Obamas Barnard Commencement speech奥巴马毕业演说中英文对照

第一篇：Obamas Barnard Commencement speech奥巴马毕业演说中英文对照

Thank you so much.(Applause.)Thank you.Please, please have a seat.Thank you.(Applause.)

非常感谢大家。（掌声）谢谢大家，请入座。谢谢大家。（掌声）

Thank you, President Spar, trustees, President Bollinger.Hello, Class of 2012!(Applause.)Congratulations on reaching this day.Thank you for the honor of being able to be a part of it.谢谢你们，斯巴院长[译者注：中文名石德葆]、各位校董、伯林格校长。2012届毕业生，你们好！（掌声）祝贺你们迎来了这一天。感谢你们让我有幸来参加这个活动。

There are so many people who are proud of you--your parents, family, faculty, friends--all who share in this achievement.So please give them a big round of applause.(Applause.)To all the moms who are here today, you could not ask for a better Mother’s Day gift than to see all of these folks graduate.(Applause.)

有很多人为你们感到骄傲——你们的父母、家人、师长和朋友——都为取得这一成就出了力。因此，请为他们热烈鼓掌。（掌声）今天在座的各位母亲们，再也没有比看到所有这些孩子们毕业更好的母亲节礼物了。（掌声）

I have to say, though, whenever I come to these things, I start thinking about Malia and Sasha graduating, and I start tearing up and--(laughter)--it's terrible.I don't know how you guys are holding it together.(Laughter.)

但是我得说，每当我来到这种场合，就会想到玛莉娅和萨夏将来毕业的情景，我就会热泪盈眶——（笑声）——真不好意思。我不知道你们大家是怎么把持得住的。（笑声）

I will begin by telling a hard truth: I’m a Columbia college graduate.(Laughter and applause.)I know there can be a little bit of a sibling rivalry here.(Laughter.)But I’m honored nevertheless to be your commencement speaker today--although I’ve got to say, you set a pretty high bar given the past three years.(Applause.)Hillary Clinton--(applause)--Meryl Streep--(applause)--Sheryl Sandberg--these are not easy acts to follow.(Applause.)

我一开始就要说明一个确凿的事实：我是一名哥伦比亚大学的毕业生。（笑声和掌声）我知道可能会有一点同门弟子相争的劲儿。（笑声）但我还是为能够在你们今天的毕业典礼上讲话而感到荣幸——不过我得说，你们在过去三年树立了相当高的标准。（掌声）希拉里·克林顿——（掌声）——梅丽尔·斯特里普——（掌声）——谢里尔·桑德伯格——在她们之后出场可不容易。（掌声）

But I will point out Hillary is doing an extraordinary job as one of the finest Secretaries of State America has ever had.(Applause.)We gave Meryl the Presidential Medal of Arts and Humanities.(Applause.)Sheryl is not just a good friend;she’s also one of our economic advisers.So it’s like the old saying goes--keep your friends close, and your Barnard commencement speakers even closer.(Applause.)There's wisdom in that.(Laughter.)

但我要指出，希拉里的工作极为出色，她是美国有史以来最杰出的国务卿之一。（掌声）我们已授予梅丽尔艺术与人文总统奖章。（掌声）谢里尔不仅是一位好朋友；她还是我们的经济顾问之一。正如那句老话所说——亲近你的朋友，但更要亲近在你们巴纳德学院毕业典礼上讲话的人。（掌声）这话寓意深长。（笑声）

Now, the year I graduated--this area looks familiar--(laughter)--the year I graduated was 1983, the first year women were admitted to Columbia.(Applause.)Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.Music was all about Michael and the Moonwalk.(Laughter.)

话说我毕业那年——这个地方看着眼熟——（笑声）——我毕业于1983年，哥伦比亚大学开始录取女生的第一年。（掌声）当时萨莉·莱德成为第一位进入太空的美国女性。那时的音乐全是麦克尔和太空步。（笑声）

[AUDIENCE MEMBER: Do it!(Laughter.)]

【画外音：一名听众说“走一个！”（笑声）】

No Moonwalking.(Laughter.)No Moonwalking today.(Laughter.)

不走太空步。（笑声）今天不走太空步。（笑声）

We had the Walkman, not iPods.Some of the streets around here were not quite so inviting.(Laughter.)Times Square was not a family destination.(Laughter.)So I know this is all ancient history.Nothing worse than commencement speakers droning on about bygone days.(Laughter.)But for all the differences, the Class of 1983 actually had a lot in common with all of you.For we, too, were heading out into a world at a moment when our country was still recovering from a particularly severe economic recession.It was a time of change.It was a time of uncertainty.It was a time of passionate political debates.我们当时有“随身听”，没有IPod。这四周的一些街区没有现在这样诱人。（笑声）时报广场不是适合全家人去的地方。（笑声）我知道这一切都属于古老的过去了。毕业典礼演讲人絮叨旧事是再糟糕不过的。但是，尽管有种种差别，1983年毕业班其实与你们各位有许多共同之处。这是因为，当时我们踏入社会的时候，也正值国家从一场特别严重的经济衰退中恢复。那是一个变革的时期，一个充满未知的时期，一个政治辨伦激情高涨的时期。

You can relate to this because just as you were starting out finding your way around this campus, an economic crisis struck that would claim more than 5 million jobs before the end of your freshman year.Since then, some of you have probably seen parents put off retirement, friends struggle to find work.And you may be looking toward the future with that same sense of concern that my generation did when we were sitting where you are now.你们能够体会到这一点，因为在你们刚开始熟悉这所校园的时候，经济危机降临，不等你们第一学年结束，它已经导致500多万人失业。从那个时候以来，你们大概看到一些父母推迟了退休计划，一些朋友在苦苦求职。面对未来，你们也许像当年我这一代坐在你们的座位上的时候一样，感到忧心忡忡。

Of course, as young women, you’re also going to grapple with some unique challenges, like whether you’ll be able to earn equal pay for equal work;whether you’ll be able to balance the demands of your job and your family;whether you’ll be able to fully control decisions about your own health.当然，作为年轻女性，你们还要应对某些特殊的挑战，比如是否能够享有同工同酬；是否能够平衡工作和家庭的需要；是否能够对自身健康有全部决定权。

And while opportunities for women have grown exponentially over the last 30 years, as young people, in many ways you have it even tougher than we did.This recession has been more brutal, the job losses steeper.Politics seems nastier.Congress more gridlocked than ever.Some folks in the financial world have not exactly been model corporate citizens.(Laughter.)

虽然过去30年来女性的机会有了突飞猛进的增加，但作为年轻人，你们在很多方面面临着比我们当时更严峻的挑战。这场衰退更加严重，失业人数更多。政治争议似乎更加难以调和。国会比以往任何时候更加僵持。金融界的一些人很难被称为模范企业公民。（笑声）

No wonder that faith in our institutions has never been lower, particularly when good news doesn’t get the same kind of ratings as bad news anymore.Every day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message that suggest change isn’t possible;that you can’t make a difference;that you won’t be able to close that gap between life as it is and life as you want it to be.所以，毫不奇怪，对我们体制的信心达到空前之低，特别是好消息不如坏消息引人注意的时候。人们每天接到一连串耸人听闻的消息或者丑闻，其中传递的信息是：变革是不可能的；你们的努力无济于事；你们无法消除现实生活与你们的理想生活之间的差距。

My job today is to tell you don’t believe it.Because as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher.I’ve seen your passion and I’ve seen your service.I’ve seen you engage and I’ve seen you turn out in record numbers.I’ve heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend.I’ve seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course.我今天的任务就是要告诉你们，不要相信这些说法。因为尽管困难很大，但我坚信你们的能力更大。我看到过你们的激情，我看到过你们的奉献。我看到过你们的投入，我看到过你们挺身而出，人数空前。我听到了你们的声音，创意和对数码技术的精通使得这种声音格外响亮，而我们这些年长的人几乎不得其解。我看到心情迫切、跃跃欲试的一代人准备跻身历史激流中，扭转其方向。

And that defiant, can-do spirit is what runs through the veins of American history.It’s the lifeblood of all our progress.And it is that spirit which we need your generation to embrace and rekindle right now.这种蔑视困难、积极进取的精神贯穿于整个美国历史的进程。这种精神是我们一切进步的源泉。此时此刻，我们需要你们这一代继承和发扬光大的正是这种精神。

See, the question is not whether things will get better--they always do.The question is not whether we’ve got the solutions to our challenges--we’ve had them within our grasp for quite some time.We know, for example, that this country would be better off if more Americans were able to get the kind of education that you’ve received here at Barnard--(applause)--if more people could get the specific skills and training that employers are looking for today.可以看出，问题并不在于事情是否会好转——情况总是会变好的。问题也不在于我们是否已经有了应对我们面临的挑战的解决办法——我们一直掌握着这些解决办法，已有相当一段时间了。比如说，我们知道，如果有更多的美国人能得到你们在巴纳德得到的这样的教育（掌声）——如果有更多的人能够获得今天的雇主所需要的那些特定的技能和训练，美国的情况会更好。

We know that we’d all be better off if we invest in science and technology that sparks new businesses and medical breakthroughs;if we developed more clean energy so we could use less foreign oil and reduce the carbon pollution that’s threatening our planet.(Applause.)

我们知道，如果我们投资于能够造就新的企业并带动医学突破的科学与技术，如果我们开发出更多的清洁能源以减少使用外国石油并减少对我们的地球构成威胁的碳污染，我们大家的日子会过得更好。（掌声）

We know that we’re better off when there are rules that stop big banks from making bad bets with other people’s money and--(applause)--when insurance companies aren’t allowed to drop your coverage when you need it most or charge women differently from men.(Applause.)Indeed, we know we are better off when women are treated fairly and equally in every aspect of American life--whether it’s the salary you earn or the health decisions you make.(Applause.)

我们知道，如果有一定的规则制止大银行拿别人的钱去恶赌（掌声）——如果不允许保险公司在你最需要的时候取消你的保险资格或者对男女收费标准不一，我们的日子会过得更好。（掌声）确实，我们都知道，如果妇女在国家生活的方方面面都能得到公平与平等的对待——无论是你的薪金所得还是你所作的健康决定，我们的日子会过得更好。（掌声）

We know these things to be true.We know that our challenges are eminently solvable.The question is whether together, we can muster the will--in our own lives, in our common institutions, in our politics--to bring about the changes we need.And I’m convinced your generation possesses that will.And I believe that the women of this generation--that all of you will help lead the way.(Applause.)

我们知道这些都是实实在在的道理。我们知道，我们面临的挑战显然都是可以解决的。问题是，我们是否能够拧成一股绳，拿出意志力——在我们自己的生活中，在我们共同的体制中，在我们的政治事务中——实现我们所需的变革。我坚信，你们这一代具有这种意志力。我相信，这一代女性——你们所有的人将会在这条道路上走在前面。

Now, I recognize that’s a cheap applause line when you're giving a commencement at Barnard.(Laughter.)It’s the easy thing to say.But it’s true.It is--in part, it is simple math.Today, women are not just half this country;you’re half its workforce.(Applause.)More and more women are out-earning their husbands.You’re more than half of our college graduates, and master’s graduates, and PhDs.(Applause.)So you’ve got us outnumbered.(Laughter.)

我承认，这是不用费力就能在巴纳德学院的毕业典礼上赢得鼓掌喝彩的一句话。（笑声）说这样的话很容易。但事实确实如此。这是——在某种程度上，这是简单的数学题。今天，妇女不仅占这个国家总人口的一半，你们还是这个国家劳动力的一半。（掌声）越来越多的女性收入超过了她们的丈夫。你们在我们的大学毕业生中，在拥有硕士学位和博士学位的毕业生中占了一半以上。（掌声）所以，你们在人数上超过了我们。（笑声）

After decades of slow, steady, extraordinary progress, you are now poised to make this the century where women shape not only their own destiny but the destiny of this nation and of this world.在几十年来的缓慢、持续、不凡的进展之后，你们即将在本世纪实现这样的目标：妇女不仅能改变自己的命运，还能改变这个国家乃至这个世界的命运。

But how far your leadership takes this country, how far it takes this world--well, that will be up to you.You’ve got to want it.It will not be handed to you.And as someone who wants that future--that better future--for you, and for Malia and Sasha, as somebody who’s had the good fortune of being the husband and the father and the son of some strong, remarkable women, allow me to offer just a few pieces of advice.That's obligatory.(Laughter.)Bear with me.然而，你们的主动性能使这个国家走多远、能使这个世界走多远，还要取决于你们自己。你们必须有这种愿望。进步不可能由别人拱手奉上。作为一个希望你们、玛莉娅和萨夏拥有这一前途及更美好前途的人，作为一个有幸成为几位坚强杰出的女性的丈夫、父亲和儿子的人，请允许我贡献几条建议。这是义不容辞的。（笑声）容我慢慢道来。

My first piece of advice is this: Don’t just get involved.Fight for your seat at the table.Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.(Applause.)

