June 2, 2008 2008年6月2号
WASHINGTON, DC - The University of Kansas national champion men’s basketball team started its two-day tour of Washington DC at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center here Monday.华盛顿特区-堪萨斯大学的全国冠军男子篮球队开始其为期两天的访问华盛顿的沃尔特里德陆军医疗中心今天在这里。
The group first toured the Center’s Military Advance Training Facility where soldiers injured in battle work to rehabilitate.该组首先参观了中心的军事训练设施进展那里的士兵在战斗中受伤的恢复工作。 Many were amputees injured in Iraq or Afghanistan.许多人受伤被截肢者在伊拉克或阿富汗。
From there Secretary of the Army Pete Geren presented KU head coach Bill Self with a plaque in a brief ceremony before he and the Jayhawks visited the main hospital and many of the wounded.从那里秘书皮特Geren军介绍库总教练比尔自我的牌匾在一份简短的仪式之前，他和Jayhawks参观了主要医院，许多人受伤。
“We’ve labeled today as national champions meet national heroes,” Geren said. “我们已经标示今天全国冠军符合国家的英雄， ” Geren说。 “I am confident you will go away from here feeling uplifted.” “我相信你会离开这里的感觉振奋。 ”
“We have looked so forward to our trip to Washington,” Self said. “我们期待着，使我们的华盛顿之行， ”自说。 “I think our visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center will be a major highlight of the trip. “我觉得我们的访问沃尔特里德医疗中心将是一个重大的突出的行程。 We take for granted so much the gifts that we have and then to see people that are out there doing things that really matter in life - protecting us so we have an opportunity to do such things.我们理所当然地这么多的礼物，我们已然后看到人们是有做事，真正在生活中的问题-保护我们，让我们有机会做这种事情。 It is very humbling, rewarding and certainly something I think we will get a lot out of.这是非常惭愧，奖励和肯定的东西我想我们会做很多的。 It is our privilege to accept this (plaque) and definitely our privilege to be here today.”这是我们的荣幸地接受这一（牌匾）和肯定我们荣幸今天在这里。 “
For most of the visit, Self tagged behind the group, greeting, meeting and signing autographs for all who approached him.对于大多数的访问，自背后的标签组，贺卡，会议和签名的所有谁走近他。 One soldier, William Hamilton, who is stationed in Hawaii, presented Self with a crimson and blue lei.一兵一卒，威廉汉密尔顿，谁是驻扎在夏威夷，自我介绍了深红色和蓝色列伊。 Hamilton is a 1981 KU graduate whose daughter will be a senior at KU in the fall.汉密尔顿是1981年毕业于古的女儿将在堪萨斯高级在秋季。
The coaches and players then split up and visited many of the injured on Ward 57 and Ward 68.在教练和球员们再分裂，并参观许多人受伤沃德57和沃德68 。 One patient whom team members visited was Erie, Kansas, native Kody Wilson.其中一位病人的团队成员参观了伊利，堪萨斯州，本地Kody威尔逊。
“These guys are heroes,” Kansas senior Jeremy Case said. “这些家伙都是英雄， ”堪萨斯州高级杰里案例说。 “They have put their life on the line for our country. “他们已经把他们的生活线为我们的国家。 It was an honor to meet them.”这是一种荣誉，以满足他们。 “
The group is scheduled to take an evening bus tour of Washington DC area memorials and monuments to conclude the day.该小组定于晚上巴士参观华盛顿地区纪念馆和纪念碑结束一天。
On Tuesday, the team will tour the White House before meeting President George W. Bush in a Rose Garden ceremony starting at 10, am (ET).星期二，该小组将前往白宫会见前总统乔治布什在玫瑰园仪式开始， 10日， 10:00 （ ET ）的。 From there the Jayhawks will tour the US Supreme Court, then the US Capitol where they will meet the Kansas delegation.从那里Jayhawks将参观美国最高法院，那么美国国会，他们将满足堪萨斯州代表团。
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