This week marked the fifth anniversary of the speech President Bush gave on a U.S. aircraft carrier, in which he declared the end of major combat in Iraq. The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U.S. forces in Iraq, and caused some renewed debate about the course of the war.
这个星期是美国总统布什在一艘美国航空母舰上发表演讲五周年。他在那次演讲中宣布伊拉克的主要战斗结束。这次周年纪念正值驻伊美军刚刚结束一个艰难的月份，使人们再次就伊拉克战争的走向展开辩论。
It was a happy moment for the president. A year and a half after the September 11 attacks he was able to visit a U.S. aircraft carrier on its way home from the Persian Gulf, and speak to the crew under a banner that read "Mission Accomplished."
这曾经是总统欢欣鼓舞的时刻。在9/11恐怖袭击一年半之后，他登上一艘从波斯湾返回美国的美军航空母舰，并且在“使命完成”的横幅标语下向舰上人员发表讲话。
BUSH: "Officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln