Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: 议长先生、副总统先生、国会议员们、我的美国同胞们：
Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America's graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. 今天在美国，一位教师为需要帮助的学生多花了些时间，尽了自己的一份力，使美国的毕业率升至三十多年来的最高水平。
An entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did her part to add to the more than eight million new jobs our businesses have created over the past four years. 一位创业者打开了科技初创公司的灯，尽了自己的一份力，使我们的企业在过去四年创造的新就业岗位超过八百万个。
An autoworker fine-tuned some of the best, most fuel-efficient cars in the world, and did his part to help America wean itself off foreign oil. 一位汽车工人精心调校了世界上最优质、最省油的汽车之一，尽了自己的一份力，帮助美国摆脱对外国石油的依赖。
A farmer prepared for the spring after the strongest five-year stretch of farm exports in our history. A rural doctor gave a young child the first prescription to treat asthma that his mother could afford. A man took the bus home from the graveyard shift, bone-tired but dreaming big dreams for his son. And in tight-knit communities across America, fathers and mothers will tuck in their kids, put an arm around their spouse, remember fallen comrades, and give thanks for being home from a war that, after twelve long years, is finally coming to an end. 一位农民在我国农产品出口创下连续五年最强劲表现之后，为春耕做准备。一位乡村医生为一个小孩子开出了他母亲第一次负担得起的哮喘药。一个男人下了夜班，拖着疲惫的身躯乘公交回家，却仍为儿子怀着远大的梦想。在全美各地亲密团结的社区里，父母们会哄孩子入睡，搂住伴侣，缅怀牺牲的战友，并为历经漫长的十二年之后，一场战争终于即将结束、亲人得以回家而心怀感激。
Tonight, this chamber speaks with one voice to the people we represent: it is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong. 今晚，这个议事厅要用同一个声音对我们所代表的人民说：让我们的国情强盛的，是你们，是我们的公民。
Here are the results of your efforts: The lowest unemployment rate in over five years. A rebounding housing market. A manufacturing sector that's adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. More oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world -- the first time that's happened in nearly twenty years. Our deficits -- cut by more than half. And for the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world's number one place to invest; America is. 你们的努力取得了这些成果：失业率降至五年多来的最低点；住房市场正在复苏；制造业自上世纪九十年代以来首次增加就业岗位；国内石油产量超过从世界其他地方购入的数量，这近二十年来还是第一次；财政赤字缩减了一半以上。十多年来，世界各地的商界领袖也首次认定，全球最值得投资的地方不再是中国，而是美国。
That's why I believe this can be a breakthrough year for America. After five years of grit and determined effort, the United States is better-positioned for the 21 st century than any other nation on Earth. 因此，我相信今年能够成为美国取得突破的一年。经过五年的艰苦奋斗和坚定努力，美国比地球上任何其他国家都更有条件迎接二十一世纪。
The question for everyone in this chamber, running through every decision we make this year, is whether we are going to help or hinder this progress. For several years now, this town has been consumed by a rancorous argument over the proper size of the federal government. It's an important debate -- one that dates back to our very founding. But when that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy -- when our differences shut down government or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States -- then we are not doing right by the American people. 在座每个人今年作出每项决定时，都要面对一个问题：我们究竟要推动还是阻碍这种进步？多年来，华盛顿一直被一场关于联邦政府适当规模的激烈争论所占据。这是一场重要的辩论，从建国之初就已经存在。但如果争论使我们连民主制度最基本的职能都无法履行，如果分歧导致政府关门，或威胁美国的充分信用与信誉，我们就辜负了美国人民。
