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Mourners to file past coffin
衰悼者瞻仰里根遗体
☆ file 列队
Five days of services to begin with public viewing
为公众瞻仰开放5天
Monday, June 7, 2004 Posted: 1130 GMT (1930 HKT)
SIMI VALLEY, California (CNN) -- Friends and admirers will begin filing past former President Ronald Reagan's coffin Monday morning at his presidential library, beginning five days of official remembrance for the charismatic leader.
加利福尼亚州，西米谷----周一晨，官方对伟大领导者--里根为期5天的记念活动的第一天，亲友及仰慕者将开始瞻仰停放与总统图书馆中的里里根总统的遗体。
☆ charismatic 超凡魅力的
Reagan, 93, died Saturday afternoon at his Bel Air home after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
在与阿茨海默氏病(早老性痴呆)进行了十余年的斗争后，里根于周六下午，在他位于Bel Air家中逝世，时年93岁。
☆ Alzheimer's disease 阿茨海默氏病，即?shy;发性痴呆，早老性痴呆
On Monday at 10 a.m. (1 p.m. ET), Reagan's coffin, accompanied by his family, will leave the mortuary for a procession to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
周一晨10点，里根的遗体将在其家人的陪护下，离开太平间，前往位于西米谷的罗纳德防锔芡惩际楣荨?/FONT>
A private ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., after which Reagan will lie in repose in the main lobby of the library for the public to pay their respects.
在11点进行私人的悼念仪式后，遗体将停放于图书馆的主厅中，接受公众的瞻仰。
The viewing at the library will continue all night and through the day on Tuesday, ending at 6 p.m. (9 p.m. ET).
On Wednesday morning, the coffin will be flown to Washington, where Reagan will lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol until Friday's funeral.
Afterward, Reagan will be returned to his adopted home state of California, where he will be interred at his presidential library.
Reagan will be the 10th former president to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and the first since Lyndon Johnson in 1973. The only other former president to die during that time, Richard Nixon, was buried in California without any commemorations in Washington after he died in 1994.
President Bush on Sunday ordered flags lowered to half-staff for 30 days in honor of Reagan.
Bush also called a national day of mourning for Friday, when the state funeral for the 40th president is held. Federal departments and agencies will close for the day, except those dealing with national security or essential services, under an executive order issued by Bush.
"I remember how electrified the crowd became when Ronald Reagan just walked in the room," Bush told NBC's "Dateline" Sunday. "There was something unbelievably charismatic about him. People loved to be in his presence."
"He will be sorely missed. He was a great president," he said.
Bush issued a proclamation saluting Reagan's "unshakable faith in the values of our country and the character of our people."
"Ronald Reagan renewed America's confidence and restored our nation. His optimism, strength and humility epitomized the American spirit," Bush said. "He always told us that for America, the best was yet to come."