女士们、先生们，
这是我第三次访问艾奥瓦州。2012年我首次到访时，有幸见证了时任习近平副主席与艾奥瓦老朋友的重聚。习主席亲自精心安排细节，确保场面亲切而温馨。大家可以从兰蒂女士的书中找到当时的一张照片。2017年我再次来到这里，向即将就任美国驻华大使的布兰斯塔德州长表示良好祝愿。我认为自己也是艾奥瓦的老朋友。
1985年，对习主席而言，你们就是美国。33年之后的今天，我要说，你们仍然是美国，比华盛顿的那些自以为是的战略家或政客更美国。你们一直是中美关系的见证者、参与者、支持者、贡献者和培育者。你们才是中美友好合作的领军者和最终受益者。相信在你们的支持下，中美关系将拥有更加美好的未来。
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This is my third visit to Iowa. Back in 2012, I was honored to witness here then Vice President Xi's reunion with his old friends here. I saw how President Xi himself designed the mingling setting of the reunion to make it cozy and intimate. You can find a picture of that setting in Mrs. Lande's book. Then I came here for the second time in 2017 to give my best wishes to then Governor Branstad before he went to China as the U.S. ambassador. So in this sense, I consider myself an old friend of Iowa as well.
In 1985, to President Xi, you are America. And thirty-three years later today, I would say, you are still America, more so than the self-claimed strategists or politicians in Washington, D.C. You have long been the witnesses, participants, supporters, contributors and cultivators of China-U.S. relations. You are the leading heroes and ultimate beneficiary. With your continuous supports, we are confident that China-U.S. relations will have an even better and brighter future.
兰蒂女士的书引人入胜，催人奋发。这本书的发布并不意味着故事的终结，而是另一段更长久友谊的开始。这部友谊的篇章将由我们大家和我们的后代共同书写。
预祝这本书取得巨大成功。再次感谢兰蒂女士、出版商和为本书做出贡献的各位朋友。谢谢！
Mrs. Lande's book is truly a delight to read and an inspiration to act. In this sense, the launch of this book is not the end. It is the beginning of another long journey of friendship – to be written by all of us and our future generations.
So let me wish the book a complete success. And again many thanks to Mrs. Lande, to the publisher and to all the friends who have made this possible. Thank you!
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