奧巴馬與馬來西亞總理打高爾夫

U.S. President Barack Obama played golf Wednesday with a new and distinguished playing partner - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

美國總統奧巴馬星期三與一位名人成爲高爾夫新球友，他就是馬來西亞總理拉扎克。

Both Mr. Obama and Mr. Najib are vacationing in the U.S. Pacific state of Hawaii, the U.S. president's birthplace.

奧巴馬和拉扎克都在地處太平洋的夏威夷度假。夏威夷是奧巴馬的出生地。

The two leaders played a round of Christmas Eve golf at the Marine Corps base in Kaneohe Bay along with two of Mr. Obama's aides.

聖誕前夕，在卡內奧赫灣美國海軍陸戰隊基地，奧巴馬、拉扎克以及奧巴馬的兩名助手打了一輪高爾夫。

The White House released a statement saying the duo "took the opportunity to discuss the growing and warming relationship between the United States and Malaysia," and that the president looked forward to working with Mr. Najib next year, when Malaysia takes over the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

白宮發表聲明說，奧巴馬和拉扎克利用這次機會討論了美國和馬來西亞之間不斷髮展的友好關係，並表示奧巴馬期待明年與拉扎克總理合作，屆時馬來西亞將接任東盟輪值主席。

President Obama visited Malaysia earlier this year, the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country in nearly 50 years.

奧巴馬今年初曾訪問馬來西亞。這是近50年來首位美國在任總統訪問這個國家。