As President, I'm committed to making Washington work better, and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here. I believe most of you are, too. Last month, thanks to the work of Democrats and Republicans, this Congress finally produced a budget that undoes some of last year's severe cuts to priorities like education. Nobody got everything they wanted, and we can still do more to invest in this country's future while bringing down our deficit in a balanced way. But the budget compromise should leave us freer to focus on creating new jobs, not creating new crises. 作为总统，我致力于让华盛顿更好地运作，重建派我们来这里的人民的信任。我相信你们大多数人也是如此。上个月，凭借两党议员的努力，国会终于通过了一份预算，撤销了去年对教育等优先领域的一部分严重削减。没有人得到了想要的一切，我们仍可以在以平衡方式削减赤字的同时，增加对国家未来的投资。但这项预算妥协应使我们更能专心创造新的就业机会，而非制造新的危机。
In the coming months, let's see where else we can make progress together. Let's make this a year of action. That's what most Americans want -- for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations. And what I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all -- the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead. 未来几个月，让我们看看还能在哪些方面共同取得进展。让今年成为行动之年。这正是大多数美国人希望的：在座的我们都关注他们的生活、希望和抱负。我相信，不论种族、地区、党派，也不论年轻还是年长、富裕还是贫困，团结这个国家人民的是一个简单而深刻的信念：人人都应有机会；只要努力工作、承担责任，就能出人头地。
Let's face it: that belief has suffered some serious blows. Over more than three decades, even before the Great Recession hit, massive shifts in technology and global competition had eliminated a lot of good, middle-class jobs, and weakened the economic foundations that families depend on. 坦率地说，这一信念遭受了严重打击。三十多年来，甚至在大衰退到来之前，技术的剧变和全球竞争就已经淘汰了许多优质的中产阶级工作岗位，削弱了家庭赖以生存的经济基础。
Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by -- let alone get ahead. And too many still aren't working at all. 今天，经济持续增长四年之后，企业利润和股价几乎从未如此之高，收入顶层的人也从未过得如此之好。但普通工资几乎没有增长，不平等加剧，向上流动停滞。冷酷的事实是，即使在经济复苏之中，仍有太多美国人比以往更拼命工作，却只能勉强维持生活，更不用说取得进步；还有太多人根本没有工作。
Our job is to reverse these trends. It won't happen right away, and we won't agree on everything. But what I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require Congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still -- and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do. 我们的任务就是扭转这些趋势。这不会一蹴而就，我们也不会在所有事情上达成一致。但我今晚提出的是一系列具体、务实的建议，旨在加快增长、壮大中产阶级，并搭建通向中产阶级的新阶梯。有些措施需要国会行动，我愿意同诸位合作。但美国不会停滞不前，我也不会。因此，无论何时何地，只要我能够在无需立法的情况下采取措施，为更多美国家庭扩大机会，我都会这样做。
As usual, our First Lady sets a good example. Michelle's Let's Move partnership with schools, businesses, and local leaders has helped bring down childhood obesity rates for the first time in thirty years -- an achievement that will improve lives and reduce health care costs for decades to come. The Joining Forces alliance that Michelle and Jill Biden launched has already encouraged employers to hire or train nearly 400,000 veterans and military spouses. 一如既往，我们的第一夫人树立了好榜样。米歇尔与学校、企业和地方领袖合作开展的“让我们动起来”计划，帮助儿童肥胖率三十年来首次下降；这一成就将在未来几十年改善生活、降低医疗费用。米歇尔和吉尔·拜登发起的“携手并进”联盟，已经促使雇主雇用或培训近四十万名退伍军人及军人配偶。
Taking a page from that playbook, the White House just organized a College Opportunity Summit where already, 150 universities, businesses, and nonprofits have made concrete commitments to reduce inequality in access to higher education -- and help every hardworking kid go to college and succeed when they get to campus. Across the country, we're partnering with mayors, governors, and state legislatures on issues from homelessness to marriage equality. 借鉴这种做法，白宫刚刚举办了一场大学机会峰会，已有一百五十所大学、企业和非营利组织作出具体承诺，要减少接受高等教育的机会不平等，并帮助每个勤奋的孩子上大学、在大学取得成功。全国各地，我们还在就无家可归和婚姻平等等议题，与市长、州长和州议会合作。
