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奥巴马开学演讲稿 (1)
For Immediate Release September 8, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN
Wakefield High School
Arlington, Virginia
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she'd say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster." (Laughter.)
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year.
Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.
I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.
I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.
I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't working, where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.
Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that's assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.
Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.
So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college. But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.
I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer -- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall.
And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.
And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.
I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.
The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust -- a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor -- and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?
Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don't let yourself down. Make us all proud.
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
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12:22 P.M. EDT
奥巴马竞选演讲稿(2)
Hello, Chicago!
芝加哥，你好!
If there is anyone out there who still doubts thatAmerica is a place where all things are possible; whostill wonders if the dream of our founders is alive inour time; who still questions the power of ourdemocracy, tonight is your answer.
如果有人怀疑美国是个一切皆有可能的地方，怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们这个时代依然燃烧，怀疑我们民主的力量，那么今晚这些疑问都有了答案。
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has neverseen; by people who waited three hours and four hours,many for the very first time in their lives, becausethey believed that this time must be different; thattheir voice could be that difference.
学校和教堂门外的长龙便是答案。
排队的人数之多，在美国历史上前所未有。
为了投票，他们排队长达三、四个小时。
许多人一生中第一次投票，因为他们认为这一次大选结果必须不同以往，而他们手中的一票可能决定胜负。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian,Native American, gay, straight, disabled and notdisabled Americans who sent a message to the worldthat we have never been a collection of red states andblue states; we are, and always will be, the UnitedStates of America.
无论年龄，无论贫富，无论民主党人或共和党人，无论黑人、白人，无论拉美裔、亚裔、印地安人, 无论同性恋、异性恋，无论残障人、健全人，所有的人，他们向全世界喊出了同一个声音:我们并不隶属 “红州”与 “蓝州”的对立阵营，我们属于美利坚合众国，现在如此，永远如此!
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtfulof what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc ofhistory and bend it once more toward the hope of abetter day.
长久以来，很多人说:我们对自己的能量应该冷漠，应该恐惧，应该怀疑。
但是，历史之轮如今已在我们手中，我们又一次将历史之轮转往更美好的未来。
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at thisdefining moment, change has come to America.
漫漫征程，今宵终于来临。
特殊的一天，特殊的一次大选，特殊的决定性时刻，美国迎来了变革。
I just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he'sfought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of uscannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for theservice rendered by this brave and selfless leader. Icongratulate him and Gov. Palin for all they haveachieved, and I look forward to working with them torenew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
刚才，麦凯恩参议员很有风度地给我打了个电话。
在这次竞选中，他的努力持久而艰巨。
为了这个他挚爱的国家，他的努力更持久、更艰巨。
他为美国的奉献超出绝大多数人的想象。
他是一位勇敢无私的领袖，有了他的奉献，我们的生活才更美好。
我对他和佩林州长的成绩表示祝贺。
同时，我也期待着与他们共同努力，再续美国辉煌。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men andwomen he grew up with on the streets of Scranton androde with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
我要感谢我的竞选搭档当选副总统乔拜登。
为了与他一起在斯克兰顿市街头长大、一起坐火车返回特拉华州的人们，拜登全心全意地竟选，他代表了这些普通人的声音。
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16years, the rock of our family and the love of my life,our nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha andMalia, I love you both so much, and you have earned thenew puppy that's coming with us to the White House. Andwhile she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother iswatching, along with the family that made me who I am. Imiss them tonight, and know that my debt to them isbeyond measure.
我要感谢下一位第一夫人米歇尔奥巴马。
她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最爱。
没有她在过去16年来的坚定支持，今晚我就不可能站在这里。
我要感谢两个女儿萨沙和玛丽娅，我太爱你们两个了，你们将得到一条新的小狗，它将与我们一起入住白宫。
我还要感谢已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上注视着我。
她与我的家人一起造就了今天的我。
今夜我思念他们，他们对我的恩情比山高、比海深。
To my campaign manager, David Plouffe; my chief strategist, David Axelrod; and the best campaign teamever assembled in the history of politics you madethis happen, and I am forever grateful for what you'vesacrificed to get it done.
我要感谢我的竞选经理大卫普鲁夫，感谢首席策划师大卫阿克塞罗德以及整个竞选团队，他们是政治史上最优秀的竞选团队。
你们成就了今夜，我永远感谢你们为今夜所付出的一切。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to it belongs to you.
但最重要的是，我将永远不会忘记这场胜利真正属于谁---是你们!
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Ourcampaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the livingrooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
我从来不是最有希望的候选人。
起初，我们的资金不多，赞助人也不多。
我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅，而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 tothis cause. It grew strength from the young people whorejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who lefttheir homes and their families for jobs that offeredlittle pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young peoplewho braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knockon the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions ofAmericans who volunteered and organized, and proved thatmore than two centuries later, a government of thepeople, by the people and for the people has notperished from this earth. This is your victory.
劳动大众从自己的微薄积蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿来捐助我们的事业。
年轻人证明了他们绝非所谓“冷漠的一代”。
他们远离家乡和亲人，拿着微薄的报酬，起早摸黑地助选。
上了年纪的人也顶着严寒酷暑，敲开陌生人的家门助选。
无数美国人自愿组织起来，充当自愿者。
正是这些人壮大了我们的声势。
他们的行动证明了在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。
这是你们的胜利。
I know you didn't do this just to win an election, and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because youunderstand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. Foreven as we celebrate tonight, we know the challengesthat tomorrow will bring are the greatest of ourlifetime two wars, a planet in peril, the worstfinancial crisis in a century. Even as we stand heretonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up inthe deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan torisk their lives for us. There are mothers and fatherswho will lie awake after their children fall asleep andwonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay theirdoctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is newenergy to harness and new jobs to be created; newschools to build and threats to meet and alliances torepair.
你们这样做，并不只是为了赢得一场大选，更不是为了我个人。
你们这样做，是因为你们清楚未来的任务有多么艰巨。
今晚我们在欢庆，明天我们就将面对一生之中最为严峻的挑战--两场战争、一个充满危险的星球，还有百年一遇的金融危机。
今晚我们在这里庆祝，但我们知道在伊拉克的沙漠里，在阿富汗的'群山中，许许多多勇敢的美国人醒来后就将为了我们而面临生命危险。
许许多多的父母会在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠，他们正在为月供、医药费，孩子今后的大学费用而发愁。
我们需要开发新能源，创造就业机会，建造新学校，迎接挑战和威胁，并修复与盟国的关系。
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, butAmerica I have never been more hopeful than I amtonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as apeople will get there.
前方道路还很漫长，任务艰巨。
一年之内，甚至一届总统任期之内，我们可能都无法完成这些任务。
但我从未像今晚这样对美国满怀希望，我相信我们会实现这个目标。
我向你们承诺--我们美利坚民族将实现这一目标!
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make aspresident, and we know that government can't solve everyproblem. But I will always be honest with you about thechallenges we face. I will listen to you, especiallywhen we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you join inthe work of remaking this nation the only way it's beendone in America for 221 years block by block, brickby brick, callused hand by callused hand.
我们会遇到挫折，会出师不利，会有许多人不认同我的某一项决定或政策。
政府并不能解决所有问题，但我会向你们坦陈我们所面临的挑战。
我会聆听你们的意见，尤其是在我们意见相左之时。
最重要的是，我会让你们一起重建这个国家。
用自己的双手，从一砖一瓦做起。
这是美国立国221年以来的前进方式，也是惟一的方式。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is notthe change we seek it is only the chance for us tomake that change. And that cannot happen if we go backto the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
21个月前那个隆冬所开始的一切，绝不应在这一个秋夜结束。
我们所寻求的变革并不只是赢得大选，这只是给变革提供了一个机会。
假如我们照老路子办事，就没有变革;没有你们，就没有变革。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch inand work harder and look after not only ourselves, buteach other. Let us remember that if this financialcrisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have athriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In thiscountry, we rise or fall as one nation as one people.
让我们重新发扬爱国精神，树立崭新的服务意识、责任感，每个人下定决心，一起努力工作，彼此关爱;让我们牢记这场金融危机带来的教训:不能允许商业街挣扎的同时却让华尔街繁荣。
在这个国家，我们作为同一个民族，同生死共存亡。
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that haspoisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember thatit was a man from this state who first carried thebanner of the Republican Party to the White House aparty founded on the values of self-reliance, individualliberty and national unity. Those are values we allshare, and while the Democratic Party has won a greatvictory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility anddetermination to heal the divides that have held backour progress.
党派之争、琐碎幼稚，长期以来这些东西荼毒了我们的政坛。
让我们牢记，当来自伊利诺伊州的一位先生首次将共和党大旗扛进白宫时，伴随着他的是自强自立、个人自由、国家统一的共和党建党理念。
这也是我们所有人都珍视的理念。
虽然民主党今晚大胜，但我们态度谦卑，并决心弥合阻碍我们进步的分歧。
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends... Though passion mayhave strained, it must not break our bonds ofaffection." And, to those Americans whose support I haveyet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hearyour voices, I need your help, and I will be yourpresident, too.
当年,林肯面对的是一个远比目前更为分裂的国家。
他说:“我们不是敌人，而是朋友……虽然激情可能不再，但是我们的感情纽带不会割断。
”对于那些现在并不支持我的美国人，我想说，虽然我没有赢得你们的选票，但我听到了你们的声音，我需要你们的帮助，我也将是你们的总统。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who arehuddled around radios in the forgotten corners of ourworld our stories are singular, but our destiny isshared, and a new dawn of American leadership is athand. To those who would tear this world down: We willdefeat you. To those who seek peace and security: Wesupport you. And to all those who have wondered ifAmerica's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight, weproved once more that the true strength of our nationcomes not from the might of our arms or the scale of ourwealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals:democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
对于关注今夜结果的国际人士，不管他们是在国会、皇宫关注，还是在荒僻地带收听电台，我们的态度是:我们美国人的经历各有不同，但我们的命运相关，新的美国领袖诞生了。
对于想毁灭这个世界的人们，我们必将击败你们。
对于追求和平和安全的人们，我们将支持你们。
对于怀疑美国这盏灯塔是否依然明亮的人们，今天晚上我们已再次证明:美国的真正力量来源并非军事威才或财富规模，而是我们理想的恒久力量:民主、自由、机会和不屈的希望。
For that is the true genius of America that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we havealready achieved gives us hope for what we can and mustachieve tomorrow.
美国能够变革，这才是美国真正的精髓。
我们的联邦会不断完善。
我们已经取得的成就，将为我们将来能够并且必须取得的成就增添希望。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mindtonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She's a lot like the millions of others who stood inline to make their voice heard in this election, exceptfor one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
这次大选创造了多项“第一”，诞生了很多将流芳后世的故事，但今晚令我最为难忘的却是一位在亚特兰大投票的妇女:安妮库波尔。
她和无数排队等候投票的选民没有什么差别，唯一的不同是她高龄106岁。
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons because she was a woman and ecause of the color of herskin.
在她出生的那个时代，黑奴制刚刚废除。
那时路上没有汽车，天上没有飞机。
当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票--一第一因为她是女性，第二个原因是她的肤色。
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America the heartache andthe hope; the struggle and the progress; the times wewere told that we can't and the people who pressed onwith that American creed: Yes, we can.
今天晚上，我想到了安妮在美国过去一百年间的种种经历:心痛和希望，挣扎和进步，那些我们被告知我们办不到的年代，以及我们现在这个年代。
现在，我们坚信美国式信念──是的，我们能!
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up andspeak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
在那个年代，妇女的声音被压制，她们的希望被剥夺。
但安妮活到了今天，看到妇女们站起来了，可以大声发表意见了，有选举权了。
是的，我们能。
When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itselfwith a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of commonpurpose. Yes, we can.
安妮经历了上世纪三十年代的大萧条。
农田荒芜，绝望笼罩美国大地。
她看到了美国以新政、新的就业机会以及崭新的共同追求战胜了恐慌。
是的，我们能。
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise togreatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
二战时期，炸弹袭击我们的海港，全世界受到独裁专制威胁，安妮见证了一代美国人的英雄本色，他们捍卫了民主。
是的，我们能。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma and a preacher fromAtlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes,we can.
安妮经历了蒙哥马利公交车事件、伯明翰黑人暴动事件、塞尔马血醒周末事件。
来自亚特兰大的一位牧师告诉人们:我们终将胜利。
是的，我们能。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science andimagination. And this year, in this election, shetouched her finger to a screen and cast her vote,because after 106 years in America, through the best oftimes and the darkest of hours, she knows how Americacan change. Yes, we can.
人类登上了月球、柏林墙倒下了，科学和想像把世界连成了一块。
今年，在这次选举中，安妮的手指轻触电子屏幕，投下自己的一票。
她在美国生活了106年，其间有最美好的时光，也有最黑暗的时刻，她知道美国能够变革。
是的，我们能。
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us askourselves: If our children should live to see the nextcentury; if my daughters should be so lucky to live aslong as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?What progress will we have made?
美利坚，我们已经一路走来，我们已经看到了那么多变化，但我们仍有很多事情要做。
今夜，让我们问自己这样一个问题:假如我们的孩子能够活到下一个世纪，假如我的女儿们有幸与安妮一样长寿，她们将会看到怎样的改变?我们又取得了怎样的进步?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time to put our people back towork and open doors of opportunity for our kids; torestore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; toreclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamentaltruth that out of many, we are one; that while webreathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism,and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we willrespond with that timeless creed that sums up the spiritof a people: Yes, we can.
现在，我们获得了回答这个问题的机会。
这是我们的时刻，我们的时代。
让我们的人民重新就业，为我们的孩子打开机会的大门;恢复繁荣，促进和平;让美国梦重放光芒，再证这一根本性真理，那就是:团结一致，众志成城;一息尚存，希望就在;倘若有人嘲讽和怀疑，说我们不能，我们就以这一永恒信条回应，因为它凝聚了整个民族的精神是的，我们能!
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.谢谢大家!愿上帝保佑你们，保佑美利坚合众国。
奥巴马就职演讲词(3)
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 ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At 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 forebearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our 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 age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come 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 politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted -- for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform. our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account -- to spend wisely, reform. bad habits, and do our business in the light of day -- because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control -- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. 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; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort -- even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We 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; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment -- a moment that will define a generation -- it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let 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; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
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