【正文】 titude to God for our many blessings, for one another, and for our Thanksgiving Day, we remember that the freedoms and security we enjoy as Americans are protected by the brave men and women of the United States Armed patriots are willing to lay down their lives in our defense, and they and their families deserve our profound gratitude for their service and harvest season, we are also reminded of those experiencing the pangs of hunger or the hardship of economic us return the kindness and generosity we have seen throughout the year by helping our fellow citizens weather the storms of our Americans gather for the timehonored Thanksgiving Day meal, let us rejoice in the abundance that graces our tables, in the simple gifts that mark our days, in the loved ones who enrich our lives, and in the gifts of a gracious us recall that our forebears met their challenges with hope and an unfailing spirit, and let us resolve to do the , THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 25, 2010, as a National Day of encourage all the people of the United States to e togetherwhether in our homes, places of worship, munity centers, or any place of fellowship for friends and neighborsto give thanks for all we have received in the past year, to express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own, and to share our bounty with IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentythird day of November, in the year of our Lord 2010, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and OBAMA第四篇：奧巴馬2012感恩節(jié)演講On behalf of the Obama family – Michelle, Malia, Sasha and Bo – I want to wish everyone a very happy us, like so many of you, this is a day full of family and friends。that I am my sister’s keeper – has always been a part of what makes our country it’s one of the reasons the Thanksgiving tradition has very first Thanksgiving was a celebration of munity during a time of great hardship, and we have followed that example ever when the fate of our union was far from certain – during a Civil War, two World Wars, a Great Depression – Americans drew strength from each had faith that tomorrow would be better than ’re grateful that they we gather around the table, we pause to remember the pilgrims, pioneers, and patriots who helped make this country what it faced impossible odds, and yet somehow, they , it’s our know that for many of you, this Thanksgiving is more difficult than no matter how tough things are right now, we still give thanks for that most American of blessings, the chance to determine our own problems we face didn’t develop overnight, and we won’t solve them we will solve it takes is for each of us to do our all the partisanship and gridlock here in Washington, it’s easy to wonder if such unity is really think about what’s happening at this very moment: Americans from all walks of life are ing together as one people, grateful for the blessings of family, munity, and we keep that spirit alive, if we support each other, and look out for each other, and remember that we