美国总统奥巴马九岁的女儿，Sasha，本周还跟造访白宫的中国国家主席胡锦涛用普通话交谈。 白宫国家安全副顾问洛德(Ben Rhodes)在一次视频会议上对中国博友说：“昨天晚上，总统在国宴招待会上透露说，他的女儿Sasha虽然年纪还小，但已经在学习中文。” 他说：“她还不到10岁，但已经开始学习中文。她还想利用这个机会与胡主席练练汉语。” Sasha与几个朋友参加了19日上午在白宫草坪为胡锦涛举行的欢迎仪式， 画面上可以看出她和同学们一起兴奋的挥舞中国国旗。 洛德说：“不是每个(孩子)都有机会与中国国家主席练习他/她刚刚接触的汉语，但她(Sasha)就有这个机会。” 洛德说，这个花絮说明，随着越来越多的美国人研究中国并去中国做生意，美国人了解中国的热情空前高涨。 US President Barack Obama's nine-year-old daughter, Sasha, wanted to test her developing Chinese skills this week while Chinese President Hu Jintao was in town. "The president pointed out last night at the state dinner that his daughter, Sasha, is a very young girl but her class is studying Chinese," Ben Rhodes, a White House deputy national security adviser, told a video conference with Chinese bloggers. "She's under 10 years old and they're studying Chinese, and she wanted to have the chance to practice her Chinese with President Hu." Sasha attended Hu's welcoming ceremony on the White House lawn on Wednesday morning with friends and could be seen waving a Chinese flag excitedly as her father and Hu walked around the grounds. "Not every (child) has the opportunity to try out their first phrases of Chinese with the president of China, but she had that chance," Rhodes said. He said the anecdote illustrated Americans' desire to get to know China better with more people studying the country and doing business there.