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e 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。ve turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we180。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。全文如下:【原文】“My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st I180。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 citizen39。s march in this new for me, i39。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 values, 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 values 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 peoples 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 values 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 founders39。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 ever People 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 marcotrafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global expansion of trade hasn39。ve turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we39。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 , more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new 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 aids, 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 3 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 39。s my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the