President Bush Signs Presidential Proclamation in Honor of American Heart Month_英语演讲

President Bush Signs Presidential Proclamation in Honor of American Heart Month

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February 1, 2008

THE PRESIDENT: Joyce, thank you for joining me. Joyce is here to join me as I sign a proclamation declaring February American Heart Month.

Part of the reason she is here is because she understands what Laura understands, and what a lot of Americans are coming to understand, is that heart disease is the number one killer¹ of both women and men, and that through awareness² of this disease, people are more likely to be able to recognize symptoms and deal with it.

President George W. Bush shakes the hand of Joyce Cullen, a heart disease survivor, after signing the Presidential Proclamation in Honor of American Heart Month Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Kansas City, Mo. In signing the proclamation, the President thanked Mrs. Cullen for her work and said, ".She's very much a part of the Heart Truth Campaign here in Kansas City. And she's <a href= helping⁴ people understand two things -- one, be able to recognize the symptoms, and secondly⁵, be able to prevent the symptoms from happening in the first place. So I want to thank you for being a strong leader in the campaign for awareness." White House photo by Eric Draper" src="/upimg/allimg/080214/1328020.jpg" width="254" align="right" border="0" /> And so there's what we call the Heart Truth Campaign, the Red Dress Campaign. And Laura is very much involved with that. She's in New York today at a fashion show heralding³ the Heart Truth Campaign. Joyce is with me because when Laura was here last in Kansas City, she went to St. Luke's Hospital and talked about the importance for people to recognize the symptoms of heart disease. Joyce had such symptoms, went to the hospital and prevented a serious heart disease and heart attack, and sits here with the President. But more importantly, she's very much a part of the Heart Truth Campaign here in Kansas City. And she's helping people understand two things -- one, be able to recognize the symptoms, and secondly, be able to prevent the symptoms from happening in the first place.

People need to have screenings and checkups; people need to live healthy lives, to exercise and no tobacco. In other words, the decisions we make will affect whether or not our hearts remain strong.

And so I want to thank you for being a strong leader in the campaign for awareness. And so it's my honor, Joyce, to join you in -- as you watch me sign this proclamation declaring February American Heart Month.

(The proclamation is signed.)

Thank you for being here. Thank you all.

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1 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 awareness
n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智
参考例句：
There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。 Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

3 heralding
v.预示( herald的现在分词 )；宣布（好或重要）
参考例句：
It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities. 那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。来自互联网 Streaks of faint light were rising, heralding a new day. 几道淡淡的晨曦正在升起，预示新的一天的来临。来自互联网

4 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 secondly
adv.第二，其次
参考例句：
Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。 Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

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