我的第一条建议是，仅仅参与还不够，要为在决策中赢得一席之地而奋斗。能为坐上首席而奋斗就更好了。（掌声）

It’s been said that the most important role in our democracy is the role of citizen.And indeed, it was 225 years ago today that the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia, and our founders, citizens all, began crafting an extraordinary document.Yes, it had its flaws--flaws that this nation has strived to perfect over time.Questions of race and gender were unresolved.No woman’s signature graced the original document--although we can assume that there were founding mothers whispering smarter things in the ears of the founding fathers.(Applause.)I mean, that's almost certain.有人说，我们民主中最重要的角色是公民角色。的确如此，225年前的今天，费城召开了制宪大会，我们的开国元勋，我们所有的公民，开始起草一项伟大的纲领。是的，该文件有缺陷，这个国家后来为了完善它而作出了努力。种族和性别问题当时没有得到解决。最初的文件上没有妇女的签名来为之增添光彩，但是我们可以想象，一些开国之母在开国之父的耳旁轻声细语地指点一些高招。（掌声）我是说，几乎肯定如此。

What made this document special was that it provided the space--the possibility--for those who had been left out of our charter to fight their way in.It provided people the language to appeal to principles and ideals that broadened democracy’s reach.It allowed for protest, and movements, and the dissemination of new ideas that would repeatedly, decade after decade, change the world--a constant forward movement that continues to this day.这份文件之所以特别，是因为它为那些没有被纳入我们的宪法的人们提供了争取权利的空间和可能性。它为人民提供了借助于一些原则和理想拓展民主范围的语言。它允许发起抗议和运动，允许传播新思想，一代又一代地改变着世界，形成了一股永不休止的潮流，一直延续到今天。

Our founders understood that America does not stand still;we are dynamic, not static.We look forward, not back.And now that new doors have been opened for you, you’ve got an obligation to seize those opportunities.我们的开国元勋认识到，美国并非一成不变；我们充满活力，不会停滞不前。我们向前看，不回头。既然新的大门已为你们敞开，你们就有义务把握这些机会。

You need to do this not just for yourself but for those who don’t yet enjoy the choices that you’ve had, the choices you will have.And one reason many workplaces still have outdated policies is because women only account for 3 percent of the CEOs at Fortune 500 companies.One reason we’re actually refighting long-settled battles over women’s rights is because women occupy fewer than one in five seats in Congress.你们需要这么做，不仅是为了你们自己，也是为了那些没有得到你们已经有过以及还将拥有的种种选择的人。许多工作场所仍在实行过时的政策，原因之一就是妇女只占财富500强公司首席行政官的3%。我们仍在为争取妇女权利而再次进行早已完成的抗争，原因之一就是妇女在国会所占的席位还不到五分之一。

Now, I’m not saying that the only way to achieve success is by climbing to the top of the corporate ladder or running for office--although, let’s face it, Congress would get a lot more done if you did.(Laughter and applause.)That I think we’re sure about.But if you decide not to sit yourself at the table, at the very least you’ve got to make sure you have a say in who does.It matters.我不是说取得成功的唯一途径是晋升到公司的最高层，或是竞选公职，不过，请让我们面对这个事实：如果你们竞选公职，国会将能大有作为。（笑声和掌声）我想大家对此是深信无疑的。但如果你们决定不亲身参政，至少也应该确保自己有权选择议员。这很重要。

Before women like Barbara Mikulski and Olympia Snowe and others got to Congress, just to take one example, much of federally-funded research on diseases focused solely on their effects on men.It wasn’t until women like Patsy Mink and Edith Green got to Congress and passed Title IX, 40 years ago this year, that we declared women, too, should be allowed to compete and win on America’s playing fields.(Applause.)Until a woman named Lilly Ledbetter showed up at her office and had the courage to step up and say, you know what, this isn’t right, women weren’t being treated fairly--we lacked some of the tools we needed to uphold the basic principle of equal pay for equal work.例如，在像芭芭拉·米库尔斯基和奥林匹娅·斯诺及其他女性进入国会前，联邦资助的大部分疾病研究主要侧重于疾病对男性的影响。40年前的今天，帕齐·明克和伊迪丝·格林等女性进入国会并通过[教育法修正案]《第九条》，从而宣布女性也有资格在美国的运动场上参与竞赛并取胜。（掌声）一个名叫莉莉·莱德贝特的女性来到她的办公室，勇敢地而明确地说：你们知道吗，这不对，女性没有得到公正待遇——我们缺乏一些必要的手段捍卫同工同酬的基本原则。

So don’t accept somebody else’s construction of the way things ought to be.It’s up to you to right wrongs.It’s up to you to point out injustice.It’s up to you to hold the system accountable and sometimes upend it entirely.It’s up to you to stand up and to be heard, to write and to lobby, to march, to organize, to vote.Don’t be content to just sit back and watch.所以不要接受别人对于事情理当如何的看法。你应当來纠正错误做法。你应当來指出不公不义。你应当来督促社会体制负起责任，有时需要全盘改变。你应当挺身而出，发表意见，撰文游说，游行示威，组织民众，投票表决。不要满足于袖手旁观。

Those who oppose change, those who benefit from an unjust status quo, have always bet on the public’s cynicism or the public's complacency.Throughout American history, though, they have lost that bet, and I believe they will this time as well.(Applause.)But ultimately, Class of 2012, that will depend on you.Don’t wait for the person next to you to be the first to speak up for what’s right.Because maybe, just maybe, they’re waiting on you.那些反对变革、受益于不公平现状的人，总是赌定公众要不是愤世嫉俗就是洋洋自得。可是纵观美国历史，他们一再下错赌注，我相信这一次也不例外。（掌声）可是说到底，2012届的同学们，这将取决于你们。不要等待你身旁的人第一个为正义发言。因为有可能，只是有此可能，他们正在等你带头。

Which brings me to my second piece of advice: Never underestimate the power of your example.The very fact that you are graduating, let alone that more women now graduate from college than men, is only possible because earlier generations of women--your mothers, your grandmothers, your aunts--shattered the myth that you couldn’t or shouldn’t be where you are.(Applause.)

这就涉及我的第二条建议：切勿低估以身作则的力量。你们即将毕业的事实，且不说目前大学毕业的女生人数超过男生，都是因为前辈女性－－你们的母亲、祖母、姨婶－－打破了你不能或者不应当身在此处的神话。（掌声）

I think of a friend of mine who’s the daughter of immigrants.When she was in high school, her guidance counselor told her, you know what, you’re just not college material.You should think about becoming a secretary.Well, she was stubborn, so she went to college anyway.She got her master’s.She ran for local office, won.She ran for state office, she won.She ran for Congress, she won.And lo and behold, Hilda Solis did end up becoming a secretary--(laughter)--she is America’s Secretary of Labor.(Applause.)

我想起一位朋友，她是移民的女儿。念中学时，她的指导老师告诉她，你不是念大学的材料，你应当考虑去当秘书。她很固执，所以还是念了大学，进而拿到硕士学位。她竞选地方公职，结果胜选。她竞选州政府公职，再度胜选。她竞选国会议员，又是胜选。请听好了，希尔达·索利斯最终的确成为一名秘书－－（笑声）－－她成为美国劳工部的秘书[译者注：“秘书”和“部长”在英文中是同一个单词]。（掌声）

So think about what that means to a young Latina girl when she sees a Cabinet secretary that looks like her.(Applause.)Think about what it means to a young girl in Iowa when she sees a presidential candidate who looks like her.Think about what it means to a young girl walking in Harlem right down the street when she sees a U.N.ambassador who looks like her.Do not underestimate the power of your example.所以想想看，当一名拉丁裔的小女孩看到一名长得像她的内阁部长，会作何感想。（掌声）当一名艾奥瓦州的小女孩看到一名长得像她的总统候选人，会作何感想。当一名小女孩走在哈莱姆区的街上，看到一名长得像她的驻联合国大使，她会作何感想。不要低估了你们以身作则的力量。

This diploma opens up new possibilities, so reach back, convince a young girl to earn one, too.If you earned your degree in areas where we need more women--like computer science or engineering--(applause)--reach back and persuade another student to study it, too.If you're going into fields where we need more women, like construction or computer engineering--reach back, hire someone new.Be a mentor.Be a role model.这张文凭将会开辟新的可能性，因此，回过头去，说服另一个小女孩也去追求文凭。如果你们学习的专业是需要更多女性投入的领域－－比如计算机科学或者工程学－－（掌声）－－也要说服另一名学生加入你们的学习行列。如果你们进入的是需要更多女性加入的领域，如建筑施工或者计算机工程－－那就回头聘一位新人。做一个指导者。做一个好榜样。

Until a girl can imagine herself, can picture herself as a computer programmer, or a combatant commander, she won’t become one.Until there are women who tell her, ignore our pop culture obsession over beauty and fashion--(applause)--and focus instead on studying and inventing and competing and leading, she’ll think those are the only things that girls are supposed to care about.Now, Michelle will say, nothing wrong with caring about it a little bit.(Laughter.)You can be stylish and powerful, too.(Applause.)That's Michelle’s advice.(Applause.)

一名女孩要成为计算机程序员或者军事指挥官，她必须首先具备这样的理想。如果没有别的女性告诉她，不要在意我们的流行文化对于美丽和时尚的迷恋－－（掌声）－－而是专注学习，发明创新，与人竞争，发挥领导作用，她就会一直在意那些事情。好，米歇尔会说，在意一点又何妨。（笑声）你可以既时髦又有力量。（掌声）那是米歇尔的建议。（掌声）

And never forget that the most important example a young girl will ever follow is that of a parent.Malia and Sasha are going to be outstanding women because Michelle and Marian Robinson are outstanding women.So understand your power, and use it wisely.千万不要忘记一个女孩仿效的最重要榜样就是她的父母。玛莉娅和莎夏将会成为杰出的女性，因为米歇尔和玛丽安·鲁宾逊都是杰出的女性。所以，要认识到你们的力量，并且明智地加以运用。

My last piece of advice--this is simple, but perhaps most important: Persevere.Persevere.Nothing worthwhile is easy.No one of achievement has avoided failure--sometimes catastrophic failures.But they keep at it.They learn from mistakes.They don’t quit.我的最后一点建议－－这很简单，但可能是最重要的一点：坚持不懈。坚持不懈。有价值的事物得之不易。没有一个有成就的人能够避免失败－－有时甚至是一败涂地。可是他们坚持不懈，从错误中学习。他们绝不放弃。

You know, when I first arrived on this campus, it was with little money, fewer options.But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world.I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was vague how in fact I’d go about it.(Laughter.)But I wanted to do my part to do my part to shape a better world.你们知道，我刚到这个校园时，没多少钱，更没多少选择。但正是在这里，我试图寻找我在这个世界上的立足之地。我知道我想有所作为，但却不清楚如何去做。(笑声）可我想尽自己的力量去建设一个更美好的世界。

So even as I worked after graduation in a few unfulfilling jobs here in New York--I will not list them all--(laughter)--even as I went from motley apartment to motley apartment, I reached out.I started to write letters to community organizations all across the country.And one day, a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago answered, offering me work with people in neighborhoods hit hard by steel mills that were shutting down and communities where jobs were dying away.因此，即使当我毕业后在纽约从事几份没有成就感的工作的时候——我不会一 一列举——（笑声）——即使在我搬出一间杂乱的公寓又搬到另一间同样杂乱的公寓的时候，我也在努力求索。我开始给全国各地的社区组织写信。有一天，芝加哥南区的一个小型教会组织回了信，给了我一份为当地居民服务的工作，他们那里的钢厂停业使他们受到沉重打击，那里的就业机会也一天天消失。

The community had been plagued by gang violence, so once I arrived, one of the first things we tried to do was to mobilize a meeting with community leaders to deal with gangs.And I’d worked for weeks on this project.We invited the police;we made phone calls;we went to churches;we passed out flyers.The night of the meeting we arranged rows and rows of chairs in anticipation of this crowd.And we waited, and we waited.And finally, a group of older folks walked in to the hall and they sat down.And this little old lady raised her hand and asked, “Is this where the bingo game is?”(Laughter.)It was a disaster.Nobody showed up.My first big community meeting--nobody showed up.当地社区一直被帮派暴力所扰，所以我一到那里，我们争取做的第一件事情就是与社区领袖开会商量应对帮派的对策。我为这项工作忙了好几个星期。我们邀请了警察；我们打了电话，我们去了教堂；我们散发了传单。要开会的那天晚上，我们排好了一排排椅子，以为会有一大群人到会。我们等啊等。最后，一群老人走进大厅，然后坐下来。有一位瘦小的老太太举起了手，问道：“宾果游戏是在这里吗？”(笑声)真是糟糕透了。没有人来。我的第一个社区大会——没有人到场。

And later, the volunteers I worked with told me, that's it;we’re quitting.They'd been doing this for two years even before I had arrived.They had nothing to show for it.And I’ll be honest, I felt pretty discouraged as well.I didn't know what I was doing.I thought about quitting.And as we were talking, I looked outside and saw some young boys playing in a vacant lot across the street.And they were just throwing rocks up at a boarded building.They had nothing better to do--late at night, just throwing rocks.And I said to the volunteers, “Before you quit, answer one question.What will happen to those boys if you quit? Who will fight for them if we don’t? Who will give them a fair shot if we leave?

