Hello, Michigan! Thank you. Thank you so much. First of all, give Joe a big round of applause for the wonderful introduction. We've got some special guests here -- now, if everybody has chairs, go ahead and use them. Feel free. We've got some special guests here today that I just want to acknowledge. All of you are special, but these folks I want to make sure that you have a chance to see them. 你好，密歇根！谢谢你们。非常感谢。首先，请为乔精彩的介绍热烈鼓掌。我们这里有一些特别嘉宾——现在，如果大家都有椅子，就请坐。请随意。今天我们这里有一些特别嘉宾，我想向大家介绍。你们每一位都很特别，但这些人我想确保大家有机会见到他们。
First of all, one of the best governors in the country, please give Jennifer Granholm a big round of applause. Lieutenant Governor John Cherry -- give John a big round of applause. One of my favorite people, a former colleague of mine, still just a fighter on behalf of working families each and every day -- Senator Debbie Stabenow. We've got Speaker of the House, Andy Dillon, in the house. We've got a lot of other local elected officials, and I just want to thank them. 首先，全国最优秀的州长之一，请为珍妮弗·格兰霍姆热烈鼓掌。副州长约翰·切里——请为约翰热烈鼓掌。我最喜欢的人之一，我曾经的一位同事，至今仍每天为工薪家庭奋斗——参议员黛比·斯塔比诺。我们还有众议院议长安迪·迪伦在场。我们还有许多其他地方民选官员，我想感谢他们。
A couple of people who are missing: Carl Levin, who is doing great work. He's in the Senate right now fighting on behalf of a bill to make sure that we're not loading up a bunch of necessary defense spending with unnecessary defense spending. So he's the point person on it. The only reason he's not here is because he is working alongside the administration to get this bill done. Please give him a big round of applause. Congressman Sandy Levin, also working hard on your behalf each and every day, but is not here today. 有几位今天未能到场：卡尔·莱文，他正在做重要的工作。他现在正在参议院为一项法案而战，以确保我们不会在必要的国防支出中塞入不必要的国防支出。他是这项工作的主要负责人。他今天没来的唯一原因是，他正在与政府并肩工作以推动这项法案通过。请为他热烈鼓掌。桑迪·莱文众议员也每天都在为大家辛勤工作，但今天不在场。
I want to go ahead and acknowledge the new mayor, since he's the new mayor -- Mayor Dave Bing, great ball player. My game is a little like Dave Bing's -- except I don't have the jump shot or the speed or the ball handling skills -- or the endurance. Also don't have the afro. Don't think I forgot that, Dave. I remember. I remember that. 我想特别介绍新市长，既然他是新市长——戴夫·宾市长，一位伟大的球员。我的球风有点像戴夫·宾——只是我没有他的跳投、速度或控球技巧——也没有他的耐力。我也没有那个爆炸头。别以为我忘了，戴夫。我记得。我记得。
I also want to acknowledge that we've got the Executive Director of the White House Council on Auto Communities and Workers, who's working hard, has a direct line to me each and every day. He's traveling constantly back here -- Ed Montgomery. Please give Ed a big round of applause. 我还想感谢白宫汽车社区与工人委员会的执行主任，他工作努力，每天都能直接联系到我。他经常回到这里——埃德·蒙哥马利。请为埃德热烈鼓掌。
And the Chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indian Tribe, Derek Bailey is here. Please give Derek a big round of applause. 还有大特拉弗斯湾渥太华和奇佩瓦印第安部落的主席，德里克·贝利今天也在场。请为德里克热烈鼓掌。
And finally, the president of the college where we are here, Jim Jacobs. Give Jim Jacobs a big round of applause. 最后，我们所在学院的院长，吉姆·雅各布斯。请为吉姆·雅各布斯热烈鼓掌。
And those of you who I've missed, you know how grateful I am that you're here. And thank you all. It is wonderful to be back at Macomb. It was terrific visiting this campus as a candidate, but I have to admit, it's even better visiting as a President. 那些我没能一一提到的人，你们知道我有多么感激你们的到来。谢谢大家。回到马科姆真是太好了。作为候选人访问这个校园感觉很棒，但我不得不承认，作为总统来访问更棒。
Now, this is a place where anyone -- anyone with a desire to learn and to grow, to take their career to a new level or start a new career altogether -- has the opportunity to pursue their dream, right here in Macomb. This is a place where people of all ages and all backgrounds -- even in the face of obstacles, even in the face of very difficult personal challenges -- can take a chance on a brighter future for themselves and their families. 这里是一个让任何人——任何渴望学习和成长、希望将事业推向新高度或重新开始新事业的人——都有机会追求梦想的地方，就在马科姆。这里是一个让所有年龄、所有背景的人——即使面对障碍，即使面对非常艰难的个人挑战——也能为自己和家人争取更美好未来的地方。
There are folks like Joe, who just told us his story. When Joe lost his job, he decided to take advantage of assistance for displaced workers. He earned his associate degree here at Macomb, and with a pretty impressive GPA, I might add. And with the help of that degree, Joe found a new job, working for the new Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital as a maintenance mechanic, using the skills he learned here and the talents that he brought to make a fresh start. 像乔这样的人，他刚刚给我们讲述了自己的故事。当乔失业时，他决定利用针对失业工人的援助。他在马科姆获得了副学士学位，而且我要补充一句，他的GPA相当出色。凭借那个学位的帮助，乔找到了一份新工作，在新开的亨利·福特西布卢姆菲尔德医院担任维修技工，运用他在这里学到的技能和他本身的天赋重新开始。
There are workers like Kellie Kulman, who is here today. Where's Kellie? Raise your hand, Kellie. Where are you? There you are. There's Kellie right there. Kellie is a UAW worker at a Ford plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. She used to drive a fork lift, right? But then she decided to train here at Macomb for a job that required new skills, and now she's an apprentice pipe fitter. 还有像凯莉·库尔曼这样的工人，她今天就在这里。凯莉在哪里？凯莉，举起手来。你在哪里？你在这里。凯莉就在那里。凯莉是密歇根州斯特林海茨一家福特工厂的UAW工人。她以前开叉车，对吧？后来她决定在马科姆接受培训，学习一份需要新技能的工作，现在她是一名管道安装学徒。
It's a telling example: Even as this painful restructuring takes place in our auto industry, workers are seeking out training for new auto jobs. And Joe and Kellie's story make clear what all of you know: Community colleges are an essential part of our recovery in the present -- and our prosperity in the future. This place can make the future better, not just for these individuals but for America. 这是一个很有说服力的例子：即使我们的汽车工业正在经历痛苦的结构调整，工人们仍在积极寻求新汽车工作的培训。乔和凯莉的故事清楚地说明了一个大家都了解的事实：社区大学是我们当下复苏的重要组成部分——也是我们未来繁荣的基石。这个地方不仅能让这些个人的未来更美好，也能让美国的未来更美好。
Now, since this recession began 20 months ago, 6.5 million Americans have lost their jobs, and I don't have to tell you Michigan in particular has been hard-hit. Now, I -- the statistics are daunting. The whole country now, the unemployment rate is approaching 10 percent. Here in Michigan, it's about five points higher. And new jobs of course are going to be coming out and we're going to see continuing job loss even as the economy is beginning to stabilize. 自20个月前经济衰退开始以来，已有650万美国人失去了工作，我不必告诉你密歇根州受到的打击尤为严重。统计数据令人震惊。现在全国失业率已接近百分之十。在密歇根，这个数字还要高出约五个百分点。当然，新工作将会出现，但即使经济开始企稳，我们仍会看到持续的失业。
Now, that's not just abstractions. Those just aren't numbers on a page. Those are extraordinary hardships, tough times, for families and individuals who've worked hard all their lives and have done the right things all their lives. If you haven't lost a job, chances are you know somebody who has: a family member, a neighbor, a friend, a coworker. 这不仅仅是抽象的数字。那些不仅仅是纸上的数字。那是无数家庭的艰难困苦，是那些一生辛勤工作、一生循规蹈矩的人们所面对的艰难时刻。如果你没有失去工作，你很可能认识失去工作的人：家人、邻居、朋友或同事。
And you know that as difficult as the financial struggle can be, the sense of loss is about more than just a paycheck, because most of us define ourselves by the work we do. That's part of what it means to be an American. We take pride in work -- that sense that you're contributing, supporting your family, meeting your responsibilities. People need work not just for income, but because it makes you part of that fabric of a community that's so important. And so when you lose your job, and when entire communities are losing thousands of jobs, that's a heavy burden, that's a heavy weight. 你也知道，经济上的挣扎再艰难，失去工作的失落感也远不止于失去一张薪水支票，因为我们大多数人都是通过所从事的工作来定义自己的。这是作为美国人意义的一部分。我们为工作感到自豪——那种你在做贡献、养家糊口、履行责任的感觉。人们需要工作不仅是为了收入，还因为工作让你成为社区这一重要肌理的一部分。所以当你失去工作，当整个社区失去成千上万的工作岗位时，那是沉重的负担，沉重的分量。
Now, my administration has a job to do, as well, and that job is to get this economy back on its feet. That's my job. And it's a job I gladly accept. I love these folks who helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, well, this is Obama's economy. That's fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems, not to stand on the sidelines and harp and gripe. 现在，我的政府也有一项工作要做，那就是让经济重新站起来。那是我的工作。这是我乐于接受的工作。我喜欢那些把我们拖入这个困境的人，现在突然说，嗯，这是奥巴马的经济。没关系。交给我吧。我的工作是解决问题，而不是站在一旁抱怨和发牢骚。
So I welcome the job. I want the responsibility. And I know that -- let's just take an example. Many questioned our efforts to help save GM and Chrysler from collapse earlier this year. Their feeling was these companies were driven to the brink by poor management decisions over a long period of time, and like any business they should be held accountable for those decisions. I agree that they should be held accountable. But I also recognize the historic significance and economic prominence of these companies in communities all across Michigan and all across the country. 所以我接受这份工作。我想要这份责任。我知道——让我们举个例子。今年早些时候，许多人质疑我们帮助拯救通用和克莱斯勒免于崩溃的努力。他们认为这些公司因长期的管理不善而被推向边缘，像任何企业一样，他们应该为这些决定承担后果。我同意他们应该承担后果。但我也认识到这些公司在密歇根及全国各社区的历史意义和经济地位。
I thought about the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose livelihoods are still connected to the American auto industry, and the impact on an already struggling economy, especially right here in Michigan. So I said that if Chrysler and GM were willing to fundamentally restructure their businesses and make the hard choices necessary to become competitive now and in the future, it was a process worth supporting. 我考虑了数十万生计仍与美国汽车工业紧密相连的美国人，以及对本已挣扎的经济的影响，尤其是在密歇根。所以我说，如果克莱斯勒和通用愿意从根本上重组其业务，并做出现在和未来保持竞争力所必需的艰难抉择，那么这是一个值得支持的过程。
Now today, after a painful period of soul-searching and sacrifice, both GM and Chrysler have emerged from bankruptcy. Remember, folks said there was no way they could do it? They've gotten it done already, in record time -- far faster than anybody thought possible. They've got a leaner structure, they've got new management, and a viable vision of how to compete and win in the 21st century. 今天，经过一段痛苦的反思和牺牲，通用和克莱斯勒都已走出破产保护。还记得人们说他们做不到吗？他们已经做到了，而且速度之快创下了纪录——远超任何人认为的可能。他们拥有了更精简的结构、新的管理团队，以及如何在21世纪竞争并取胜的可行愿景。
Those sacrifices were shared among all the stakeholders: workers and management; creditors and shareholders; retirees and communities. And together, they've made the rebirth of Chrysler and GM possible. 这些牺牲由所有利益相关者共同承担：工人和管理层；债权人和股东；退休人员和社区。他们共同努力，使克莱斯勒和通用的重生成为可能。
It was the right thing to do. 这是正确的事情。
But even with this positive news, the hard truth is, is that some of the jobs that have been lost in the auto industry and elsewhere won't be coming back. They're the casualties of a changing economy. In some cases, just increased productivity in the plants themselves means that some jobs aren't going to return. 但即便有了这些好消息，残酷的事实是，汽车工业和其他行业失去的一些工作不会回来了。它们是经济转型的牺牲品。在某些情况下，仅仅是工厂自身生产率的提高就意味着一些工作岗位不会恢复。
And that only underscores the importance of generating new businesses and new industries to replace the ones that we've lost, and of preparing our workers to fill the jobs they create. For even before this recession hit, we were faced with an economy that was simply not creating or sustaining enough new, well-paying jobs. 这更加凸显了创造新企业、新产业以取代我们所失去的产业的重要性，以及培养我们的工人去填补这些新岗位的重要性。因为即使在经济衰退来临之前，我们就已经面临一个根本无法创造或维持足够多新的、高薪工作岗位的经济。
So now is the time to change all that. What we face is far more than a passing crisis. This is a transformative moment. And in this moment we must do what other generations have done. It's not the time to shrink from the challenges we face or put off tough decisions. That's what Washington has done for decades, and it's exactly why I ran for President -- to change that mindset. Now is the time to build a firmer, stronger foundation for growth that will not only withstand future economic storms, but that will help us thrive and compete in a global economy. 所以现在正是改变这一切的时候。我们面临的远不止是一场短暂的危机。这是一个变革性的时刻。在这个时刻，我们必须像前几代人那样行动。现在不是回避挑战或推迟艰难抉择的时候。这是华盛顿几十年来一直在做的事，也正是我竞选总统的原因——改变那种思维方式。现在是为增长奠定更坚实、更强大基础的时候，这一基础不仅要能抵御未来的经济风暴，还要帮助我们繁荣发展并在全球经济中竞争。
To build that foundation, we have to slow the growth of health care costs that are driving us into debt. We're going to have to do that, and there's going to be a major debate over the next three weeks. And don't be fooled by folks trying to scare you, saying we can't change the health care system. We have no choice but to change the health care system, because right now it's broken for too many Americans. 为了建立这一基础，我们必须放缓正在使我们陷入债务的医疗保健成本的增长。我们必须这样做，未来三周将就此展开一场重大辩论。不要被那些试图吓唬你的人蒙蔽，他们说我们不能改变医疗保健体系。我们没有选择，必须改变医疗保健体系，因为现在它对太多美国人来说已经失效了。
We're going to have to make tough choices necessary to bring down deficits. But don't let folks fool you -- the best way to start bringing down deficits is to get control of our health care costs, which is why we need reform. 我们必须做出艰难的抉择以降低赤字。但不要被人蒙骗——开始降低赤字的最好方法是控制我们的医疗保健成本，这正是我们需要改革的原因。
Now is the time to create the jobs of the future by growing industries, including a new clean energy economy. And Jennifer Granholm has been all on top of this as the governor of Michigan. She is bringing clean energy jobs right here to Michigan, and we've got to support her in that effort. 现在是通过发展产业来创造未来工作的时候，包括建立新的清洁能源经济。珍妮弗·格兰霍姆作为密歇根州州长一直全力投入这项工作。她正在为密歇根带来清洁能源工作，我们必须支持她的努力。
I want Michigan to build windmills and wind turbines and solar panels and biofuel plants and energy-efficient light bulbs and weatherize all our -- because, Michigan, you know bad weather. So you can be all on top of weatherizing. You need to weatherize. I know about that in Chicago too. 我希望密歇根建造风车和风力涡轮机、太阳能电池板、生物燃料工厂和节能灯泡，并对我们所有的建筑进行防寒改造——因为密歇根，你们了解恶劣的天气。所以你们可以全力投入防寒改造。你们需要这样做。我在芝加哥也深有体会。
But we also have to ensure that we're educating and preparing our people for the new jobs of the 21st century. We've got to prepare our people with the skills they need to compete in this global economy. Time and again, when we placed our bet for the future on education, we have prospered as a result -- by tapping the incredible innovative and generative potential of a skilled American workforce. 但我们也必须确保为21世纪的新工作教育和培养我们的人民。我们必须让我们的人民具备在这个全球经济中竞争所需的技能。一次又一次，当我们把未来的赌注押在教育上时，我们都因此繁荣起来——通过开发熟练的美国劳动力所具有的惊人创新和创造潜力。
That's what happened when President Lincoln signed into law legislation creating the land grant colleges, which not only transformed higher education, but also our entire economy. That's what took place when President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill which helped educate a generation, and ushered in an era of unprecedented prosperity. That was the foundation for the American middle class. 林肯总统签署建立赠地大学的法案时是这样，这不仅改变了高等教育，也改变了我们整个经济。罗斯福总统签署《GI法案》时也是这样，该法案帮助教育了一代人，并开创了一个前所未有的繁荣时代。那正是美国中产阶级的基础。
And that's why, at the start of my administration I set a goal for America: By 2020, this nation will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. We used to have that. We're going to have it again. And we've begun to take historic steps to achieve this goal. Already we've increased Pell grants by $500. We've created a $2,500 tax credit for four years of college tuition. We've simplified student aid applications and ensured that aid is not based on the income of a job that you just lost. 正因如此，在我执政之初，我为美国设定了一个目标：到2020年，这个国家将再次拥有全球最高的大学毕业生比例。我们曾经拥有这一地位。我们将再次拥有。我们已经开始采取历史性措施来实现这一目标。我们已经将佩尔助学金提高了500美元。我们为四年大学学费创建了2500美元的税收抵免。我们简化了学生援助申请，并确保援助不基于你刚刚失去的工作的收入。
A new GI Bill of Rights for the 21st century is beginning to help soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan to begin a new life -- in a new economy. And the recovery plan has helped close state budget shortfalls -- which put enormous pressure on public universities and community colleges -- at the same time making historic investments in school libraries and classrooms and facilities all across America. 21世纪新的《GI权利法案》正在帮助从伊拉克和阿富汗归来的士兵开始新生活——在新的经济中。复苏计划帮助弥补了州预算短缺——这些短缺给公立大学和社区大学带来了巨大压力——同时在全国各地的学校图书馆、教室和设施方面进行了历史性投资。
So we've already taken some steps that are building the foundation for a 21st century education system here in America, one that will allow us to compete with China and India and everybody else all around the world. 因此，我们已经采取了一些措施，为美国21世纪的教育体系奠定基础，这一体系将使我们能够与中国、印度以及世界各地的其他所有人竞争。
But today I'm announcing the most significant down payment yet on reaching the goal of having the highest college graduation rate of any nation in the world. We're going to achieve this in the next 10 years. And it's called the American Graduation Initiative. It will reform and strengthen community colleges like this one from coast to coast so they get the resources that students and schools need -- and the results workers and businesses demand. Through this plan, we seek to help an additional 5 million Americans earn degrees and certificates in the next decade -- 5 million. 但今天我要宣布为实现拥有全球最高大学毕业率这一目标所做出的最重要的首付款。我们将在未来10年内实现这一目标。它被称为"美国毕业倡议"。它将改革和加强从东海岸到西海岸像这所一样的社区大学，使它们获得学生和学校所需的资源——以及工人和企业所要求的结果。通过这一计划，我们寻求帮助额外的500万美国人在未来十年获得学位和证书——500万。
Not since the passage of the original GI Bill and the work of President Truman's Commission on Higher Education -- which helped to double the number of community colleges and increase by seven-fold enrollment in those colleges -- have we taken such a historic step on behalf of community colleges in America. 自从最初的《GI法案》通过以及杜鲁门总统高等教育委员会的工作以来——该委员会帮助社区大学数量翻了一番，入学人数增加了七倍——我们还没有为美国的社区大学采取过如此历史性的举措。
And let me be clear: We pay for this plan -- this isn't adding to the deficit; we're paying for this plan -- by ending the wasteful subsidies we currently provide to banks and private lenders for student loans. That will save tens of billions of dollars over the next 10 years. Instead of lining the pockets of special interests, it's time this money went towards the interests of higher education in America. That's what my administration is committed to doing. 让我明确说明：我们为这项计划买单——这不会增加赤字；我们正在为这项计划买单——通过结束目前向银行和私人贷款机构提供的学生贷款浪费性补贴。这将在未来10年节省数百亿美元。与其让特殊利益集团中饱私囊，是时候让这笔钱用于美国高等教育的利益了。这就是我的政府致力于做的事情。
Now, I know that for a long time there have been politicians who have spoken of training as a silver bullet and college as a cure-all. It's not, and we know that. I can't tell you how many workers who've been laid off, you talk to them about training and they say, "Training for what?" So I understand the frustrations that a lot of people have, especially if the training is not well designed for the specific jobs that are being created out there. 现在，我知道长期以来一直有政客把培训说成是灵丹妙药，把大学说成是包治百病的良方。并非如此，这一点我们知道。我无法告诉你有多少失业工人，当你和他们谈论培训时，他们会说："培训为了什么？"所以我理解很多人的挫折感，尤其是当培训不是为正在创造的特定工作而精心设计的时候。
But we know that in the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience. We will not fill those jobs -- or even keep those jobs here in America -- without the training offered by community colleges. That's why I want to applaud Governor Granholm for the No Worker Left Behind program. It's providing up to two years' worth of free tuition at community colleges and universities across the state. The rest of the country should learn from the effort. 但我们知道，在未来几年，需要至少副学士学位的工作预计将以无需大学学历的工作两倍的速度增长。如果没有社区大学提供的培训，我们将无法填补这些工作岗位——甚至无法将这些工作留在美国。这就是为什么我要为格兰霍姆州长的"不让一个工人掉队"计划鼓掌。该计划在全州范围内的社区大学和大学提供最长两年的免费学费。全国其他地方都应该从这一努力中学习。
This is training to become a medical technician, or a health IT worker, or a lab specialist, or a nurse. In fact, 59 percent of all new nurses come from community colleges. This is training to install solar panels and build those wind turbines we were talking about and develop a smarter electricity grid. 这是培养医疗技师、健康信息技术人员、实验室专家或护士的培训。事实上，59%的新护士来自社区大学。这是安装太阳能电池板、建造我们刚才谈到的风力涡轮机以及开发更智能电网的培训。
And this is the kind of education that more and more Americans are using to improve their skills and broaden their horizons. Many young people are saving money by spending two years at community college before heading to a four-year college. And more workers who have lost their jobs -- or fear losing a job -- are seeking an edge at schools like this one. 这也是越来越多的美国人用来提升技能、开阔眼界的这种教育。许多年轻人通过在社区大学学习两年再去四年制大学来节省费用。越来越多失去工作或担心失去工作的工人正在像这所学校这样的地方寻求优势。
At the same time, community colleges are under increasing pressure to cap enrollments and scrap courses and cut costs as states and municipalities face budget shortfalls. And this is in addition to the challenges you face in the best of times, as these schools receive far less funding per student than typical four-year colleges and universities. 与此同时，随着各州和各市面临预算短缺，社区大学面临着限制招生、取消课程和削减成本的压力。这是在最好的时期也面临的挑战之外的额外负担，因为这些学校每个学生获得的资金远少于典型的四年制大学。
So community colleges are an undervalued asset in our country. Not only is that not right, it's not smart. That's why I've asked Dr. Jill Biden -- who happens to be a relation of the Vice President, Joe Biden, but who is also a community college educator for more than 16 years -- to promote community colleges and help us make community colleges stronger. And that's why we're putting in place this American Graduation Initiative. 所以社区大学在我国是一项被低估的资产。这不仅不对，也不明智。这就是为什么我请吉尔·拜登博士——她恰好是副总统乔·拜登的亲属，同时也是一位有16年以上教学经验的社区大学教育者——来推广社区大学并帮助我们加强社区大学。这就是为什么我们正在实施这项美国毕业倡议。
Let me describe for you the specifics of what we're going to do. Number one, we will offer competitive grants, challenging community colleges to pursue innovative, results-oriented strategies in exchange for federal funding. We'll fund programs that connect students looking for jobs with businesses that are looking to hire. We'll challenge these schools to find new and better ways to help students catch up on the basics, like math and science, that are essential to our competitiveness. 让我为大家描述一下我们具体要做什么。第一，我们将提供竞争性拨款，挑战社区大学追求创新、以结果为导向的策略，以换取联邦资金。我们将资助那些把寻找工作的学生与寻找人才的企业联系起来的项目。我们将挑战这些学校找到新的、更好的方法帮助学生补上数学和科学等基础知识，这些对我们竞争力至关重要。
We'll put colleges and employers together to create programs that match curricula in the classroom with the needs of the boardroom. 我们将让大学和雇主共同创建项目，使课堂课程与董事会需求相匹配。
These are all kinds of -- there are all kinds of examples of what's possible. We've seen Cisco, for example, working with community colleges to prepare students and workers for jobs ranging from work in broadband to health IT. We know that the most successful community colleges are those that partner with the private sector. So we want to encourage more companies to work with schools to build these type of relationships. That way, when somebody goes through a training program, they know that there's a job at the end of that training. 各种例子都有——可能性的例子各种各样。例如，我们看到思科公司与社区大学合作，为学生和工人提供从宽带到健康信息技术等各种工作的培训。我们知道最成功的社区大学是那些与私营部门合作的学校。所以我们想鼓励更多公司与学校合作，建立这种关系。这样，当某人完成培训项目时，他们知道培训结束后有一份工作等着他们。
We'll also create a new research center with a simple mission: to measure what works and what doesn't. All too often, we don't know what happens when somebody walks out of a classroom and onto the factory floor or into the library or -- the laboratory or the office. And that means businesses often can't be sure what a degree is really worth. And schools themselves don't have the facts to make informed choices about which programs receive -- achieve results and which programs don't. 我们还将创建一个新的研究中心，使命很简单：衡量什么有效、什么无效。很多时候，我们不知道当某人走出教室、走上工厂车间或进入图书馆——或实验室或办公室时会发生什么。这意味着企业往往无法确定一个学位到底值多少。学校本身也没有事实依据来做出明智的选择，了解哪些项目能取得成果，哪些不能。
And this is important, not just for businesses and colleges, but for students and workers, as well. If a parent is going to spend time in the classroom and away from his or her family -- especially after a long day at work -- that degree really has to mean something. They have to know that when they get that degree, this is going to help advance their goals. If a worker is going to spend two years training to enter into a whole new profession, that certificate has to mean that he or she is ready, and that businesses are ready to hire. 这很重要，不仅对企业和大学如此，对学生和工人也是如此。如果一位父母要花时间在教室里，离开家人——尤其是在漫长的一天工作之后——那个学位就必须有意义。他们必须知道，当他们获得那个学位时，这将有助于推进他们的目标。如果一个工人要花两年时间培训以进入一个全新的职业，那个证书必须意味着他或她已经准备好了，而且企业也准备好雇用他们。
In addition, we want to propose new funding for innovative strategies that promote not just enrollment in a community college program, but completion of that program. See, more than half -- more than half of all students who enter community college to earn an associate degree, or transfer to a four-year school to earn a bachelor's degree, unfortunately fail to reach their goal. 此外，我们希望为创新策略提供新资金，这些策略不仅促进社区大学项目的入学，还促进项目的完成。看，超过一半——超过一半进入社区大学攻读副学士学位，或转入四年制学校攻读学士学位的学生，不幸地未能实现他们的目标。
That's not just a waste of a valuable resource, that's a tragedy for these students. Oftentimes they've taken out debt and they don't get the degree, but they still have to pay back the debt. And it's a disaster for our economy. 那不仅是对宝贵资源的浪费，对这些学生来说也是一场悲剧。他们经常借了债务却拿不到学位，但仍必须偿还债务。这对我们的经济来说是一场灾难。
So we'll fund programs that track student progress inside and outside the classroom. Let's figure out what's keeping students from crossing that finish line, and then put in place reforms that will remove those barriers. Maybe it becomes too difficult for a parent to be away from home, or too expensive for a waiter or a nurse to miss a shift. Maybe a young student just isn't sure if her education will lead to employment. 因此，我们将资助那些在校内外跟踪学生进步的项目。让我们找出是什么阻碍了学生冲过终点线，然后实施改革以消除这些障碍。也许对一位父母来说离开家太困难了，或者对一位服务员或护士来说错过一个班次太昂贵了。也许一位年轻学生只是不确定她的教育是否会带来就业。
The point is, we need to figure out solutions for these kinds of challenges -- because facing these impediments shouldn't prevent you from reaching your potential. 关键是，我们需要为这些挑战找到解决方案——因为面对这些障碍不应阻止你发挥自己的潜力。
All right, so that's a big chunk of this first part of this initiative. The second part: We're going to back $10 billion in loans to renovate and rebuild college classrooms and buildings all across the country. All too often, community colleges are treated like the stepchild of the higher education system; they're an afterthought, if they're thought of at all. And that means schools are often years behind in the facilities they provide, which means, in a 21st century economy, they're years behind in the education they can offer. That's a mistake and it's one that we'll help to correct. 好的，这就是这项倡议第一部分的一大块内容。第二部分：我们将为全国范围内翻新和重建大学教室和建筑提供100亿美元的贷款支持。社区大学往往被当作高等教育体系中的继子对待；它们是被遗忘的，如果还能被想到的话。这意味着学校在提供的设施方面往往落后多年，这意味着在21世纪的经济中，它们在所能提供的教育方面也落后多年。这是一个错误，我们将帮助纠正它。
Through this fund, schools will have the chance to borrow at a more affordable rate to modernize facilities, and they'll be building on the funds in the recovery plan that are already helping to renovate schools, including community colleges all across the country. And by the way, not only does this improve the schools and the training that they're providing, guess what? You also have to hire some workers and some tradesmen and women to do the work on those schools. So it means it's putting people to work in Michigan right here right now. 通过这一基金，学校将有机会以更可负担的利率借款来现代化设施，它们将建立在复苏计划中已有的资金基础上，这些资金正在帮助翻新学校，包括全国各地的社区大学。顺便说一句，这不仅改善了学校及其提供的培训，你猜怎么着？你还需要雇用一些工人和一些手艺人来从事这些学校的工作。这意味着它正在此时此地为密歇根人创造就业。
Number three: Even as we repair bricks and mortar, we have an opportunity to build a new virtual infrastructure to complement the education and training community colleges can offer. So we're going to support the creation of a new online, open-source clearinghouse of courses so that community colleges across the country can offer more classes without building more classrooms. And this will make a big difference especially for rural campuses that a lot of times have struggled -- attract -- have to struggle to attract students and faculty. 第三：即使我们在修复砖瓦建筑，我们也有机会建立新的虚拟基础设施，以补充社区大学所能提供的教育和培训。因此，我们将支持创建一个新的在线、开源课程交换中心，使全国各地的社区大学能够在不建造更多教室的情况下提供更多课程。这对于那些经常难以吸引学生和教师的农村校区将产生重大影响。
And this will make it possible for a professor to complement his lecture with an online exercise, or for a student who can't be away from her family to still keep up with her coursework. We don't know where this kind of experiment will lead, but that's exactly why we ought to try it because I think there's a possibility that online education can provide especially for people who are already in the workforce and want to retrain the chance to upgrade their skills without having to quit their job. 这将使一位教授能够用在线练习来补充他的讲座，或者使一位无法离开家人的学生仍能跟上课程作业。我们不知道这种实验会导向何方，但这正是我们应该尝试的原因，因为我认为在线教育有可能为那些已在职场中并希望再培训的人提供在不放弃工作的情况下提升技能的机会。
So let me say this more: The road to recovery, the road to prosperity, is going to be hard. It was never going to be easy. When I was sworn in, we were seeing 700 [thousand] jobs lost that month. Then we had the same amount lost for two more consecutive months. Now we've got an average of about 400,000 jobs lost -- but we're still losing too many jobs. We will get to the point where we're not losing jobs, but then we've got to start getting to the point where we're actually creating jobs. 让我再说一点：复苏之路、繁荣之路将会艰难。这从来都不会容易。我就职时，我们看到当月失去了70万个工作岗位。然后连续两个月又失去了相同数量的工作。现在我们平均每月失去约40万个工作——但我们仍在失去太多工作。我们将达到不再失去工作的程度，但那时我们必须开始达到实际创造就业的程度。
And it's going to take time. There are going to be false starts and there are going to be setbacks. But I am confident that we can meet the challenges we face, because that's what we've always done. That's what America does. We hit some challenges, we fuss and argue about it, and then we go ahead and go about the business of solving our problems. 这需要时间。会有错误的开始，也会有挫折。但我有信心我们能面对所面临的挑战，因为那是一直以来我们所做的。那就是美国所做的。我们遇到一些挑战，争论不休，然后继续着手解决我们的问题。
That's what we see on display right here at Macomb Community College. That's what I've seen at colleges and universities all across this country. At every juncture in our history when we've been challenged, we have summoned the resilience and the industriousness -- that can-do American spirit -- that has allowed us to succeed in the face of even the toughest odds. 这正是我们在这里马科姆社区大学所看到的。这也是我在全国各地学院和大学所看到的。在我们历史上每一个受到挑战的关头，我们都召唤出了韧性和勤奋——那种美国人的"能行"精神——使我们能够面对最艰难的逆境仍取得成功。
That's what we can and must do now, not just to overcome this crisis, but to leave something better behind, to lay a foundation on which our children and our grandchildren can prosper and take responsibility for their future -- just as the students at this school, at this difficult moment, are taking responsibility for theirs. 这就是我们现在能够也必须做的，不仅是为了克服这场危机，更是为了留下更好的东西，为我们的子孙后代奠定繁荣的基础，让他们为自己的未来承担责任——正如这所学校的学生在这一困难时刻正在为他们的未来承担责任一样。
I am absolutely confident that if I've got your help, that we can make it happen, and we are going to see a stronger, more prosperous Michigan in the years to come. 我绝对有信心，如果有你们的帮助，我们就能实现这一目标，我们将在未来几年看到一个更强大、更繁荣的密歇根。
Thank you very much, Warren. God bless you. God bless the United States of America. 非常感谢，沃伦。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
