奥巴马第44任第57届总统就职演讲(中英文)完美版（最终版）

第一篇：奥巴马第44任第57届总统就职演讲(中英文)完美版（最终版）

当地时间美国东部2013年1月21日中午，美国国会山，美国第44任第57届总统贝拉克·奥巴马发表就职演说，全文如下：

MR.OBAMA:

Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:

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:

“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.”

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.For more than two hundred years, we have.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.Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce;schools and colleges to train our workers。

Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.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, these are constants in our character.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.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.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.Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.副总统拜登，首席大法官，美国国会议员们，尊敬的来宾们、同胞们：

每当我们聚集一堂，举行总统宣誓就职仪式，我们都见证着我国宪法效力之经久不衰，重新确认了我们民主制度的诺言。回想起团结我们民族的，并非肤色、信仰、或是名字的起源。我们之所以卓尔不凡，我们之所以为美国人，是因为我们拥护这个，在一份两百年前的宣言中被阐明的理念：人生而平等，这一事实不言自明。造物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生存权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。

今天，我们继续无尽的旅程，将这些话语的真谛与我们的时代相连。历史告诉我们，这些事实也许不言自明，却仍需要我们的执行。自由虽是上帝的恩赐，却必须由他在世上的子民来捍卫。

1776年美国独立时的爱国者们反抗君王的暴政，并非要代之以少数人的特权或是暴民的统治。他们留给我们一个共和国，一个民有、民主、民享的政府，把维护我们建国信条的任务，托付给每一代人民。

200多年过去了，我们做到了。

(奴隶在)皮鞭和（战士在）刀剑下流淌的鲜血①，让我们明白了，建立在自由平等之原则上的联合体，若半数为奴隶，半数为自由人，则无法存续；我们重塑了我们的民族，誓将共同前行；我们共同决定，现代经济需要铁路和高速公路，以保证旅行和通商的快捷，需要各类学校来培养我们的工人；我们共同发现，自由市场若要繁荣，则必须以法规保证竞争及其公平性；我们共同决意，一个伟大的民族必须照顾弱小，保护其人民不要受到最严重的人身危害与不幸。

一路走来，我们从未放弃对中央权威的保持怀疑，也从未幻想过所有社会问题可以由政府独力解决；我们颂扬积极主动，锐意进取；我们强调矻矻实干与个人责任，这些都深深烙在每个人的品质中。

我们一直明白，当时代变革，我们便也需要变革。坚守我们的建国理念也需要应对新的挑战。

维护我们的个人自由最终也需要集体的努力。因为美国人民已无法仅靠单独行动满足当今世界的需求，正如美国士兵们已无法仅靠步枪和民兵队伍迎战法西斯主义；没有一个人能够培养出足够多的数学和理科教师，来满足我们教育孩子适应未来社会的需求；或是建设马路、网络、研究实验室，以吸引新工作和企业进入我国。现在，我们比以往更需要团结成同一个国家、同一个民族，共同完成这些事项。

我们这一代美国人经受了危机的考验，这铸就了我们的决心，验证了我们的韧性。十年之战已近尾声。经济复苏已然启动，美国拥有无限的发展潜力，因为我们拥有这个世界所需要的所有品质，不分国界，全世界都需要青春与动力，多样性与开放性，至高的风险应对能力，以及善于革新的天赋。同胞们，我们应时而生，也将把握此刻，只要我们是共同把握的。

因为美利坚民族明白，倘若只有越来越少的人过得很好，越来越多的人勉强维持生计，我们国家则无法成功。我们深信，美国之繁荣必须以不断崛起的中产阶级为坚厚基础；我们深知，美国之昌盛必须以个人独立性和工作自豪感为前提.，确保诚实劳动能够使家庭不再有艰辛之忧。我们是否忠于我们的信条体现在，当一个生于极端贫困家庭小女孩知道，她和其他人享有同等的成功机会，因为她是个美国人，她是自由的，她与大家平等。这平等不只是在上帝眼中，同时也是在我们自己眼中。

我们明白，陈腐的计划无法满足当下的需求。我们必须利用新的理念与技术，重塑我们的政府，改进我们的税法，改革我们的教育体系，授技能于我们的公民，使大家干得更勤、学得更多、成就更高。

方法虽有变化，我们的目标始终如一：在美国，每一位美国人的努力与决心绝不会白费。这就是此刻所需，如此将赋我们的信条以实际意义。

美利坚民族仍然坚信，每一位公民应享有基本的安全与尊严保障。我们必须作出艰难抉择，减少医疗开支、降低赤字。有人认为，美国无法兼顾照顾建设了我国的这一代，与投资将建设我国未来的下一代。我们反对这一说法。因为我们记得历史的教训：当晚年在穷困中度过，家中残疾的长辈老无所依。我们不认为，在我国，自由是幸运或是幸福只属于少数人。我们认识到，无论我们如何谨慎负责，任何人，在任何时候，都有可能失业，或突患疾病，或遭暴风雨而流离失所。我们通过医疗保险、医疗补助和社会保险，对彼此做出承诺。这些都不会阻碍我们积极进取，只会让我们更强大。这不会让我们成为寄生虫般的民族，而是能让我们敢于冒险，为国家富强添砖加瓦。

美利坚民族仍然坚信，作为美国人，我们的义务不仅仅是针对自己，更不能忘记子孙后代。我们将对气候变化的威胁做出回应，因为我们明白，如果不去这么做，便是辜负了孩子与子孙后代。

科学的判断已经如此有说服力，但仍然有人会否认。可是熊熊大火，严重干旱，以及破坏更大的风暴带来的灾难性影响，谁都无法躲避。可持续能源之路会很漫长，有时甚至难走。但是美国人不可以拒绝这种转变，我们必须领导这个转变。

我们不能把这项能带来新工作、新产业的技术拱手相让。我们要履行诺言。这样我们才能保持我们经济的活力，保护我们的国家财富，我们的森林与水道，我们的农田和被雪覆盖的山顶。只有这样，我们才能保护这颗上帝交到我们手中的星球。这将给我们的国父曾经立下的那些信条，赋予新的意义。

美利坚民族仍然坚信，持久的安定与和平，不需要永无止尽的战争。我们那些勇敢的男兵女兵，接受过战火的洗礼，他们的技能与勇气无可匹敌；我们的公民，太清楚自由的代价，那些离去同胞，在所有人心里都烫了一道伤。我们会时时想起他们的牺牲，提醒我们警惕那些会伤害我们的人。但我们的祖先，不仅曾赢下战争，也曾赢下和平，让不共戴天的仇人变成了最信任的伙伴。在今天，我们也要将这些发扬光大。

我们将用团结的力量和法律的精神，维护我们的人民，我们的价值观。我们要让其他国家看到我们的勇气，用和平的方式解决分歧——不是因为我们天真，不知面临的危险，而是因为承诺才是怀疑与恐惧的更好终结。美国仍将是遍布世界的亲密盟友们的发言人；我们将重兴那些延展我们处理海外危机能力的机构，因为，作为世界最强的国家没人比我们更需要一个和平的世界。我们将继续支持民主，从亚洲到非洲，从美洲到中东，为了我们的利益与良知，我们必须为那些渴望自由的人们站出来。我们也必须做到，能成为穷苦、疾病、边缘化还有那些被歧视人们的希望之源——不仅是出于慈善之心，更因为我们这个时代的和平，需要不断努力去推动我们的共同信条：包容与机会，人类尊严与公正。

美利坚民族，今天郑重宣誓，那条最不可否认的真理，人人生而平等，仍是指引我们的北斗星；就像它曾经带领我们的祖先，走过西内加瀑布城，走过塞尔玛，走过石墙②；就像它曾经带领所有在这块伟大广场上，留下足印的知道或不知道姓名的男男女女,来聆听一位布道者告诉他们：我们不可以独行；来聆听一位领袖③宣告，每一个个体的自由，都和地球上每一个灵魂的自由密不可分。

前人开辟的道路，我们要继续走下去，这是我们这一代的任务。因为我们的旅程不会结束，直到在我们的妻子、母亲和女儿能过上与她们之努力相配的生活；我们的旅程不会结束，直到我们的同性恋兄弟姐妹能被法律一视同仁——如果我们真的是生而平等，那我们对彼此的爱也必须平等；我们的旅程不会结束，直到没有公民被迫等待数小时才能投出自己的一票；我们的旅程不会结束，直到我们找到了更好的方法去欢迎那些努力奋斗、满怀希望的移民，让他们眼中的美国仍然充满机会，让聪明的年轻学生、工程师能加入我们的劳动力量，而不是被驱赶出我们的国家；我们的旅程不会结束，直到我们所有的孩子，从底特律的街道，到阿帕拉契亚的山道，再到纽敦镇的寂静小道，都知道他们是备受呵护，备受珍视，也将永远远离伤害。这就是我们这一代的任务：让这些同生命、自由、以及对幸福的追求紧密连接的辞藻、权利、价值观，为每一个美国人变成现实。坚守我们的建国纲领，并不代表在方方面面都要与之吻合；并不代表我们仍需要对自由下一模一样的定义，或是走一模一样的幸福之路。进步并不需要我们去解决持续几个世纪的政府角色定位的争论，但进步的确需要我们现在行动。

从现在起，做出决定已是迫在眉睫，我们付不起拖延的代价。绝对主义不能和原则混为一谈，或者偷换政治阻碍的概念，换个名字，叫它合理的争执。我们必须行动，要明白我们的工作不会是完美的；我们必须行动，要明白今日的胜利只会是暂时的胜利。那些四年后、四十年后、四百年后站在这里的人们，还将接过很久以前，那间费城边厅里的人们，交给我们的永不熄灭的精神火炬，并且继续传递下去。

我亲爱的同胞们，今日我在你们面前的宣誓，那份不断被从前在国会大厦前，就职的人们重复的宣誓，是向上帝与国家起誓，而不是向任何党派或是小团体。在我们的就职期间，我们也必将忠诚的履行这份誓言。可是，我今天在这里说的，和每一位士兵的例行入伍宣誓，或是一个实现她梦想的移民之宣誓，并无不同。

我的誓言，同我们每一个，对飘扬在上空与我们心中，让我们倍感骄傲的旗帜许下的誓言并不不同。我所说的，都是公民之言，代表了我们最伟大的希望。你我，作为公民，有权力为这个国家设定航向。你我，作为公民，有义务推动我们这个时代的辩论，要用到的，不仅仅是我们手上的选票，还有维护我们最古老的价值观、最经久不息的理想而发出的呐喊。

让我们每一个人都接受这份庄严的职责和无与伦比的喜悦吧，这是我们与生俱来的权利。让我们朝着共同的目标，共同努力，用热情与奉献，回应历史的召唤，进入那闪烁着自由光芒的未知的未来。

