【文章內容簡介】 a man whotook history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe towardjustice. may god bless his memory and keep him in peace.
　　現在，讓我們停下來，為納爾遜。曼德拉曾經活著而表達我們的感激之情。他用雙手握住歷史，把道德宇宙的長虹折向正義。愿上帝保佑他的記憶，使他安息。
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)就男女同工同酬問題英語演講稿
　　thank you, everybody. (applause.) all right. well, thanks to myfriend, lilly ledbetter, notonly for that introduction but for fighting for asimple principle: equal pay for equalwork. itamp。rsquo。snot that plicated. and, lilly, i assure you, you remain the faceof fair pay. (laughter.)people donamp。rsquo。t want my mug on there. (laughter.) they want your face.
　　as lilly mentioned, she did notset out to be a trailblazer. she was just somebody who waswaking up every day,going to work, doing her job the best that she could. and then one day,she finds out, after years,that she earned less than her male colleagues for doing the same want to make that point again. (laughter.) doing the same job. sometimeswhen you whenwe discuss this issue of fair pay, equal pay for equal work,and the pay gap between men andwomen, youamp。rsquo。ll hear all sorts of excuses about,well, theyamp。rsquo。re childbearing, and theyamp。rsquo。re choosing todo this, and theyamp。rsquo。re thisand theyamp。rsquo。re that and the other. she wasdoing the same job probablydoing better. (laughter and applause.) samejob. working just as hard, probablyputting inmore hours. but she wasgetting systematically paid less.
　　and so she set out to make surethis country lived up to its founding, the idea that all of usare createdequal. and when the courts didnamp。rsquo。t answerher call, congress did.
　　the first time lilly and i stoodtogether in this room was my tenth day in office, and thatamp。rsquo。swhen we signed thelilly ledbetter fair pay act. (applause.) first bill i signedinto law. and someof the leaders whohelped make that happen are here today, including leader pelosi andsenatormikulski and congresswoman delauro. (applause.) i want to thank allthe members ofcongress and all the state legislators who are here and all the advocates who are here,becauseyou all contributed to that effort. andi want to give a special thanks to the members ofthe national equal pay taskforce, whoamp。rsquo。ve done outstanding work to make workplaces acrossamerica morefair.
　　weamp。rsquo。re here because today is equalpay day. (applause.) equal pay day. and itamp。rsquo。s nice to havea day, but itamp。rsquo。s evenbetter to have equal pay. (applause.) and our job is notfinished yet. equalpay day means that a woman has to work about this far intoXX to earn what a man earned inXX. think about that. a woman has gotto work about three more months in order to get whata man got because sheamp。rsquo。spaid less. thatamp。rsquo。s not fair. thatamp。rsquo。s like adding an extra six miles toamarathon. (laughter.) itamp。rsquo。s not right.
　　audience member: ainamp。rsquo。t right.
　　the president: ainamp。rsquo。t right. (laughter.) itamp。rsquo。s not right and itainamp。rsquo。t right. (laughter.)
　　america should be a level playingfield, a fair race for everybody a place where anybodywhoamp。rsquo。s willing to workhard has a chance to get ahead. andrestoring that opportunity for everyamerican men and women has to be adriving focus for our country.
　　now, the good news is today oureconomy is growing。 businesses have created almost 9million new jobs over thepast four years. more than 7 millionamericans have signed up forhealth care coverage under the affordable careact. (applause.)
　　thatamp。rsquo。s a good thing, too. i know itamp。rsquo。s equal pay day and not obamacareday (laughter) but i do want to point out that the affordable care actguarantees free preventive care, likemammograms and contraceptive care, fortens of millions of women, and ends the days whenyou could be charged morejust for being a woman when it es to your health insurance. (applause.) and thatamp。rsquo。s true for everybody. (applause.) thatamp。rsquo。s just one moreplace where thingswere not fair.
　　weamp。rsquo。ll talk about drycleanersnext, right (laughter) because i know that i donamp。rsquo。t knowwhy it costsmore for michelleamp。rsquo。s blouse than my shirt. (laughter.)
　　but weamp。rsquo。ve got to make sure thatamerica works for everybody. anybody who is willing towork hard, they shouldbe able to get ahead. and weamp。rsquo。ve got tobuild an economy that works foreverybody, not just those at the top. restoring opportunity for all has to be ourpriority. thatamp。rsquo。swhat america isabout. it doesnamp。rsquo。t matter where youstarted off, what you look like you workhard, you take responsibility, youmake the effort, you should be able to get ahead.
　　and weamp。rsquo。ve got to fight for anopportunity agenda, which means more good jobs that paygood wages, andtraining americans to make sure that they can fill those jobs, andguaranteeingevery child a worldclass education, and making sure the economy rewardshardwork for every single american.
　　and part of that is fighting forfair pay for women because when women succeed, americasucceeds. (applause.) when women succeed, america succeeds. itamp。rsquo。s true. i believe that. (applause.) itamp。rsquo。s true. itamp。rsquo。s true. itamp。rsquo。s true.
　　now, hereamp。rsquo。s the challenge: today, the average fulltime working womanearns just 77 centsfor every dollar a man earns。 for african american women,latinas, itamp。rsquo。s even less. and inXX,thatamp。rsquo。s an embarrassment. it iswrong. and this is not just an issue offairness. itamp。rsquo。s also afamily issue andan economic issue, because women make up about half of our workforce andtheyamp。r