【正文】 what this moment is what will give real meaning to our , the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security 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 future.(Applause.)For 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 us.(Applause.)They do not make us a nation of takers。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：“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。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(wù)交給一代又一代的后人。我們共同決定，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(xué)和大學(xué)來培訓(xùn)我們的工人。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(zé)任?，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。我們美國人知道，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。我們的方法雖然會改變，但目的始終如一：建設(shè)一個獎勵每個人的努力和決心的國家。我們必須作出降低我們的醫(yī)保費用和赤字規(guī)模的艱難抉擇。我們知道，無論我們平日如何負責(zé)，我們當中任何人，在任何時候，都有可能面臨失業(yè)、突然生病或者房子被風(fēng)暴卷走的情況。我們是在又一次立下美國民主的承諾。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。For more than two hundred years, we ，我們做到了。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(xué)和大學(xué)來培訓(xùn)我們的工人。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。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(yīng)；我們?yōu)楸Ｗo個人自由就最終需要集體作出努力。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。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。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 citizenswith 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 ，目前那些陳舊的政府計劃跟不上時代。這是我們信念的真正意義所在。我們必須作出降低我們的醫(yī)保費用和赤字規(guī)模的艱難抉擇。我們知道，無論我們平日如何負責(zé)，我們當中任何人，在任何時候，都有可能面臨失業(yè)、突然生病或者房子被風(fēng)暴卷走的情況。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。通往可持續(xù)發(fā)展能源的道路會是漫長的，而且有時會很艱難。這是保護我們的地球的途徑，那是上帝交給我們?nèi)ナ刈o的。我們的人民永遠銘記先烈們的犧牲，珍惜自由的來之不易。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。human dignity and 。我們也必須是貧困、疾病、歧視、偏見的受害者們的后援——這不僅僅是出于慈善為懷，也因為我們時代的和平需要不斷地推動我們共同信念所基于的原則，包括寬容、機遇、人類尊嚴與公正。to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on ，美國人，今天宣布，最不言自明的真理——人人生而平等——仍然是指引我們的北斗星，就像當年這條真理在色內(nèi)加瀑布[1]、塞爾瑪[2]、石墻[3]這些地方指引著人們，它指引著在這個宏大的草坪上留下了足跡的所有知名和不知名的人們。在我們的妻子、母親、女兒，在得到與她們的付出相符的待遇之前，我們的使命還沒有完成；在我們同性戀的兄弟和姐妹像其他人一樣在法律上被視真正平等之前，我們的使命還沒有完成因為如果我們之間真正平等，那么可以肯定，我們所承諾的彼此相愛也必須是平等的。That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life。For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat namecalling as reasoned must act, knowing that our work will be must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia ，我們不能承受拖延的后果。My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with ，我今天在你們面前宣誓，就和過去在這座國會山上宣誓過的人一樣，是對上帝和國家而不是對一個政黨或者派別的誓詞。You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ，作為美國公民，有確定國家未來前程的權(quán)