【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present， no wrong can stand against it.
　　After the Declaration of Independence was signed， Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson： “We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”
　　Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know： our nation’s grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.
　　We are not this story’s author， who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty， and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.
　　Never tiring， never yielding， never finishing， we renew that purpose today， to make our country more just and generous， to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.
　　This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.
　　God bless you all， and God bless America.
　　奧巴馬就職演講稿雙語
　　My 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 ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
　　同胞們：
　　我今天站在這里，深感面前使命的重大，深謝你們賦予的信任，并銘記我們前輩所付的代價。我感謝布什總統(tǒng)對國家的貢獻(xiàn)以及他在整個過渡階段給予的大度合作。
　　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. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.
　　至此，有四十四個美國人發(fā)出總統(tǒng)誓言。這些字詞曾在蒸蒸日上的繁榮時期和寧靜安詳?shù)暮推侥甏b讀。但是間或，它們也響徹在陰云密布、風(fēng)暴降臨的時刻。美國能夠歷經(jīng)這些時刻而勇往直前，不僅因為當(dāng)政者具有才干或遠(yuǎn)見，而且也因為“我們?nèi)嗣瘛笔冀K堅信我們先輩的理想，對我們的建國理念忠貞不渝。
　　So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
　　這是過來之路。這是這一代美國的必由之路。
　　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. Homes have been lost。 jobs shed。 businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly。 our schools fail too many。 and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
　　我們處于危機之中，這一點已得到充分認(rèn)識。我國在進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)爭，打擊分布廣泛的暴力和仇恨勢力。我們的經(jīng)濟嚴(yán)重衰弱，部分歸咎于一些人的貪婪不軌，同時也因為我們作為一個整體，未能痛下決心，讓國家作好面對新時代的準(zhǔn)備。如今，住房不再，就業(yè)減少，商業(yè)破產(chǎn)。醫(yī)療保健費用過度昂貴。學(xué)校質(zhì)量沒有保障。而每一天都在不斷顯示，我們使用能源的方式在助長敵人的威風(fēng)，威脅我們的星球。
　　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 America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
　　這些是危機的跡象，數(shù)據(jù)統(tǒng)計將予以證明。不易于衡量然而同樣嚴(yán)重的是全國各地受動搖的信心——一種揮之不去的恐懼感，認(rèn)為美國將不可避免地走下坡路，下一代人不得不放低眼光。
　　Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.
　　今天，我告訴大家，我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)真實存在，并且嚴(yán)重而多重。它們不可能在一個短時間內(nèi)被輕易征服。但是，美國，請記住這句話——它們將被征服。
　　On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
　　我們今天聚集在這里是因為我們選擇希望而不是恐懼，選擇齊心協(xié)力而不是沖突對立。
　　On this day, we e to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
　　我們今天在這里宣告，讓斤斤計較與虛假承諾就此結(jié)束，讓窒息我國政治為時太久的相互指責(zé)和陳詞濫調(diào)就此完結(jié)。
　　We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has e to set aside childish things. The time has e to reaffirm our enduring spirit。 to choose our better history。 to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the Godgiven promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
　　我們?nèi)允且粋€年輕的國家，但用圣經(jīng)的話說，現(xiàn)在是拋棄幼稚的時侯了。現(xiàn)在應(yīng)是我們讓永恒的精神發(fā)揚光大的時侯，應(yīng)是選擇創(chuàng)造更佳歷史業(yè)績的時侯，應(yīng)是將代代相傳的寶貴財富、崇高理想向前發(fā)展的時侯：上帝賦予所有人平等、所有人自由和所有人充分追求幸福的機會。
　　In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. 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 labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
　　在重申我們國家偉大精神的同時，我們懂得，偉大從非天生，而是必須贏得。我們的歷程從來不是走捷徑或退而求其次的歷程。它不是弱者的道路——它不屬于好逸惡勞或只圖名利享受的人。這條路屬于冒險者，實干家，創(chuàng)造者——有些人享有盛名，但大多數(shù)是默默無聞耕耘勞作的男女志士，是他們帶我們走向通往繁榮和自由的漫長崎嶇之路。
　　For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
　　為了我們，他們打點起貧寒的行裝上路，遠(yuǎn)涉重洋，追求新生活。
　　For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West。 endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
　　為了我們，他們在血汗工廠勞作，在西部原野拓荒，忍著鞭笞之痛在堅硬的土地上耕耘。
　　For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg。 Normandy and Khe Sanh.
　　為了我們，他們奔赴疆場，英勇捐軀，長眠于康科德、葛底斯堡、諾曼底和溪山。
　　Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions。 greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
　　為了我們能夠過上更好的生活，他們前赴后繼，歷盡艱辛，全力奉獻(xiàn)，不辭勞苦，直至雙手結(jié)起層層老繭。他們看到的美國超越了我們每一個人的雄心壯志，也超越了所有種族、財富或派系的差異。
　　This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive th