【正文】 om each other on strategies around clean energy, because one of the issues that ties China and America together is how, with an expanding population and a concern for climate change, that we39。s your name?Q: My name is(inaudible)and I am a student from Fudan and Chicago have been sister cities since 1985, and these two cities have conduct a wide range of economic, political, and cultural what measures will you take to deepen this close relationship between cities of the United States and China? And Shanghai will hold the World Exposition next you bring your family to visit the Expo? Thank OBAMA: Well, thank you very much for the was just having lunch before I came here with the Mayor of Shanghai, and he told me that he has had an excellent relationship with the city of Chicagomy home townthat he39。s dialogue, I hope that it is a mitment to continue this dialogue going thank you very I look forward now to taking some questions from all of you very much.(Applause.)SoI just want to make sure this is a tradition, by the way, that is very mon in the United States at these town hall what we39。ve said many times that I believe that our world is now fundamentally jobs we do, the prosperity we build, the environment we protect, the security that we seekall of these things are given that interconnection, power in the 21st century is no longer a zerosum game。s generation can do better than today39。s why immigrants from China to Kenya could find a home on our shores。the promotion of peace and security in Asia and around the of these issues will be on the agenda tomorrow when I meet with President in 1979, the connections among our people were , we see the curiosity of those pingpong players manifested in the ties that are being forged across many second highest number of foreign students in the United States e from China, and we39。m eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China39。d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our don39。it’s going to take more time than any of us would like to climb out of the question is, number one, are we on the right track? And the answer is, number two, how do we accelerate the process? How do we get the recovery to pick up more steam? How do we fill this hole faster?There’s a big debate in Washington right now about the role that government should play in all I said in the campaignand as I’ve repeated many times as Presidentthe greatest generator of jobs in America is our private ’s not ’s our entrepreneurs and innovators who are willing to take a chance on a good ’s our businesses, large and small, who are making payroll and working with suppliers and distributing goods and services across the country and now across the private sector, not government, is, was, and always will be the source of America’s economic ’s our strength, the dynamism of our that’s why one of the first things Harry Reid did, one of the first things we did, was cut dozens of taxesnot raise them, cut themfor middle class and small business we extended loan programs to put capital in the hands of we worked to reduce the cost of health care for small right now, Harry is fighting to pass additional tax breaks and loan authority to help small businesses grow and hire all across the he has also tried to look out specifically for understands, for example, that tourism is so enormous an aspect of our economy, and so helped to move our trade promotion act that is going to be helping to do exactly what it sayspromote tourismand bring folks here to enjoy the incredible point is, our role in government, especially in difficult times like these, is to break down barriers that are standing in the way of innovation。ve got some wonderful leaders here, and I just want to acknowledge them very Dina Titus is here(applause)doing a great Nevada’s Secretary of State, Ross Miller, is here.(Applause.) Smatresk is here, and his they’re doing a great job on behalf of UNLV.(Applause.)And all of you are here.(Applause.)And I am thrilled to see I’m especially here to be with my friend and your Senator, Harry Reid.(Applause.)One of the first stories I heard about Harry was that he was a boxer back in the day here in I was mentioning lastshe’s laughing, she’soh, I can39。奧巴馬今天還表示，美國經(jīng)濟正在從20世紀(jì)30年代以來最嚴(yán)重的衰退周期中復(fù)蘇。周末快樂。But our success is only possible because we have never treated those selfevident truths as of Americans have marched, organized, petitioned, fought and even died to extend those rights to others。Those early patriots may have e from different backgrounds and different walks of they were united by a belief in a simple truththat we are all created equal。我希望你們獨立日快樂。你們得到了很多新粉絲。peace and ’s helped us build the strongest democracy, the greatest middle class, and the most powerful military the world has ever today, there isn’t a nation on Earth that wouldn’t gladly trade places with the United States of 。一代代美國人為了這些權(quán)利惠及他人；為了擴大他人的機會圈子；為了完善我們深愛的聯(lián)邦，游行、聚會、請愿、戰(zhàn)斗甚至犧牲。奧巴馬稱，聯(lián)邦政府提供的50億美元投資將可創(chuàng)造將近4萬個工作崗位，而120億美元的私人投資活動則將進一步創(chuàng)造9萬個工作崗位。奧巴馬稱：“就我所知，對于內(nèi)華達(dá)州而言，我們已經(jīng)走過了艱難的時刻，但并非所有的困難日子都已經(jīng)被甩在身后。m Harry Reid.”(Laughter.)But when he first told me he was a boxer, he said, “Barack, I wasn’t the fastest, I wasn’t the hardest hitting, but I knew how to take a punch.”(Laughter.)He knew how to take a Harry Reid became a pretty good boxer because he would simply outlast his had a stronger think that tells you something about the kind of person he is, the kind of senator he is, the kind of Senate Majority Leader he ’s a fighter, and you should never bet against him.(Applause.)And that’s just what we need right 39。s happening right that’s just one of over(applause)that39。m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we39。s ties to this cityand to this countrystretch back further, to the earliest days of America39。t be able to see a Shanghai