大会开始后,奥巴马总统作为东道主第一个讲话。他跑步上台,大声说道:欢迎大家,毫无疑问,我为各位聚集在我的家乡夏威夷州出席这次会议感到特别高兴,这体现了我们这一地区各国人民之间的深切联系。我希望昨晚大家过得非常愉快。我听说,你们中有些人想参加呼拉舞会——(笑声)——但很抱歉,我们未能给大家这样的机会。(And obviously I'm particularly pleased that we're meeting in my home state of HawAIi, which reflects the deep connections between the peoples of our region. And I hope everybody had a wonderful evening last night. I've heard that some of you wanted to join in the hula dancing--(laughter) --I'm sorry we did not give you that opportunity.)