【正文】 all of our people, and to forge a more perfect fought a very painful civil war, and freed a portion of our population from took time for women to be extended the right to vote, workers to win the right to organize, and for immigrants from different corners of the globe to be fully after they were freed, African Americans persevered through conditions that were separate and not equal, before winning full and equal of this was we made progress because of our belief in those core principles, which have served as our pass through the darkest of is why Lincoln could stand up in the midst of civil war and declare it a struggle to see whether any nation, conceived in liberty, and “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” could long is why Luther King could stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and ask that our nation live out the true meaning of its 39。s why immigrants from China to Kenya could find a home on our shores。why opportunity is available to all who would work for it。and why someone like me, who less than 50 years ago would have had trouble voting in some parts of America, is now able to serve as its that is why America will always speak out for these core principles around the do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation, but we also don39。t believe that the principles that we stand for are unique to our freedoms of expression and worshipof access to information and political participationwe believe are universal should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minoritieswhether they are in the United States, China, or any , it is that respect for universal rights that guides America39。s openness to other countries。our respect for different cultures。our mitment to international law。and our faith in the are all things that you should know about also know that we have much to learn about around at this magnificent cityand looking around this roomI do believe that our nations hold something important in mon, and that is a belief in the the United States nor China is content to rest on our while China is an ancient nation, you are also clearly looking ahead with confidence, ambition, and a mitment to see that tomorrow39。s generation can do better than today39。 addition to your growing economy, we admire China39。s extraordinary mitment to science and researcha mitment borne out in everything from the infrastructure you build to the technology you is now the world39。s largest Internet userwhich is why we were so pleased to include the Internet as a part of today39。s country now has the world39。s largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and bat climate changeand I39。m looking forward to deepening the partnership between the United States and China in this critical area above all, I see China39。s future in youyoung people whose talent and dedication and dreams will do so much to help shape the 21st 39。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。one country39。s success need not e at the expense of that is why the United States insists we do not seek to contain China39。s the contrary, we wele China as a strong and prosperous and successful member of the munity of nationsa China that draws on the rights, strengths and creativity of individual Chinese like return to the proverbconsider the know that more is to be gained when great powers cooperate than when they is a lesson that human beings have learned time and again, and that is the example of the history between our I believe strongly that cooperation must go beyond our must be rooted in our peoplein the studies we share, the business that we do, the knowledge that we gain, and even in the sports that we these bridges must be built by young men and women just like you and your counterparts in 39。s why I39。m pleased to announce that the United States will dramatically expand the number of our students who study in China to 100, these exchanges mark a clear mitment to build ties among our people, as surely as you will help determine the destiny of the 21st I39。m absolutely confident that America has no better ambassadors to offer than our young they, just like you, are filled with talent and energy and optimism about the history that is yet to be let this be the next step in the steady pursuit of cooperation that will serve our nations, and the if there39。s one thing that we can take from today39。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.第四篇：奧巴馬就職演說據(jù)美國媒體報道，當(dāng)?shù)貢r間1月20日上午12點05分(北京時間21日凌晨1點05分)第44屆美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬發(fā)表了就職演說。奧巴馬說，美國仍然是年輕的國家，但這個時代受到挑戰(zhàn)，我們必須凝聚力量，重新塑造美國。以下為奧巴馬演講全文：親愛的同胞們：今天我站在這里，為我們將面對的任重道遠而慨嘆。感謝你們對我寄托的信任，同時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，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行過總統(tǒng)宣誓。這一誓言曾在國家和平、欣欣向榮時做出過。然而這一誓詞更曾在烏云籠罩和風(fēng)暴襲來之時被宣讀。美國人民之所以能夠走過那些艱難的時刻，不僅僅是因為領(lǐng)袖的能力或遠見；更是因為我們，我們?nèi)嗣瘢３种鴮ο热死硐氲闹艺\，對我們國家創(chuàng)始文件的追隨。對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，這一點大家已經(jīng)沒有疑問。美國處在戰(zhàn)爭之中，面對一個有巨大影響力、充滿暴力和仇恨的網(wǎng)絡(luò)。我們的經(jīng)濟嚴重衰退。這來源于部分人的貪婪和不負責(zé)任，更由于作為一個整體，我們未能做出面對一個新時代的艱難決策。人民失去房屋、工作機會減少、商業(yè)活動遭到破壞。醫(yī)療保障過于昂貴，學(xué)校教育系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)太多失敗。而我們對能源的使用，日益讓對手強大，與此同時又威脅著我們的星球。這些，是從數(shù)據(jù)和統(tǒng)計中可以看到的危機信號。還有難以度量但同樣深遠的問題，那就是整個國家信心的缺失。那縈繞在我們頭上的恐懼，認為美國的衰敗不可避免，認為我們的下一代人不可能再有太高的期望。今天我要對你們說，我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是真切的、嚴重的，而且有很多重。解決他們不可能很輕松，也不可能在短時間內(nèi)發(fā)生。但美國人民，請記住這一點：這些挑戰(zhàn)會被解決。今天，我們聚集在一起，因為我們選擇了希望而不是恐懼；我們選擇了為共同的目標(biāo)團結(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候了?，F(xiàn)在，需要重新拿出我們的堅韌精神，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，人人都有機會去追求最大程度的幸福。在重溫我們國家偉大的同時，我們必須明白，偉大不是憑空而來的，而是贏得的。在我們的歷程中，從來沒有走捷徑或是退而求其次。這一歷程不是為懦弱者準(zhǔn)備的，不是為那些享樂高于工作、只知追求名利的人準(zhǔn)備的。相反，是那些甘于承擔(dān)風(fēng)險的人，實干家，創(chuàng)造者－－有些眾人皆知，而更多的在辛勤工作中默默無聞－－是他們