后来，和我一起工作的志愿人员对我说，够了，我们不干了。他们在我来之前已经干了两年之久。他们觉得没有任何成就可言。说实话，我也感到相当气馁。我不知道我在做什么。我想过不干了。当我们交谈的时候，我往外边看了看，看到一群年轻的男孩在马路对面的空地上玩耍。他们正对着一座用板子钉起来的建筑物投掷石块。他们百无聊赖——在深夜，扔石头玩。我对那些志愿人员说：“在你们退出之前，先回答一个问题。如果你们不干了那些男孩会怎么样？如果我们不为他们着想，还有谁会为他们奋斗呢？如果我们走了，还有谁会给他们一个公平的机会呢？

And one by one, the volunteers decided not to quit.We went back to those neighborhoods and we kept at it.We registered new voters, and we set up after-school programs, and we fought for new jobs, and helped people live lives with some measure of dignity.And we sustained ourselves with those small victories.We didn’t set the world on fire.Some of those communities are still very poor.There are still a lot of gangs out there.But I believe that it was those small victories that helped me win the bigger victories of my last three and a half years as President.志愿者们一个接一个地决定不放弃。我们回到那些街区，继续坚持工作。我们给新选民登记，我们安排课后活动，我们争取新的就业机会，并帮助人们活得更有尊严。我们用那些小小的胜利鼓励自己。我们并没有做什么惊天动地的事。这些社区中有一些仍然很贫穷。那里仍然有很多的帮派出没。但我相信，就是这些小小的胜利帮助我在这三年半里作为总统赢得了更大的胜利。

And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate toughness in me.But the truth is, it was learned.I got it from watching the people who raised me.More specifically, I got it from watching the women who shaped my life.我希望我能说这种执着源于我与生俱来的某种毅力。但事实是，这是后天学到的。我是从养育我的人身上学到的。更具体地说，我是从影响了我的生活的那些女性身上学到的。

I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through school and make ends meet.She had marriages that fell apart;even went on food stamps at one point to help us get by.But she didn’t quit.And she earned her degree, and made sure that through scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned ours.She used to wake me up when we were living overseas--wake me up before dawn to study my English lessons.And when I’d complain, she’d just look at me and say, “This is no picnic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)

我是一个单身母亲的儿子，她含辛茹苦，在努力维持家庭生计的同时完成学业。她有过破碎的婚姻，甚至一度靠领取食品劵勉强养家度日。但她没有放弃。她获得了学位，并确保我和我妹妹能依靠奖学金和辛勤努力来获得我们的学位。当我们在海外生活时，她常常叫我起床——天不亮就起床，学习英语课程。当我抱怨时，她就会看着我说：“小子，这对我也并不轻松。”(笑声)

And my mom ended up dedicating herself to helping women around the world access the money they needed to start their own businesses--she was an early pioneer in microfinance.And that meant, though, that she was gone a lot, and she had her own struggles trying to figure out balancing motherhood and a career.And when she was gone, my grandmother stepped up to take care of me.我的母亲最终完全投入到帮助世界各地妇女获得创业所需资金的工作中——她是微型信贷的一个先驱。但这意味着她经常不在家，而且她有着自身的挣扎，要努力在做母亲和发展事业之间找到平衡。她不在家时，我的外祖母承担起照顾我的责任。

She only had a high school education.She got a job at a local bank.She hit the glass ceiling, and watched men she once trained promoted up the ladder ahead of her.But she didn’t quit.Rather than grow hard or angry each time she got passed over, she kept doing her job as best as she knew how, and ultimately ended up being vice president at the bank.She didn’t quit.她仅受过高中教育。她在当地银行找到一份工作，她遇到了事业上的玻璃天花板，眼看着她曾经培训过的男人晋升到比她更高的级别。但她没有退却。她没有因一次次机会旁落而变得冷漠或愤怒，而是继续尽自己最大努力做好工作，最终她成为银行的副总裁。她没有退却。

And later on, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm.And she gave me such good advice that I married her.(Laughter.)And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a young family.But let’s face it, no matter how enlightened I must have thought myself to be, it often fell more on her shoulders when I was traveling, when I was away.I know that when she was with our girls, she’d feel guilty that she wasn’t giving enough time to her work, and when she was at her work, she’d feel guilty she wasn’t giving enough time to our girls.And both of us wished we had some superpower that would let us be in two places at once.But we persisted.We made that marriage work.后来，我遇到一位女性，她被派来担任我在一家律师事务所从事的第一份暑期工作的指导。她对我的指导如此之好，以致于我娶了她。（笑声）米歇尔和我竭尽全力在发展事业与照顾幼小的孩子之间找到平衡。但是说实话，不管我当时可能认为自己是多么开通，在我外出旅行时，在我不在家时，家事往往更多地落在她的肩上。我知道，在照顾我们的两个女儿时，她为没有在工作上付出足够时间感到内疚；而当她上班时，又为没有给孩子足够的时间感到内疚。我们俩都唯愿我们有某种超人的能力，使我们能够两者兼顾。但我们坚持住了，我们的努力保证了婚姻的成功。

And the reason Michelle had the strength to juggle everything, and put up with me and eventually the public spotlight, was because she, too, came from a family of folks who didn’t quit--because she saw her dad get up and go to work every day even though he never finished college, even though he had crippling MS.She saw her mother, even though she never finished college, in that school, that urban school, every day making sure Michelle and her brother were getting the education they deserved.Michelle saw how her parents never quit.They never indulged in self-pity, no matter how stacked the odds were against them.They didn't quit.米歇尔之所以能够坚强地招架一切并忍受我，而且最终忍受公众聚光，是因为她同样来自一个不轻易退却的家庭——因为她看到她的父亲每天一大早起来去上班，尽管他从未念完大学，尽管他患有影响行动的多发性硬化症。她看到，尽管她的母亲从未念完大学，但在那个学校，那个贫民区的学校，她每天都确保米歇尔和她的哥哥受到他们应该得到的教育。米歇尔看到她的父母从不放弃。他们从不沉溺于自怜，不管他们面临多么不利的境况。他们从不放弃。

Those are the folks who inspire me.People ask me sometimes, who inspires you, Mr.President? Those quiet heroes all across this country--some of your parents and grandparents who are sitting here--no fanfare, no articles written about them, they just persevere.They just do their jobs.They meet their responsibilities.They don't quit.I'm only here because of them.They may not have set out to change the world, but in small, important ways, they did.They certainly changed mine.正是这些人激励着我。人们有时问我，总统先生，是谁激励着你？是这个国家各地那些默默耕耘的英雄——今天在座的你们一些人的父母和祖父母——他们不张扬，没有文章报道他们，他们只是坚持不懈。他们只是做好本职工作。他们履行自己的责任。他们不放弃。正是因为有他们我才站到这里。他们或许并没有从一开始就要改变世界，但他们以一点一滴的重要方式，改变了世界。他们无疑改变了我的世界。

So whether it’s starting a business, or running for office, or raising an amazing family, remember that making your mark on the world is hard.It takes patience.It takes commitment.It comes with plenty of setbacks and it comes with plenty of failures.因此，无论是创办一家企业、竞选公职、还是抚养一个美好的家庭，请记住：要在这个世界上留下你的影响不是一件轻而易举的事情。它需要耐心。它需要投入。随之而来的是大量挫折，以及无数次的失败。

But whenever you feel that creeping cynicism, whenever you hear those voices say you can’t make a difference, whenever somebody tells you to set your sights lower--the trajectory of this country should give you hope.Previous generations should give you hope.What young generations have done before should give you hope.Young folks who marched and mobilized and stood up and sat in, from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall, didn’t just do it for themselves;they did it for other people.(Applause.)

但每当你感觉到那种迎面扑来的冷嘲热讽，每当你听到人们说你无法改变现状，每当有人告诉你要苟且偷生——这个国家走过的道路应该给你带来希望。前几代人的经历应该给你带来希望。在你之前的一代又一代年轻人做过的一切应该给你带来希望。无论是在塞尼卡福尔斯还是在塞尔玛或是在石墙，当时那些参加游行、动员起来、挺身而出、进行静坐的年轻人，他们不仅仅是为自己这样做 ；他们这样做是为了别人。（掌声）

That’s how we achieved women’s rights.That's how we achieved voting rights.That's how we achieved workers’ rights.That's how we achieved gay rights.(Applause.)That’s how we’ve made this Union more perfect.(Applause.)

就是这样，我们获得了妇女权利；就是这样，我们获得了选举权；就是这样，我们获得了工人权利；就是这样，我们获得了同性恋权利。（掌声）就是这样，我们使我们的合众国更趋完美。（掌声）

And if you’re willing to do your part now, if you're willing to reach up and close that gap between what America is and what America should be, I want you to know that I will be right there with you.(Applause.)If you are ready to fight for that brilliant, radically simple idea of America that no matter who you are or what you look like, no matter who you love or what God you worship, you can still pursue your own happiness, I will join you every step of the way.(Applause.)

如果你们愿意现在就来尽你们的职责，如果你们愿意竭尽所能缩小美国现状与理想之间的差距，我想让你们知道：我会与你们站在一起。（掌声）。不管你是谁、不管你的外貌如何、不管你爱的是谁或敬拜什么样的神，你仍然可以追求自己的幸福——如果你准备为美国实现这个十分简单却又非常美好的想法而奋斗，我会在前进的道路上与你并肩迈出每一步。（掌声）

Now more than ever--now more than ever, America needs what you, the Class of 2012, has to offer.America needs you to reach high and hope deeply.And if you fight for your seat at the table, and you set a better example, and you persevere in what you decide to do with your life, I have every faith not only that you will succeed, but that, through you, our nation will continue to be a beacon of light for men and women, boys and girls, in every corner of the globe.与以往任何时候相比——与以往任何时候相比，现在美国都更需要你们——2012届的同学们——所能贡献的一切。美国需要你们高瞻远瞩、胸怀大志。如果你们为争取自己的发言权而奋斗，树立一个更好的榜样，坚持做你们一生中立志要做的事情，我坚信，不仅你们会取得成功，而且由于你们的努力，我们的国家将继续是为全球每一个角落的男人和女人、男孩和女孩照耀航程的灯塔。

So thank you.Congratulations.(Applause.)God bless you.God bless the United States of America.(Applause.)

因此，谢谢大家。向你们祝贺。（掌声）上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。（掌声）

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第二篇：奥巴马胜选演说中英文对照全文

奥巴马胜选演说中英文对照全文

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.我要告诉那些在美国大陆以外关注今晚选举的人们，也许你们在一个被世界遗忘的角落通过收音机了解今晚的选举，尽管我们的国情不一样，但是我们的命运是紧紧联系在一起的。一个全新的美国领导层即将呼之欲出。

To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you.To those who seek peace and security – we support you.And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.我要告诉那些试图破坏这个世界的人们，我们将打败你们！我要告诉那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们将全力支持你们！我要告诉那些对美国的未来持怀疑态度的人们，今晚，我们再次证明了一个事实，那就是这个国家拥有强大的力量，这并不是因为我们拥有众多的武器和财富。民主、自由、机遇、坚定不屈的希望才使这个国家保持强大的持久力量！

For that is the true genius of America – that America can change.Our union can be perfected.And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.美国强大的真谛在于它能够做出改变，我们的国家可以变得更加完美。我们过去所达到的成就让我们看到了前进的希望。

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that’s on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing – Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.本届选举创造了多项历史之最，有许多故事将代代相传。但此时此刻，我脑海中想起的是一名来自亚特兰大的选民，这位名叫安妮·尼克松·库珀的女性和千千万万的选民一样，静静地站在投票队伍之中，投出自己的选票，表达自己的声音。不过，与众不同的是，她已经106岁高龄了。在她出生的年代，公路上没有汽车，天空中没有飞机。像她一样的人仅仅因为肤色和性别就被挡在参与投票的大门之外。She was born just a generation past slavery;a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons – because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin.And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America – the heartache and the hope;the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.Yes we can.今晚，我由此联想到了她一个世纪以来，在美国见证的一切：困苦与希望，奋斗与进步，那是一个让人无能为力的年代，但人们必须不断告诉自己美国的伟大信条：“是的，我们可以！”曾经，女性无法表达自己的意见，她们的希望成为幻影。如今，她终于见证了这一幕，和她一样有着悲惨遭遇的人们成功地投出了自己的选票。是的，我们可以！

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose.Yes we can.当整个美国大陆都笼罩在经济大萧条的绝望之中时，她见证了一个国家战胜自身恐惧，重新崛起，罗斯福总统推行的“新政”不仅给美国带来了新的就业机会，更给美国人民带来了共同的价值观。是的，我们可以！

When the bombs fell on our harbour and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.Yes we can.当敌人的炮弹投向我们的港口，当世界被暴政所威胁，她见证了一个崛起的民族，民主重获新生。是的，我们可以！

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.她目睹了发生在蒙哥马利巴士上、伯明翰的高压水龙头下、塞尔玛大桥上的种族歧视暴行„„而后，来自亚特兰大的民权先驱告诉人们，“我们可以战胜这一切”。是的，我们可以！

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes we can.而后，人类登月，柏林墙倒塌，世界重新集结在科学和想象力的号角下。现在，在这场选举中，她终于用自己的指尖触碰到投票屏幕，郑重地投下选票。饱经106年的沧桑变化，穿越岁月的风云变迁，她知道美国能做出怎样的改变。是的，我们可以！

America, we have come so far.We have seen so much.But there is so much more to do.So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century;if my

daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

美国，我们风雨兼程，一路走来。我们经历了太多，但前方仍有许多梦想等待着我们去实现。今晚，让我们大声地问自己，我们的孩子是否还能看到下一个世纪；我可爱的女儿是否能和安妮·尼克松·库珀一样幸运，享受漫长的人生。他们将看到怎样的变革？我们将取得怎样的进步？

This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one;that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:Yes We Can.这是我们给出答案的机会。这是属于我们的时刻。这是我们的时代：让人们有事可做；为我们的孩子打开机遇之门；推动世界和平与繁荣；再次锻造美国梦，重申这一不可动摇的事实——虽然我们每个人不尽相同，但我们是一个整体，只要我们呼吸尚存，希望就永不磨灭。我们将用那历经时间考验的不朽信条掷地有声地直面质疑：“是的，我们可以！”

Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.谢谢！上帝保佑你们，保佑美利坚合众国！

第三篇：2013年奥巴马国情咨文演说音频及中英文对照

2013年奥巴马国情咨文演说音频及中英文对照

The 2013 State of the Union Address

THE PRESIDENT: Mr.Speaker, Mr.Vice President, members of Congress, fellow citizens: 议长先生，副总统先生，国会议员们，美国人民：

Fifty-one years ago, John F.Kennedy declared to this chamber that ―the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.‖(Applause.)―It is my task,‖ he said, ―to report the State of the Union--to improve it is the task of us all.‖

51年前，约翰-F-肯尼迪在这里宣布―宪法让我们成为进步的伙伴而不是权利的对手，‖(掌声)他说，―发表国情咨文是我的任务，但是完善国情却是我们所有人的任务。‖

Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report.After a decade of grinding war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home.(Applause.)After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over six million new jobs.We buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20.(Applause.)Our housing market is healing, our stock market is rebounding, and consumers, patients, and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before.(Applause.)

今晚，感谢美国人民的勇气和决心，我有很多内容需要汇报。在十年的残酷战争之后，我们勇敢的穿军装的男人女人正在归来。(掌声)在多年的紧张的萧条期后，我们的商业已经创造了600万新的就业岗位。我们现在开始购入比过去5年还要多的汽车，但依赖的国外石油比过去20年总和都要少。我们的住宅市场正在复苏，我们的股票市场正在反弹。消费者、病人、房产所有者也享受比之前更有力的保护。(掌声)So, together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the State of our Union is stronger.(Applause.)

所以，在一起，我们清除了危机的废墟。而且，我们可以说，通过新的信心，我们国家的状态更强有力了。(掌声)But we gather here knowing that there are millions of Americans whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded.Our economy is adding jobs--but too many people still can’t find full-time employment.Corporate profits have skyrocketed to all-time highs--but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged.但是我们来到这里，知道还有数百万的美国人，通过辛苦的工作和奉献，并没有得到回报。我们的经济正在创造就业岗位——但仍然有许多人不能找到全职工作。企业利润飙升到了新高度——但十多年来，薪资和收入几乎从未上升。

It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth--a rising, thriving middle class.(Applause.)

我们这一代人的任务是——重燃美国经济增长的发动机——造就一个升起的、兴旺的中产阶级。(掌声)It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country--the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or who you love.我们的未竟任务是——恢复我们国家的基本协议——如果你工作努力并且负责任，你将会领先于别人，不论你从哪里来，不论你长得怎样，或者爱的是谁。

It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few;that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation.(Applause.)

我们的未竟任务是——政府为大多数人服务，而不是少数人；政府鼓励自由企业、奖励个人的主创性，并且给这个国家的每一个孩子都提供发展的机会。(掌声)The American people don’t expect government to solve every problem.They don’t expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue.But they do expect us to put the nation’s interests before party.(Applause.)They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can.For they know that America moves forward only when we do so together, and that the responsibility of improving this union remains the task of us all.美国人并不期望政府解决所有的问题。他们不期望在这个议事厅里的我们在所有的事务上有一致的看法。但是他们期望我们把国家利益放在党派前面。(掌声)他们期望我们在我们能走做到的议题上形成合理的妥协。因为他们知道只有当我们一起做这些事的时候，美国才会前进。改善这个国家的责任是我们所共有的。

Our work must begin by making some basic decisions about our budget--decisions that will have a huge impact on the strength of our recovery.我们的工作必须从如何决定我们的预算开始——这些决定将对我们复苏的势头有巨大影响。

Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion--mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.As a result, we are more than halfway towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists say we need to stabilize our finances.过去几年，两党共同努力，削减了2.5万亿美元的赤字——大部分是通过削减支出进行的，当然我们也对最富有的1%的美国人提高了税率。结果就是，我们已经完成了经济学家认为的足以稳定财政的削减赤字4万亿美元任务的一半还要多。

Now we need to finish the job.And the question is, how? 现在我们需要完成这项任务。问题是，怎样完成？

In 2011, Congress passed a law saying that if both parties couldn’t agree on a plan to reach our deficit goal, about a trillion dollars’ worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year.These sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness.They’d devastate priorities like education, and energy, and medical research.They would certainly slow our recovery, and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs.That’s why Democrats, Republicans, business leaders, and economists have already said that these cuts, known here in Washington as the sequester, are a really bad idea.2011年，国会通过了一个议案。议案称如果两党不能对削减赤字达成一致，那么价值约1万亿美元的预算削减将会自动生效。这些突然的、残酷的、武断的削减，将会使我们的军事准备陷入危险。这也将会使教育、能源及医疗科研等优先问题恶化。这将会毫无疑问地减缓我们的经济复苏，并且还会让我们付出成百上千个就业岗位的代价。这就是为什么民主党员们、共和党员们、商业领袖们以及经济学家们已经说过，在华盛顿被认为是一种扣押行为的这些削减措施，是一个确实无误的坏主意。

Now, some in Congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts by making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training, Medicare and Social Security benefits.That idea is even worse.(Applause.)

现在，国会中的某些人已经开始提议防止通过更大幅度的削减教育、职业培训、老年保健医疗体系和社会保险津贴的经费以削减国防经费。(掌声)Yes, the biggest driver of our long-term debt is the rising cost of health care for an aging population.And those of us who care deeply about programs like Medicare must embrace the need for modest reforms--otherwise, our retirement programs will crowd out the investments we need for our children, and jeopardize the promise of a secure retirement for future generations.是的，目前推动我们长期债务最大的推手是，养老医疗保障费用的增加。那些非常关心我们老年保健医疗体系的人必须接受适度的改革——否则，我们退休项目将会比我们对孩子们的投入更庞大，而且会使得未来几代人的退休保障更加危险。

But we can’t ask senior citizens and working families to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction while asking nothing more from the wealthiest and the most powerful.(Applause.)We won’t grow the middle class simply by shifting the cost of health care or college onto families that are already struggling, or by forcing communities to lay off more teachers and more cops and more firefighters.Most Americans--Democrats, Republicans, and independents--understand that we can’t just cut our way to prosperity.They know that broad-based economic growth requires a balanced approach to deficit reduction, with spending cuts and revenue, and with everybody doing their fair share.And that’s the approach I offer tonight.但是，我们不能让老人和工薪家庭承担削减赤字的重任的同时，不去向最富有的最有影响力的人征收更多的税收。(掌声)我们不会通过向那些已经在艰苦奋斗的家庭简单地提升医疗保险经费或者大学学费抑或是强迫社区裁掉更多的老师、警察、消防员的方法以扩充我们的中产阶级。大多数美国人——民主党员们、共和党员们、独立人士——理解我们并不能削减掉我们通往繁荣的道路。他们知道，我们基础广泛的经济增长，需要的是一个可以削减支出和税收的每一个人都各司其职的平衡的途径以抵达赤字削减的目标。这就是今晚我要提出的方案。

On Medicare, I’m prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of health care savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.(Applause.)

关于老年保健医疗体系，我已准备颁布改革方案，那将在下一个10年开始时，实现同等数额的保健资金储备。这一改革方案是由国会内跨党派的辛普森-鲍尔斯委员会草拟提交的。(掌声)Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs.(Applause.)And the reforms I’m proposing go even further.We’ll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors.(Applause.)We’ll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for Medicare, because our medical bills shouldn’t be based on the number of tests ordered or days spent in the hospital;they should be based on the quality of care that our seniors receive.(Applause.)And I am open to additional reforms from both parties, so long as they don’t violate the guarantee of a secure retirement.Our government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep--but we must keep the promises we’ve already made.(Applause.)平价医疗法案已经开始帮助减缓医保经费的增长。(掌声)我提议的改革将会走得更远。我们将会削减纳税人对于处方类药品公司的津贴，同时向那些最富有的高层管理索取更多。(掌声)我们将会通过改变政府为老年保健医疗体系埋单的方式以调低医药费，因为我们的医疗账单不应该基于我们在医院住了多少天做了多少体检，而应基于我们的老人享受了多么高质量的医护措施。(掌声)现在我将听取来自两党的附加改革措施，只要他们不违反退休安全的保障。我们的政府不应该承诺一些我们不能完成的誓言，而是应该完成一些我们已经决定的诺言。(掌声)

To hit the rest of our deficit reduction target, we should do what leaders in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected.After all, why would we choose to make deeper cuts to education and Medicare just to protect special interest tax breaks? How is that fair? Why is it that deficit reduction is a big emergency justifying making cuts in Social Security benefits but not closing some loopholes? How does that promote growth?(Applause.)

为了达到我们剩下的赤字削减目标，我们应该完成两党领袖已经建议了的，摆脱富贵者的税收漏洞和削减，这样可以节省千亿美元。毕竟，为什么我们要对教育和老年保健医疗体系选择进行更多的削减，而仅仅是为了保护一些特殊利益者的免税？那样公平吗？为什么赤字削减是社会保障救济金的的削减而非弥补那些高收入者的税收漏洞？那样可以提升经济增长速度吗？(掌声)

Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down the deficit.(Applause.)We can get this done.The American people deserve a tax code that helps small businesses spend less time filling out complicated forms, and more time expanding and hiring--a tax code that ensures billionaires with high-powered accountants can’t work the system and pay a lower rate than their hardworking secretaries;a tax code that lowers incentives to move jobs overseas, and lowers tax rates for businesses and manufacturers that are creating jobs right here in the United States of America.That’s what tax reform can deliver.That’s what we can do together.(Applause.)

现在是进行两党广泛合作的可以鼓励创造就业岗位以及削减赤字的税收改革最好时机。(掌声)我们可以完成这个。美国人民理应得到一个可以帮助小企业花更少的时间填写复杂表格以及更多时间扩员和招募的免税代码——一个确保拥有高效会计师的亿万富翁们不能投机取巧地比他们更努力工作的秘书缴纳更少低额税率的免税代码；一个降低把岗位挪到海外、降低美国本土商业和制造业岗位税率的免税代码。这才是税务改革可以实现的。这才是我们可以共同完成的。(掌声)

I realize that tax reform and entitlement reform will not be easy.The politics will be hard for both sides.None of us will get 100 percent of what we want.But the alternative will cost us jobs, hurt our economy, visit hardship on millions of hardworking Americans.So let’s set party interests aside and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future.And let’s do it without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors.(Applause.)The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next.(Applause.)We can’t do it.我知道税务改革和权利改革不会那么容易。对于两党来说，都将会很困难。我们没有人可以达到百分之百的需求。但是不这样做的后果是，我们的就业岗位、经济将会付出代价，百万奋斗中的美国人将会更加艰苦。因而我们要把党派利益放在一边，共同努力以通过一个可以取代不计后果的削减预算，对未来进行灵活的节省和智慧的投资。让我们共同努力，以取代一个让消费者紧张、让投资者害怕的边缘政策。(掌声)地球上最伟大的国家不能继续通过把一个制造业危机漂流到下一个制造业危机的方式发展经济。(掌声)我们不能这么做。

Let’s agree right here, right now to keep the people’s government open, and pay our bills on time, and always uphold the full faith and credit of the United States of America.(Applause.)The American people have worked too hard, for too long, rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause another.(Applause.)让我们在此时此地就达成一致，保证人民的政府公开，按时付清我们的账单，并且经常迟滞美利坚合众国的信仰和信誉。(掌声)美国人民在相当长的时间里工作太努力了，从一个危机中重建起来，发现被选上来的新官员造成了另一个危机。(掌声)

Now, most of us agree that a plan to reduce the deficit must be part of our agenda.But let’s be clear, deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan.(Applause.)

A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs--that must be the North Star that guides our efforts.(Applause.)Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills they need to get those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?

现在，我们大多数人就削减赤字的方案达成一致。这是我们未来计划的一部分。但是我们要清醒地认识到，独立的赤字削减并不是一个经济方案。(掌声)一个可以创造好的、中产阶级的就业岗位增长的经济体——应该是指引我们前进的北极星。(掌声)每一天，我们作为一个国家应该对自己提出三个问题：我们如何把更多的岗位吸引到我们的两个海岸？我们如何进行岗位培训？我们如何确保努力工作之后可以有体面的生活？

A year and a half ago, I put forward an American Jobs Act that independent economists said would create more than 1 million new jobs.And I thank the last Congress for passing some of that agenda.I urge this Congress to pass the rest.(Applause.)But tonight, I’ll lay out additional proposals that are fully paid for and fully consistent with the budget framework both parties agreed to just 18 months ago.Let me repeat--nothing I’m proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime.It is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth.(Applause.)That’s what we should be looking for.一年半之前，我签署了美国就业法案。一些独立的经济学家认为这会创造100万个新岗位。我感谢上一届国会通过了其中的一些方案。我希望这一届国会通过剩下的。(掌声)但是今晚，我将提出附加的方案。这些附加的方案是和两党在一年半之前达成一致的预算框架方案有很直接的关系的。让我重复一遍——我今晚提出的方案不会增加我们的预算一毛钱。我们不需要大政府，而需要一个能够明辨主次之分的对广泛的经济进行投资的更智能的政府。(掌声)那才是我们应该寻求的。

Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing.After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three.Caterpillar is bringing jobs back from Japan.Ford is bringing jobs back from Mexico.And this year, Apple will start making Macs in America again.(Applause.)我们首要的任务是要让美国成为吸引新就业岗位和制造业的地方。在长达10年的制造业工作岗位的流失态势下，我们在过去3年创造了50万个就业岗位。开拓重工公司开始把岗位从日本带回。福特汽车公司开始把岗位从墨西哥带回。今年，苹果公司也将重新在美国生产苹果电脑。(掌声)

There are things we can do, right now, to accelerate this trend.Last year, we created our first manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio.A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers are mastering the 3D printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.There’s no reason this can’t happen in other towns.现在有我们可以做的事情。这些事情可以加速这一潮流。去年，我们在俄亥俄州的杨斯敦创造了第一个制造业革新中心。一个曾经的百叶窗式库房变成了 一个艺术实验室。在那里，新工人在学习立体打印技术。这种技术可以革新我们制作几乎任何东西的方法。没有理由这个在其他城镇不能发生。So tonight, I’m announcing the launch of three more of these manufacturing hubs, where businesses will partner with the Department of Defense and Energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs.And I ask this Congress to help create a network of 15 of these hubs and guarantee that the next revolution in manufacturing is made right here in America.We can get that done.(Applause.)所以今晚，我宣布三个新的制造业中心开始建造。在这些地方，商业将和国防部以及能源部合作，把被全球化淘汰的区域转变成全球可以提供高科技工作 岗位的中心。现在我向这届国会提议，帮助创建包括15个这样中心的网络，并且确保，下一次建造业革命就在美国发生。我们可以做到。(掌声)

Now, if we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas.Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy--every dollar.Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s.They’re developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs;devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful.Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation.Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.We need to make those investments.(Applause.)

