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第一篇:奧巴馬就職演講的英文稿Barack Obama’s Inaugural AddressMy fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled(謙虛的)by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed(授予), mindful of the sacrifices(犧牲)borne by our thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation(合作)he has shown throughout this transition(過渡).Fortyfour Americans have now taken the presidential oath(誓言).The words have been spoken during rising tides(潮汐)of prosperity and the still waters of ,(every so often)偶爾the oath is taken amidst(在 gathering clouds and raging these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision(視力,想象)of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding it has it must be with this generation of we are in the midst(當(dāng)中)of crisis is now well nation is at war, against a farreaching(深遠(yuǎn)的,廣泛的)network of violence and economy is badly weakened, a consequence(結(jié)論,重要性)of greed and irresponsibility(無責(zé)任感的)on the part of some, but also our collective(集團,集體的)failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new have been lost。jobs shed(小屋,流出)。businesses 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(對手)and threaten(威脅)our are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our landthey will be this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and this day, we e 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 remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has e to set aside childish time has e 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 Godgiven promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a must be journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for has not been the path for the faintheartedsome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West。endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg。Normandy and Khe and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions。greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or is the journey we continue remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on workers are no less productive than when this crisis minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last capacity remains 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 will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our merce and bind us will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new this we can all this we will , there are some who question the scale of our ambitionsthat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer 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 favors only the success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity。on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing hearteven greater cooperation and understanding between will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hardearned peace in old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, 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.第二篇:奧巴馬復(fù)旦大學(xué)演講英文稿奧巴馬上海復(fù)旦大學(xué)演講英文稿PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of 39。d like to thank Fudan University39。s President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious 39。d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our don39。t know what he said, but I hope it was good.(Laughter.)奧巴馬上海演講英文 一What I39。d like to do is to make some opening ments, and then what I39。m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we39。ve received questions online, which will be asked by some of the students who are here in the audience, as well as by Ambassador I am very sorry that my Chinese is not as good as your English, but I am looking forward to this chance to have a is my first time traveling to China, and I39。m excited to see this majestic , in Shanghai, we see the growth that has caught the attention of the worldthe soaring skyscrapers, the bustling streets 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