【正文】 第一篇：2013年美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬就職演說中英文對照文稿(全)Read the inaugural speech and pare it with JFK‘s Speech to find any monalities and differences in lexis, syntax, rhetoric, emotions and may need to take different historical era of their presidency into a 300word report and submit next （全）北京時間1月22日凌晨，貝拉克侯賽因奧巴馬宣誓就職第四十四任美利堅合眾國總統(tǒng)并發(fā)表就職演說。奧巴馬在演講中追溯美國民主傳統(tǒng)和憲法精神，強調(diào)了民眾的力量。演講中涉及了包括就業(yè)、醫(yī)保、移民和同性戀等多項議題，以下為奧巴馬就職演說全文：: Thank you so President Biden, Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:謝謝，非常感謝大家。拜登副總統(tǒng)、首席大法官先生、國會議員們、尊敬的各位嘉賓、親愛的公民們。Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our affirm the promise of our 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 makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:當我們每次聚集在一起為總統(tǒng)舉行就職典禮時，我們都是在見證美國憲法的不朽力量。我們是在又一次立下美國民主的承諾。我們再次提醒說，把這個國家凝聚在一起的不是我們的膚色，不是信仰的教條，也不是我們的姓氏源于何處。使我們與眾不同——使我們成為美國人——的，是我們對一個在兩個多世紀以前發(fā)表的宣言中所表述的理念：“We hold these truths to be selfevident, 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.”“我們認為這些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，他們都從他們的造物主那里被賦予了某些不可剝奪的權(quán)利，包括生命權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福的權(quán)利。”Today we continue a neverending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our history tells us that while these truths may be selfevident, they have never been selfexecuting。that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding ，我們?nèi)栽诶^續(xù)這個永恒的旅程，讓那些字句體現(xiàn)在我們這個時代的現(xiàn)實中。因為歷史告訴我們，雖然這些真理是不言而喻的，但它們卻不會自動實現(xiàn)；雖然自由是上帝給我們的禮物，但自由只能靠他在世間的子民的奮斗才能獲得。1776年愛國先驅(qū)們所進行的斗爭并不是以少數(shù)人的特權(quán)或烏合之眾的統(tǒng)治來替代專制君主。他們?yōu)槲覀兙喸斓氖且粋€共和國，一個民有、民治、民享的政府，并將捍衛(wèi)這個建國理念的任務交給一代又一代的后人。For more than two hundred years, we ，我們做到了。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 halfslave and made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward ，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，建立在自由和平等原則之上的合眾國不能一半是蓄奴的，一半是自由的。我們浴火重生，我們發(fā)誓共同努力向前。Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and merce。schools and colleges to train our ，現(xiàn)代經(jīng)濟需要鐵路和公路，以加快旅行和商業(yè)，也需要中小學和大學來培訓我們的工人。Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure petition and fair ，只有確保競爭和公平的法規(guī)健全，自由市場才能欣欣向榮。Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and ，一個偉大國家必須關(guān)照弱者，并保護我們的人民免受生活中最嚴重的危險和不幸。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 celebration of initiative and enterprise。our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our ，我們從來沒有放棄對政府集中權(quán)力的懷疑，我們也沒有屈就于那種相信只靠政府就可以解決所有社會弊病的幻想。我們一直保持著自己的秉性，推崇創(chuàng)造力和企業(yè)家精神，堅持辛勤工作和個人責任。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 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 munism with muskets and 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 , more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one ，隨著時代的變化，我們也必須變化；我們出于對基本原則的忠誠，需要對新的挑戰(zhàn)做出新的回應；我們?yōu)楸Ｗo個人自由就最終需要集體作出努力。美國人民如果再單打獨斗去應付當今世界的挑戰(zhàn)，等于讓美國軍隊以長槍和民兵組織去面對法西斯主義或共產(chǎn)主義的武裝。沒有任何一個個人有能力訓練出我們后代的教育需要的所有數(shù)學和科學教師，或者建造出能把新的工作和商業(yè)機會帶給我們的道路、網(wǎng)絡、實驗室?，F(xiàn)在比以往任何時候都需要我們共同努力，作為一個國家人民的整體，來做這些事情。This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our decade of war is now economic recovery has ’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 fellow Americans, weare made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it ，這些危機堅定了我們的決心，也證明了我們的耐力。長達10年的戰(zhàn)爭即將結(jié)束，經(jīng)濟復蘇已經(jīng)開始，美國的潛力是無限的，因為我們擁有這個全球化的世界需要的所有特質(zhì)：我們年輕有動力，多元而開放，我們有應對危機的無限能力和創(chuàng)新發(fā)展的天賦。美國同胞們，我們?yōu)檫@個時刻而生，只要我們共同努力，我們就能牢牢抓住這個機會。For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle 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 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 ，我們的國家不可能在只有越來越少的人富有、越來越多的人捉襟見肘的情況下取得成功，我們相信美國的繁榮有賴于更多的人成為中產(chǎn)階級，我們知道美國的振興取決于每個人都能在工作中找到獨立與自信，也取決于人們誠實的勞動讓家庭脫離貧困。當一個出身貧困的年輕女孩知道，她與任何人都享有同樣的成功機會，身為美國人，她不僅僅是在上帝眼中，而且在每一個人的眼中，她都享有自由與平等，這樣我們才算是遵守了立國的原則。We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our 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 while 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 m