【美国总统电台演讲·双语】2013-05-04

第一篇：【美国总统电台演讲·双语】2013-05-04

WEEKLY ADDRESS: Fixing our ImmigrationSystem and Expanding Trade in Latin America

WASHINGTON, DC—In his weekly address, PresidentObama spoke to the American people from Mexico City, Mexico about the incredibleopportunities to create middle-class jobs in America by deepening our economic tiesand expanding trade in Latin America.He also discussed a recent Senate bill thattakes commonsense steps to fix our broken immigration system, like strengtheningsecurity on our border with Mexico, providing a pathway to earned citizenship, andmodernizing our legal immigration system to attract highly skilled workers to ourshores, which helps create jobs and grow the economy.The President will continueto work with our neighbors on our common security and common prosperity, so thatwe fix our broken immigration system, open more markets for American businesses,and create middle-class jobs for American workers.Remarks of President Barack Obama

Weekly Address Mexico City, Mexico

MAY 4, 2013

Hi, everybody.Today, I’m speaking to you from the road – a trip to Mexico and Costa Rica.大家好。我现在正在去墨西哥和哥斯达黎加的路上。

I’m here because Latin America represents an incredible opportunity for the United States,especially when it comes to my top priority as President: creating good, middle-class jobs.我到这里是因为拉丁美洲为美国提供了难以置信的机会，特别是在我作为总统面对创造好的中产阶级就业机会的第一要务的时候。

On Friday, we learned that our businesses created another 176,000 jobs last month.That’s 2.2million new jobs over the past year, and 6.8 million new jobs over the past 38 months.在周五，我们得知我们的企业在上个月又创造了176,000个就业机会。在过去的一年里创造了2百20万个新就业机会，在过去的38个月里创造了6百80万个新就业机会。But as I've said before, I won’t be satisfied until everyone who wants a job can find one.So I’mgoing to keep doing everything I can and going everywhere I need to go to help our businessescreate jobs.但是正如我此前所说，只有任何希望工作的人都能找到一份工作我才能感到欣慰。所以我一直在尽自己的所能到任何我需要去的地方帮助我们的企业创造就业机会。

Now, one of the best ways to grow our economy is to sell more goods and services Made inAmerica to the rest of the world.That includes our neighbors to the south.现在，发展我们的经济的最好的路径之一就是更多地把美国制造的产品和服务销往世界其它地方。包括我们的南部邻邦。

Right now, over 40 percent of our exports go to the Americas.And those exports are growingfaster than our trade with the rest of the world.That’s why I visited Latin America this week – towork with leaders to deepen our economic ties and expand trade between our nations.迄今为止，我们的出口超过百分之四十流到美洲。这些出口的增长超过了我们与世界其它地方的贸易。这就是为什么我在本周访问拉丁美洲—与这些国家领导人共同努力深化我们的经济纽带和扩展我们与这些国家的贸易。

In Mexico, I also talked about immigration reform, because that ’ s an important issue that affectsboth our countries.在墨西哥，我还谈到了移民改革，因为它对我们两国都至关重要。

The truth is, right now, our border with Mexico is more secure than it’s been in years.We’ve putmore boots on that border than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly80 percent from their peak in 2000.But we’ve got more to do – not just to secure the border butto fix an immigration system that is badly broken.事实上，迄今为止，我们与墨西哥的边界比过去几年都稳定。我们派驻了比历史上任何时期都多的巡逻部队，非法入境比高峰的2000年下降了百分之八十。但是我们还要更进一步—不仅是保证边界安全还要修改严重不足的移民体系。

In recent weeks, we ’ ve seen a commonsense immigration reform bill introduced in the Senate.This bill is a compromise, which means that nobody got everything they wanted – including me.But it’s largely consistent with the principles I’ve laid out from the beginning.在最近几周，我们已经提交了一个正确的移民改革议案到参议院。这个议案是一个妥协，即没有人得到他希望的一切—包括我。但是它总体上符合我一开始提出的原则。

It would continue to strengthen security at our borders and hold employers more accountable ifthey knowingly hire undocumented workers.它继续加强了边界安全并且让雇主们在明知雇佣无证件移民时更加负责任。

It would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are already inthis country illegally.它会使1千1百万已经在美国落户的非法移民更容易地获得公民身份。