现在，如果我们想制造出最好的产品，我们还要在最好的想法上进行投资。每一个我们用于测出人类基因图谱的美元都给我们经济带来了140美元的收 入——每一个美元。今天，我们的科学家为解决老年痴呆症正在测出人类大脑的图谱。他们正在研制可以让我们器官再生的药品，发明可以让电池储电量比之前强 10倍的新材料。现在不是损毁科技革新领域可创造就业方面的投资的时候。现在是在一个让研发达到一个自从太空竞赛以来从未见过之高度的时候。我们需要进行这些投资。(掌声)Today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy.After years of talking about it, we’re finally poised to control our own energy future.We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years.(Applause.)We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar--with tens of thousands of good American jobs to show for it.We produce more natural gas than ever before--and nearly everyone’s energy bill is lower because of it.And over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen.今天，没有比我们在美国能源更需要我们投资的领域。在讨论了数年之后，我们终于准备控制我们自己的能源未来。我们在美国本土生产了比过去15年 综合还多的石油。(掌声)我们汽车用的1加仑天然气量可以让我们跑得比过去的两倍还多。我们通过风力发电和太阳能发电生产出来的新能源——创造了数以万计 的优质美国就业岗位。我们生产出了比以往任何时候都多的天然气——几乎所有人的能源账单都因此减少了。过去的4年，威胁我们星球的危险的碳排放量依然减少。

But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.(Applause.)Now, it’s true that no single event makes a trend.But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15.Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods--all are now more frequent and more intense.We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence.Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science--and act before it’s too late.(Applause.)但是对于我们孩子们以及我们更远的未来而言，我们必须在防治全球变暖方面做得更多。(掌声)现在，真实情况是，没有一个孤立的事件可以成为一个 潮流。但事实上，12个最热的有纪录的年份恰是在过去15年中。热浪、干旱、野火、洪水——比以往更加频繁和剧烈。我们可以选择相信，桑迪飓风、几十年来 最严重的干旱，以及最具有毁坏性的野火的同时发生不过是个怪异的巧合。我们也可以相信科学的绝对公平——并且现在就开始行动，为时未晚。(掌声)

Now, the good news is we can make meaningful progress on this issue while driving strong economic growth.I urge this Congress to get together, pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago.But if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will.(Applause.)I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.现在，好消息是我们可以在这个问题上做一些有意义的进程，而且不阻碍经济强势的增长势头。我期望这届国会可以协商一致，达成一个两党都同意的、以市场为基础的解决全球变暖的方案，就像约翰-麦凯恩和乔-利伯曼几年前的那样。但如果国会不及时行动以保护子孙后代，我也将会采取行动。(掌声)我将让 我的内阁讨论一些我们可以采取的行政措施，现在的和未来的，减少污染，给我们的社区提供面对气候变化后果的方案，加速可持续能源的转变。

Four years ago, other countries dominated the clean energy market and the jobs that came with it.And we’ve begun to change that.Last year, wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity in America.So let’s generate even more.Solar energy gets cheaper by the year--let’s drive down costs even further.As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.4年前，其他国家控制了清洁能源市场以及由此带来的就业岗位。现在我们正开始改变这种状况。去年，风力能源给美国带来了近一半的所有新能源储 备。因此我们就来造就更多的这种能源。太阳能开始变得更便宜——我们来把费用降得更低吧。只要像中国这样的国家继续在清洁能源方面迈步，我们也必须迈步。

Now, in the meantime, the natural gas boom has led to cleaner power and greater energy independence.We need to encourage that.And that’s why my administration will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits.(Applause.)That’s got to be part of an all-of-the-above plan.But I also want to work with this Congress to encourage the research and technology that helps natural gas burn even cleaner and protects our air and our water.同时，天然气的迅速发展开始让我们更加习惯清洁能源，并且让我们的能源依赖更加独立。我们需要鼓励这么做。这就是为什么我的这届政府会继续削减 繁文缛节，加速新的石油和天然气许可。(掌声)这一定要成为上述全部方案的一部分。但我也希望和这届国会一道，鼓励那些可以帮助天然气更加清洁、更加保护我们空气和水资源的科研项目。

In fact, much of our new-found energy is drawn from lands and waters that we, the public, own together.So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good.If a nonpartisan coalition of CEOs and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we.Let’s take their advice and free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices we’ve put up with for far too long.事实上，我们多数新发现的能源是从我们共同生存且共同拥有的土地和水中提取的。因此今天晚上，我提议我们用我们的一些石油和天然气收入，成立一 个能源安全基金会，用以发展新科研，以让我们的汽车和卡车以后不再用石油。如果一个无党派的首席执行官团体和退休的将军们可以支持这一想法，那么我们也可 以支持。让我们听取他们的建议，让我们的家庭和商业从油价的持续痛苦中解放出来。

I’m also issuing a new goal for America: Let’s cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20 years.(Applause.)We’ll work with the states to do it.Those states with the best ideas to create jobs and lower energy bills by constructing more efficient buildings will receive federal support to help make that happen.我也给美国设定了一个新目标。让我们削减在过去20年中我们家庭和商业机构浪费掉的能源。(掌声)我们将会跟那些这么做的各州合作。那些提供创造就业岗位以及通过建造高效建筑以削减能源账单的最好想法的州，将会得到联邦政府的支持。

America’s energy sector is just one part of an aging infrastructure badly in need of repair.Ask any CEO where they’d rather locate and hire--a country with deteriorating roads and bridges, or one with high-speed rail and Internet;high-tech schools, self-healing power grids.The CEO of Siemens America--a company that brought hundreds of new jobs to North Carolina--said that if we upgrade our infrastructure, they’ll bring even more jobs.And that’s the attitude of a lot of companies all around the world.And I know you want these job-creating projects in your district.I’ve seen all those ribbon-cuttings.(Laughter.)

美国的能源领域不过是我国继续改革的日益落伍的基础设施中的一部分。向任何首席执行官提问，他们想落户哪里或者在哪里招募人员——是选择一个公 路和桥梁日益恶化的国家，还是选择一个具有高铁和互联网、拥有高科技学校和自给自足电网的国家。美国西门子公司——一个给北卡罗来纳州数百份新工作的公司 ——它的首席执行官说，如果我们提升我们的基础设施建设，他们将会创造更多的就业岗位。那才是全世界很多工资的态度。而且我知道你们想在你们的小区看到这 些创造就业岗位的工程。我可是看见了全部的那些剪彩仪式哦。(笑声)So tonight, I propose a ―Fix-It-First‖ program to put people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs, like the nearly 70,000 structurally deficient bridges across the country.(Applause.)And to make sure taxpayers don’t shoulder the whole burden, I’m also proposing a Partnership to Rebuild America that attracts private capital to upgrade what our businesses need most: modern ports to move our goods, modern pipelines to withstand a storm, modern schools worthy of our children.(Applause.)Let’s prove that there’s no better place to do business than here in the United States of America, and let’s start right away.We can get this done.所以今天晚上，我提议一个―先修补‖的项目，让人们去那些最需要修补的地方工作，比如那些7万个已经损失构造的桥梁。(掌声)而且要确保纳税人 不能承担所有的重担。我还提议设立一个―重建美国伙伴‖，以吸引私人投资，用以提升我们商业机构最需要的东西： 搬运我们货物的现代港口、经受得住风暴的 现代管道，以及让我们孩子感觉物有所值的现代学校。(掌声)让我们证明世界上没有哪个地方比在美国做生意更好。让我们现在就开始。我们可以完成。

And part of our rebuilding effort must also involve our housing sector.The good news is our housing market is finally healing from the collapse of 2007.Home prices are rising at the fastest pace in six years.Home purchases are up nearly 50 percent, and construction is expanding again.我们重建计划的一部分也必须包含房地产领域。好小时是，我们的房地产市场正在从2007年的垮塌中复苏。住房价格正在飙升，这在过去6年中速度是最快的。购房者上升了50%，房屋建筑又开始有拓展的迹象。

But even with mortgage rates near a 50-year low, too many families with solid credit who want to buy a home are being rejected.Too many families who never missed a payment and want to refinance are being told no.That’s holding our entire economy back.We need to fix it.但即使是抵押率接近50年来的最低点，太多拥有良好信誉的家庭想要买一套房子还是会被拒绝。太多从未拒绝交账单的并且想要再次筹钱的家庭被告知不可以。这让我们整个经济都得不到发展。我们必须改革。

Right now, there’s a bill in this Congress that would give every responsible homeowner in America the chance to save $3,000 a year by refinancing at today’s rates.Democrats and Republicans have supported it before, so what are we waiting for? Take a vote, and send me that bill.(Applause.)Why would we be against that?(Applause.)Why would that be a partisan issue, helping folks refinance? Right now, overlapping regulations keep responsible young families from buying their first home.What’s holding us back? Let’s streamline the process, and help our economy grow.就在现在，在国会有个议案将会提供给美国每一个负责任的房产所有者一个机会，通过再次筹钱，给每个家庭节约每年3000美元的资金。民主党员们 和共和党员们以前支持过，那么为什么现在我们在等待呢？投票，然后递给我让我签署生效。(掌声)我们为什么会反对呢？(掌声)为什么那会是一个党派的问题，以帮助民众再次筹钱？现在，一些重叠的法规让负责任的家庭不能购买他们的首套房子。让我们不这样做的理由是什么？让我们把流程变得简单化，帮助我们的经济增长。

These initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing--all these things will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs.But none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs.(Applause.)

这些在建造、能源、基础设施、房地产领域的倡议——这所有的一切都将帮助企业家和小企业拥有者扩张发展领域，创造新的就业岗位。但除非我们也对他们进行岗位培训，这些也都不会有用。(掌声)。

And that has to start at the earliest possible age.Study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road.But today, fewer than 3 in 10 four year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program.Most middle-class parents can’t afford a few hundred bucks a week for a private preschool.And for poor kids who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shadow them for the rest of their lives.So tonight, I propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every single child in America.(Applause.)That’s something we should be able to do.这必须在最早的阶段实施。一次又一次的科学研究证实，一个孩子越早接受教育，他或者她就越平稳上路。但是现在，只有不到30%的4岁孩子可以享 受高质量的学前教育。大多数中产阶级父母不能支付私立学前教育每周上百美元的学费。而对那些最需要帮助的穷孩子来说，这种缺失学前教育的状况可以影响到他 们日后的生活。因而今晚，我提及和各州一道，让美国的每一个孩子都能享受到高质量的学前教育。(掌声)那是一些我们应该能够做到的事情。

Every dollar we invest in high-quality early childhood education can save more than seven dollars later on--by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing violent crime.In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like Georgia or Oklahoma, studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, form more stable families of their own.We know this works.So let’s do what works and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind.Let’s give our kids that chance.(Applause.)

我们在高质量学前教育领域投入的每1美元，可以为我们节省以后在提升毕业率、降低未成年人怀孕率，甚至削减犯罪率的地方将会用到的7美元。在那 些以教育最小的儿童为优先任务的州，比如佐治亚州或者亚拉巴马州，研究报告称学生长大后会更加有能力阅读和做数学、从高中毕业、找到工作、建立他们自己更 稳定的家庭。我们知道这如何运转。因而让我们开始这么做，以确保我们，当我们已经在生命的领域落后的时候，没有一个孩子不开始起跑。让我们给我们的孩子提 供那样的机会。(掌声)

Let’s also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job.Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges.So those German kids, they’re ready for a job when they graduate high school.They’ve been trained for the jobs that are there.Now at schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York Public Schools and City University of New York and IBM, students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in computers or engineering.让我们确保高中学历可以让我们的孩子走上一条拥有好工作的道路。现在，像德国这样的国家开始在和高中生等同的我们的一个高中生的技术学位上做投 入。所以那些德国孩子们，他们在高中毕业就准备好了可以工作。他们训练成为可以干那些工作的人。现在，就像那些在纽约布鲁克林区的―通往早期技术的大学高 中学校‖一样，在一个纽约公立学校和城市大学以及IBM公司的一种新的合作办学模式下，学生毕业后，不仅能拿到高中学历，而且还能拿到在电脑或者工程学领域的专科毕业证书。

We need to give every American student opportunities like this.(Applause.)我们需要给每一个美国学生提供这样的机会。(掌声)And four years ago, we started Race to the Top--a competition that convinced almost every state to develop smarter curricula and higher standards, all for about 1 percent of what we spend on education each year.Tonight, I’m announcing a new challenge to redesign America’s high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy.And we’ll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering and math--the skills today’s employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future.四年前，我们开始了通往巅峰之竞赛——一种让每个州都确信可以发展智能课程表和高标准的竞赛，这大约花费我们每年用于教育领域投入的1%。今 晚，我宣布一个新的挑战，用以重新设计美国的高中，让他们能更好地提供给毕业生一种满足高科技经济需求的机会。我们将奖励和新大学及新雇主建立伙伴关系的 高中——这些技能是当今和未来的雇主正在寻找的。

Now, even with better high schools, most young people will need some higher education.It’s a simple fact the more education you’ve got, the more likely you are to have a good job and work your way into the middle class.But today, skyrocketing costs price too many young people out of a higher education, or saddle them with unsustainable debt.现在，即便拥有更好的高中，很多年轻人还是需要些高等教育。很简单的事实，如果你接受的教育越多，你拥有好工作且成为中产阶级的几率就越大。但是当今我们看到，飙升的学费让太多的年轻人上不起大学，或者让他们欠有不可持续的债务。

Through tax credits, grants and better loans, we’ve made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years.But taxpayers can’t keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education.Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it’s our job to make sure that they do.(Applause.)通过税款减免、补助及更好的贷款，我们在过去几年已经让大学变得让数百万的学生和家庭能够承担得起。但是纳税人不可能继续自助越来越高的高等教育的经费。大学必须想办法控制自己的经费，而这也是我们的职责以确保他们这样做。(掌声)

So tonight, I ask Congress to change the Higher Education Act so that affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid.(Applause.)And tomorrow, my administration will release a new ―College Scorecard‖ that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria--where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.因此今晚，我向国会提议，修改高等教育法案。这样，哪些大学的可支付学费以及它们各自的价值就能被包含在联邦资助中。(掌声)明天我的政府班子 将会发布一个新的―大学记分卡‖，这样家长和学生就能拿它用简单的标准来比较学校了。而这简单标准是——在哪个学校你用学费可以得到最多的快乐。

Now, to grow our middle class, our citizens have to have access to the education and training that today’s jobs require.But we also have to make sure that America remains a place where everyone who’s willing to work--everybody who’s willing to work hard has the chance to get ahead.现在，为了扩大我们的中产阶层，我们的公民必须接受教育和当今从事工作所必备的技能培训。同时我们也要确保，在美国的每一个人只要辛勤肯干，就能获得出人头地的机会。

Our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigrants.(Applause.)And right now, leaders from the business, labor, law enforcement, faith communities--they all agree that the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform.(Applause.)Now is the time to do it.Now is the time to get it done.Now is the time to get it done.(Applause.)

当我们充分发挥了人才和创新的作用，我们的经济才能更加强大，外来移民在这方面是大有希望的。(掌声)如今，来自商业、劳工、执法、宗教等领域的领导者，他们都认为是进行移民制度全面改革的时候了。(掌声)是时候做这件事了。是时候去完成这件事了。是时候去完成了。(掌声)

Real reform means strong border security, and we can build on the progress my administration has already made--putting more boots on the Southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years.真正的改革意味着需要更强有力的边境安全保障，我们能够继续推进这项政府早已在做的工作——史无前例地增加南部边境的安保力量，将非法越境事件降到40年来最低。

Real reform means establishing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship--a path that includes passing a background check, paying taxes and a meaningful penalty, learning English, and going to the back of the line behind the folks trying to come here legally.(Applause.)

真正的改革意味着需要建立一个负责人的公民权获取途径，包括身份背景审核、纳税及受罚情况、英语言学习情况，还要先来后到、依序依法等候。(掌声)

And real reform means fixing the legal immigration system to cut waiting periods and attract the highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers that will help create jobs and grow our economy.(Applause.)

真正的改革还意味着修正移民法律体系，以便缩短申请等候的时间，以及吸引那些能够创造就业岗位、带来经济增长的高技能创业家和工程技术人员。(掌声)

In other words, we know what needs to be done.And as we speak, bipartisan groups in both chambers are working diligently to draft a bill, and I applaud their efforts.So let’s get this done.Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away.And America will be better for it.(Applause.)Let’s get it done.Let’s get it done.换言之，我们知道自己需要做些什么。正如之前已经提到的，国会参众两院的有关团体正在勉力草拟一个法案，我对他们的努力表示赞赏。那么，让我们做好这件事吧。几个月以后请把移民制度全面改革的草案交给我，我会立即予以签署。美国将会因此变得刚好。(掌声)让我们做好这件事。让我们做好它。

But we can’t stop there.We know our economy is stronger when our wives, our mothers, our daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace, and free from the fear of domestic violence.Today, the Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act that Joe Biden originally wrote almost 20 years ago.And I now urge the House to do the same.(Applause.)Good job, Joe.And I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts, and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year.(Applause.)

不过我们也不能就此止步。我们清楚，只有当我们的妻子、母亲、女儿能够免于在职场受歧视，免于家庭暴力，我们的经济才会更加强大。今天，参议院通过了最初由现任副总统乔·拜登将近20年前草拟的防止对妇女施暴法案，我希望众议院接下来也会予以批准。(掌声)干得好，乔。我还要请求国会宣布，女性应该得到与之付出相配的回报，并在今年内最终通过工资公平法案。(掌声)

We know our economy is stronger when we reward an honest day’s work with honest wages.But today, a full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $14,500 a year.Even with the tax relief we put in place, a family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line.That’s wrong.That’s why, since the last time this Congress raised the minimum wage, 19 states have chosen to bump theirs even higher.我们知道，只有当我们辛勤的工作获得体面的报酬时，我们的经济才会更加强大。但现在的情况是，一个全职工人每年最低工资仅为1.45万美元。即使把免税算上，一个拥有两个孩子的家庭最低工资仍处于贫困线以下。那是不对劲的。这就是为什么上次国会提高最低工资标准后，有19个州又在此基础上额外提高了标准。

Tonight, let’s declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour.(Applause.)We should be able to get that done.(Applause.)今晚，让我们在这个世上最富有的国家里宣告，没有一个全职工作者会被迫生活在贫困中，宣告将联邦最低工资标准提高至每小时9美元。(掌声)我们一定能够做好这件事。(掌声)

This single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families.It could mean the difference between groceries or the food bank;rent or eviction;scraping by or finally getting ahead.For businesses across the country, it would mean customers with more money in their pockets.And a whole lot of folks out there would probably need less help from government.In fact, working folks shouldn’t have to wait year after year for the minimum wage to go up while CEO pay has never been higher.So here’s an idea that Governor Romney and I actually agreed on last year--let’s tie the minimum wage to the cost of living, so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on.(Applause.)这一步骤将提高几百万个工作家庭的收入。这可能意味着，原来靠救济券领取食品的人能够自己购买生活用品，原来被逐出房子的人能够租住下去，原来被生活抛弃的讲出人头地。对于全国的企业来说，这意味着拥有更多钱包满满的消费者。而对穷困人群来说，可能更少依赖于政府的救济。实际上，劳动者不必要一年又一年地等待最低工资标准的上升，而只需限制企业高管们的报酬上涨。这就是罗姆尼州长和我去年就已达成的共识，让我们将最低工资标准与生活成本挂钩，这样一来，你的最低标准总是能够支撑你的生活所需。(掌声)

Tonight, let’s also recognize that there are communities in this country where no matter how hard you work, it is virtually impossible to get ahead.Factory towns decimated from years of plants packing up.Inescapable pockets of poverty, urban and rural, where young adults are still fighting for their first job.America is not a place where the chance of birth or circumstance should decide our destiny.And that’s why we need to build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class for all who are willing to climb them.今晚，也让我们承认，这个国家确有一些人群他们无论怎么苦干都难以出人头地。一些工厂长期停工衰败。不可避免的贫困，无论城乡，年轻劳动力依旧为挣得第一份工作争破头。人们的命运不应该被他的出生状况和环境所决定，美国不是这样一个地方。这就是为什么我们要搭建新的机会的阶梯，让所有愿意攀登的人步入中产阶层的行列。

Let’s offer incentives to companies that hire Americans who’ve got what it takes to fill that job opening, but have been out of work so long that no one will give them a chance anymore.Let’s put people back to work rebuilding vacant homes in run-down neighborhoods.And this year, my administration will begin to partner with 20 of the hardest-hit towns in America to get these communities back on their feet.We’ll work with local leaders to target resources at public safety, and education, and housing.让我们对那些为长期失业人群提供就业岗位的公司进行奖励。让我们引导人们重新建设那些衰败小区里冷落的家。今年，我的政府将帮助全国20个遭受贫困打击最严重的城镇重建家园。我们将与当地领导人一起，为他们争取公共安全、教育以及住房方面的资源。

We’ll give new tax credits to businesses that hire and invest.And we’ll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples, and do more to encourage fatherhood--because what makes you a man isn’t the ability to conceive a child;it’s having the courage to raise one.And we want to encourage that.We want to help that.(Applause.)我们将通过减税鼓励企业用工和投资。我们将通过消除夫妻结婚的资金门槛来巩固家庭，并且进一步激励父亲的支撑力——因为男人之所以为男人并不是他有生孩子的能力，而是有养育孩子的勇气。而我们就是想要对此有所激励，有所帮助。(掌声)

Stronger families.Stronger communities.A stronger America.It is this kind of prosperity--broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class--that has always been the source of our progress at home.It’s also the foundation of our power and influence throughout the world.更强有力的家庭，更强有力的社区，然后才是一个更强有力的美国。正是这样的繁荣——包容、共享、建构于一个勤奋向上的中产阶层——才一直成为我们国内进步的来源。这也是我们的力量以及对整个世界的影响力的基础。

Tonight, we stand united in saluting the troops and civilians who sacrifice every day to protect us.Because of them, we can say with confidence that America will complete its mission in Afghanistan and achieve our objective of defeating the core of al Qaeda.(Applause.)今晚，我们共同肃立，向为保卫我们而每天都在作出牺牲的军人和平民致敬。因为有他们，我们能够充满信心地说，美国将完成在阿富汗的使命并达到挫败基地组织核心的目标。(掌声)

Already, we have brought home 33,000 of our brave servicemen and women.This spring, our forces will move into a support role, while Afghan security forces take the lead.Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan.This drawdown will continue and by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over.(Applause.)

我们早已从阿富汗撤回3.3万名英勇的男女军人。今年春天，我们的驻军将转变为协助的角色，而由阿富汗政府军将担当主角。今晚，我宣布另外3.4万美国军人明年内将从阿富汗回家。这一撤军进程将持续到明年底，到那时阿富汗战争将会结束。(掌声)

Beyond 2014, America’s commitment to a unified and sovereign Afghanistan will endure, but the nature of our commitment will change.We’re negotiating an agreement with the Afghan government that focuses on two missions--training and equipping Afghan forces so that the country does not again slip into chaos, and counterterrorism efforts that allow us to pursue the remnants of al Qaeda and their affiliates.2014年以后，美国关于帮助重建一个统一、主权完整的阿富汗的承诺将会继续，但我们承诺的实质性内容将会改变。我们正在与阿富汗政府商谈一个协议，主要集中于两项任务：训练和装备阿富汗军队，以使其不再陷入混乱；开展反恐行动，以追剿基地组织残余及分支机构。

Today, the organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self.(Applause.)It’s true, different al Qaeda affiliates and extremist groups have emerged--from the Arabian Peninsula to Africa.The threat these groups pose is evolving.But to meet this threat, we don’t need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad or occupy other nations.Instead, we’ll need to help countries like Yemen, and Libya, and Somalia provide for their own security, and help allies who take the fight to terrorists, as we have in Mali.And where necessary, through a range of capabilities, we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to Americans.(Applause.)今天，在911事件中袭击我们的组织已经成为一个从前的影子。(掌声)然而，另外的基地组织分支以及极端组织已经崛起，从阿拉伯半岛到非洲。这些组织所构成的威胁正在增加。但应对这些威胁，我们不需要派遣几万儿女到海外占领别的国家，而只需要帮助诸如也门、利比亚、索马里这些国家加强自己的安保，以及帮助盟友打击恐怖分子，如前不久协助法国进军马里。但如果有需要，只要能力所及，我们还会继续采取直接行动，以对付那些对美国构成最严重威胁的恐怖分子。(掌声)

Now, as we do, we must enlist our values in the fight.That’s why my administration has worked tirelessly to forge a durable legal and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism efforts.Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts.I recognize that in our democracy, no one should just take my word for it that we’re doing things the right way.So in the months ahead, I will continue to engage Congress to ensure not only that our targeting, detention and prosecution of terrorists remains consistent with our laws and system of checks and balances, but that our efforts are even more transparent to the American people and to the world.(Applause.)

现在，正如我们所做的，我们必须在战斗中遵循我们的价值观。这就是为什么我的政府不懈地构建一个持久的法律与政策框架，来指导我们的反恐斗争。我们已经让国会普遍知道这一努力。我认为，在我们的民主体制下，没有人可以武断地说我们在做的事情一定是正确的。因此在未来几个月里，我将继续与国会紧密接触，以确保不但我们对于恐怖分子的调查、拘禁和起诉是符合法律及制衡体系的，而且我们的作为对于美国人民以及全世界将更为透明。(掌声)

Of course, our challenges don’t end with al Qaeda.America will continue to lead the effort to prevent the spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons.The regime in North Korea must know they will only achieve security and prosperity by meeting their international obligations.Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only further isolate them, as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own missile defense and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats.当然，我们面临的挑战不会止于基地组织。美国将继续领导防止危险武器扩散的努力。朝鲜政权必须认识到，他们只有通过履行自己的国际义务才能实现安全与繁荣。我们在昨晚见到的那种挑衅行为只会进一步孤立他们，而我们将与盟友一起，加强自己的导弹防御系统，并领导国际社会采取坚决措施回应此类威胁。

Likewise, the leaders of Iran must recognize that now is the time for a diplomatic solution, because a coalition stands united in demanding that they meet their obligations, and we will do what is necessary to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon.(Applause.)同样，伊朗领导人必须认识到，达成核问题外交方案的时机现在已经到了。因为多个国家联合起来要求他们履行他们的义务，而我们将采用必要手段防止他们拥有核武器。(掌声)

At the same time, we’ll engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals, and continue leading the global effort to secure nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands--because our ability to influence others depends on our willingness to lead and meet our obligations.同时，我们将与俄罗斯保持紧密接触，寻求进一步削减双方的核武器数量，继续领导世界确保核物质安全，防止它们落入错误之手。因为我们对他人的影响力，取决于我们领导和履行自身义务的意愿。

America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks.(Applause.)Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails.We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets.Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.美国还必须对面日益增长的网络攻击威胁。(掌声)现在我们已经知道，黑客盗取个人身份信息并渗入私人邮件，一些外国和公司偷走我们的商业机密，我们的敌人还试图获得破坏我国电网、金融机构和空管系统的能力。回首过去几年，我们禁不住要问，为什么我们的安全和经济面临如此真切的威胁却什么也没做。

And that’s why, earlier today, I signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy.(Applause.)这就是为什么今天早些时候我签署了一个旨在加强网络防卫的行政命令。这项行政命令将通过强化情报共享、完善相关标准来保护我们的国家安全、工作岗位以及个人隐私。(掌声)But now Congress must act as well, by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks.This is something we should be able to get done on a bipartisan basis.(Applause.)

但国会也应该立即行动，通过立法授予政府更大的权限来保卫我们的网络并挫败攻击。这件事情，我们通过两党合作能够做好。(掌声)Now, even as we protect our people, we should remember that today’s world presents not just dangers, not just threats, it presents opportunities.To boost American exports, support American jobs and level the playing field in the growing markets of Asia, we intend to complete negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership.And tonight, I’m announcing that we will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union--because trade that is fair and free across the Atlantic supports millions of good-paying American jobs.(Applause.)

即使是在保护自己人民的时候，我们也应该清楚，今天的世界不仅仅存在危险、威胁，它也产生机遇。为了增强美国的出口，支持美国的就业以及提升不断增长的亚洲市场的水准，我们要建立泛太平洋伙伴关系。今晚，我要宣布，我们将与欧盟开展全面的跨大西洋贸易与投资伙伴关系会谈，因为公平自由的跨大西洋贸易将有利于增加美国数百万个优质就业岗位。(掌声)

We also know that progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all--not only because it creates new markets, more stable order in certain regions of the world, but also because it’s the right thing to do.In many places, people live on little more than a dollar a day.So the United States will join with our allies to eradicate such extreme poverty in the next two decades by connecting more people to the global economy;by empowering women;by giving our young and brightest minds new opportunities to serve, and helping communities to feed, and power, and educate themselves;by saving the world’s children from preventable deaths;and by realizing the promise of an AIDS-free generation, which is within our reach.(Applause.)

我们也知道，那些世界上最贫困国家的进步有利于我们自身，不单单因为它创造了新的市场、数量更稳定的订单，而且它本身就是值得去做的正确的事情。在许多地方，人们靠每天一美元多一点的标准生活。为此，美国将与盟友们一起，在未来20年里根除这种极端贫困。而我们的采取的举措是：将更多的人纳入全球经济；拓展女性力量；向年轻有才能的人提供施展抱负的新机会；帮助社区自食其力、自我壮大和自我教育；在全球范围防止儿童不必要的死亡；实现―没有艾滋病的一代‖的承诺。这些都是我们做能做到的。(掌声)

You see, America must remain a beacon to all who seek freedom during this period of historic change.I saw the power of hope last year in Rangoon, in Burma, when Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed an American President into the home where she had been imprisoned for years;when thousands of Burmese lined the streets, waving American flags, including a man who said, ―There is justice and law in the United States.I want our country to be like that.‖ 你们知道，美国必须在这一历史性转变时期，为所有寻求自由的人们留一盏明灯。去年我去缅甸的仰光时看到了这一希望的力量。当时昂山素季将我引入她曾被软禁在那里好多年的家乡，几千名缅甸人站在街道两旁，挥舞着美国国旗，有个人说：―美国有正义和法律，我们的国家也要这样。‖

In defense of freedom, we’ll remain the anchor of strong alliances from the Americas to Africa;from Europe to Asia.In the Middle East, we will stand with citizens as they demand their universal rights, and support stable transitions to democracy.(Applause.)

为了保卫自由，我们将继续担当从美洲到非洲、从欧洲到亚洲的强大联盟的中坚力量。在中东，我们将与那些争取普世权利的人站在一起，支持向民主制度的稳定过渡。(掌声)

We know the process will be messy, and we cannot presume to dictate the course of change in countries like Egypt, but we can--and will--insist on respect for the fundamental rights of all people.We’ll keep the pressure on a Syrian regime that has murdered its own people, and support opposition leaders that respect the rights of every Syrian.And we will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.(Applause.)

我们知道，转型的过程会带着混乱。我们不能假设转型的过程一定像埃及等国那样，但我们能够、也一定会坚持对人的基本权利的尊重。我们将对谋杀自己人民的叙利亚政权保持压力，并支持那些尊重每个叙利亚人权利的反对派领导人。我们也会坚定地同追求安全与持久和平的以色列站在一起。(掌声)

These are the messages I’ll deliver when I travel to the Middle East next month.And all this work depends on the courage and sacrifice of those who serve in dangerous places at great personal risk –-our diplomats, our intelligence officers, and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.As long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will do whatever we must to protect those who serve their country abroad, and we will maintain the best military the world has ever known.(Applause.)

下月我去中东访问时，将传递上述信息。所有这些工作，有赖于那些冒着巨大的个人风险在危险的岗位上工作的人们所付出的勇气和牺牲，他们有外交人员、情报人员和美国武装部队男女官兵。只要我还是总司令，我们将采取所有必要的手段来保护那些在海外执行任务的人，我们将保持一支世界上最好的军队。(掌声)

We’ll invest in new capabilities, even as we reduce waste and wartime spending.We will ensure equal treatment for all servicemembers, and equal benefits for their families--gay and straight.(Applause.)We will draw upon the courage and skills of our sisters and daughters and moms, because women have proven under fire that they are ready for combat.尽管减少了浪费和战时支出，我们还是会加大能力建设方面的投入。我们将确保现役人员的同等待遇以及给予他们家庭的同等利益，不论同性恋或异性恋。(掌声)我们信赖姐妹、女儿和母亲们的勇气和技能，因为女性已经被证明做好了进入战场的准备。

We will keep faith with our veterans, investing in world-class care, including mental health care, for our wounded warriors--(applause)--supporting our military families;giving our veterans the benefits and education and job opportunities that they have earned.And I want to thank my wife, Michelle, and Dr.Jill Biden for their continued dedication to serving our military families as well as they have served us.Thank you, honey.Thank you, Jill.(Applause.)

我们将信守对退伍军人的承诺，为了经历创伤的战士提供世界级的医护，包括精神护理；(掌声)援助军人家庭；给予退伍军人赢得的福利，以及受教育和工作的机会。在此，我也要感谢我的妻子米歇尔，和吉尔·拜登(副总统乔·拜登的妻子——译者注)博士，感谢她们长期致力于为军人家庭提供服务，当然她们也为我们服务。谢谢你，亲爱的。谢谢你，吉尔。(掌声)

Defending our freedom, though, is not just the job of our military alone.We must all do our part to make sure our God-given rights are protected here at home.That includes one of the most fundamental right of a democracy: the right to vote.(Applause.)When any American, no matter where they live or what their party, are denied that right because they can’t afford to wait for five or six or seven hours just to cast their ballot, we are betraying our ideals.(Applause.)

然而，保卫我们自由并不仅仅是军队的职责。我们必须从我做起，在国内保卫我们的天赋权利。其中最重要的基本民主权利之一是：投票权。(掌声)如果任何美国人——无论住在何处或属于哪个政党——因为等不起5个、6个或7个小时来投票而舍弃了这项权利，那么我们就被判了自己的理想。(掌声)

So tonight, I’m announcing a nonpartisan commission to improve the voting experience in America.And it definitely needs improvement.I’m asking two long-time experts in the field--who, by the way, recently served as the top attorneys for my campaign and for Governor Romney’s campaign--to lead it.We can fix this, and we will.The American people demand it, and so does our democracy.(Applause.)因此，今晚我将宣布一个无党派的委员会，来改进美国的投票体验。当然，这最终需要通过国会批准。这个委员会将由两位实践领域的资深专家来领导，他们分别是我与罗姆尼州长竞选期间的最高法律顾问。我们可以解决这个问题。美国人要求解决这个问题，我们的民主制度也要去解决这个问题。(掌声)

Of course, what I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource: our children.It has been two months since Newtown.I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence.But this time is different.Overwhelming majorities of Americans--Americans who believe in the Second Amendment--have come together around common-sense reform, like background checks that will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun.(Applause.)Senators of both parties are working together on tough new laws to prevent anyone from buying guns for resale to criminals.Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because these police chiefs, they’re tired of seeing their guys and gals being outgunned.当然，如果我们不齐心协力保护我们最珍贵的资源——我们的孩子们，我今晚所说的这些就都没有意义。纽镇校园枪击事件已经过去两个月了。我知道这不是美国第一次就缓解涉枪暴力展开辩论，但这次有所不同。数量庞大的美国人——他们信赖第二修正案——联合起来希望改变常识，诸如设立持枪者背景情况调查，以使犯罪分子难以获得枪支。(掌声)来自两党的参议员联合起来草拟新的严格法律，以防止枪支转售给犯罪分子。警方要求我们立法禁止战争武器和大容量弹匣枪支携带上街，因为他们再也受不了警察反被对方火力压制。

Each of these proposals deserves a vote in Congress.(Applause.)Now, if you want to vote no, that’s your choice.But these proposals deserve a vote.Because in the two months since Newtown, more than a thousand birthdays, graduations, anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun--more than a thousand.这些提案，每一个都都有理由交国会投票表决。(掌声)现在，如果你想投反对票，这是你的权利。但这些提案有理由提交表决。因为就在纽镇枪击事件两个月后，又有1000多个生日庆祝、毕业典礼、纪念被从我们的生活中偷走了，所用的是一支枪、一颗子弹。

One of those we lost was a young girl named Hadiya Pendleton.She was 15 years old.She loved Fig Newtons and lip gloss.She was a majorette.She was so good to her friends they all thought they were her best friend.Just three weeks ago, she was here, in Washington, with her classmates, performing for her country at my inauguration.And a week later, she was shot and killed in a Chicago park after school, just a mile away from my house.其中有一个失去生命的叫海迪亚·潘德尔顿的小女孩。她才15岁。她喜欢无花果酥和唇膏。她是学校的乐队指挥。她对朋友们很好，他们都把她当最好的朋友。就在三周以前，她还在华盛顿，和同学们一起在我的就职典礼上演奏。一周以后放学时，她在芝加哥一个公园里遭枪击身亡，那里离我家不过一英里。

Hadiya’s parents, Nate and Cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence.They deserve a vote.They deserve a vote.(Applause.)Gabby Giffords deserves a vote.(Applause.)The families of Newtown deserve a vote.(Applause.)The families of Aurora deserve a vote.(Applause.)The families of Oak Creek and Tucson and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence –-they deserve a simple vote.(Applause.)They deserve a simple vote.海迪亚的父母内特和克里欧今晚就在会场，同时在场还有20多名被涉枪暴力夺去亲人的美国人。他们有理由要求一个表决。他们有理由要求一个表决。(掌声)嘉比·吉福德有理由要求表决。(掌声)纽镇枪击案受害者家庭有理由要求表决。(掌声)奥罗拉电影院枪击案家庭有理由要求表决。(掌声)奥克里克、图森和布莱克斯堡的受害者家庭有理由要求表决。(掌声)无数被涉枪暴力摧毁的社区有理由要求表决——他们有理由要求一个简单的表决。(掌声)他们有理由要求一个简单的表决。

Our actions will not prevent every senseless act of violence in this country.In fact, no laws, no initiatives, no administrative acts will perfectly solve all the challenges I’ve outlined tonight.But we were never sent here to be perfect.We were sent here to make what difference we can, to secure this nation, expand opportunity, uphold our ideals through the hard, often frustrating, but absolutely necessary work of self-government.我们的行动不可能防止这个国家所有无意义的暴力行为。事实上，没有哪个法律、倡议、行政行为能够完全完美地解决所有以上提到的挑战。但我们不是来寻求完美的。我们是来寻求力所能及的改变的，来保护国家、拓展机会，在困难且经常是令人沮丧的境况下坚持我们的理想，进行绝对必要的自我管理。

We were sent here to look out for our fellow Americans the same way they look out for one another, every single day, usually without fanfare, all across this country.We should follow their example.我们是来为美国同胞寻求解决办法的，正如他们日复一日、默默无闻地相互为同胞寻找着解决办法。我们应该以他们为榜样。

We should follow the example of a New York City nurse named Menchu Sanchez.When Hurricane Sandy plunged her hospital into darkness, she wasn’t thinking about how her own home was faring.Her mind was on the 20 precious newborns in her care and the rescue plan she devised that kept them all safe.我们应该以纽约市护士曼楚·桑切斯为榜样。当桑迪飓风笼罩她所在的医院时，她想到的不是自己的家，而是通过精心照料和施救，保全了医院里20个珍贵的新生儿。

We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor.When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours.And as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say.And hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her--because Desiline is 102 years old.(Applause.)And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read, ―I voted.‖(Applause.)

我们应该以北迈阿密女性德斯琳·维克多为榜样。她到投票点的时候，有人告诉她需要等6个小时，而她想到的不是身体的疲惫和脚的酸痛，而是像她一样的人能够投下自己的一票。时间一点点过去，一大群人在支持着她，因为德斯琳已经102岁了。(掌声)当她最终投下一票时，人群中爆发出热烈的欢呼声。(掌声)

We should follow the example of a police officer named Brian Murphy.When a gunman opened fire on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and Brian was the first to arrive, he did not consider his own safety.He fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the Americans worshiping inside, even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds.And when asked how he did that, Brian said, ―That’s just the way we’re made.‖ 我们应该以警官布莱恩·墨菲为榜样。当一名枪手在威斯康辛州一个锡克教神庙开枪时，布莱恩第一个赶到，他不顾安危保护正在庙里参拜的公民，直到后援赶到。而他身中12枪，倒在地上流血不止。事后有人问他是如何做到的，布莱恩说：―我们就是干这些事的。‖

That’s just the way we’re made.We may do different jobs and wear different uniforms, and hold different views than the person beside us.But as Americans, we all share the same proud title--we are citizens.It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal status.It describes the way we’re made.It describes what we believe.It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others;and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter of our American story.我们就是干这些事的。我们可能干着不同的工作，穿着不同的制服，怀着不同于身边人的想法。但作为美国人，我们共同拥有一个自豪的头衔：我们是公民。这个词不仅仅描述了我们的国籍或法律地位。它描述了我们是如何被造就的。它描述了我们所深信的。它体现了一个经久不变的信念，那就是：只有当我们接受对彼此、对后代的特定义务时，这个国家才会运转；我们自己的权利是通同他人的权利密不可分的；面向建国以来的第三个世纪，作为美利坚合众国公民的我们依旧面临一项任务，去书写美国传奇的下一个伟大篇章。

Thank you.God bless you, and God bless these United States of America.(Applause.)谢谢你们。上帝保佑你们，上帝保佑美利坚合众国。(掌声)

第四篇：奥巴马就职演说中英文对照

就职演讲全文，中英文对照

简介：美国当地时间1月21日，奥巴马在国会山宣誓就职美国总统，并发表就职演讲。在演讲中，奥巴马称“所有人都生来平等，都拥有相同的生命权、自由权以及追求 幸福的权利”。承诺将保护美国的弱势群体，为妇女、少数族群和同性恋的权益而战，保护好儿童。他同时阐述了第二任期的外交主张，表示将加强联盟、尽力通过 和平方式解决与其他国家的分歧。

Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: 谢谢，非常感谢大家。拜登副总统、首席大法官先生、国会议员们、尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的公民们。

Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution.We affirm the promise of our democracy.We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: 每一次我们集会庆祝总统就职都是在见证美国宪法的持久力量。我们都是在肯定美国民主的承诺。我们重申，将这个国家紧密联系在一起的不是我们的肤色，也不是我们信仰的教条，更不是我们名字的来源。让我们与众不同，让我们成为美国人的是我们对于一种理念的恪守。200多年前，这一理念在一篇宣言中被清晰阐述：

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“我们认为下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。造物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利，包括生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。” Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing;that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.今天，我们继续着这一未竟的征程，架起这些理念与我们时代现实之间的桥梁。因为历史告诉我们，即便这些真理是不言而喻的，它们也从来不会自动生效。因为虽 然自由是上帝赋予的礼物，但仍需要世间的子民去捍卫。1776年，美国的爱国先驱们不是只为了推翻国王 的暴政而战，也不是为赢得少数人的特权，建立暴民的 统治。先驱们留给我们一个共和国，一个民有、民治、民享的政府。他们委托每一代美国人捍卫我们的建国信条。For more than two hundred years, we have.在过去的200多年里，我们做到了。

Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.从奴役的血腥枷锁和刀剑的血光厮杀中我们懂得了，建立在自由与平等原则之上的联邦不能永远维持半奴隶和半自由的状态。我们赢得了新生，誓言共同前进。

Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce;schools and colleges to train our workers.我们共同努力，建立起现代的经济体系。架设铁路与高速公路，加速了旅行和商业交流。建立学校与大学，培训我们的工人。

Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.我们一起发现，自由市场的繁荣只能建立在保障竞争与公平竞争的原则之上。

Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone.Our celebration of initiative and enterprise;our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.我们共同决定让这个伟大的国家远离危险，保护她的人民不受生命威胁和不幸的侵扰。一路走来，我们从未放弃对集权的质疑。我们同样不屈服于这一谎言：一切的 社会弊端都能够只靠政府来解决。我们对积极向上与奋发进取的赞扬，我们对努力工作与个人责任的坚持，这些都是美国精神的基本要义。

But we have always understood that when times change, so must we;that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges;that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias.No single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores.Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.我们也理解，时代在变化，我们同样需要变革。对建国精神的忠诚，需要我们肩负起新的责任，迎接新的挑战。保护我们的个人自由，最终需要所有人的共同努力。因为美国人不能再独力迎接当今世界的挑战，正如美国士兵们不能再像先辈一样，用步枪和民兵同敌人(法西斯主义与共产主义)作战。一个人无法培训所有的数学 与科学老师，我们需要他们为了未来去教育孩子们。一个人无法建设道路、铺设网络、建立实验室来为国内带来新的工作岗位和商业机会。现在，与以往任何时候相 比，我们都更需要团结合作。作为一个国家，一个民族团结起来。

This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.A decade of war is now ending.An economic recovery has begun.America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive;diversity and openness;an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention.My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.这一代美国人经历了危机的考验，经济危机坚定了我们的决心，证明了我们的恢复力。长达十年的战争正在结束，经济的复苏已经开始。美国的可能性是无限的，因 为我们拥有当今没有边界的世界所需要的所有品质：年轻与活力、多样性与开放、无穷的冒险精神以及创造的天赋才能。我亲爱的同胞们，我们正是为此刻而生，我 们更要在此刻团结一致，抓住当下的机会。

For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work;when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship.We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.因为我们，美国人民，清楚如果只有不断萎缩的少数人群体获得成功，而大多数人不能成功，我们的国家就无法成功。我们相信，美国的繁荣必须建立在不断上升的 中产阶级的宽阔臂膀之上，我们知道美国的繁荣只有这样才能实现。只有当每个人都能找到工作中的自立与自豪时才能实现。只有当诚实劳动获得的薪水足够让家庭 摆脱困苦的悬崖时才能实现。我们忠诚于我们的事业，保证让一个出生于最贫穷环境中的小女孩都能知道，她有同其他所有人一样的成功机会。因为她是一个美国 人，她是自由的、平等的。她的自由平等不仅由上帝来见证，更由我们亲手保护。

We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher.But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American.That is what this moment requires.That is what will give real meaning to our creed.我们知道，我们已然陈旧的程序不足以满足时代的需要。我们必须应用新理念和新技术重塑我们的政府，改进我们的税法，改革我们的学校，让我们的公民拥有他们 所需要的技能，更加努力地工作，学更多的知识，向更高处发展。这意味着变革，我们的目标是：国家可以奖励每个美国人的努力和果断。

这是现在需要的。这将给我们的信条赋予真正的意义。

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit.But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn.We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm.The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative;they strengthen us.They do not make us a nation of takers;they free us to take the risks that make this country great.我们，人民，仍然认为，每个公民都应当获得基本的安全和尊严。我们必须做出艰难抉择，降低医疗成本，缩减赤字规模。但我们拒绝在照顾建设国家的这一代和投 资即将建设国家的下一代间做出选择。因为我们记得过去的教训：老年人的夕阳时光在贫困中度过，家有残障儿童的父母无处求助。我们相信，在这个国家，自由不 只是那些幸运儿的专属，或者说幸福只属于少数人。我们知道，不管我们怎样负责任地生活，我们任何人在任何时候都可能面临失业、突发疾病或住房被可怕的飓风摧毁的风险。

我们通过医疗保险、联邦医疗补助计划、社会保障项目向每个人做出承诺，这些不会让我们的创造力衰竭，而是会让我们更强大。这些不会让我们成为充满不劳而获者的国度，这些让我们敢于承担风险，让国家伟大。

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms.The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult.But America cannot resist this transition;we must lead it.We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways;our croplands and snowcapped peaks.That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God.That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.我们，人民，仍然相信，我们作为美国人的义务不只是对我们自己而言，还包括对子孙后代。我们将应对气候变化的威胁，认识到不采取措施应对气候变化就是对我们的孩子和后代的背

叛。一些人可能仍在否定科学界的压倒性判断，但没有人能够避免熊熊火灾、严重旱灾、更强力风暴带来的灾难性打击。通向可再生能源利 用的道路是漫长的，有时是困难的。但美国不能抵制这种趋势，我们必须引领这种趋势。我们不能把制造新就业机会和新行业的技术让给其他国家，我们必须明确这 一承诺。这是我们保持经济活力和国家财富(我们的森林和航道，我们的农田与雪峰)的方法。这将是我们保护我们星球的办法，上帝把这个星球托付给我们。这将 给我们的建国之父们曾宣布的信条赋予意义。

We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage.Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty.The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm.But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well.我们，人民，仍然相信持久的安全与和平，不需要持续的战争。我们勇敢的士兵经受了战火的考验，他们的技能和勇气是无可匹敌的。我们的公民依然铭记着那些阵 亡者，他们非常清楚我们为自由付出的代价。明白他们的牺牲将让我们永远对那些试图伤害我们的势力保持警惕。但我们也是那些赢得和平而不只是战争的人们的后 代，他们将仇敌转变成最可靠的朋友，我们也必须把这些经验带到这个时代。

We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law.We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear.America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe;and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation.We will support democracy from Asia to Africa;from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom.And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity;human dignity and justice.我们将通过强大的军力和法制保护我们的人民，捍卫我们的价值观。我们将展现试图和平解决与其它国家分歧的勇气，但这不是因为我们对面临的危险持幼稚的态 度，而是因为接触能够更持久地化解疑虑和恐惧。美国将在全球保持强大的联盟，我们将更新这些能扩展我们应对海外危机能力的机制。因为作为世界上最强大的国 家，我们在世界和平方面拥有最大的利益。我们将支持从亚洲到非洲、从美洲至中东的民主国家，因为我们的利益和良心驱使我们代表那些想获得自由的人们采取行 动。我们必须成为贫困者、病患者、被边缘化的人士、异见受害者的希望来源，不仅仅是出于慈善，也是因为这个时代的和平需要不断推进我们共同信念中的原则： 宽容和机遇，人类尊严与正义。

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still;just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall;just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone;to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.我们，人民，今天昭示的最明白的事实是--我们所有人都是生而平等的，这是依然引领我们的恒星。它引领我们的先辈穿越纽约塞尼卡瀑布城(女权抗议事件)、塞尔马(黑人权力事件)和石墙骚乱(同性恋与警察发生的暴力事件)，引领着所有的男性和女性，留下姓名和没留姓名的人。在伟大的征程中，一路上留下足迹的人。曾经听一位牧师说，我们不能独自前行。马丁-路德-金说，我们个人的自由与地球上每个灵魂的自由不可分割。

It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began.For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts.Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote.Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity;until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country.Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.继续先辈开创的事业是我们这代人的任务。直到我们的妻子、母亲和女儿的付出能够与她们的努力相称，我们的征途才会结束。我们的征途不会终结，我们要让同性 恋的兄弟姐妹在法律之下得到与其他人同样的待遇。如果我们真正是生而平等的，那么我们对彼此的爱也应该是平等的。我们的征途没有结束，直到没有公民需要等 待数个小时去行使投票权。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们找到更好的方法迎接努力、有憧憬的移民，他们依旧视美国是一块充满机会的土地。直到聪颖年轻的学生 和工程师为我们所用，而不是被逐出美国。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们所有的儿童，从底特律的街道到阿巴拉契亚的山岭，再到康涅狄格州纽镇安静的小巷，直 到他们得到关心和珍视，永远避免受到伤害。

That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American.Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life;it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness.Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time.那是我们这一代的任务--让生存、自由和追求幸福的言语、权力和价值切实体现在每个美国人的身上。我们的立国文本没有要求我们将每个人的生活一致化。这并 不意味着，我们会

以完全一样的方式去定义自由，沿着同样的道路通向幸福。进步不会终止几个世纪以来一直纠结的关于政府角色的争论，但这要求我们现在就采取 行动。

For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay.We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.目前是由我们决策，我们不能拖延。我们不能将绝对主义当作原则，或者以表象代替政治，或将中伤视作理性的辩论。我们必须行动，要意识到我们的工作并不完 美。我们必须行动，意识到今天的胜利是并不完全的。这些将有赖于未来4年、40年或是400年致力于这项事业的人，去推进当年在费城制宪会议大厅传承给我 们的永恒精神。

My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our service.But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her dream.My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.我的美国同胞，我今天在你们面前宣读的誓词，如同在国会山服务的其他人曾宣读过的誓词一样，是对上帝和国家的誓词，不是对党派或是派别的，我们必须在任期 内忠实地履行这些承诺。但我今天宣读的誓词与士兵报名参军或者是移民实现梦想时所宣读的誓词没有多少差别。我的誓词与我们所有的人向我们头顶飘扬的、让我 们心怀自豪的国旗所表达的誓言没有多大差别。

They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.这些是公民的誓词，代表着我们最伟大的希望。

You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.你和我，作为公民，都有为这个国家设定道路的权力。

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.你和我，作为公民，有义务塑造我们时代的辩题，不仅是通过我们的选票，而且要为捍卫悠久的价值观和持久的理想发声。

Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright.With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.现在让我们相互拥抱，怀着庄严的职责和无比的快乐，这是我们永恒的与生俱来的权利。有共同的努力和共同的目标，用热情与奉献，让我们回应历史的召唤，将珍贵的自由之光带入并不确定的未来。

Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.感谢你们，上帝保佑你们，愿上帝永远保佑美利坚合众国。

第五篇：奥巴马简介中英文对照

巴拉克•奥巴马 美国民主党候选人，年轻的联邦参议员，来自伊利诺伊州，曾著有《纽约时报》畅销书《无畏的希望》（The Aducity of Hope）和《父亲的梦想》（Dreams from My Father），现与妻子米歇尔和两个女儿（萨莎和玛丽亚）居住在芝加哥。

奥巴马的父亲是来自肯尼亚的黑人，母亲是来自堪萨斯州的白人。奥巴马童年在印度尼西亚度过，少年在美国夏威夷度过，大学本科在哥伦比亚大学读国际政治关系。他毕业后的的第一份职业是在芝加哥最贫困的社区做社区组织者，后来考入哈佛大学法学院，并当选《哈佛法律评论》历史上第一位非洲裔主编。1992年，他领导了伊利诺伊州选举项目，共注册了150，000名新选民。在1997年至2004年间，他是来自芝加哥南区的三年任期制州参议员。此外，除了日常立法工作，他还是芝加哥大学法学院的宪法学高级讲师，从事民权法律事务，并担任多个慈善组织的董事。American democracy party the candidate, the young federal senator, come from Yi state in Illinois, once the Zhao have 《New York Times 》bestseller 《fearless hope(the The Aducity of Hope)》with 《the father's dream(the My Father of the Dreams from)》, now and wife rice Xie the Er and two daughters(Sa a kind of insect and Maria)live in Chicago.OBAMA's father is the black which comes from Kenya and the mother is the white man which comes from Kansas.Ao Ba stable boy year spends in Indonesia, Hawaii of youth at the United States spend, and the university undergraduate course reads an international political relation in the Columbia University.He graduates behind of of the first occupation be in the most poor community in Chicago to do community organizer, afterwards test into the Harvard law school, and win an election 《Harvard law comment on 》the first African Americans' copy chief in history.In 1992, he led the election item of Yi state in Illinois, total register 150, 000 new voteses.In 1997-2004 years, he is three years which come from south area in Chicago, the tenure system state senator.In addition, in addition to everyday lawmaking work, he is still an University of Chicago the constitution of the law school learn a deluxe lecturer, be engaged in people's rights law business, and hold the post of the board director of several charity organization