谢谢。

上帝保佑你们，愿他永远保佑美利坚。

注释：

① 典自林肯总统的的第二次就职演说；

② 三处地点分别指代女权运动、黑人民权运动及同性恋权益运动；

③“国王”指马丁·路德·金，“金”在英语里原为King, 即国王，引申为领袖

第二篇：奥巴马就职演讲 中英文对照

This election had many firsts many stories, that will be told for generation.But one that's on my mind tonight is about a wonman who cast her hallot in Ailanta.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.She was born just a generation past slavery,a time when there were on cars on the road or planes in the sky,whensomeone like her could't vote for two reasons--because she was a woman and because od the color of her skin.And tonight,I think 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.Atatime whenwoman's voices were silened and their hopes dismissed and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.Yes, we can.when there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nirion conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose.Yes, we can.When the bombs fell on our bardour and tyranny threatened the word, she was there to winess a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.Yes, we can.......Aman touched down on the moon,a wall came down in Berlin,a world was connected by our own science and imaginattion.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, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes, we can.这一次选举拥有许多故事和数不清的第一次，它们将被世世代代流传，但今晚在脑海中一直浮现的，是亚特兰大的一位女性选民。她就像成千上万的其它选民一样，排在队伍中喊出自己的心声，唯一不同的是——安.尼克松.库伯已经106岁了。

她出生的时候正是奴隶制解除之后，那时候还没有汽车和飞机，像她一样的人那时候是没有选举权的，因为她是个女人，还因为她皮肤的颜色。

但是今晚，我思考着她所经历的这个世纪的美国——心痛和希望，斗争与进步，我们被告知我们不能做什么的时代，以及美国人的信条：是的，我们可以！

在那个女性不能发出声音的时代，在那个女性的希望被剥夺的时代，她看着她们站了起来，大声说出自己的想法，投出了自己的选票。是的，我们可以！

当绝望和大萧条袭来的时候，她看见了一个民族通过新政，新的就业机会及对新目标的共同追求战胜了恐惧。是的，我们可以！

当炸弹在珍珠港爆炸，当暴政威胁这个世界的时候，她见证了一代人的强大，见证了民主得到了捍卫。是的，我们可以！

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人类登上了月球，柏林墙倒塌了，世界由我们自身的科学和想象力被连接到了一起。而在这一年，在这一次选举中，她的手指触摸到了屏幕，她投出了自己的一票，因为美国经历了106年的变迁，经历了最好与最坏的时代后，她了解美国是如何变化的。是的，我们可以！

第三篇：奥巴马第二任就职演讲译文

奥巴马连任就职演讲译文【原创】

Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:

拜登副总统，首席大法官先生，美国国会的议员们，尊贵的嘉宾们，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:

每一次我们聚聚在这里目睹一个总统就职，我们都见证了我们的宪法的持久强大。我们恪守了民主的承诺。我们回顾了统一我们这个国家的纽带不是我们的肤色或我们信仰的教义或我们名字的起源。使我们独一无二的—使我们成为美国人的—是我们对两百多年前的独立宣言中阐述的一个理想的忠诚：

“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.”

“我们坚信这些真理是不言而喻的，即人人平等，他们被造物主赋予了特有的不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生活、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.今天我们继续一个永无止境的旅途，在这些箴言的内涵和我们时代的现实之间架起一座桥梁。因为历史告诉我们尽管这些真理是不言而喻的，但是他们也从来不是自动执行；尽管自由是上帝的恩赐，它只能由他的世俗子民来捍卫。1776年的爱国者们不是为了取代一个少数人拥有特权或对暴民管制的专制君王而战斗。他们给予我们一个共和国，一个民有、民治、民享的政府，这个政府代代依靠人民维护我们的立国之本。

For more than two hundred years, we have.在我们过去的两百多年里。

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.通过皮鞭棍棒的伤痕和刀光剑影的血泊，我们得知我们建立在自由和平等的基础上的联邦不能在一半是奴隶制一半是自由社会的状态下生存。我们自我更新，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.我们共同确立了一个信念，现代经济需要铁路和高速公路来为旅行和商业提速；需要学校和大学培养我们的劳动者。

Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.我们共同发现了一个真理，市场经济只能在保护竞争和公平竞赛的一系列规则下繁荣。

Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.我们共同许下一个诺言，伟大的国家必须关爱弱势群体，保护她的人民度过生活中最恶劣的灾难和厄运。

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, these are constants in our character.经历了所有这些，我们出来没有放弃对中央集权的质疑，也没有屈从于所有社会顽疾都可以有政府自己解决的幻想。我们对主动性和进取心的推崇；我们对勤奋工作和匹夫有责的坚持是我们不变的秉性。

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.但是我们永远牢记时代变迁，我们也要改变；对我们立国之本的忠诚要求我们面对新挑战采取新对策；维护我们个人的自由最终要求我们共同行动。因为美国人民如同美国军人能够战胜武装起来的法西斯主义或共产主义势力已及各种武装分子一样能够满足当今世界的要求。没有哪一个人能培养出我们需要的所有数学和科学老师来教育我们服务未来的孩子们，或建设道路和网络和实验室，把新的就业岗位和新企业带回我国。现在，我们比以往任何时候都需要作为一个国家，一个民族，共同合作来完成这些。

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.我们这一代美国人已经经受了一系列危机的考验，这些危机锤炼了我们的决心，证明了我们的坚韧。耗时十年的战争即将结束。经济复兴已经开始。美国的可能是无限的，因为我们拥有这个世界需要的放之四海而皆准的所有素质：年轻自强；多元开放；无限的应对危机的能力和自我更新的天赋。同胞们，我们为了这个机会而生，我们要抓住它—只要我们共同抓住它。

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—人民，我们深知我们的国家不可能在日益减少的少数人富得流油而日益增长的多数人仅仅维持生计的前提下成功。我们相信美国的繁荣必须建立在日益增长的中产阶级的宽阔肩膀上。我们知道美国因每个人都能在他们的工作中找到独立和骄傲而兴旺；因诚实的劳动者的工资能使他们的家庭摆脱艰难困苦而兴旺。我们忠于我们的信条，这个信条让一个出生在赤贫家庭的女孩相信她有与其他人相同的成功机会，因为她是美国人，她自由，她平等，不仅是在上帝的眼里，而是在我们自己的眼里。

