【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 interest and mutual respect.
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the
West know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To
those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that
you are on the wrong side of history。 but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench
your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and
let clean waters flow。 to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like
ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside
our borders。 nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world
has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those
brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol faroff deserts and distant mountains. They have
something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.
We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the
spirit of service。 a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at
this moment a moment that will define a generation it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit
us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of
the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when
the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend
lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a
stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides
our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those
values upon which our success depends hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance
and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism these things are old. These things are true. They have been
the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these
truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility a recognition, on the part of
every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do
not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so
satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain
destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed why men and women and children of every
race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose
father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand
before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the
year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying
campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing.
The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the oute of our revolution was most in
doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
“Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue
could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one mon danger, came forth to meet
[it].”
America. In the face of our mon dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember
these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure
what storms may e. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we
refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter。 and with eyes fixed on
the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it
safely to future generations.
親愛的同胞們：
今天我站在這里，為我們將面對(duì)的任重道遠(yuǎn)而慨嘆。感謝你們對(duì)我寄托的信任，同時(shí)緬懷我
們的前人所做出的犧牲。感謝布什總統(tǒng)為美國做出的貢獻(xiàn)，以及他在總統(tǒng)任期交疊過程中的
慷慨合作。 至此，共有四十四位美國人曾進(jìn)行過總統(tǒng)宣誓。這一誓言曾在國家和
平、欣欣向榮時(shí)做出過。然而這一誓詞更曾在烏云籠罩和風(fēng)暴襲來之時(shí)被宣讀。美國人民之
所以能夠走過那些艱難的時(shí)刻，不僅僅是因?yàn)轭I(lǐng)袖的能力或遠(yuǎn)見；更是因?yàn)槲覀儯覀內(nèi)嗣瘢?br />保持著對(duì)先人理想的忠誠，對(duì)我們國家創(chuàng)始文件的追隨。
對(duì)于我們這一代美國人來說，也是這樣，也必須這樣。
國家正面臨危機(jī)，這一點(diǎn)大家已經(jīng)沒有疑問。美國處在戰(zhàn)爭之中，面對(duì)一個(gè)有巨大影響力、
充滿暴力和仇恨的網(wǎng)絡(luò)。我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)嚴(yán)重衰退。這來源于部分人的貪婪和不負(fù)責(zé)任，更由于
作為一個(gè)整體，我們未能做出面對(duì)一個(gè)新時(shí)代的艱難決策。人民失去房屋、工作機(jī)會(huì)減少、
商業(yè)活動(dòng)遭到破壞。醫(yī)療保障過于昂貴，學(xué)校教育系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)太多失敗。而我們對(duì)能源的使用，
日益讓對(duì)手強(qiáng)大，與此同時(shí)又威脅著我們的星球。
這些，是從數(shù)據(jù)和統(tǒng)計(jì)中可以看到的危機(jī)信號(hào)。還有難以度量但同樣深遠(yuǎn)的問題，那就是整
個(gè)國家信心的缺失。那縈繞在我們頭上的恐懼，認(rèn)為美國的衰敗不可避免，認(rèn)為我們的下一
代人不可能再有太高的期望。
今天我要對(duì)你們說，我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是真切的、嚴(yán)重的，而且有很多重。解決他們不可能很
輕松，也不可能在短時(shí)間內(nèi)發(fā)生。但美國人民，請(qǐng)記住這一點(diǎn)：這些挑戰(zhàn)會(huì)被解決。今天，我們聚集在一起，因?yàn)槲覀冞x擇了希望而不是恐懼；我們選擇了為共同的目標(biāo)團(tuán)結(jié)在
一起，而不是沖突與爭執(zhí)。
今天，我們共同終結(jié)那些虛假的承諾、陳腐的教條、以及指摘與怨言。這些已經(jīng)困擾了我們
的政治體系太長時(shí)間。
我們的國家仍舊年輕，但借用圣經(jīng)中的話，該是拋開那些孩子氣的時(shí)候了?，F(xiàn)在，需要重新
拿出我們的堅(jiān)韌精神，選擇自己的歷史。我們要延續(xù)代代相傳的寶貴禮物，延續(xù)神圣的理想，
那就是上帝賜予我們的承諾－－人人平等，人人自由，人人都有機(jī)會(huì)去追求最大程度的幸福。
在重溫我們國家偉大的同時(shí)，我們必須明白，偉大不是憑空而來的，而是贏得的。在我們的
篇二：奧巴馬就職演講稿中英文對(duì)照
I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an Emperor that’s not my business I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls has barricaded the world with hate。 has goosestepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in: machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowl