【正文】 rvive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one mon danger, came forth to meet [it]. the face of our mon dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may 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。to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders。you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindusknow that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history。greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or is the journey we continue remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on workers are no less productive than when this crisis minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last capacity remains our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisionsnot only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our merce and bind us will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new this we can all this we will , there are some who question the scale of our ambitionsthat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it worksto spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of dayand that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity。endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg。to choose our better history。our schools fail too many。jobs shed。第一篇：美國第44任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬就職典禮中英文對照美國第44任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬就職典禮中英文對照Barack Obama39。s Inaugural Address My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this Americans have now taken the presidential words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of , every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding it has it must be with this generation of we are in the midst of crisis is now well nation is at war, against a farreaching network of violence and economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new have been lost。businesses health care is too costly。and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our landthey will be this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and this day, we e to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has e to set aside childish time has e to reaffirm our enduring spirit。to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the Godgiven promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a must be journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for has not been the path for the faintheartedsome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West。Normandy and Khe and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions。on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing hearteven greater cooperation and understanding between will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hardearned peace in old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken。but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow。nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard t