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1、精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - A More Perfect Union Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Philadelphia, PA | March 18, 2022 为了更完善的联邦巴拉克 奥巴马 2022 年 3 月 18 日在美国宾夕法尼亚州费城的演讲海星 译We the people, in order to form a more perfect union. “ 我们 美利坚合众国的 人民,为缔造一个更完善的联邦；”Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that sti

2、ll stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched Americas improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence

3、 at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787. 221 年前,一群人集合在至今仍矗立在这条街上的市政厅里,用上述这样简洁的言语,发起了美利坚不行思议的民主试验；农场主和学者, 政治家与爱国者们为逃脱政治专制和宗教迫害, 横渡大洋,最终在费城会议上发表了他们的独立宣言；名师归纳总结 这一会议始终连续了1787 年的春天；第 1 页,共 37 页- - - - - - -精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - The document they produced was eventually si

4、gned but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nations original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to fu

5、ture generations. 他们争论出的文件得以签署通过但尚未最终完成；劣迹斑斑, 这一问题分裂着殖民地的定居者们,国者们打算同意奴隶贸易再连续开展至少二十年,解决；它因这个国家的奴隶制原罪而 使得费城会议陷入僵局, 最终建 而将这一问题留待子孙后代去Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at its very core the ideal of equal citizenship under

6、 the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time. 当然,对奴隶制问题的解决在我们的宪法中已经生根发芽,法律之下公平的公民权理念是这部宪法的核心； 它向人民许诺自由、 公正和一个随着时间推移能够且 应当被不断完善的联邦；And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves 名师归纳总结 - - - - -

7、 - -第 2 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States. What would be needed were Americans in successive generations who were willing to do their part - through protests and struggle

8、, on the streets and in the courts, through a civil war and civil disobedience and always at great risk - to narrow that gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of their time. 但写就在羊皮纸上的宣言尚不足以使奴隶摆脱奴役,或向不同肤色和信仰不同宗教的人们供应他们作为美国公民理应享有的充分的权益和义务；这就需要那些愿意履行其职责的后来者去缩小我们的抱负承诺与人们所处时代的社会现实间的差距,他们得

9、经过街头抗议和法庭抗争,险象环生；经过内战和和平违法, 这其间总是This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign - to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America. I chose to run for the presidency at this momen

10、t in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have 名师归纳总结 come from the same

11、 place, but we all want to move in the same 第 3 页,共 37 页- - - - - - -精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - direction - towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. 连续前人长期以来的、为建立一个更公正、公正、自由、更负责任且更富强的美国的努力, 这是我们在这场总统竞选一开头就定下的任务之一；我之所以打算在这一历史关头竞选总统, 是由于我坚信我们只有联合起来,才能应对我们这个时代的挑战, 才能为我们的子孙后代创设一个更好的

12、明天只有相互懂得,懂得我们或许有不同的故事, 但拥有共同的愿望； 懂得或许我们肤色不同, 来自不同地方,但我们想要同一个抱负,才能使我们的国家更完善；This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. But it also comes from my own American story. 这一信念来自于我对正派而大方的美国人民坚决不移的信心；同时它也源自我自己的美国故事；I am the son of a black man from Kenya a

13、nd a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Pattons Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. Ive gone to some of the best schools in Ameri

14、ca and lived in one of the worlds poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews

15、, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. 我是一个肯尼亚黑人和堪萨斯白种女人的儿子,在我的白人祖父母的照管下长大成人；祖父历经大萧条,二战期间服役于巴顿的部队；当祖父开赴海外战场时,祖母在莱文沃斯堡的轰炸机流水线上作业养家糊口；我在美国那些最好的学校里读

16、过书,也在世界上最贫困的国家里生活过；我娶的是一位黑人妇女, 她的血管里流淌着奴隶和奴隶主的血液, 而这一血统又遗传给了我们的两个珍宝女儿；我的不同种族和肤色的兄弟姐妹、叔伯侄甥们生活在三个大洲, 而且只要我仍活着,便会永久牢记在这世上其他任何一个国家里我这样的经受都不会发生；Its a story that hasnt made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than t

17、he sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one. 这样的经受不会将我塑造成最保守的候选人,但它使我骨子里因一种信念而警醒：这个国家高于它的各部分的加总,高于多数群体,我们本身就是一个整体；Throughout the first year of this campaign, against all predictions to the 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - contrary, we saw how hungry the American

18、people were for this message of unity. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of Afri

19、can Americans and white Americans. 在这场竞选的第一年里, 我们意识到美国人民有多期望团结一样的讯息,而不是相反；尽管存在透过纯粹种族主义的有色眼镜来看待我的竞选的陷阱,我们在国家 那 些 白 种 人 占 主 导 的 一 些 州 却 赢 得 了 显 著 的 胜 利 ； 在 联 邦 星 条 旗（confederate flags）仍高高飘扬的南卡,我们筑就了非裔美国人和美国白人间的强有力的联盟；This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign. At various stages

20、 in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either too black or not black enough. We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization, not just in terms of white an

21、d black, but black and brown as well. 这并不意味着种族在竞选中不是一个问题；是认为我“ 太黑” 就是认为我“ 不够黑” ；在竞选的很多层面上, 一些评论家不 在南卡,初选前的几周里我们看到种名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 族内在的张力问题慢慢出现； 媒体四处搜寻每一场投票结果以作为种族对立的最新证据,这一对立不仅是在白人与黑人之间,也在黑人与拉丁族裔之间；And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that th

22、e discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. 然而,也就是在最近两周里, 大选中关于种族的争论发生了明显的分裂性的转变；On one end of the spectrum, weve heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that its based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purch

23、ase racial reconciliation on the cheap. On the other end, weve heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that righ

24、tly offend white and black alike. 在这光谱的一端, 我们听到这样的示意, 即我的参选在某种程度上是平权方案的一种实践,是那些眼界开阔的自由主义者寻求廉价的种族和解的意愿的结果；在光谱的另一端, 我们听到了我以前的牧师, 可敬的杰里梅尔 怀特的煽风点火的言论；他的言论不仅会加深种族分裂,也有损我们国家的宏大与和善；他的言论不仅冒犯了白人,也得罪了黑人；对于黑人和白人同样是冒犯；I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 7 页,共

25、37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy. Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I s

26、at in church. Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views. Absolutely - just as Im sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed. 我旗帜鲜明地声讨赖特神父的极具争议性的言论；对一些人而言, 蛮缠不清的问题仍旧存在； 我是否知道他对美国的内政外交政策的猛烈抨击？当然知道；当我坐在教堂里, 我是否听到他的足以引发

27、争议的言论？当然听过；我是否坚决反对他的很多政治观点？确定反对； 就像你们中的很多人曾经从你们的牧师、神父或拉比那里听到你剧烈反对的观点一样；But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm werent simply controversial. They werent simply a religious leaders effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of th

28、is country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the pervers

29、e and hateful ideologies of radical Islam. 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 8 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 但那些最近引起轩然大波的言论不止于让人匪夷所思,它们不只是一位宗教领导试图挺身而出反对他觉察到的不公正；相反,它们反映了一种对这个国家的极度扭曲的看法它将白人的种族鄙视主义视为天经地义,将美国的弊病夸张到掩盖我们所知道的一切关于美国的美好,它将中东的冲突完全说明为我们坚决的盟国以色列的行为所致, 而非源自激进的伊斯兰原教旨主义顽固而充斥着仇恨的意识形状；As such, Reverend Wrig

30、hts comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate cha

31、nge; problems that are neither black or white or Latino or Asian, but rather problems that confront us all. 这样看来, 赖特神父的言论不仅错误而且极具分裂性,它在我们需要团结时分裂我们,在我们急需携手共进解决诸如两场战争、恐惧主义威逼、经济衰退、日渐 恶化的医疗危机和潜在的灾难性的环境变化这一系列重大问题时制造种族纠葛；而这些问题不是黑人的、 或白人的、 或拉丁族裔或亚裔某个族群的问题,而是我们全部人都正面临的难题；Given my background, my politics, an

32、d my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 9 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - are not enough. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask. Why not join another church. And I confess that i

33、f all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way 如从

34、我的出身、我的政治立场、我信奉的价值和抱负来考虑,毫无疑问,对那些我的支持者来说, 我的声讨仍远远不够； 他们或许会问, 为什么一开头我就和怀特神父走到了一起？我为什么不加入另一个教堂？假如我承认我所知道的怀特神父不过是电视节目或You Tube 上不断播放的冗长说教中的一就新闻,或者,假如基督教三一联合教堂与一些评论家四处散播的拙劣讽刺一样,毫无疑问我也会有这样的反应；But the truth is, that isnt all that I know of the man. The man I met more than twenty years ago is a man who hel

