宋美龄和罗斯福夫人 Eleanor 在白宫的相片

1943年2月17日，宋美龄一行自海德公园搭火车前往华盛顿。下午5点抵达华盛顿联合车站，站内站外人头攒动，挤满了欢迎的人群。让宋美龄受宠若惊的是，罗斯福总统把她迎进座车中，把她接往白宫。并且，这一住就是11天。

但是，优雅的客人也有让主人吃惊的时候。罗斯福夫妇在私人小餐厅内举行“家庭晚餐”，宴请宋美龄。席间，罗斯福问她和蒋介石如何处理战时煤矿工人的罢工。宋美龄用—个涂色的长指甲姿式优美地在自己的脖子上划了一道，意思是“砍头”。这使同桌的所有人惊讶不已。罗斯福为了掩饰尴尬，假装大笑起来。罗斯福夫人埃莉诺在私下里说：“她对民主制度能够讲得很漂亮，但是她不知道怎样实行民主制度。”

 

英国卫报是这样讲的：

Her (宋美龄) address to Congress in February 1943, 14 months after Pearl Harbor, was described thus by Newsweek: "The effect was enchanting…..” She appeared on the cover of Time magazine twice.

President Franklin Roosevelt was not so easily charmed and, before long, his Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau observed, was "just crazy to get her out of the country". Sterling Seagrave, author of The Soong Dynasty (1985) tells how, when dining with the president, Mei-king (宋美龄) was asked how the generalissimo would deal with a wartime strike of coalminers. Everyone at the table gasped when [she] silently drew a long, lacquered nail across her throat ... Eleanor [Roosevelt] privately remarked: "She can talk beautifully about democracy, but does not know how to live democracy."

所有跟帖： 

• 风度优雅！ -齐鸥- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 08:05:22

• 王爷好，好久没见 -土棉农- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 08:33:45

• :=) -hz82000- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 08:35:21

• 能上个方子吗？ -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 09:23:48

• Yes -hz82000- ♀ (242 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 09:30:30

• 好！ -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 12:03:07

• 牛油 -laha- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 09:56:07

• No -hz82000- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 11:04:53

• 没看出来。 -UFO_999- ♂ (124 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 10:03:16

• 贴了两个第一夫人相片没人感兴趣。有人卖虾饼子汤，马上冒出一群老水军。。。全是吃货！ :-)) -齐鸥- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 11:20:14

• 本来就是吃货吧。你还真的当我们对政治很有兴趣吗？ 我就是聊天类。顺便分析一下那些奇怪的想法。 -laha- ♀ (69 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 11:46:09

• 逗个乐，laha 海涵。其实美食是最好的题目。。。:-) -齐鸥- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 12:09:48

• 好久不见:)) -土棉农- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 12:07:51

• 没有看到有风度啊。给我的感觉好像是60岁的女性。其实那个时候她才46岁。 -中部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/04/2015 postreply 15:52:51