【正文】 t 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 workswhether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is the answer is yes, we intend to move the answer is no, programs will those of us who manage the public39。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。s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its I say to you that the challenges we face are are serious and they are will not be met easily or in a short span of know this, America: They 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 wornout 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。jobs shed。我們通過醫(yī)療保險、聯(lián)邦醫(yī)療補助計劃、社會保障項目向每個人做出承諾，這些不會讓我們的創(chuàng)造力衰竭，而是會讓我們更強大。但我們拒絕在照顧建設(shè)國家的這一代和投 資即將建設(shè)國家的下一代間做出選擇。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。我們必須應(yīng)用新理念和新技術(shù)重塑我們的政府，改進我們的稅法，改革我們的學校，讓我們的公民擁有他們所需要的技能，更加努力地工作，學更多的知識，向更高處發(fā)展。我們忠誠于我們的事業(yè)，保證讓一個出生于最貧窮環(huán)境中的小女孩都能知道，她有同其他所有人一樣的成功機會。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 ，美國人民，清楚如果只有不斷萎縮的少數(shù)人群體獲得成功，而大多數(shù)人不能成功，我們的國家就無法成功。長達十年的戰(zhàn)爭正在結(jié)束，經(jīng)濟的復蘇已經(jīng)開始。作為一個國家，一個民族團結(jié)起來。因為美國人不能再獨力迎接當今世界的挑戰(zhàn)，正如美國士兵們不能再像先輩一樣，用步槍和民兵同敵人(法西斯主義與共產(chǎn)主義)作戰(zhàn)。that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges。our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our ，我們從未放棄對集權(quán)的質(zhì)疑。建立學校與大學，培訓我們的工人。Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and merce。他們委托每一代美國人捍衛(wèi)我們的建國信條。因為歷史告訴我們，即便這些真理是不言而喻的，它們也從來不會自動生效。200多年前，這一理念在一篇宣言中被清晰闡述：“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.”“我們認為下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。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:每一次我們集會慶?？偨y(tǒng)就職都是在見證美國憲法的持久力量。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。侯賽因拜登副總統(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。讓我們與眾不同，讓我們成為美國人的是我們對于一種理念的恪守。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 ，我們繼續(xù)著這一未竟的征程，架起這些理念與我們時代現(xiàn)實之間的橋梁。先驅(qū)們留給我們一個共和國，一個民有、民治、民享的政府。我們贏得了新生，誓言共同前進。架設(shè)鐵路與高速公路，加速了旅行和商業(yè)交流。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。But we have always understood that when times change, so must we。保護我們的個人自由，最終需要所有人的共同努力?，F(xiàn)在，與以往任何時候相比，我們都更需要團結(jié)合作。an endless capacity for risk and a gift for fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it ，經(jīng)濟危機堅定了我們的決心，證明了我們的恢復力。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 findindependence and pride in their work。只有當誠實勞動獲得的薪水足夠讓家庭 擺脫困苦的懸崖時才能實現(xiàn)。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, andempower 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 meaning to our ，我們已然陳舊的程序不足以滿足時代的需要。這將給我們的信條賦予真正的意義。我們必須做出艱難抉擇，降低醫(yī)療成本，縮減赤字規(guī)模。我們知道，不管我們怎樣負責任地生活，我們?nèi)魏稳嗽谌魏螘r候都可能面臨失業(yè)、突發(fā)疾病或住房被可怕的颶風摧毀的風險。s first AfricanAmerican president is a transcript of his prepared his speech Tuesday, President Obama said America must play its role in ushering in a new era of 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 thank President Bush for his service to our nati