And it would modernize our legal immigration system so that we’re able to reunite families andattract the highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers who will help create good paying jobs andgrow our economy.它使我们的合法移民体系更加现代化，以便我们可以让很多家庭团圆并且吸引高技能的企业家和工程师，他们将越来越我们创造高收入就业机会和发展经济。

These are all commonsense steps that the majority of Americans support.So there’s no reasonthat immigration reform can’t become a reality this year.这都是大多数美国人支持的正确步骤。所有没有理由让这个移民改革不能在今年生效。In the meantime, I’ll keep working with our neighbors on our common security and our commonprosperity.Millions of Americans earn a living right now because of the trade between our nations.And after this week, I’m as confident as ever that we can build on our shared heritage and valuesto open more markets for American businesses and create more jobs for American workers.与此同时，我将继续与我们的邻邦共同努力维护共同的安全和共同繁荣。成千上万的美国人依靠我们与这些邻邦的贸易生活。本周以后，我比以往任何时候都信心百倍，我们可以在共同的继承和价值的基础上更进一步，为美国企业打开更多市场为美国工人创造更多就业机会。Thanks and have a great weekend.谢谢，周末愉快。

第二篇：美国总统电台演讲

Last weekend, on the Fourth of July, Michelle and I welcomed some of our extraordinary military men and women and their families to the White House.They were just like the thousands of active duty personnel and veterans I’ve met across this country and around the globe.Proud.Strong.Determined.Men and women with the courage to answer their country’s call, and the character to serve the United States of America.Because of that service;because of the honor and heroism of our troops around the world;our people are safer, our nation is more secure, and we are poised to end our combat mission in Iraq by the end of August, completing a drawdown of more than 90,000 troops since last January.Still, we are a nation at war.For the better part of a decade, our men and women in uniform have endured tour after tour in distant and dangerous places.Many have risked their lives.Many have given their lives.And as a grateful nation, humbled by their service, we can never honor these American heroes or their families enough.Just as we have a solemn responsibility to train and equip our troops before we send them into harm’s way, we have a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they’ve earned when they come home.That is our sacred trust with all who serve – and it doesn’t end when their tour of duty does.To keep that trust, we’re building a 21st century VA, increasing its budget, and ensuring the steady stream of funding it needs to support medical care for our veterans.To help our veterans and their families pursue a college education, we’re funding and implementing the post-9/11 GI Bill.To deliver better care in more places, we’re expanding and increasing VA health care, building new wounded warrior facilities, and adapting care to better meet the needs of female veterans.To stand with those who sacrifice, we’ve dedicated new support for wounded warriors and the caregivers who put their lives on hold for a loved one’s long recovery.And to do right by our vets, we’re working to prevent and end veteran homelessness – because in the United States of America, no one who served in our uniform should sleep on our streets.We also know that for many of today’s troops and their families, the war doesn’t end when they come home.Too many suffer from the signature injuries of today’s wars: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.And too few receive the screening and treatment they need.Now, in past wars, this wasn’t something America always talked about.And as a result, our troops and their families often felt stigmatized or embarrassed when it came to seeking help.Today, we’ve made it clear up and down the chain of command that folks should seek help if they need it.In fact, we’ve expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets.But for years, many veterans with PTSD who have tried to seek benefits – veterans of today’s wars and earlier wars – have often found themselves stymied.They’ve been required to produce evidence proving that a specific event caused their PTSD.And that practice has kept the vast majority of those with PTSD who served in non-combat roles, but who still waged war, from getting the care they need.Well, I don’t think our troops on the battlefield should have to take notes to keep for a claims application.And I’ve met enough veterans to know that you don’t have to engage in a firefight to endure the trauma of war.So we’re changing the way things are done.On Monday, the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by Secretary Ric Shinseki, will begin making it easier for a veteran with PTSD to get the benefits he or she needs.This is a long-overdue step that will help veterans not just of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, but generations of their brave predecessors who proudly served and sacrificed in all our wars.It’s a step that proves America will always be here for our veterans, just as they’ve been there for us.We won’t let them down.We take care of our own.And as long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, that’s what we’re going to keep doing.Thank you.

第三篇：【美国总统电台演讲】2013-06-01

Weekly Address: Congress Should Take Action to ContinueGrowing the Economy

WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama said that the economy is moving inthe right direction, but there is still more work to do.He called on Congress to act to give everyresponsible homeowner the chance to save money on their mortgage by refinancing at historicallylow interest rates, put more Americans to work rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and fix ourbroken immigration system, so that we can continue to grow our economy and create goodmiddle class jobs.Remarks of President Barack Obama

Weekly Address The White House JUNE 01, 2013

Hi, everybody.Over the past four and a half years, we’ve been fighting our way back from aneconomic crisis and punishing recession that cost millions of Americans their jobs, their homes, andthe sense of security they’d worked so hard to build.And thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, our businesses have nowcreated nearly 7 million new jobs over the past 38 months.An auto industry that was flat lining is once again the heartbeat of American manufacturing – withAmericans buying more cars than we have in five years.Within the next few months, we’re projected to begin producing more of our own crude oil athome than we buy from other countries – the first time that’s happened in 16 years.Deficits that were growing for years are now shrinking at the fastest rate in decades.The rise ofhealth care costs is slowing, too.And a housing market that was in tatters is showing new signs ofreal strength.Sales are rising.Foreclosures are declining.Construction is expanding.And homeprices that are rising at the fastest rate in nearly seven years are helping a lot of families breathe alot easier.Now we need to do more.This week, my administration announced that we’re extending a program to help more responsiblefamilies modify their mortgages so they can stay in their homes.But to keep our housing market and our economy growing, Congress needs to step up and do itspart.Members of Congress will be coming back next week for an important month of work.We’vegot to keep this progress going until middle-class families start regaining that sense of security.Andwe can’t let partisan politics get in the way.Congress should pass a law giving every responsible homeowner the chance to save about$3,000 a year on their mortgage by refinancing at historically low interest rates.Congress should put more Americans to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, like theone that collapsed last week in Washington state.We’d all be safer, and the unemployment ratewould fall faster.And Congress should fix our broken immigration system by passing commonsense reform thatcontinues to strengthen our borders;holds employers accountable;provides a pathway toearned citizenship;and also modernizes our legal immigration system so that we’re reunitingfamilies and attracting the highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers who will help our economygrow.So there are a lot of reasons to feel optimistic about where we’re headed as a country – especiallyafter all we ’ ve fought through together.We’ve just got to keep going.Because we’ve got moregood jobs to create.We’ve got more kids to educate.We’ve got more doors of opportunity toopen for anyone who’s willing to work hard enough to walk through those doors.And if we work together, I’m as confident as I’ve ever been that we’ll get to where we need to be.Thanks and have a great weekend.

第四篇：【美国总统电台演讲】2013-05-11

WEEKLY ADDRESS: Growing the Housing Market andSupporting our Homeowners

WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama said seven years afterthe real estate bubble burst, our housing market is healing.The administration’spolicies have helped responsible homeowners save money on their mortgages andstay in their homes, and the President’s consumer watchdog agency is working toprotect consumers from being taken advantage of on their mortgages, but there isstill more work to do.The President urges Congress to quickly confirm Mel Watt tolead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and take action to give every responsiblehomeowner the chance to refinance and save money on their mortgage, so that wecan keep growing the housing market, support working families, and strengthen theeconomy.Remarks of President Barack Obama

Weekly Address The White House MAY 11, 2013

Hi, everybody.Our top priority as a nation is reigniting the true engine of our economic growth –a rising, thriving middle class.And few things define what it is to be middle class in America morethan owning your own cornerstone of the American Dream: a home.Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering the worst economic crisis sincethe Great Depression and costing millions of responsible Americans their jobs and their homes, ourhousing market is healing.Sales are up.Foreclosures are down.Construction is expanding.Andthanks to rising home prices over the past year, 1.7 million more American families have been ableto come up for air, because they’re no longer underwater on their mortgages.From the day I took office, I’ve made it a priority to help responsible homeowners and prevent thekind of recklessness that helped cause this crisis in the first place.My housing plan has already helped more than two million people refinance their mortgages, andthey’re saving an average of $3000 per year.My new consumer watchdog agency is moving forward on protections like a simpler, shortermortgage form that will help to keep hard-working families from getting ripped off.But we ’ ve still got more work to do.We ’ ve got more responsible homeowners to help – folkswho have never missed a mortgage payment, but aren’ t allowed to refinance;working familieswho have done everything right, but still owe more on their homes than they’re worth.Last week, I nominated a man named Mel Watt to take on these challenges as the head of theFederal Housing Finance Agency.Mel’s represented the people of North Carolina in Congress for 20years, and in that time, he helped lead efforts to put in place rules of the road that protectconsumers from dishonest mortgage lenders, and give responsible Americans the chance to owntheir own home.He’s the right person for the job, and that ’ s why Congress should do its job,and confirm him without delay.And they shouldn’t stop there.As I said before, more than two million Americans have alreadyrefinanced at today’s low rates, but we can do a lot better than that.I’ve called on Congress togive every responsible homeowner the chance to refinance, and with it, the opportunity to save$3,000 a year.That’s like a $3,000 tax cut.And if you’re one of the millions of Americans whocould take advantage of that, you should ask your representative in Congress why they won’t acton it.Our economy and our housing market are poised for progress – but we could do so much more ifwe work together.More good jobs.Greater security for middle-class families.A sense that yourhard work is rewarded.That’s what I’m fighting for – and that’s what I’m going to keep fighting foras long as I hold this office.Thank you.And have a great weekend.

第五篇：【美国总统电台演讲】2013-05-25

WEEKLY ADDRESS: Giving Thanks to our Fallen Heroes thisMemorial Day

WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama commemorated Memorial Day bypaying tribute to the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service to ourcountry.The President said that America has always risen to meet and overcome its challengesbecause of their brave sacrifice, and asked all Americans to honor our fallen heroes and to standwith our veterans and military families as we come together this weekend.Remarks of President Barack Obama

Weekly Address The White House MAY 25, 2013

Hi, everybody.This week, I've been speaking about America's national security – our past, ourpresent, and our future.On Thursday, I outlined the future of our fight against terrorism – the threats we face, and theway in which we will meet them.On Friday, I went to Annapolis to celebrate the extraordinary young men and women of theUnited States Naval Academy's Class of 2013 – the sailors and Marines who will not only lead thatfight, but who will lead our country for decades to come.And on Monday, we celebrate Memorial Day.Unofficially, it's the start of summer – a chance for usto spend some time with family and friends, at barbecues or on the beach, getting a little fun andrelaxation in before heading back to work.It's also a day on which we set aside some time, on our own or with our families, to honor andremember all the men and women who have given their lives in service to this country we love.They are heroes, each and every one.They gave America the most precious thing they had – ―the last full measure of devotion.‖ And because they did, we are who we are today – a free andprosperous nation, the greatest in the world.At a time when only about one percent of the American people bear the burden of our defense,the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform isn't always readily apparent.That'spartly because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and coast guardsmen are so skilled at whatthey do.It's also because those who serve tend to do so quietly.They don't seek the limelight.They don't serve for our admiration, or even our gratitude.They risk their lives, and many givetheir lives, for something larger than themselves or any of us: the ideals of liberty and justice thatmake America a beacon of hope for the world.That's been true throughout our history – from our earliest days, when a tiny band ofrevolutionaries stood up to an Empire, to our 9/11 Generation, which continues to serve andsacrifice today.Every time a threat has risen, Americans have risen to meet it.And because of that courage – thatwillingness to fight, and even die – America endures.That is the purpose of Memorial Day.To remember with gratitude the countless men and womenwho gave their lives so we could know peace and live in freedom.And we must do more than remember.We must care for the loved ones that our fallen service members have left behind.We must make sure all our veterans have the care and benefits they've earned, and the jobs andopportunity they deserve.We must be there for the military families whose loved ones are in harm's way – for they serve aswell.And above all, we must make sure that the men and women of our armed forces have thesupport they need to achieve their missions safely at home and abroad.The young men and women I met at the Naval Academy this week know the meaning of service.They've studied the heroes of our history.They've chosen to follow in their footsteps – to standtheir watch, man a ship, lead a platoon.They are doing their part.And each of us must do ours.So this weekend, as we commemorate Memorial Day, I ask you to hold all our fallen heroes in yourhearts.And every day, let us work together to preserve what their sacrifices achieved – to make ourcountry even stronger, even more fair, even more free.That is our mission.It is our obligation.And it is our privilege, as the heirs of those who came before us, and as citizens of the UnitedStates of America.Thanks.