【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 all those who have served with me for the last eight has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more , the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, every executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, I180。ve tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous have steered my course by our enduring for from munity of all have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the together, America has done economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home ownership ever, the longest expansion in families and munities are million Americans have used the family leave million have moved off is at a 25year 10 million Americans receive more college aid, and more people than ever are going to schools are betterhigher standards, greater accountability and larger investments have brought higher test scores, and higher graduation than three million children have health insurance now, and more than 7 million Americans have been lifted out of are rising across the air and water are food and drinking water are more of our precious land has been preserved, in the continental United States, than at any time in 100 has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the 180。m very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a strong position to meet the challenges of the , I want to leave you with three thoughts about our , America must maintain our record of fiscal our last four budgets, we180。ve turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we180。ve been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt free by the end of the decade for the first time since on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opportunity to meet our big we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, invest more in our future and provide tax , because the world is more connected every day in every way, America180。s security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that ever alliances are stronger than all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime and narcotrafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global expansion of trade hasn180。t fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife180。s edge of global gap requires more than requires poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the we want the world to embody our shared valuess, then we must assume a shared the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our valuess and leading the forces of freedom and must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the , we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one we bee ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our mon valuess and our mon must work harder to overe our our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders180。 , Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George , to his family and his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom180。s march in this new for me, I180。ll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America180。s best days lie days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of bless you, and God bless America.” 【譯文】同胞們，今晚是我最后一次作為你們的總統(tǒng)，在白宮橢圓形辦公室向你們做最后一次演講。我從心底深處感謝你們給了我兩次機(jī)會(huì)和榮譽(yù)，為你們服務(wù)，為你們工作，和你們一起為我們的國家進(jìn)入21世紀(jì)做準(zhǔn)備。這里，我要感謝戈?duì)柛笨偨y(tǒng)，我的內(nèi)閣部長們以及所有伴我度過過去8年的同事們?，F(xiàn)在是一個(gè)極具變革的年代，你們?yōu)橛有碌奶魬?zhàn)已經(jīng)做好了準(zhǔn)備。是你們使我們的社會(huì)更加強(qiáng)大，我們的家庭更加健康和安全，我們的人民更加富裕。同胞們，我們已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了全球信息化時(shí)代，這是美國復(fù)興的偉大時(shí)代。作為總統(tǒng)，我所做的一切每一個(gè)決定，每一個(gè)行政命令，提議和簽署的每一項(xiàng)法令，都是在努力為美國人民提供工具和創(chuàng)造條件，來實(shí)現(xiàn)美國的夢想，建設(shè)美國的未來一個(gè)美好的社會(huì)，繁榮的經(jīng)濟(jì)，清潔的環(huán)境，進(jìn)而實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)更自由、更安全、更繁榮的世界。借助我們永恒的價(jià)值，我駕馭了我的航程。機(jī)會(huì)屬于每一個(gè)美國公民；(我的)責(zé)任來自全體美國人民；所有美國人民組成了一個(gè)大家庭。我一直在努力為美國創(chuàng)造一個(gè)新型的政府：更小、更現(xiàn)代化、更有效率、面對新時(shí)代的挑戰(zhàn)充滿創(chuàng)意和思想、永遠(yuǎn)把人民的利益放