扶輪朋友們：

Friends of Rotary,

非常高興能受邀訪問您們美麗的台北市，我太太和我都還記得在1994年國際年會時第一次訪問台北，是住在凱悅飯店。我們認識許多您們的社友，當時您們是全世界扶輪社友的主人。

It is a pleasure to be here, and to have been invited to visit your lovely city of Taipei. Joan and I vividly remember our only visit in 1994 during the International convention when we stayed at the Hyatt Hotel.We met so many of your member as you played host to the world of Rotary.

同時我感到很光榮能到貴地區演講，我知道您們地區對扶輪作了很多善事。

And I’m proud to be addressing a district that I know has been involved in so much good work.

在過去幾個月，我一直在想是什麼使扶輪社成為像今天這樣。

In the last few months I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes Rotary what it is.

我相信扶輪社至少以它理想的理念，就是為了全人類的一群具愛心的人。

I believe Rotary, at least in its ideal sense, is a love of persons for other human beings.

愛不是那種屬於理智的領域。

Love is not something that belongs in the realm of reason.

愛也不是那種可以用公式或方程式來表示。

It is not something that can be expressed in terms of formula or equations.

愛也不能用合約中的法律詞句來表達，或者表現於財務報表中。

It cannot be captured within the legal phrasing of a contract, or reflected on a balance sheet.

對我而言，扶輪就是分享，他是一種人們共同分享幫助別人的運動，那就是服務的意義。

To me, Rotary is sharing. It is a movement in which people share of themselves  for the help of others. That is meant by service.

當我們說”超我服務”加一種說法就是，我們準備去愛及分享與我們共同生活於地球上的人。

When we say “Service Above Self,” it is another way of saying that we are prepared to love and share with those who travel on this planet with us.

我們隨時看到用各種方法，我們分享我們的時間、能力、金錢，使我們社區更美好。

We see time after time in thousands of ways how our community is made better by that sharing of our time, talent and, money.

我只是一個人，但是透過扶輪，我能做很多真正了不起的事情，我旅行過很多我從未想過會去的地方；也碰見了許多，我絕不可能遇到的一些真正傑出的人。

I’m just one person. But through Rotary, I’ve been able to do some truly extraordinary things. I’ve traveled places I never thought I’d go and I’ve met some really amazing people I would never have met otherwise.

我看到了很多非常好的服務計畫，也學到了很多，例如一些像您們地區的計畫。

I’ve had the privilege seeing some amazing projects, and learning about many more. Projects like you have run here in this district:

提供器材給在在苗栗南庄中學、小學。

Provide equipment and supplies for the Nan Zhang elementary and high school in rural Mioli County，Taiwan.

幫助並捐贈書籍、書櫃、電腦器材、辦公室家俱、行動圖書館，給新竹家扶中心。

Helping to provide books, shelving, computer equipment and office furniture to equip a mobile library vehicle in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

幫助提供水資源設施及儲水設備，給桃園的新光部落。

And helping to provide a water source supply and storage system for the Hsikou Tribe in the Taoyoun County of Taiwan.

您們也熱心的捐款給在2005年8月遭受Katrina風災受創的Slidell。

You donated generously to help the people of Slidell Louisiana, who were ravaged by water and winds of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

假如我沒有在43年前受邀加入扶輪社的話，我是沒有辦法看到，我所看到的這麼許多驚奇的事情

I really have seen quite a lot of amazing things that I would never have seen if I hadn’t been asked to join a Rotary club 43 years ago.

當我想到這些事時，它真正給我暫停一下去思考，假使我從未受邀加入扶輪？

When I think about that, it really does give me pause. I think, what if I had never been asked？

如果我從未被邀請入社，我及我太太將會失去很多，我們會失去我們所認識的朋友、失去我們所看到的地方、及失去我們曾參與的善事，我現在非常感謝當時介紹我入社的朋友。

If I hadn’t been asked, my wife, Joan, and I would have missed so much. We would have missed the friends we’ve made, the places we’ve seen, and the good work we’ve been a part of. I am so grateful now to the person who invited me to join his Rotary club.

每次想到這裡時，它總是提醒我邀請新社友入社是多麼重要。

Every time I think of this, it reminds me of just how important it is to invite new members into Rotary.

因此我要求每一個人，在這個禮拜，作為一個光榮的社友，提出至少一位可能成為社友的名字，如被接受的話，就去拜訪他，請他加入，就像我在1962年入社一樣，他們可能是一年的社友，或像我是43年的社友，謝謝我的介紹人。

So I urge each of you, this very week, as proud Rotarians, to submit the name of at least one prospective member and if they are approved then go out and ask them to join, just as someone did for me in December 1962 and for each of you. They may come back in a year—or in forty-three—and thank you for it.

我相信在過去與現在，那些你們地區的男女社友所寫的服務故事，將會被你及跟隨你的那些人所超越，在這工作上，我鼓勵你們！社友們，請記住在這個美好及慈祥的世界裡，仍然有許多挨餓、孤獨、受凍的人，他們可能在加拿大、在美國，也就在台灣，他們需要我，也需要您們，我知道您會繼續聽他們的求助，也會幫助他們，為此我祝賀您們，謝謝您們。

I am confident that the story of service that has been written by the men and women of this district, both past and present, will be surpassed by you and those who follow you. In this work, I encourage you. Rotarians, please remember that in this wonderful, bountiful world, we still have those who are “hungry, lonely, and cold.” They can be found in Canada, in the United States, and right here in Taiwan. They are depending on me and they are depending on you. I know that you will continue to hear their plea and will help them and for this I congratulate you and I thank you.