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老朋友和老對(duì)手,我們將繼續(xù)努力,不遺余力,削弱核威脅,遏制全球變暖的幽靈。We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hardearned 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。Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and munism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use。一代代人民的鮮血夯實(shí)了這一憲章。國(guó)家經(jīng)濟(jì)的成敗不僅僅取決于國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的大小,而且取決于繁榮的覆蓋面,取決于我們是否有能力讓所有有意愿的人都有機(jī)會(huì)走向富裕。而掌管納稅人稅金的人應(yīng)當(dāng)承擔(dān)起責(zé)任,合理支出,摒棄陋習(xí),磊落做事,這樣才能在政府和人民之間重建至關(guān)重要的相互信任。今天,我們的問(wèn)題不在于政府的大小,而在于政府能否起作用,政府能否幫助家庭找到薪水合適的工作、給他們可以負(fù)擔(dān)得起的醫(yī)療保障并讓他們體面地退休。 what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to mon purpose, and necessity to courage.現(xiàn)在,有一些人開(kāi)始質(zhì)疑我們的野心是不是太大了,他們認(rèn)為我們的體制承載不了太多的宏偉計(jì)劃。我們將利用風(fēng)能、太陽(yáng)能和土壤驅(qū)動(dòng)車輛,為工廠提供能源。我們將造橋鋪路,為企業(yè)鋪設(shè)電網(wǎng)和數(shù)字線路,將我們聯(lián)系在一起。但是,可以肯定的是,輕歌曼舞的時(shí)代、保護(hù)狹隘利益的時(shí)代以及對(duì)艱難決定猶豫不決的時(shí)代已經(jīng)過(guò)去了。在他們看來(lái),美國(guó)的強(qiáng)盛與偉大超越了個(gè)人雄心,也超越了個(gè)人的出身、貧富和派別差異。 endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.為了我們,先輩們?cè)诨氖彽奈鞑看蟮匦燎诟?,定居他鄉(xiāng);For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg。這條路是勇于承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)者之路,是實(shí)干家、創(chuàng)造者之路。 to choose our better history。On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.今天,我們?cè)谶@里齊聚一堂,因?yàn)槲覀儜?zhàn)勝恐懼選擇了希望,摒棄了沖突和矛盾而選擇了團(tuán)結(jié)。s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)的指標(biāo)傳達(dá)著危機(jī)的消息。 our schools fail too many。我們的國(guó)家在戰(zhàn)斗,對(duì)手是影響深遠(yuǎn)的暴力和憎恨;國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)也受到嚴(yán)重的削弱,原因雖有一些人的貪婪和不負(fù)責(zé)任,但更為重要的是我們作為一個(gè)整體在一些重大問(wèn)題上決策失誤,同時(shí)也未能做好應(yīng)對(duì)新時(shí)代的準(zhǔn)備。總統(tǒng)的宣誓有時(shí)面對(duì)的是國(guó)家的和平繁榮,但通常面臨的是烏云密布的緊張形勢(shì)。02:Inaugural Address奧巴馬就職演說(shuō):選擇希望,未來(lái)就在我們手中My fellow citizens:我的同胞們: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.今天我站在這里,看到眼前面臨的重大任務(wù),深感卑微。The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. 那些在這里戰(zhàn)斗的勇士,活著的和死去的,已使這塊土地神圣化了,遠(yuǎn)非我們的菲薄能力所能左右。We have e to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.我們?cè)谀谴螒?zhàn)爭(zhēng)的一個(gè)偉大的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上集會(huì)。Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. 當(dāng)前,我們正在從事一次偉大的內(nèi)戰(zhàn),我們?cè)诳简?yàn),究竟這個(gè)國(guó)家,或任何一個(gè)有這種主張和這種信仰的國(guó)家,是否能長(zhǎng)久存在。But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground. 可是,就更深一層意義而言,我們是無(wú)從奉獻(xiàn)這片土地的無(wú)從使它成為圣地也不能把它變?yōu)槿藗兙把鲋?。It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.我們應(yīng)該在此獻(xiàn)身于我們面前所留存的偉大工作由于他們的光榮犧牲,我們要更堅(jiān)定地致力于他們?cè)髯詈笕控暙I(xiàn)的那個(gè)事業(yè)我們?cè)诖肆⒅拘?,不能讓他們白白死去要使這個(gè)國(guó)家在上帝的庇佑之下,得到新生的自由要使那民有、民治、民享的政府不致從地球上消失。Fortyfour 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. 迄今為止,已經(jīng)有44個(gè)美國(guó)總統(tǒng)宣誓就職。That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a farreaching 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. 現(xiàn)在我們都深知,我們身處危機(jī)之中。 businesses shuttered. Our healthcare is too costly。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 America39。但是我們要相信,我們一定會(huì)度過(guò)難關(guān)。The time has e to reaffirm our enduring spirit。It has not been the path for the fainthearted for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risktakers, the doers, the makers of things some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.(我們的民族一路走來(lái)),這旅途之中從未有過(guò)捷徑或者妥協(xié),這旅途也不適合膽怯之人、或者愛(ài)安逸勝過(guò)愛(ài)工作之人、或者單單追求名利之人。For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.為了我們,先輩們帶著微薄的細(xì)軟,橫渡大洋,尋找新生活;為了我們,先輩們?nèi)倘柝?fù)重,用血汗?jié)茶T工廠;For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the west。 greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.一次又一次,我們的先輩們戰(zhàn)斗著、犧牲著、操勞著,只為了我們可以生活得更好。同危機(jī)初露端倪之時(shí)相比,美國(guó)人民的生產(chǎn)力依然旺盛;與上周、上個(gè)月或者去年相比,我們的頭腦依然富于創(chuàng)造力,我們的商品和服務(wù)依然很有市場(chǎng),我們的實(shí)力不曾削弱。國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)情況要求我們采取大膽且快速的行動(dòng),我們的確是要行動(dòng),不僅是要?jiǎng)?chuàng)造就業(yè),更要為(下一輪經(jīng)濟(jì))增長(zhǎng)打下新的基礎(chǔ)。s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars an