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1、奥巴马的的就职演演说英文文全文Myy feelloow ccitiizenns:I staand herre ttodaay hhumbbledd byy thhe ttaskkbefforee uss, ggrattefuul ffor thee trrustt yoou hhavee beestoowedd, mminddfull off thhesaacriificces borrne by ourr anncesstorrs. I tthannk PPressideent Bussh ffor hissserrvicce tto oour nattionn, aas wwelll as

2、s thhe ggeneerossityy annd ccoopperaatioon hhe hhassshowwn tthrooughhoutt thhis traansiitioon.Foortyy-foour Ameericcanss haave noww taakenn thheprresiidenntiaal ooathh. TThe worrds havve bbeenn sppokeen dduriing rissingg tiidess offproospeeritty aand thee sttilll waaterrs oof ppeacce. Yett, eeverry

3、sso oofteen tthe oatthiss taakenn ammidsst ggathheriing clooudss annd rragiing stoormss. AAt tthesse mmomeentss,Ammeriica hass caarriied on nott siimplly bbecaausee off thhe sskilll oor vvisiion oftthosse iin hhighh offficce, butt beecauuse we thee Peeoplle hhavee reemaiinedd faaithhfullto thee idde

4、alls oof oour forrbeaarerrs, andd trrue to ourr foounddingg doocummentts.Soo itt haas bbeenn. SSo iit mmustt bee wiith thiis ggeneerattionn off Ammeriicanns.Thhat we aree inn thhe mmidsst oof ccrissis is nowwwelll uundeersttoodd. OOur nattionn iss att waar, agaainsst aa faar-rreacchinng nnetwworkkof

5、 vioolennce andd haatreed. Ourr ecconoomy is baddly weaakenned, a connseqquennce ofggreeed aand irrrespponssibiilitty oon tthe parrt oof ssomee, bbut alsso oour colllecctivvefaailuure to makke hhardd chhoicces andd prrepaare thee naatioon ffor a nnew agee.Hoomess haave beeen llostt; jjobss shhed; bu

6、usinnessses shuutteeredd. OOur heaalthh caareiis ttoo cosstlyy; oour schhoolls ffaill tooo mmanyy; aand eacch dday briingss fuurthhereeviddencce tthatt thhe wwayss wee usse eenerrgy strrenggtheen oour advverssariies anddthrreatten ourr pllaneet.Thhesee arre tthe inddicaatorrs oof ccrissis, suubjeect

7、tto ddataa annd sstattistticss. LLesss meeasuurabble butt noo leess proofouund is asaappiing of connfiddencce aacrooss ourr laand - aa naaggiing feaar tthatt Ammeriicasdeecliine is ineevittablle, andd thhat thee neext genneraatioon mmustt loowerr ittssiightts.Toodayy I sayy too yoou tthatt thhe ccha

8、lllenngess weefacce aare reaal. Theey aare serriouus aand theey aare manny. Theey wwilll noot bbe mmeteeasiily or in a sshorrt sspann off tiime. Buut kknoww thhis, Ammeriica - ttheyy wiillbbe mmet.Onn thhis dayy, wwe ggathher beccausse wwe hhavee chhoseen hhopee ovver feaar, uniity of purrposse oove

9、rr coonfllictt annd ddisccordd.Onn thhis dayy, wwe ccomee too prrocllaimm ann ennd ttothhe ppettty ggrieevanncess annd ffalsse pprommisees, thee reecriiminnatiionss annd wwornnoutt doogmaas, thaat ffor farr tooo llongg haave strranggledd ouur ppoliiticcs.Wee reemaiin aa yooungg naatioon, butt inn th

10、he wworddsoff Sccrippturre, thee tiime hass coome to sett assidee chhilddishh thhinggs. Thee tiimehhas comme tto rreafffirrm oour endduriing spiiritt; tto cchooose ourr beetteer hhisttoryy;too caarryy foorwaard thaat pprecciouus ggiftt, tthatt nooblee iddea, paasseed oon ffrommgenneraatioon tto ggen

11、eerattionn: tthe Godd-giivenn prromiise thaat aall aree eqquall, aallaare freee, andd alll ddeseervee a chaancee too puursuue ttheiir ffulll meeasuure ofhhapppineess.Inn reeafffirmmingg thhe ggreaatneess of ourr naatioon,wwe uundeersttandd thhat greeatnnesss iss neeverr a givven. Itt muust be earrne

12、dd. OOurjjourrneyy haas nneveer bbeenn onne oof sshorrt-ccutss orr seettllingg foor llesss. IIt hhasnnot beeen tthe patth ffor thee faaintt-heeartted - ffor thoose whoo prrefeer lleissureeoveer wworkk, oor sseekk onnly thee plleassurees oof rrichhes andd faame. Raatheer, ithhas beeen tthe rissk-ttak

13、eers, thhe ddoerrs, thee maakerrs oof tthinngs - ssomeecellebrrateed bbut morre oofteen mmen andd woomenn obbscuure in theeir labbor, whhohaave carrrieed uus uup tthe lonng, rugggedd paath towwardds pprossperrityy annd ffreeedomm.Foor uus, theey ppackked up theeir feww woorlddly posssesssioons andd

14、trraveeledd accrosss ooceaans in seaarchh off a neww liife.Foor uus, theey ttoilled in sweeatsshopps aand setttleed tthe Wesst; enddureed tthe lassh oof tthe whiip aand ploowedd thhe hhardd eaarthh.Foor uus, theey ffougght andd diied, inn pllacees llikee Cooncoord andd Geettyysbuurg; Noormaandyy ann

15、d KKhe Sannh.Tiime andd aggainn thhesee meen aand wommensstruugglled andd saacriificced andd woorkeed ttilll thheirr haandss weere raww soo thhatwwe mmighht llivee a bettterr liife. Thhey saww Ammeriica as bigggerr thhan thee suum oofouur iindiividduall ammbittionns; greeateer tthann alll tthe difff

16、errencces of birrth orwweallth or facctioon.Thhis is thee joournney we conntinnue todday. Weeremmainn thhe mmostt prrospperoous, poowerrfull naatioon oon EEartth. Ourr woorkeers areeno lesss pprodducttivee thhan wheen tthiss crrisiis bbegaan. Ourr miindss arre nno llesssinvventtivee, oour gooods and

17、d seerviicess noo leess neeededd thhan theey wweree laastwweekk orr laast monnth or lasst yyearr. OOur cappaciity remmainns uundiiminnishhed. Buutouur ttimee off sttanddingg paat, of prootecctinng nnarrrow inttereestss annd pputttinggofff unnpleeasaant deccisiionss - thaat ttimee haas ssureely passs

18、edd. SStarrtinng ttodaay,wwe mmustt piick ourrsellvess upp, ddustt ouurseelvees ooff, annd bbegiin aagaiin tthe worrkoff reemakkingg Ammeriica.Foor eeverrywhheree wee loook, thheree iss woork to beddonee. TThe staate of thee ecconoomy callls forr acctioon, bolld aand swiift, annd wwewiill actt - not

19、t onnly to creeatee neew jjobss, bbut to layy a neww foounddatiion forrgroowthh. WWe wwilll buuildd thhe rroadds aand briidgees, thee ellecttricc grridss annddiigittal linnes thaat ffeedd ouur ccommmercce aand binnd uus ttogeetheer. We willlreestoore sciiencce tto iits rigghtfful plaace, annd wwiell

20、d ttechhnollogyys wonnderrstoo raaisee heealtth ccarees quaalitty aand lowwer itss coost. Wee wiill harrnesss tthessun andd thhe wwindds aand thee sooil to fueel oour carrs aand runn ouur ffacttoriies.Andd wee wiill traansfformm ouur sschooolss annd ccolllegees aand uniiverrsittiess too meeettthe de

21、mmandds oof aa neew aage. Alll tthiss wee caan ddo. Andd alll tthiss wee wiill do.Noow, theere aree soome whoo quuesttionn thhe sscalleoff ouur aambiitioons - wwho sugggesst tthatt ouur ssysttem cannnott toolerratee tooo mmanyybigg pllanss. TTheiir mmemooriees aare shoort. Foor ttheyy haave forrgott

22、tenn whhat thiiscoounttry hass allreaady donne; whaat ffreee meen aand wommen cann acchieeve wheenimmagiinattionn iss jooineed tto ccommmon purrposse, andd neecesssitty tto ccourragee.Whhat thee cyyniccs ffaill too unnderrstaand is thaatthhe ggrouund hass shhiftted benneatth tthemm - thaat tthe staa

23、le pollitiicallarggumeentss thhat havve cconssumeed uus ffor so lonng nno llongger appply. Thhequuesttionn wee assk ttodaay iis nnot wheetheer oour govvernnmennt iis ttoo bigg orr tooosmmalll, bbut wheetheer iit wworkks - whhethher it hellps fammiliies finnd jjobss att addeceent wagge, carre ttheyy

24、caan aaffoord, a rettireemennt tthatt iss diigniifieed.WWherre tthe ansswerr iss yees, we inttendd too moove forrwarrd. Wheere thee annsweer iisnoo, pproggramms wwilll ennd. Andd thhosee off uss whho mmanaage thee puubliicss doollaarswwilll bee heeld to acccounnt - too sppendd wiiselly, refformm baa

25、d hhabiits, annd ddoouur bbusiinesss iin tthe ligght of dayy - beccausse oonlyy thhen cann wee reestoore theevittal truust bettweeen aa peeoplle aand theeir govvernnmennt.Noor iis tthe queestiion befforee uss whhethher theemarrkett iss a forrce forr goood or illl. IIts powwer to genneraate weaalthh

26、anndexxpannd ffreeedomm iss unnmattcheed, butt thhis criisiss haas rremiindeed uus tthattwitthouut aa waatchhfull eyye, thee maarkeet ccan spiin oout of conntrool - annd tthatt annatiion cannnott prrospper lonng wwhenn itt faavorrs oonlyy thhe pprossperrouss. TThessucccesss off ouur eeconnomyy haas

27、aalwaays deppendded nott juust on thee siize of ourrGrooss Dommesttic Prooducct, butt onn thhe rreacch oof oour proospeeritty; on ourrabiilitty tto eexteend oppporttuniity to eveery willlinng hhearrt - noot oout ofccharrityy, bbut beccausse iit iis tthe surrestt rooutee too ouur ccommmon goood.Ass f

28、oor oour commmonn deefennse, wee reejecct aasfaalsee thhe cchoiice bettweeen oour saffetyy annd oour ideealss. OOur FouundiingFFathherss, ffaceed wwithh peerills wwe ccan scaarceely imaaginne, draafteed aa chharttertto aassuure thee ruule of laww annd tthe rigghtss off maan, a ccharrterr exxpanndedd

29、 byythee blloodd off geenerratiionss. TThosse iideaals stiill ligght thee woorldd, aand wewwilll noot ggivee thhem up forr exxpeddiennces ssakee. AAnd so to alll ottherrpeooplees aand govvernnmennts whoo arre wwatcchinng ttodaay, froom tthe graandeestccapiitalls tto tthe smaall villlagge wwherre mmy

30、 ffathher wass boorn: knnow thaatAmmeriica is a ffrieend of eacch nnatiion andd evveryy maan, womman, annd cchilld wwhosseekks aa fuuturre oof ppeacce aand diggnitty, andd thhat we aree reeadyy too leead onccemoore.Reecalll tthatt eaarliier genneraatioons facced dowwnfaasciism andd coommuunissm nnot

31、 jusst wwithh miissiiless annd ttankks, butt wiith stuurdyyalllianncess annd eenduurinng cconvvicttionns. Theey uundeersttoodd thhat ourr poowerraloone cannnott prroteect us, noor ddoess itt enntittle us to do as we pleeasee.Innsteead, thhey kneew tthatt ouur ppoweer ggrowws tthrooughh itts pprudden

32、tt usse; ourrseccuriity emaanattes froom tthe jusstneess of ourr caausee, tthe forrce of ourrexaamplle, thee teempeerinng qquallitiies of hummiliity andd reestrrainnt.Wee arre tthe keeeperrs oof tthiss leegaccy. Guiideddby theese priinciiplees ooncee moore, wee caan mmeett thhosee neew tthreeatss th

33、hatddemaand eveen ggreaaterr effforrt - evven greeateer ccoopperaatioon aand unddersstanndinngbeetweeen nattionns. We willl bbegiin tto rrespponssiblly lleavve IIraqq too itts ppeopple,andd foorgee a harrd-eearnned peaace in Afgghannisttan. Wiith oldd frriennds anddforrmerr fooes, wee wiill worrk tt

34、ireelessslyy too leesseen tthe nuccleaar tthreeat, anndrooll bacck tthe speecteer oof aa waarmiing plaanett. WWe wwilll noot aapollogiize forrourr waay oof llifee, nnor willl wwe wwaveer iin iits deffensse, andd foor tthosse wwhosseekk too addvannce theeir aimms bby iinduucinng tterrror andd sllaugg

35、hteerinnginnnoccentts, we sayy too yoou nnow thaat oour spiiritt iss sttronngerr annd ccannnot bebbrokken; yoou ccannnot outtlasst uus, andd wee wiill deffeatt yoou.Foor wwe kknoww thhat ourr paatchhworrk hheriitagge iisa strrenggth, noot aa weeaknnesss. WWe aare a nnatiion of Chrristtianns aand Mus

36、slimms,JJewss annd HHinddus - aand nonn-beelieeverrs. We aree shhapeed bby eeverry llangguaggeannd ccultturee, ddrawwn ffromm evveryy ennd oof tthiss Eaarthh; aand beccausse wwe hhaveetasstedd thhe bbittter swiill of civvil warr annd ssegrregaatioon, andd emmergged froomthhat darrk cchappterr sttron

37、ngerr annd mmoree unniteed, we cannnott heelp butt beelieevetthatt thhe oold hattredds sshalll ssomeedayy paass; thhat thee liiness off trribee shhalllsooon ddisssolvve; thaat aas tthe worrld groows smaalleer, ourr coommoon hhumaanittyshhalll reeveaal iitseelf; annd tthatt Ammeriica musst pplayy itt

38、s rrolee inn ussherringg inna nnew eraa off peeacee.Too thhe MMusllim worrld, wee seeek a nnew wayyforrwarrd, bassed on muttuall innterrestt annd mmutuual resspecct. To thoose leaaderrsarrounnd tthe gloobe whoo seeek to soww coonfllictt, oor bblamme ttheiir ssociietyysiillss onn thhe WWestt - knoow

39、tthatt yoour peooplee wiill juddge youu onn whhat youu caanbuuildd, nnot whaat yyou desstrooy. To thoose whoo cllingg too poowerr thhrouughccorrrupttionn annd ddeceeit andd thhe ssileenciing of disssennt, knoow tthatt yoou aareoon tthe wroong sidde oof hhisttoryy; bbut thaat wwe wwilll exxtennd aa h

40、aand if youu arrewiilliing to uncclennch youur ffistt.Too thhe ppeopple of pooor nnatiionss, wwe ppleddge towworkk allonggsidde yyou to makke yyourr faarmss fllourrishh annd llet cleean watterssfloow; to nouurissh sstarrvedd boodiees aand feeed hhunggry minnds. Annd tto tthossenaatioons likke oourss

41、 thhat enjjoy rellatiive pleentyy, wwe ssay we cann noo loongeeraffforrd iindiiffeerennce to suffferringg ouutsiide ourr boordeers; noor ccan wecconssumee thhe wworlldss reesouurcees wwithhoutt reegarrd tto eeffeect. Foor tthe worrldhhas chaangeed, andd wee muust chaangee wiith it.Ass wee coonsiider

42、r thhe rroadd thhat unffoldds bbefooreuus, we remmembber witth hhumbble graatittudee thhosee brravee Ammeriicanns wwho, attthiis vveryy hoour, paatrool ffar-offf deeserrts andd diistaant mouuntaainss. TTheyy haavessomeethiing to telll uus ttodaay, jusst aas tthe falllenn heeroees wwho liee innArllin

43、ggtonn whhispper thrrouggh tthe agees. We honnor theem nnot onlly bbecaausee thheyaare guaardiianss off ouur llibeertyy, bbut beccausse ttheyy emmboddy tthe spiiritt offserrvicce; a wwilllinggnesss tto ffindd meeaniing in sommethhingg grreatter thaanthhemsselvves. Annd yyet, att thhis mommentt - a m

44、momeent thaat wwilll deefinne aagenneraatioon - itt iss prreciiselly tthiss sppiriit tthatt muust inhhabiit uus aall.Foor aas mmuchh ass gooverrnmeent cann doo annd mmusttdo, itt iss ulltimmateely thee faaithh annd ddeteermiinattionn off thhe AAmerricaan ppeoppleuuponn whhichh thhis nattionn reeliee

45、s. It is thee kiindnnesss too taake in a sstraangeerwhhen thee leeveees bbreaak, thee seelfllesssnesss oof wworkkerss whho wwoulld rrathher cutttheeir houurs thaan ssee a ffrieend losse ttheiir jjob whiich seees uus tthrooughh ouurdaarkeest houurs. Itt iss thhe ffireefigghteerss coouraage to stoorm

46、a sstaiirwaayfiilleed wwithh smmokee, bbut alsso aa paarenntss wiilliingnnesss too nuurtuure a cchilld,tthatt fiinallly deccidees oour fatte.Ouur cchalllenngess maay bbe nnew. Thhe iinsttrummenttswiith whiich we meeet tthemm maay bbe nnew. Buut tthosse vvaluues upoon wwhicch oourssucccesss deepennds

47、 - hhardd woork andd hoonessty, coouraage andd faair plaay,ttoleerannce andd cuurioositty, loyyaltty aand pattriootissm - thhesee thhinggs aare oldd.Thhesee thhinggs aare truue. Theey hhavee beeen thee quuiett foorcee off prrogrresssthrrougghouut oour hisstorry. Whaat iis ddemaandeed tthenn iss a retturnn too thheseetruuthss. WWhatt iss reequiiredd off uss noow iis