladies and gentlemen, I am overwhelmed by the warmth and spontaneity of the e of the American people, of whom you are the representatives. I did not know that I was to speak to you today at the Senate except to say, “ How do you do? I am so very glad to see you, ” and to bring the greetings to my people to the people of America. However, just ing here, the Vice President told me that he would like to have me say a few words to you. I am not a very good extemporaneous speaker; in fact, I am no speaker at all; but I am not so very much discouraged, because a few days ago I was at Hyde Park, and went to the President ’s library. Something I saw there encouraged me, and made me feel that perhaps you will not expect overmuch of me in speaking to you extemporaneously. What do you think I saw there? I saw many things. But the one thing which interested me most of all was that ina glass case there was the first draft of tone of the President ’s speeches, a second draft, and on and on up to the sixth draft. Yesterday I happened to mention this fact to the President, and told him that I was extremely glad that he had to write so many drafts when he is such a well-known and acknowledgedly fine speaker. His reply to me was that sometimes he writes 12 drafts ofa speech. So, my remarks here today, being extemporaneou