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hile the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single is what this moment is what will give real meaning to our creed.)我們,人民,仍然認(rèn)為,每個(gè)公民都應(yīng)當(dāng)獲得基本的安全和尊嚴(yán)。我們必須做出艱難抉擇,降低醫(yī)療成本,縮減赤字規(guī)模。但我們拒絕在照顧建設(shè)國(guó)家的這一代和投資即將建設(shè)國(guó)家的下一代間做出選擇。因?yàn)槲覀冇浀眠^(guò)去的教訓(xùn):老年人的夕陽(yáng)時(shí)光在貧困中度過(guò),家有殘障兒童的父母無(wú)處求助。我們相信,在這個(gè)國(guó)家,自由不只是那些幸運(yùn)兒的專屬,或者說(shuō)幸福只屬於少數(shù)人。我們知道,不管我們?cè)鯓迂?fù)責(zé)任地生活,我們?nèi)魏稳嗽谌魏螘r(shí)候都可能面臨失業(yè)、突發(fā)疾病或住房被可怕的颶風(fēng)摧毀的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。我們通過(guò)醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)、聯(lián)邦醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助計(jì)劃、社會(huì)保障項(xiàng)目向每個(gè)人做出承諾,這些不會(huì)讓我們的創(chuàng)造力衰竭,而是會(huì)讓我們更強(qiáng)大。這些不會(huì)讓我們成為充滿不勞而獲者的國(guó)度,這些讓我們敢於承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn),讓 國(guó)家偉大。(We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our 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 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 do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the 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 mitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative。they strengthen do not make us a nation of takers。they free us to take the risks that make this country great.)我們,人民,仍然相信,我們作為美國(guó)人的義務(wù)不只是對(duì)我們自己而言,還包括對(duì)子孫後代。我們將應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的威脅,認(rèn)識(shí)到不採(cǎi)取措施應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化就是對(duì)我們的孩子和後代的背叛。一些人可能仍在否定科學(xué)界的壓倒性判斷,但沒(méi)有人能夠避免熊熊火災(zāi)、嚴(yán)重旱災(zāi)、更強(qiáng)力風(fēng)暴帶來(lái)的災(zāi)難性打擊。通向可再生能源利用的道路是漫長(zhǎng)的,有時(shí)是困難的。但美國(guó)不能抵制這種趨勢(shì),我們必 須引領(lǐng)這種趨勢(shì)。我們不能把製造新就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和新行業(yè)的技術(shù)讓給其他國(guó)家,我們必須明確這一承諾。這是我們保持經(jīng)濟(jì)活力和國(guó)家財(cái)富(我們的森林和航道,我們的農(nóng)田與雪峰)的方法。這將是我們保護(hù)我們星球的辦法,上帝把這個(gè)星球托付給我們。這將給我們的建國(guó)之父?jìng)冊(cè)嫉男艞l賦予意義。(We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes America cannot resist this transition。we must lead cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways。our croplands and snowcapped is how we will preserve our planet, manded to our care by ’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.)奧巴馬第二次就職演說(shuō)關(guān)鍵字統(tǒng)計(jì),提及最多的分別是―人民people‖和―時(shí)間time‖。我們,人民,仍然相信持久的安全與和平,不需要持續(xù)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。我們勇敢的士兵經(jīng)受了戰(zhàn)火的考驗(yàn),他們的技能和勇氣是無(wú)可匹敵的。我們的公民依然銘記著那些陣亡者,他們非常清楚我們?yōu)樽杂筛冻龅拇鷥r(jià)。明白他們的犧牲將讓我們永遠(yuǎn)對(duì)那些試圖傷害我們的勢(shì)力保持警惕。但我們也是那些贏得和平而不只是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的人們的後代,他們將仇敵轉(zhuǎn)變成最可靠的朋友,我們也必須把這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)帶到這個(gè)時(shí)代。(We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us 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.)我們將通過(guò)強(qiáng)大的軍力和法制保護(hù)我們的人民,捍衛(wèi)我們的價(jià)值觀。我們將展現(xiàn)試圖和平解決與其它國(guó)家分歧的勇氣,但這不是因?yàn)槲覀儗?duì)面臨的危險(xiǎn)持幼稚的態(tài)度,而是因?yàn)榻佑|能夠更持久地化解疑慮和恐懼。美國(guó)將在全球保持強(qiáng)大的聯(lián)盟,我們將更新這些能擴(kuò)展我們應(yīng)對(duì)海外危機(jī)能力的機(jī)制。因?yàn)樽鳛槭澜缟献顝?qiáng)大的國(guó)家,我們?cè)谑澜绾推椒矫鎿碛凶畲蟮睦?。我們將支持從亞洲到非洲、從美洲至中東的民主國(guó)家,因?yàn)槲覀兊睦婧土夹尿?qū)使我們代表那些想獲得自由的人們採(cǎi)取行動(dòng)。我們必須成為貧困者、病患者、被邊緣化的人士、異見(jiàn)受害者的希望來(lái)源,不僅僅是出於慈善,也是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)時(shí)代的和平需要不斷推進(jìn)我們共同信念中的原則:寬容和機(jī)遇,人類尊嚴(yán)與正義。(We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are na239。ve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and 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 will support democracy from Asia to Africa。from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience pel us to act on behalf of those who long for 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 mon creed describes: tolerance and opportunity。human dignity and justice.)我們,人民,今天昭示的最明白的事實(shí)是——我們所有人都是生而平等的,這是依然引領(lǐng)我們的恒星。它引領(lǐng)我們的先輩穿越紐約塞尼卡瀑布城(女權(quán)抗議事件)、塞爾馬(黑人權(quán)力事件)和石墻騷亂(同性戀與警察發(fā)生的暴力事件),引領(lǐng)著所有的男性和女性,留下姓名和沒(méi)留姓名的人。在偉大的征程中,一路上留下足跡的人。曾經(jīng)聽(tīng)一位牧師說(shuō),我們不能獨(dú)自前行。馬丁路德金說(shuō),我們個(gè)人的自由與地球上每個(gè)靈魂的自由不可分割。(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.)就職演講現(xiàn)場(chǎng)(中評(píng)社記者 余東暉攝)繼續(xù)先輩開(kāi)創(chuàng)的事業(yè)是我們這代人的任務(wù)。直到我們的妻子、母親和女兒的 付出能夠與她們的努力相稱,我們的征途才會(huì)結(jié)束。我們的征途不會(huì)終結(jié),我們要讓同性戀的兄弟姐妹在法律之下得到與其他人同樣的待遇。如果我們真正是生而平等的,那麼我們對(duì)彼此的愛(ài)也應(yīng)該是平等的。我們的征途沒(méi)有結(jié)束,直到?jīng)]有公民需要等待數(shù)個(gè)小時(shí)去行使投票權(quán)。我們的征途不會(huì)結(jié)束,直到我們找到更好的方法迎接努力、有憧憬的移民,他們依舊視美國(guó)是一塊充滿機(jī)會(huì)的土地。直到聰穎年輕的學(xué)生和工程師為我們所用,而不是被逐出美國(guó)。我們的征途不會(huì)結(jié)束,直到我們所有的兒童,從底特律的街道到阿巴拉契亞的山嶺,再到康涅狄格州紐鎮(zhèn)安靜的小巷,直到他們得到關(guān)心和珍視,永遠(yuǎn)避免受到傷害。(It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers our journey is not plete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their journey is not plete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are tru