On behalf of the Obama family—Michelle, Malia, Sasha and Bo—I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.

我谨代表奥巴马家庭的米歇尔，玛利亚，萨沙及波祝各位感恩节快乐。

Each year, the Wor1d Customs Organisation dedicates International Customs Day to a special theme to promote international Customs co-operation to tackle an issue of common concern. This year, the theme is “Customs and the Environment: Protecting our Natural Heritage”.

世界海关组织每年都会为国际海关节订立特别的主题，以促进海关合作。今年的主题是“海关与环境：保护我们的自然遗产”。

Before I talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed.

在谈论新政府之前，请允许我谈一谈最近刚刚发生过的一件事情。

As we all know, in the history of mankind, there appeared the Mesopotamian civilization in West Asia, the ancient Egyptian civilization along the Nile in North Africa, the ancient Greek-Roman civilization along the northern bank of the Mediterranean, the ancient Indian civilization in the Indus River Valley in South Asia, and the Chinese civilization originating in the Yellow and Yangtze river valleys.

大家知道，在人类发展史上，曾经出现过西亚两河流域的巴比伦文明，北非尼罗河流域的古埃及文明，地中海北岸的古希腊一一罗马文明，南亚印度河流域的古文明，发源于黄河——长江流域的中华文明，等等。

As Secretary of State, I am well aware of the challenges that we face, You, as new graduates, and your generation will be up against those challenges: climate change and hunger, extreme poverty and extreme ideologies, new diseases and nuclear proliferation, But I am absolutely convinced that you and we are up to the task There is no problem we face here in America or around the world that will not yield to human effort, to cooperation, to positive interdependence that makes clear humanity is going on, our challenges are ones that summon the best of us, and we will make the world better tomorrow than it is today.

作为国务卿，我十分清楚我们面临的各项挑战。

But I just want to say on this historic day that I do not regret a single word, not one, because I think that those words of criticism but also of encouragement from me and from the other countries around this table have made today possible and have made the strong and unanimous decision that it was.

但是在这历史性的一天，我只想说，我不后悔我说过的每一句话，因为我认为，正是因为我和在座其他国家代表的那些带有批评的同时也是鼓励的话，才有了今天，才有了这个坚定一致的决定。

The road ahead will be long.

前路严峻而漫长，我们也许在一年甚至一届总统任期之内都无法解决这些问题。

We offered to host this Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference because we recognized that it would become a key staging post to the successful conclusion of the multilateral trade negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda.

香港申请主办世贸第六次部长级会议，是因为我们深知，这次会议对多哈发展议程的多边贸易谈判能否取得圆满结果，起到关键作用。

As some of you may know, Thailand has a long history relating to gems and jewelry, starting hundreds of years ago when our ancestors mined rubies and sapphires in areas such as Chantaburi and Kanchanaburi.

正如许多人所知道的那样，泰国在宝石和珠宝制作方面有着悠久的历史。

Since I don’t believe that there was any precedent that one person got the Nobel Prize twice, allow me on this opportunity to attach to this prestigious award, a personal touch.

我想从来没有任何人曾两度获得诺贝尔奖，因此请允许我利用这个机会再花些时间就这一奖项谈谈自己的感触。