【正文】 ers and firefighters and police officers on the job, and to extend unemployment insurance and COBRA so folks have health insurance while they’re looking for fought to stop health insurance panies from dropping your coverage on the basis of preexisting conditions, or right when you get sick, or placing lifetime limits on the amount of care that you can fought to eliminate wasteful subsidies that go to banks that were acting as unnecessary middlemen for guaranteed student loans from the federal government, and as a consequence, freed up tens of billions of dollars that are now going directly to students, which means more than a million students have access to financial aid that they didn39。s oldest and most cherished traditions, Thanksgiving Day brings us closer to our loved ones and invites us to reflect on the blessings that enrich our observance recalls the celebration of an autumn harvest centuries ago, when the Wampanoag tribe joined the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony to share in the fruits of a bountiful feast honored the Wampanoag for generously extending their knowledge of local game and agriculture to the Pilgrims, and today we renew our gratitude to all American Indians and Alaska take this time to remember the ways that the First Americans have enriched our Nation39。這個(gè)節(jié)日帶給我們更濃郁的親情，令我們反思給予我們豐富多彩的生活的萬般恩典。當(dāng)時(shí)的盛宴表達(dá)了對(duì)萬帕諾亞格部落向新移民傳授當(dāng)?shù)蒯鳙C和農(nóng)作知識(shí)的慷慨友情的贊賞；今天，我們繼續(xù)向所有美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民表示感恩。在我們與朋友、家人和鄰居聚首歡慶的日子里，讓我們拋開日常煩惱，為上帝對(duì)我們的眷顧而感恩。s first Thanksgiving, he praised a generous and knowing God for shepherding our young Republic through its uncertain later, President Abraham Lincoln looked to the divine to protect those who had known the worst of civil war, and to restore the Nation “to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.”雖然我們的傳統(tǒng)與時(shí)俱進(jìn)，但是作為感恩節(jié)核心的恩惠與謙卑精神貫穿于我們歷史的各段篇章，始終如一。華盛頓（George Washington）總統(tǒng)發(fā)表了美國第一個(gè)感恩日公告，感謝慷慨而全能的上帝護(hù)衛(wèi)我們年輕的共和國度過風(fēng)雨莫測的初始階段。林肯（Abraham Lincoln）總統(tǒng)祈求神靈保佑深領(lǐng)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)不幸的人們，讓國家重享完全的“和平、和諧、安寧與聯(lián)邦團(tuán)結(jié)”。s as members of our American family make do with less, let us rededicate ourselves to our friends and fellow citizens in need of a helping ，我們通過對(duì)恩典和賦予我們生命意義的人們謙卑地表示感恩而得到心靈的升華。面對(duì)精簡度日的美國大家庭的成員，讓我們再次向需要幫助的朋友和國人獻(xiàn)出愛心。讓我們駐足凝思鼓舞我們的生活的點(diǎn)滴恩惠，并立志來年報(bào)恩。奧巴馬，以美國憲法和法律賦予我的權(quán)力，特此宣布2011年11月24日星期四為全國感恩節(jié)。IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ，即美利堅(jiān)合眾國獨(dú)立第236年，親筆在此簽名為證。奧巴馬）第四篇：奧巴馬總統(tǒng)和夫人圣誕節(jié)祝詞譯文奧巴馬總統(tǒng)和夫人圣誕節(jié)祝詞譯文THE PRESIDENT: Hello everybody, and happy ：大家好，新年快樂。但是我們希望花一點(diǎn)時(shí)間祝福我們家、你們家，你們所有人圣誕節(jié)快樂。沿襲這些傳統(tǒng)，我們中有些人可能看一會(huì)籃球賽或吃一頓圣誕大餐。今年的主題是“歡聚一堂：分享節(jié)日故事”。THE PRESIDENT:Our extraordinary men and women in uniform are serving so that the rest of us can enjoy the blessings we cherish during the that means many of our troops are far from home and far from ’re spending some extra time on the phone with their loved ones back they’re setting up video chats so they can watch as the presents are today, we want all of our troops to know that you’re in our thoughts and prayers this holiday here’s the good news: For many of our troops and newest veterans, this might be the first time in years that they’ve been with their families on fact, with the Iraq war over and the transition in Afghanistan, fewer of our men and women in uniform are deployed in harm’s way than at any time in the last ：我們的非凡的軍中優(yōu)秀兒女正在堅(jiān)守崗位，這樣我們其他人才能在節(jié)日期間享受我們珍惜的福祉。他們正在擠出一些時(shí)間與家里的親人們電話交流。所以今天，我們想讓我們所有軍人都知道在這個(gè)節(jié)日里，你們在我們的心中，我們?yōu)槟銈兤矶\。隨著我們的部隊(duì)越來越多地凱旋，現(xiàn)在輪到我們服務(wù)了輪到我們站出來感謝為我們?nèi)绱朔瞰I(xiàn)的軍屬們了。THE PRESIDENT:That’s the same spirit of giving that connects all of us during the many people all across the country are helping out at soup kitchens, buying gifts for children in need, or organizing food or clothing drives for their families like ours, that service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us – to love our neighbors as we would ourselves。to be our brother’s keeper and our sister’s for all of us as Americans, regardless of our faith, those are values that can drive us to be better parentsand friends, better neighbors and better ：同樣的奉獻(xiàn)精神在節(jié)日期間把我們緊密相連。對(duì)于我們這樣的家庭，這樣的服務(wù)是慶祝耶穌誕辰和踐行他對(duì)我們的諄諄教誨的機(jī)會(huì)愛人如己；讓饑者有其食，病者得到照料；看護(hù)我們的兄弟姐妹。THE FIRST LADY: So as we look to the New Year, let’s pledge ourselves to living out those values by reaching out and lifting up those in our munities who could use a hand ：所以在我們展望新年之際，讓我們發(fā)誓以伸出援手扶起我們的社區(qū)里需要拉一把的人們。THE FIRST LADY: And Sunny, the newest ：還有桑尼，奧巴馬家族的最新成員。THE FIRST LADY: Happy holidays everybody, and God ：祝各位節(jié)日快樂，上帝保佑。s Convention SpeechSeptember 4,2012Thank you so much, Elaine...we are so grateful for your family39。ve gone, in the people I39。ve heard, I have seen the very best of the American have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our 39。ve seen it in people who bee heroes at a moment39。s way to save others...flying across the country to put out a fire...driving for hours to bail out a flooded I39。re not just going to walk again, they39。re going to run marathons...in the young man blinded by a bomb in Afghanistan who said, simply, “...I39。d I believed deeply in my husband39。d ever known?Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma39。t stay awake for the truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls...I deeply loved the man I had built that life with...and I didn39。d picked me up for our dates in a car thatwas so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door...he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he39。s when I knew I had found a kindred spirit, someone whose values and upbringing were so much like see, Barack and I were both raised by families who didn39。s work, my brother and I would stand at the top of the stairs to our little apartment, patiently waiting to greet him...watching as he reached down to lift one leg, and then the