After pressure from lawmakers, First Lady Melania Trump¹ announced the White House will reopen to the public on March 7, nearly seven weeks after her husband Donald became president.

经过议员施压，美国第一夫人梅兰妮亚·特朗普宣布，白宫将于3月7日重新对公众开放，届时其丈夫唐纳德·特朗普就任总统已近7周。

"I am excited to reopen the White House to the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come each year. The White House is a remarkable² and historic site and we are excited to share its beauty and history," she said in a brief statement.

梅兰妮亚·特朗普在一个简短的声明中说道：“我很高兴能向每年成千上万的游客重新开放白宫。白宫是一个非凡的、有历史影响的地点，我们很高兴能分享它的美丽和历史。”

"I am committed to the restoration and preservation³ of our nation's most recognizable landmark," she said.

她表示：“我致力于恢复和保护我们国家最知名的地标建筑。”

White House tours are highly popular with visitors to Washington, a perk⁴ arranged by members of Congress for their constituents⁵ and foreign embassies for their nationals.

参观白宫深受到访华盛顿的游客欢迎，这是美国国会议员可为选民、外国大使馆可为本国公民安排的一项福利。

The tours had been temporarily suspended, which is typical when there's a new president.

此前白宫参观项目被暂停，这是新总统上任时的惯例。

But the unusually long White House closure since Trump's inauguration⁶ on Jan 20 irked some members of Congress, whose constituents were unhappy about the lack of public access.

但自特朗普1月20日就职以来，白宫超长时间的闭门谢客惹恼了一些国会议员，白宫不对公众开放使得他们的选民很不满。