January 8, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I had a series of good meetings today to discuss the situation in Iraq, including a video teleconference this morning with General Petraeus, Ambassa

The conventional wisdom about our world today is that this is a time of terrible decline. 关于当今世界的传统观点认为：这是一个急剧衰退的时代 And that's not surprising, given the bad news all around us, 而这也并不令人奇怪，考虑到我们身边无处不在的坏

Today, we are a country divided, or at least that's what we're told. 今天，我们是个分裂的国家，或者至少这是我们被告知的。 We are torn apart by immigration, education, guns and health care. 我们被移民、教育、枪支和医疗保健弄得四分五裂。 Health care i

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. As many people know, our current Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, has decided to step down from his current job. During his tenure（任期，占有） , Jon has been an ou

and may confidently expect that the flag which has waved its untarnished folds over every sea will still float in undiminished honor. 并自信地期望那曾在每一海面上飘扬而不受沾污的旗帜仍将以未损的荣耀飘扬。 But these,like many other subj