35、ped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another; to care for the sick and lift up the poor. He is a man who served his country as a U.S. Marine; who has studied and lectured at some of the finest universities and seminaries in the country, and

36、who for over thirty years led a church that serves the community by doing Gods work here on Earth - by housing the homeless, ministering to the needy, 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 10 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - providing day care services and scholarships and prison ministries, and reaching out to tho

37、se suffering from HIV/AIDS. 但事实恰恰是, 那不是我所熟悉的那个人； 二十多年前我遇到怀特神父时他引荐我加入基督教, 他对我说人们有相互友爱和照管病弱、扶助贫贱的责任； 他作为一名美国海军陆战队成员为国家服役,他在国家最好的高校和神学院里作争论和上课,他三十多年如一日主持一个教堂,为社会做着高尚的工作收留无家可归者,照管穷困潦倒者,供应日托服务、奖学金和监狱服务,并向艾滋病患者伸出援手；In my first book, Dreams From My Father, I described the experience of my first service at

38、Trinity: 在我的第一本书父亲的抱负中,我描述了我在三一教堂第一年做义工的经受：People began to shout, to rise from their seats and clap and cry out, a forceful wind carrying the reverends voice up into the rafters.And in that single note - hope. - I heard something else; at the foot of that cross, inside the thousands of churches acro

39、ss the city, I imagined the stories of ordinary black people merging with the stories of David and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh, the Christians in the lions den, Ezekiels field of dry bones. Those stories - of survival, and freedom, and hope - became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was

40、 our blood, the tears our 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 11 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. Our trials and triumphs became at once unique and universa

41、l, black and more than black; in chronicling our journey, the stories and songs gave us a means to reclaim memories that we didnt need to feel shame about.memories that all people might study and cherish - and with which we could start to rebuild. “ 一阵大风将神父的声音传递到教堂的每个角落,人们开头呼喊, 从他们的座位上站起来、鼓着掌、喊叫着, 并

42、且只有一个简洁的讯息期望！我仍听 到了其他东西； 在那个角落里, 在这个城市成千上万的教堂里,我想象一般黑人融入大卫和巨人歌利亚（圣经中被牧羊人大卫杀死的Philistine 腓力斯巨人）、摩西和法老、狮子地窖里的基督徒、 伊齐基尔原野的枯骨的故事； 那些有关生存、自由和期望的故事, 变成了我们自己的故事, 我的故事； 流淌的血液是我们的血 液,眼泪是我们的眼泪；在这个阳光明媚的日子,这个黑人集合的教堂,再一次作为桥梁将一个民族的故事汇入将来的世代和更大的世界；我们的苦难和胜利立刻变得特殊而又普遍, 是黑人的而又超越这个族群；在记录我们的历程中, 那些故事和歌谣供应应我们不断回忆过往而不必耻辱

43、的方法,该学习和珍爱的记忆,我们就能开头复兴我们的民族；” 有了那些全部民族都That has been my experience at Trinity. Like other predominantly black churches across the country, Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety - the doctor and the welfare mom, the model student and the 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 12 页,共 37 页精选学习资料 - - - -

44、- - - - - former gang-banger. Like other black churches, Trinitys services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. They are full of dancing, clapping, screaming and shouting that may seem jarring to the untrained ear. The church contains in full the kindness and cruelty, the fierce i

45、ntelligence and the shocking ignorance, the struggles and successes, the love and yes, the bitterness and bias that make up the black experience in America. 这便是我在三一教堂的经受；同那些全国有重要影响力的黑人集合的教堂一样,三一教堂使黑人社区医生和领取救济的母亲、模范生和黑社会成员, 连接成一个整体； 跟其他黑人教堂一样, 三一教堂的布道仪式总是布满嘶哑的笑声,有 时仍夹杂色情幽默；他们总是在跳舞、鼓掌、尖叫和大喊,似乎会吓到那些不曾 学问过的人； 它容纳了善意和残酷、 绝顶聪慧和盲目无知、 尚在困境中挣扎的和 已经功成名就的、爱和确定、苦难和偏见这些美国黑人所经受的一切；And thi