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, 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.我们深知过时的项目不能满足我们时代的需要。我们必须吸纳新思想和新技术来重建我们的政府，完善我们的税法，改革我们的学校，给我们的公民们更加努力工作，学习和达到更高境界所需要的技能。尽管方法日新月异，但是我们的目的始终如一：一个鼓励每个美国人的决心和努力的国家。这是这个时刻要求的。这赋予我们的信条实际意义。

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，仍然相信每个公民应该得到基本的安全和尊严。我们必须做出减少医保成本和赤字规模的艰难决定。但是我们绝不相信美国必须在关爱建设这个国家的一代与投资于建设这个国家的未来的一代之间取舍。因为我们牢记过去的教训，多少黑暗的年景在贫困中度过，多少带着一个孩子的残疾父母不知道明天如何过。我们不相信在这个国家，自由只属于幸运儿，或幸福只属于少数人。我们认识到不管我们如何负责任地生活，我们中的每个人，在任何时候，都可能面对失业，或突然生病，或一场风暴之后家产灰飞烟灭。我们给每个人的承诺是—通过医保，医疗救助，已经社保—这些东西不会蚕食我们的主动性；它们使我们更强。它们没有把我们变成一个索取的国家；它们让我们自由地应对危机使这个国家更伟大。

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’s 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不仅仅对自己有责任，而是对所有子孙有责任。我们将应对气候变化的危险，因为我们深知不这样我们就辜负了我们的子孙后代。有些人可能仍然不相信这个压倒性科学判断，但是谁也不能对暴虐的大火，恼人的干旱和越来越凶猛的风暴。通往能源可持续的道路必将漫长崎岖。但是美国不能阻挠这个转变；我们必须引领这个转变。我们不能把助推新工作和新行业的技术领域拱手让给其它国家—我们必须抢占希望的高地。我们将这样维系我们经济的活力和我们国家的财富—我们的深林和航路；我们的耕地和雪山。我们将这样保护我们的地球，得到上帝的厚爱。这将是我们赋予我们父辈宣称的信条的意义。

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，仍然相信持久的太平盛世不需要连年征战。我们勇敢的男女军人们经历了战火的砺炼，其战技和勇气雄冠全球。我们的公民，经历了失去亲人的记忆的煎熬，太理解我们为了自由付出的代价了。对他们的牺牲的缅怀使我们永远警惕那些企图危害我们的家伙们。但是我们还是赢得了和平而不仅是战争的人民的后代，把我们的穷凶极恶的敌人变成推心置腹的朋友的人们的后代，我们还必须把这些教训传给当代。

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 naive 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.我们将依靠我们武力的强大法律的规范来保卫我们的人民和维系我们的价值。我们将彰显我们与其它国家和平合作应对和解决我们的困难的勇气—不是因为我们对我们面对的危险麻木不仁，而是因为团结一心可以永远驱除怀疑和恐惧。美国将永远是世界上每个角落的强大联盟的中流砥柱；我们将更新扩展我们应对境外危机的能力的法规，因为一个国家在一个和平的世界的利害关系与在其强大的国内的利害关系是相同的。我们将支持从亚洲到非洲；从美洲到中东的民主国家，因为我们的志趣和我们的良知驱使我们为那些一直渴望自由的人们的利益而挺身而出。我们必须成为穷人、病人、被边缘化的人们和偏见受害者们的希望之源—不仅仅是出于慈悲，而是我们时代的和平要求我们的共同信条规划的原则发扬光大：宽容和机会；人类尊严和公正。

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，今天宣布那个最不言而喻的真理—我们人人平等—是仍然指引我们的北斗星；如同它指引我们的先辈走过Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall;如同它指引所有这些男男女女们，知名的和默默无闻的，在这个庄严的大厅留下他们的足迹，聆听一个传教士疾呼我们不能单打独斗；聆听马丁路德金宣布我们的自由与地球上每个人的自由都有千丝万缕的联系。

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.现在传承我们的先辈开启的事业成了我们这一代的使命。因为只要我们的妻子们，我们的母亲们，我们的女儿们还没有获得与她们的努力相称的收入，我们的旅程就不能结束。只要我们的同性恋兄弟姐妹还没有被法律与其他人同等对待我们的旅程就不能结束—因为如果我们人人平等，我们互相倾注的爱就应该也平等。只要还有公民被迫等待几个小时才能履行他们的选举权我们的旅程就不能结束。只要我们还没有找到更好的方法欢迎那些视美国为机会的乐土的勤奋的、充满希望的移民，只要那些朝气蓬勃的青年学生和工程师还没有被录用而是被驱逐出境，我们的旅程就不能结束。只要我们的所有孩子们，从底特律的大街到Appalachia的山麓到纽顿城寂静的小巷，还没有感到他们受到关爱，珍惜和远离危险，我们的旅程就不能结束。

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 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.把这些关于生活、自由和追求幸福的权利的箴言、权利和价值变成每个美国人的现实成了我们这一代的使命。忠于我们的立国宪法不总是要求我们符合生活的轨迹；它不意味着我们把自由都按同一模式定义，或许沿袭同一条通往幸福的康庄大道。进步不强迫我们永远解决几个世纪以来的关于政府职能的争论—但是它的确要求我们在我们的时代有所作为。

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, 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.现在决策大任落到了我们头上，我们不能再等待了。我们不能误把绝对主义当做原则，或用投机取代政策，或把骂人当做理性争论。我们必须行动，我们必须行动而且必须认识到我们的工作不可能完美无缺。我们必须行动，而且认识到今天的胜利仅仅是我们历史长河的一部分，今后将由站在这里四年，四十年，四百年的人们推进那在费城大厅赋予我们的超越时代的精神。

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.我的同胞们，我今天在你们面前许下的誓言，如同其他在帝国大厦里尽职的其他人的一样，是上帝和国家的誓言，不是政党和派别的誓言—我们必须在我们的任期内忠实地履行这个誓言。但是我今天许下的誓言与每次士兵报名参战时，或一个移民实现了她的梦想时许下的誓言没什么不同。我的誓言与我们对着带给我们骄傲的高高飘扬的国旗许下的誓言没什么不同。

They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.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.它们是公民们的心声，代表着我们的宏伟希望。我和你，作为公民，有权力决定这个国家的前进路线。

我和你，作为公民，有义务规范我们时代的辩论—不仅仅用我们的选票，而且还用我们维护我们的最悠久价值和最永恒的理想的声音。

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.让我们每个人现在都带着庄严的使命和极大的喜悦，拥抱永恒的与生俱来的权利。带着共同的努力和目的，带着共同的激情和奉献，让我们相应历史的召唤，把自由的金色光芒带到未知的未来。

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

第四篇：奥巴马就职演讲(中英文双译)

亲爱的公民同胞们：

今天我站在这裡﹐面对眼前的任务﹐深感卑微。感谢你们给予我的信任﹐我也清楚前辈们為这个国家所作的牺牲。我要感谢布什总统对国家的服务﹐感谢他在两届政府过渡期间给予的慷慨协作。时至今日﹐已有44位美国总统宣誓就职。总统的宣誓有时面对的是国家的和平繁荣﹐有时面临的是狂风骤雨的紧张形势。在这种时刻﹐支持美国前进的不仅仅是领导人的能力和远见﹐更是美国人民对先驱者理想的坚定信仰﹐以及对美国建国宣言的忠诚。

过去是这样﹐我们这一代美国人也要如此。

我们都狠清楚﹐我们正处於危机之中。我们的国家正在对触角广泛的暴力和仇恨网络宣战。国家的经济也受到了严重的削弱﹐这是一些人贪婪和不负责任的后果﹐但在做出艰难选择和準备迎接新时代方面﹐我们出现了集体性的失误。家园失去了﹔工作丢掉了﹔商业萧条了。我们的医疗卫生耗资巨大﹔我们的学校让许多人失望﹔每天都能找到更多的证据表明我们利用能源的方式使得对手更加强大﹐并且威胁到了我们整个星球。

这些﹐是从数据和统计中可以看到的危机信号。而更难以衡量但同样意义深远的是美国人自信心的丧失──现在一种认為美国衰落不可避免﹐我们的下一代必须降低期待的恐惧正在吞噬着我们的自信。今天我要向你们说的是﹐我们面临的挑战是真实存在的。这些挑战狠多﹐也狠严重﹐它们不会轻易地或者在短时间内就得以克服。但记住这一点：美国终将渡过难关。

今天﹐我们聚集在这裡﹐是因為我们选择了希望而不是恐惧﹐团结而不是冲突与争执。

今天﹐我们在这裡宣佈要為无谓的抱怨、不实的承诺和指责画上句号﹐我们要打破牵制美国政治发展的陈旧教条。

我们仍是一个年轻的国家﹐但借用《圣经》的话说﹐摒弃幼稚的时代已经来临。是时候重树我们坚韧的精神﹔选择我们更好的歷史﹔弘扬那些珍贵的天赋和高尚的理念﹐并代代传承下去﹐即上帝赋予的信念：天下眾生皆平等﹐眾生皆自由﹐且均应有追求最大幸福的机会。

在重申我们国家伟大之处的同时﹐我们深知伟大从来不是上天赐予的﹐而是要靠我们努力争取。我们从不抄捷径﹐也不会退而求其次。我们的歷程不属於那些胆怯懦弱、享受安逸或追逐名利之人。这条歷程属於勇於承担风险者﹐属於实干家和创造者﹐他们中的一些人名留青史﹐但更多的人却在默默无闻地工作着。正是这些人带领我们走过了漫长崎嶇的旅途﹐带领我们走向富强和自由。

為了我们﹐他们背起简单的行囊漂洋过海寻找新的生活﹔為了我们﹐先辈们忍辱负重﹐用血汗浇铸工厂﹔為了我们﹐他们在诸如（独立战争时的)康科德、（南北战争时的)葛底斯堡、(二战时的）诺曼底和（越南战争时的）溪山等地作战并献出生命。

一次又一次﹐我们的先辈们战斗着、牺牲着、操劳着﹐只為了给我们带来更美好的生活。在他们眼中﹐美国的强盛与伟大超越了个人雄心﹐也超越了个人的出身、贫富和派别差异。

我们仍在继续着这一歷程。美国仍是世界上最繁荣、最强大的国家。危机的发生并未削弱我们工人的生產力﹐我们仍拥有善於创造发明的头脑﹐我们的商品和服务仍像上一週、一个月乃至一年前那样受到青睞。我们的能力并未被削弱。但是墨守成规、着眼小利、不肯做艰难决定的时代已经过去了。从今天开始﹐我们必须振奋起来﹐扫去心头阴霾﹐再次投入到重整国家的工作中来。

放眼望去﹐到处都有工作要做。国家的经济状况需要我们採取大胆迅速的行动﹐不光是為了创造新的就业﹐也是為增长奠定新的基础。我们将修建路桥、电网、数据线路﹐不仅仅是為了促进商业也是為了将我们紧密相连。我们将恢復科学应有的地位、并用科技的魔力提高医疗卫生水平、降低就医成本。我们将利用太阳、风以及大地所提供的能源来驱动汽车、开动工厂。我们将改造各级学校﹐让它们能适应新时代的要求。所有这一切我们都能做到。所有这一切我们都将做到。

现在﹐有人质疑我们的目标是不是太大了﹐他们说我们的系统无法承受过多的宏大计划。他们太健忘了。因為他们忘了这个国家曾经取得过怎样的成绩﹐他们已经忘了当想象力与共同目标以及必要的勇气结合到一起时﹐自由的人民所能发挥的能量。

这些怀疑论者不能理解美国正在发生的改变﹐曾长期耗费我们精力的陈腐政治争议已不被接受。如今

我们提出的问题不是美国政府规模是太大还是太小﹐而是它是否发挥应用的作用、是否能帮助美国家庭找到收入理想的工作、可以担负得起的医疗服务和足够安度晚年的退休储蓄。如果答案是肯定的﹐那麼我们要继续执行这些政策﹐如果答案是否定的﹐那麼我们就结束这些政策。我们当中所有管理公共资金的人要负起责任﹐要精打细算、革除陋习﹐并确保我们的工作受到公眾监督﹐唯有这样﹐人民与政府之间至关重要的信任才能得以恢復。

现在摆在我们面前的问题也并非市场究竟是股好的还是坏的力量。市场创造财富、提高自由度的力量无与伦比﹐然而当前危机提醒了我们﹐没有监管﹐市场可能成為脱韁之马﹐而且一个只追求繁荣的国家注定不能永葆荣华。一直以来﹐美国经济的成功并不仅仅依赖於国内生產总值的规模﹐还有我们经济繁荣所惠及的范围以及我们赋予每一个心怀渴望的人以机会的能力──这一点并非发自谁的慈悲之心﹐这是我们实现共同利益的最可靠途径。

至於共同防卫领域﹐我们拒绝在自身的安全与理想之间做出取舍的错误选择。我们的国父在面临着我们难以想像的困难之时还起草了宪法以保障法制与人权﹐世世代代的美国人用鲜血捍卫并丰富了这份宪法。它裡面蕴含的信念至今仍光照世界﹐我们不能出於一时之便将它放弃。我想对今天正在观看这个仪式的百姓和官员说--不论他们身处最繁华的都市还是像我父亲出生地那样的小村落--他们应该知道﹐无论男女老幼﹐只要他们致力於寻求和平和有尊严的未来﹐美国就是他们的朋友﹐而且我们已準备好再次在这条道路上担当领导。

我们在此回忆先辈﹐他们战胜了法西斯主义和共產主义﹐靠的不只是导弹和坦克﹐更是靠坚定的盟友和不移的信念。他们明白仅凭武力不足以保护我们﹐也不能让我们為所欲為。相反﹐他们知道我们国家实力的增长源於我们对自己力量的谨慎使用﹐我们的安全源於所开展事业的正义、我们的榜样力量以及谦卑与克己品质的融合。

我们将信守这一传统。在这些原则的指导下﹐我们能够应对这些需要投入更多努力、更多国与国的合作及理解的崭新挑战。我们将开始负责任地从伊拉克撤军﹐并在阿富汗打造来之不易的和平。我们将与老友与宿敌一道竭力化解核武威胁﹐并遏制地球变暖趋势。我们不会為自己的生活方式道歉﹐我们会坚定不移地捍卫它﹐对於那些想靠恐怖主义和滥杀无辜来达到目的的人﹐我们会对他们说：现在我们的精神力量更加强大﹐坚不可摧﹐你们不可能战胜我们﹐我们注定会打败你们。

这是因為我们知道﹐大杂烩的传统是美国的力量所在﹐而非我们的弱点。我们国家是由基督徒、穆斯林、犹太人、印度教徒和无神论者组成。地球各个角落的语言和文化匯聚成了美国﹐正是因為我们曾品尝过南北战争和种族隔离的苦酒﹐并且在经歷了这些黑色的篇章之后变得更加强大更加团结﹐因此我们毫不犹豫地相信旧日的仇恨终有一天会成為过去﹐种族的界线不久就会消失﹐而且随着世界变得越来越小﹐人类的共有品性将会自动显现。在引领一个和平新时代的到来方面﹐美国必须发挥自己的作用。

对穆斯林世界﹐我们正在共同利益和彼此尊重的基础上寻求一条新的前行道路。对全球那些想要播种冲突、将自己国家的问题怪罪於西方社会的领导人﹐你们应该知道你们的人民将根据你们建设什麼而不是摧毁了什麼来评价你们。对於那些通过腐败、欺骗、压制异见来统治的人﹐你们应该知道你们站在了歷史的对立面。但是如果你们愿意放开紧攥的拳头﹐美国会向你们伸出手。

对贫困国家的人民﹐我们保证将和你们合作﹐让你们的农场丰收﹐让水源清洁﹐滋补饿坏的身体﹐滋养飢饿的心灵。对那些与我们一样相对富裕的国家﹐我们说﹐不能再对外界的苦难漠不关心﹐更不能毫无顾忌地消耗世界的资源。世界已经改变﹐我们也必须随之改变。

当我们审视前方的道路时﹐我们以谦卑感激的心想起那些勇敢的美国同胞﹐他们正在遥远的沙漠和偏僻的山岭上巡逻。今天﹐我们应该聆听他们的声音﹐这也是长眠於阿灵顿国家公墓的先烈们每时每刻都在提醒我们的。我们尊敬他们,不仅是因為他们捍卫了我们的自由﹐更因為他们代表着奉献精神﹔他们致力於

寻找超越自身的生命真諦。而此时﹐在这个将界定一个时代的时刻﹐我们更需让这种精神长住我们心间。因為即使政府尽最大努力﹐尽最大义务﹐这个国家最终仍得依靠每个美国人的信念和决心。这种力量是洪灾泛滥时﹐陌生人间的温情善举﹔是人们寧可裁减工时也要保全朋友工作共同度过经济最困难时期的无私忘我﹔这是消防员们毅然冲入浓烟火海的无畏勇气﹐也是父母培养孩子的无私之心﹐孩子最终决定我们的命运。

或许﹐我们今日面临着全新的挑战﹐我们迎接挑战的工具完全陌生。但是﹐我们赖以走向成功的价值观──勤劳、诚实、勇敢、公正、宽容、好奇、忠诚和爱国──从未改变。这些价值观是真实的。它们是推动我们歷史进步的沉默的力量。我们所需的就是回归这些真实的价值。如今我们需要的是一个勇於负责的新时代。人人都需要认识到﹐我们对自己﹐对国家乃至整个世界﹐都负有责任。我们不会抱怨﹐而会欣然接受这份责任﹐坚信没有什麼能比承担艰巨的任务更让人的精神充实﹐更能塑造我们的性格。这是公民应尽的义务﹐应做的承诺。

这是我们信心的源泉──认识到上帝召唤我们对难以琢磨的命运进行塑造。

这是我们所崇尚的自由与信念的真諦──这就是為什麼今天﹐不同肤色﹐不同信仰的男女老幼在这个大草坪上匯聚一堂﹔这就是為什麼六十年前﹐一位黑人父亲走入餐厅甚至无人理睬﹐而今天他的儿子可以站在这裡﹐在你们面前许下最庄严的誓言。

所以让我们铭记这一天﹐铭记我们的身份和我们走过的道路。在我们的国家诞生那一年﹐先辈们在最寒冷的日子裡﹐围聚在结冰的河边靠微弱的篝火取暖。首都失守﹐敌军不断挺近﹐鲜血染红了白雪。就在革命的成果倍受质疑之时﹐我们的国父下令向人民宣读这样几句话：

“让这段话流传后世„„当一切陷入寒冬﹐万物俱灭﹐只有希望和勇气可以长存„„这座城市和这个国家﹐在共同的危机下团结起来﹐共同面对前方的艰难。”

这就是美国。面对我们共同的危机﹐在这艰难的寒冬﹐让我们牢记那些不朽的字句。怀着希望和勇气﹐让我们再一次冲破结冰的逆流﹐迎接任何可能来临的狂风骤雨。让我们的子孙传唱﹐当我们面对考验时﹐我们拒绝结束我们的旅程﹐我们没有回头﹐没有踟躕不前。我们在上帝的关爱下眺望远方﹐我们带着自由这个伟大的礼物﹐将它安全地传递给未来的世世代代。

线转换。

（Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.）

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.So it has been.So it must be with this generation of Americans.That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.Homes have been lost;jobs shed;businesses shuttered.Our health care is too costly;our schools fail too many;and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land, a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real.They are serious and they are many.They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.But know this, America, they will be met.On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit;to choose our better history;to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given.It must be earned.Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.It has not been the path for the faint-hearted--for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things--some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West;endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg;Normandy and Khe Sahn.

第五篇：奥巴马就职演讲 中英文演讲稿(中英文对照)

My fellow citizens:

我的同胞们：

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.今天我站在这里，看到眼前面临的重大任务，深感卑微。我感谢你们对我的信任，也知道先辈们为了这个国家所作的牺牲。我要感谢布什总统为国家做出的贡献，以及感谢他在两届政府过渡期间给与的慷慨协作。

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.迄今为止，已经有44个美国总统宣誓就职。总统的宣誓有时面对的是国家的和平繁荣，但通常面临的是乌云密布的紧张形势。在紧张的形势中，支持美国前进的不仅仅是领导人的能力和远见，也在于美国人民对国家先驱者理想的信仰，以及对美国立国文件的忠诚。

So it has been.So it must be with this generation of Americans.前辈们如此，我们这一代美国人也要如此。

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.Homes have been lost;jobs shed;businesses shuttered.Our healthcare is too costly;our schools fail too many;and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.现在我们都深知，我们身处危机之中。我们的国家在战斗，对手是影响深远的暴力和憎恨；国家的经济也受到严重的削弱，原因虽有一些人的贪婪和不负责任，但更为重要的是我们作为一个整体在一些重大问题上决策失误，同时也未能做好应对新时代的准备。我们的人民正在失去家园，失去工作，很多企业倒闭。社会的医疗过于昂贵、学校教育让许多人失望，而且每天都会有新的证据显示，我们利用能源的方式助长了我们的敌对势力，同时也威胁着我们的星球。

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our landthey will be met.今天我要说，我们的确面临着很多严峻的挑战，而且在短期内不大可能轻易解决。但是我们要相信，我们一定会度过难关。

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.今天，我们在这里齐聚一堂，因为我们战胜恐惧选择了希望，摒弃了冲突和矛盾而选择了团结。

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.今天，我们宣布要为无谓的摩擦、不实的承诺和指责画上句号，我们要打破牵制美国政治发展的若干陈旧教条。

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.The

time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit;to choose our better history;to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.美国仍是一个年轻的国家，借用《圣经》的话说，放弃幼稚的时代已经到来了。重拾坚韧精神的时代已经到来，我们要为历史作出更好的选择，我们要秉承历史赋予的宝贵权利，秉承那种代代相传的高贵理念：上帝赋予我们每个人以平等和自由，以及每个人尽全力去追求幸福的机会。

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given.It must be earned.Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less.It has not been the path for the faint-heartedsome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.在重申我们国家伟大之处的同时，我们深知伟大从来不是上天赐予的，伟大需要努力赢得。（我们的民族一路走来），这旅途之中从未有过捷径或者妥协，这旅途也不适合胆怯之人、或者爱安逸胜过爱工作之人、或者单单追求名利之人。这条路是勇于承担风险者之路，是实干家、创造者之路。这其中有一些人名留青史，但是更多的人却在默默无闻地工作着。正是这些人带领我们走过了漫长崎岖的旅行，带领我们走向富强和自由。

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the west;endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg;Normandy and Khe Sahn.为了我们，先辈们带着微薄的细软，横渡大洋，寻找新生活；为了我们，先辈们忍辱负重，用血汗浇铸工厂；为了我们，先辈们在荒芜的西部大地辛勤耕作，定居他乡；为了我们，先辈们奔赴（独立战争中的）康科德城和葛底斯堡、（二战中的）诺曼底、（越战中的）Khe Sahn，他们征战、死去。

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions;greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.一次又一次，我们的先辈们战斗着、牺牲着、操劳着，只为了我们可以生活得更好。在他们看来，美国的强盛与伟大超越了个人雄心，也超越了个人的出身、贫富和派别差异。

This is the journey we continue today.We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth.Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began.Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year.Our capacity remains undiminished.But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisionsnot only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise healthcare's quality and lower its cost.We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.All this we can do.And all this we will do.我目之所及，都有工作有待完成。国家的经济情况要求我们采取大胆且快速的行动，我们的确是要行动，不仅是要创造就业，更要为（下一轮经济）增长打下新的基础。我们将造桥铺路，为企业铺设电网和数字线路，将我们联系在一起。我们将回归科学，运用科技的奇迹提高医疗质量，降低医疗费用。我们将利用风能、太阳能和土壤驱动车辆，为工厂提供能源。我们将改革中小学以及大专院校，以适应新时代的要求。这一切，我们都能做到，而且我们都将会做到。

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitionsthat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it worksto spend wisely, reform bad habits and do our business in the light of dayand that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous.The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach f;on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing hearteven greater cooperation and understanding between nations.We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan.With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.We will not apologise for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken;you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.我们继承了这些遗产。在这些原则的再次领导下，我们有能力应对新的威胁，我们需要付出更多的努力、进行国家间更广泛的合作以及增进国家间的理解。首先，我们将以负责任的态度，将伊拉克交还给伊拉克人民，同时巩固阿富汗来之不易的和平。对于老朋友和老对手，我们将继续努力，不遗余力，削弱核威胁，遏制全球变暖的幽灵。我们不会为我们的生活方式感到报歉，我们会不动摇地扞卫我们的生活方式。对于那些企图通过恐怖主义或屠杀无辜平民达成目标的人，我们要对他们说：我们的信仰更加坚定，不可动摇，你们不可能拖垮我们，我们定将战胜你们。

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindusknow that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history;but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.对于穆斯林世界，我们将基于共同的利益和信仰，寻找更好的合作之路。对于那些在世界各个地方挑起冲突或一味批评西方不良影响的领导者：你的人民评判你的依据是你建立了什么，而不是破坏了什么。对于那些依靠腐败和欺骗并压制异议而追求权利的人们：你们站在了人类历史的对立面。如果你们能张开紧握的拳头，我们也将伸出友谊之手。

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow;to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative

plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders;nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect.For the world has changed, and we must change with it.对于那些贫穷的人们，我们保证和你们一起建设繁茂的农场和干净的水源，滋养那些饥寒交迫的身体和心灵。对于那些与我们一样相对富裕的国家，我们不能再对外界的苦难漠不关心，更不能继续大肆索取世界的资源。世界必须改变，我们都必须改变。

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As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains.They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.We honour them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service;a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.And yet, at this momentit is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.当我们审视前方的道路时，我们会感激那些跨越千山万水来到这里的人们。今天，他们有话对我们说，也是安息在阿林顿国家公墓里的先烈们时刻提醒我们的。我们尊敬他们不仅因为是他们捍卫了我们的自由，更因为他们正是奉献精神的化身；他们致力于寻找远高于自身的生命真谛。而此时，在这个特殊的时代，我们更需让这种精神长存。

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.因为无论美国政府能做多少，必须做多少，美国国家的立国之本最终还是美国人的决心和信念。于防洪堤坝决堤之时收留陌生受难者的善意，于在经济不景气的时候宁愿减少自己工时也不肯看着朋友失业的无私，正是他们支撑我们走过黑暗的时刻。消防队员冲入满是浓烟的楼梯抢救生命的勇气，父母养育孩子的坚持，正是这些决定了我们的命运。

Our challenges may be new.The instruments with which we meet them may be new.But those values upon which our success dependsthese things are old.These things are true.They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.What is demanded then is a return to these truths.What is required of us now is a new era of responsibilitythe knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.我们自信源于对上帝的信仰，上帝号召我们要掌握自己的命运。

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed-why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.这就是我们自由和信仰的意义，这也是为何不同种族、不同信仰、不同性别和年龄的人可以同聚一堂在此欢庆的原因，也是我今天能站在这里庄严宣誓的原因，而在50多年前我的父亲甚至都不能成为地方餐馆的服务生。

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.The capital was abandoned.The enemy was advancing.The snow was stained with blood.At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

所以，让我们铭记自己的身份，镌刻自己的足迹。在美国诞生的时代，那最寒冷的岁月里，一群勇敢的爱国人士围着篝火在冰封的河边取暖。首都被占领，敌人在挺进，冬天的雪被鲜血染成了红色。在美国大革命最受质疑的时刻，我们的国父们这样说：

“Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].”

“我们要让未来的世界知道……在深冬的严寒里，唯有希望和勇气才能让我们存活……面对共同的危险时，我们的城市和国家要勇敢地上前去面对。”

America.In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words.With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter;and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.今天的美国也在严峻的寒冬中面对共同的挑战，让我们记住国父们不朽的语言。带着希望和勇气，让我们再一次勇敢地面对寒流，迎接可能会发生的风暴。我们要让我们的子孙后代记住，在面临挑战的时候，我们没有屈服，我们没有逃避也没有犹豫，我们脚踏实地、心怀信仰，秉承了宝贵的自由权利并将其安全地交到了下一代的手中。考试大收集整理