The point is, there are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments, and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. That's what drew our forebears here. It's how the daughter of a factory worker is CEO of America's largest automaker; how the son of a barkeeper is Speaker of the House; how the son of a single mom can be President of the greatest nation on Earth. 关键在于，华盛顿以外有数百万美国人已经厌倦陈旧的政治争论，正在推动国家前进。他们相信，我也相信，在美国，一个人能否成功，不应取决于出身的偶然，而应取决于勤奋程度和梦想的远大。这是吸引我们祖先来到这里的原因。也正因如此，工厂工人的女儿能够成为美国最大汽车制造商的首席执行官，酒吧老板的儿子能够成为众议院议长，单身母亲的儿子能够成为这个伟大国家的总统。
Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise. 机会是美国的本色。恢复这一承诺，是我们这一代人的核心事业。
We know where to start: the best measure of opportunity is access to a good job. With the economy picking up speed, companies say they intend to hire more people this year. And over half of big manufacturers say they're thinking of insourcing jobs from abroad. 我们知道应从哪里做起：衡量机会的最佳标准，是能否获得一份好工作。随着经济增长提速，企业表示今年打算招聘更多员工。超过半数的大型制造商也表示，正在考虑把工作岗位从国外迁回国内。
So let's make that decision easier for more companies. Both Democrats and Republicans have argued that our tax code is riddled with wasteful, complicated loopholes that punish businesses investing here, and reward companies that keep profits abroad. Let's flip that equation. Let's work together to close those loopholes, end those incentives to ship jobs overseas, and lower tax rates for businesses that create jobs here at home. 因此，让更多企业更容易作出这样的决定。民主党人和共和党人都说过，我们的税法充斥着浪费资源、错综复杂的漏洞，惩罚在国内投资的企业，却奖励把利润留在海外的公司。让我们扭转这一局面。让我们携手堵上这些漏洞，取消把工作岗位转移到海外的激励，降低在国内创造就业岗位的企业税率。
Moreover, we can take the money we save with this transition to tax reform to create jobs rebuilding our roads, upgrading our ports, unclogging our commutes -- because in today's global economy, first-class jobs gravitate to first-class infrastructure. We'll need Congress to protect more than three million jobs by finishing transportation and waterways bills this summer. But I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy and streamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast as possible. 此外，我们可以利用转向税制改革所节省的资金，重修道路、升级港口、缓解通勤拥堵，从而创造就业机会。因为在当今的全球经济中，一流的工作岗位会流向一流的基础设施。国会需要在今年夏天完成交通运输和水道法案，保障三百多万个就业岗位。但我也会自行采取行动，削减官僚程序，简化重点项目的许可流程，让更多建筑工人尽快上岗。
We also have the chance, right now, to beat other countries in the race for the next wave of high-tech manufacturing jobs. My administration has launched two hubs for high-tech manufacturing in Raleigh and Youngstown, where we've connected businesses to research universities that can help America lead the world in advanced technologies. Tonight, I'm announcing we'll launch six more this year. Bipartisan bills in both houses could double the number of these hubs and the jobs they create. So get those bills to my desk and put more Americans back to work. 现在，我们还有机会在下一轮高科技制造业就业竞争中超越其他国家。我的政府已在罗利和扬斯敦设立两个高科技制造业中心，将企业与研究型大学联结起来，帮助美国引领世界先进技术。今晚，我宣布今年还将设立六个。国会两院都有跨党派法案，能够让这些中心及其创造的就业岗位数量翻倍。因此，请把法案送到我的办公桌上，让更多美国人重返工作岗位。
Let's do more to help the entrepreneurs and small business owners who create most new jobs in America. Over the past five years, my administration has made more loans to small business owners than any other. And when ninety-eight percent of our exporters are small businesses, new trade partnerships with Europe and the Asia-Pacific will help them create more jobs. 让我们更多地帮助创造美国大部分新增就业岗位的创业者和小企业主。过去五年，我的政府向小企业主发放的贷款超过以往任何一届政府。我国百分之九十八的出口商是小企业，与欧洲和亚太地区建立新的贸易伙伴关系，将帮助它们创造更多就业机会。
We need to work together on tools like bipartisan trade promotion authority to protect our workers, protect our environment, and open new markets to new goods stamped "Made in the USA." China and Europe aren't standing on the sidelines. Neither should we. 我们需要在跨党派贸易促进授权等工具上合作，保护工人、保护环境，并为印有“美国制造”的新商品打开新市场。中国和欧洲不会袖手旁观，我们也不应如此。
We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender. Federally-funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind Google and smartphones. That's why Congress should undo the damage done by last year's cuts to basic research so we can unleash the next great American discovery -- whether it's vaccines that stay ahead of drug-resistant bacteria, or paper-thin material that's stronger than steel. 我们知道，今天全力投入创新的国家，明天就将主导全球经济。这是美国不能放弃的优势。联邦资助的研究曾催生谷歌和智能手机背后的理念与发明。因此，国会应弥补去年削减基础研究经费造成的损害，让下一项伟大的美国发现得以诞生，无论是能应对耐药细菌的疫苗，还是比钢还坚固的薄如纸张的材料。
And let's pass a patent reform bill that allows our businesses to stay focused on innovation, not costly, needless litigation. 让我们还通过一项专利改革法案，使企业能够专注于创新，而不必卷入昂贵且不必要的诉讼。
Now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back is our commitment to American energy. The all-of-the-above energy strategy I announced a few years ago is working, and today, America is closer to energy independence than we've been in decades. 现在，让更多工作岗位回流的最大因素之一，是我们对美国能源的投入。几年前我宣布的全方位能源战略正在奏效。如今，美国比几十年来任何时候都更接近能源独立。
One of the reasons why is natural gas -- if extracted safely, it's the bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change. Businesses plan to invest almost $100 billion in new factories that use natural gas. I'll cut red tape to help states get those factories built, and this Congress can help by putting people to work building fueling stations that shift more cars and trucks from foreign oil to American natural gas. 其中一个原因是天然气。如果安全开采，它就是一种过渡燃料，能够以较少的、导致气候变化的碳污染为经济提供动力。企业计划投资近一千亿美元，兴建使用天然气的新工厂。我会减少繁文缛节，帮助各州建成这些工厂。国会也可以让人们参与建设加气站，使更多汽车和卡车从外国石油转向美国天然气。
My administration will keep working with the industry to sustain production and job growth while strengthening protection of our air, our water, and our communities. And while we're at it, I'll use my authority to protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations. 我的政府将继续与行业合作，在维持产量和就业增长的同时，加强对空气、水源和社区的保护。同时，我会运用职权，为子孙后代保护更多原始的联邦土地。
It's not just oil and natural gas production that's booming; we're becoming a global leader in solar, too. Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar; every panel pounded into place by a worker whose job can't be outsourced. Let's continue that progress with a smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don't need it, so that we can invest more in fuels of the future that do. 蓬勃发展的并非只有石油和天然气生产；我们也正在成为太阳能领域的全球领先者。每四分钟，就有另一户美国家庭或一家企业开始使用太阳能；每一块安装到位的太阳能板，都出自一位工作无法外包的工人之手。让我们采取更明智的税收政策，停止每年向不需要补贴的化石燃料行业提供四十亿美元，从而把更多资金投入确实需要支持的未来燃料，延续这种进步。
And even as we've increased energy production, we've partnered with businesses, builders, and local communities to reduce the energy we consume. When we rescued our automakers, for example, we worked with them to set higher fuel efficiency standards for our cars. In the coming months, I'll build on that success by setting new standards for our trucks, so we can keep driving down oil imports and what we pay at the pump. 即使在提高能源产量的同时，我们也与企业、建筑商和地方社区合作，减少能源消耗。例如，在我们挽救汽车制造商时，我们与他们共同制定了更高的汽车燃油效率标准。未来几个月，我将在这一成果上继续努力，为卡车制定新标准，使我们继续减少石油进口以及消费者在加油站的支出。
Taken together, our energy policy is creating jobs and leading to a cleaner, safer planet. Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth. But we have to act with more urgency -- because a changing climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought, and coastal cities dealing with floods. That's why I directed my administration to work with states, utilities, and others to set new standards on the amount of carbon pollution our power plants are allowed to dump into the air. 总体而言，我们的能源政策正在创造就业机会，引领建设一个更清洁、更安全的地球。过去八年，美国削减的碳污染总量超过地球上任何其他国家。但我们必须更紧迫地行动，因为气候变化已经伤害了受干旱困扰的西部社区和遭受洪水的沿海城市。因此，我已指示政府与各州、公用事业公司及其他方面合作，为发电厂可向空气中排放的碳污染量制定新标准。
The shift to a cleaner energy economy won't happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact. And when our children's children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world, with new sources of energy, I want us to be able to say yes, we did. 向清洁能源经济转型不会一夜完成，途中也需要作出艰难抉择。但争论已经有了结论：气候变化是事实。当我们的子孙直视着我们，问我们是否已竭尽所能，为他们留下一个更安全、更稳定、拥有新能源的世界时，我希望我们能够回答：是的，我们做到了。
Finally, if we are serious about economic growth, it is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement -- and fix our broken immigration system. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have acted. I know that members of both parties in the House want to do the same. Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades. 最后，如果我们认真对待经济增长，就该听取商界、劳工、宗教界和执法部门领袖的呼吁，修复失灵的移民制度。参议院的共和党人和民主党人已经采取行动。我知道众议院两党议员也希望这样做。独立经济学家认为，移民改革将在未来二十年促进经济增长，并将赤字减少近一万亿美元。
And for good reason: when people come here to fulfill their dreams -- to study, invent, and contribute to our culture -- they make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and create jobs for everyone. So let's get immigration reform done this year. 这有充分理由：人们来到这里追寻梦想，求学、发明、丰富我们的文化，也使我国成为更具吸引力的企业落户之地，为所有人创造就业机会。因此，让我们在今年完成移民改革。
The ideas I've outlined so far can speed up growth and create more jobs. But in this rapidly-changing economy, we have to make sure that every American has the skills to fill those jobs. 我迄今提出的主张可以加快增长，创造更多就业岗位。但在这个快速变化的经济中，我们必须确保每个美国人都具备胜任这些工作的技能。
The good news is, we know how to do it. Two years ago, as the auto industry came roaring back, Andra Rush opened up a manufacturing firm in Detroit. She knew that Ford needed parts for the best-selling truck in America, and she knew how to make them. She just needed the workforce. So she dialed up what we call an American Job Center -- places where folks can walk in to get the help or training they need to find a new job, or better job. She was flooded with new workers. And today, Detroit Manufacturing Systems has more than 700 employees. 好消息是，我们知道该怎么做。两年前，汽车业强劲复苏之际，安德拉·拉什在底特律开办了一家制造企业。她知道福特需要零部件来生产全美最畅销的卡车，也知道如何制造这些零部件；她只缺工人。于是她打电话给我们所说的“美国就业中心”，在那里，人们可以走进去获得寻找新工作或更好工作所需的帮助和培训。许多新工人随即前来应聘。如今，底特律制造系统公司已有七百多名员工。
What Andra and her employees experienced is how it should be for every employer -- and every job seeker. So tonight, I've asked Vice President Biden to lead an across-the-board reform of America's training programs to make sure they have one mission: train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now. That means more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships that set a young worker on an upward trajectory for life. It means connecting companies to community colleges that can help design training to fill their specific needs. 安德拉和员工的经历，应当成为每位雇主和每位求职者都能享有的常态。因此，今晚我已请拜登副总统领导全面改革美国的培训项目，确保它们肩负同一使命：培训美国人掌握雇主需要的技能，并把他们与眼下亟待填补的好岗位匹配起来。这意味着更多在职培训，更多能让年轻工人走上终生向上发展道路的学徒机会；也意味着把企业与社区学院联结起来，共同设计满足企业具体需求的培训。
And if Congress wants to help, you can concentrate funding on proven programs that connect more ready-to-work Americans with ready-to-be-filled jobs. 如果国会愿意提供帮助，就请将资金集中用于那些已被证明能够把更多做好上岗准备的美国人，与亟待填补的职位联结起来的项目。
I'm also convinced we can help Americans return to the workforce faster by reforming unemployment insurance so that it's more effective in today's economy. But first, this Congress needs to restore the unemployment insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people. 我还相信，改革失业保险、使其更适应当今经济，就能帮助美国人更快重返职场。但首先，国会必须恢复你们刚刚让其到期、涉及一百六十万人的失业保险。
Let me tell you why. 让我告诉你们为什么。
Misty DeMars is a mother of two young boys. She'd been steadily employed since she was a teenager. She put herself through college. She'd never collected unemployment benefits. In May, she and her husband used their life savings to buy their first home. A week later, budget cuts claimed the job she loved. Last month, when their unemployment insurance was cut off, she sat down and wrote me a letter -- the kind I get every day. "We are the face of the unemployment crisis," she wrote. 米斯蒂·德马斯有两个年幼的儿子。她从十几岁起就一直稳定工作，靠自己完成了大学学业，从未领取过失业救济。去年五月，她和丈夫用毕生积蓄买下第一套房。一周后，预算削减夺走了她热爱的工作。上个月，他们的失业保险被终止，她坐下来给我写了一封信，就像我每天收到的信一样。“我们就是失业危机中那些人的面孔，”她写道。
"I am not dependent on the government…Our country depends on people like us who build careers, contribute to society…care about our neighbors…I am confident that in time I will find a job…I will pay my taxes, and we will raise our children in their own home in the community we love. Please give us this chance." “我并不依赖政府……我们的国家依靠像我们这样的人：建立事业，为社会作贡献……关心邻居……我相信自己迟早会找到工作……我会缴税，我们会让孩子在我们热爱的社区、在他们自己的家中长大。请给我们这个机会。”
Congress, give these hardworking, responsible Americans that chance. They need our help, but more important, this country needs them in the game. That's why I've been asking CEOs to give more long-term unemployed workers a fair shot at that new job and new chance to support their families; this week, many will come to the White House to make that commitment real. Tonight, I ask every business leader in America to join us and to do the same -- because we are stronger when America fields a full team. 国会，请给这些勤奋负责的美国人这个机会。他们需要我们的帮助，但更重要的是，国家需要他们继续参与其中。因此，我一直呼吁首席执行官们，给更多长期失业者公平的机会，让他们得到新工作、重新养家糊口；本周，许多人将来到白宫，兑现这一承诺。今晚，我请全美每一位商界领袖加入并采取同样行动，因为当美国的队伍人人都上场时，我们才会更强大。
Of course, it's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce, by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education. 当然，培训今天的劳动力还不够。我们还必须为明天的劳动力作准备，确保每个孩子都能接受世界一流的教育。
Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support of great teachers and an innovative tutoring program, he led a march of his classmates -- through a crowd of cheering parents and neighbors -- from their high school to the post office, where they mailed off their college applications. And this son of a factory worker just found out he's going to college this fall. 埃斯蒂文·罗德里格斯九岁搬到纽约市时，一句英语都不会说。但上个月，在优秀教师和创新辅导项目的支持下，他带着同学们从高中出发，穿过欢呼的家长和邻居，走到邮局寄出了大学申请。这位工厂工人的儿子刚得知，今年秋天自己将进入大学。
Five years ago, we set out to change the odds for all our kids. We worked with lenders to reform student loans, and today, more young people are earning college degrees than ever before. Race to the Top, with the help of governors from both parties, has helped states raise expectations and performance. Teachers and principals in schools from Tennessee to Washington, D.C. are making big strides in preparing students with skills for the new economy -- problem solving, critical thinking, science, technology, engineering, and math. Some of this change is hard. 五年前，我们着手改变所有孩子的未来机会。我们与贷款机构合作改革学生贷款，如今取得大学学位的年轻人比以往任何时候都多。“力争上游”计划在两党州长帮助下，推动各州提高要求和成绩。从田纳西州到华盛顿特区，学校里的教师和校长在培养学生适应新经济所需的技能方面取得重大进展：解决问题、批判性思考，以及科学、技术、工程和数学能力。其中有些改变并不容易。
It requires everything from more challenging curriculums and more demanding parents to better support for teachers and new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test. But it's worth it -- and it's working. 这要求我们做许多事：制定更有挑战性的课程，让家长提出更高要求，更好地支持教师，并以新的方式衡量孩子的思考能力，而不是看他们是否会在试卷上涂满选项框。但这一切值得去做，也正在见效。
The problem is we're still not reaching enough kids, and we're not reaching them in time. That has to change. 问题是，我们仍未帮助到足够多的孩子，也未能及时帮助他们。这必须改变。
Research shows that one of the best investments we can make in a child's life is high-quality early education. Last year, I asked this Congress to help states make high-quality pre-K available to every four year-old. As a parent as well as a President, I repeat that request tonight. But in the meantime, thirty states have raised pre-k funding on their own. They know we can't wait. So just as we worked with states to reform our schools, this year, we'll invest in new partnerships with states and communities across the country in a race to the top for our youngest children. 研究表明，我们能为孩子的人生作出的最佳投资之一，就是优质的早期教育。去年，我请求国会帮助各州，让每个四岁的孩子都能接受优质的学前教育。作为家长，也作为总统，我今晚再次提出这一请求。但与此同时，三十个州已自行增加了学前教育经费。他们知道我们不能等待。所以，正如我们与各州合作改革学校一样，今年我们将投资建立与全国各州和社区的新伙伴关系，让最年幼的孩子也能参与“力争上游”。
And as Congress decides what it's going to do, I'm going to pull together a coalition of elected officials, business leaders, and philanthropists willing to help more kids access the high-quality pre-K they need. 在国会决定采取什么行动的同时，我将联合愿意提供帮助的民选官员、商界领袖和慈善人士，让更多孩子获得他们需要的优质学前教育。
Last year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed broadband over the next four years. Tonight, I can announce that with the support of the FCC and companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sprint, and Verizon, we've got a down payment to start connecting more than 15,000 schools and twenty million students over the next two years, without adding a dime to the deficit. 去年，我还承诺在未来四年让百分之九十九的学生接入高速宽带。今晚，我可以宣布，在联邦通信委员会以及苹果、微软、斯普林特和威瑞森等公司的支持下，我们已经获得首笔投入，可以在未来两年开始让一万五千多所学校和两千万名学生联网，而且不增加一分钱赤字。
We're working to redesign high schools and partner them with colleges and employers that offer the real-world education and hands-on training that can lead directly to a job and career. We're shaking up our system of higher education to give parents more information, and colleges more incentives to offer better value, so that no middle-class kid is priced out of a college education. 我们正在重新设计高中教育，让高中与大学及雇主合作，提供真实世界的教育和实践培训，帮助学生直接找到工作、开启职业生涯。我们正在改革高等教育制度，让家长获得更多信息，激励大学以更合理的费用提供更好的教育，使中产阶级家庭的孩子不再因学费过高而被挡在大学门外。
We're offering millions the opportunity to cap their monthly student loan payments to ten percent of their income, and I want to work with Congress to see how we can help even more Americans who feel trapped by student loan debt. And I'm reaching out to some of America's leading foundations and corporations on a new initiative to help more young men of color facing tough odds stay on track and reach their full potential. 我们正为数百万人提供机会，把每月学生贷款还款额限制在收入的百分之十以内。我希望与国会合作，看看如何帮助更多受学生贷款债务困扰的美国人。我也正联系美国一些领先的基金会和企业，开展一项新计划，帮助更多面临艰难处境的有色人种青年男子不偏离人生道路，充分发挥潜能。
The bottom line is, Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance this country gave us. But we know our opportunity agenda won't be complete -- and too many young people entering the workforce today will see the American Dream as an empty promise -- unless we do more to make sure our economy honors the dignity of work, and hard work pays off for every single American. 归根结底，米歇尔和我希望每个孩子都能拥有这个国家给予我们的机会。但我们知道，除非我们进一步确保经济尊重劳动的尊严，让每一个美国人的辛勤工作得到回报，否则我们的机会议程就不算完整，今天进入职场的太多年轻人也会把美国梦看作一句空话。
Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment. A woman deserves equal pay for equal work. She deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship -- and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a "Mad Men" episode. 如今，女性约占我国劳动力的一半，但男子每赚一美元，女性仍只赚七十七美分。这是错误的，在二〇一四年更是一件羞耻的事。同工应当同酬。女性应当能够生育而不必牺牲工作。母亲应当能够请一天假照顾生病的孩子或父母，而不至于陷入困境；你们知道吗，父亲也应如此。现在该摒弃那些只配出现在《广告狂人》剧情里的职场政策了。
This year, let's all come together -- Congress, the White House, and businesses from Wall Street to Main Street -- to give every woman the opportunity she deserves. Because I firmly believe when women succeed, America succeeds. 今年，让我们所有人——国会、白宫以及从华尔街到各地商业街的企业——团结起来，给予每位女性应得的机会。因为我坚信，女性成功，美国就会成功。
Now, women hold a majority of lower-wage jobs -- but they're not the only ones stifled by stagnant wages. Americans understand that some people will earn more than others, and we don't resent those who, by virtue of their efforts, achieve incredible success. But Americans overwhelmingly agree that no one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty. 如今，女性占据了大多数低薪岗位，但受到工资停滞压制的并不只有她们。美国人明白，有些人的收入会高于其他人；对那些凭自身努力取得非凡成就的人，我们并不心怀怨恨。但绝大多数美国人都认为，全职工作的人绝不应还得在贫困中养家。
In the year since I asked this Congress to raise the minimum wage, five states have passed laws to raise theirs. Many businesses have done it on their own. Nick Chute is here tonight with his boss, John Soranno. John's an owner of Punch Pizza in Minneapolis, and Nick helps make the dough. Only now he makes more of it: John just gave his employees a raise, to ten bucks an hour -- a decision that eased their financial stress and boosted their morale. 自从一年前我请求国会提高最低工资以来，五个州已经通过法律提高了本州标准。许多企业也自行加薪。尼克·丘特今晚同他的老板约翰·索拉诺来到这里。约翰是明尼阿波利斯一家“潘趣披萨”店的老板，尼克帮忙制作面团。而现在，他拿到的“面团”也更多了：约翰刚把员工时薪提高到十美元。这一决定减轻了他们的经济压力，也提振了士气。
Tonight, I ask more of America's business leaders to follow John's lead and do what you can to raise your employees' wages. To every mayor, governor, and state legislator in America, I say, you don't have to wait for Congress to act; Americans will support you if you take this on. And as a chief executive, I intend to lead by example. Profitable corporations like Costco see higher wages as the smart way to boost productivity and reduce turnover. We should too. 今晚，我请更多美国企业领袖效仿约翰，尽己所能提高员工工资。我要对全美每位市长、州长和州议员说：你们不必等待国会行动；只要你们着手解决，美国人民就会支持你们。作为行政首长，我打算以身作则。像好市多这样盈利的企业，认为提高工资是提升生产率、减少员工流失的明智之举。我们也应如此。
In the coming weeks, I will issue an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally-funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour -- because if you cook our troops' meals or wash their dishes, you shouldn't have to live in poverty. 未来几周，我将发布行政命令，要求联邦承包商向由联邦资金支付薪酬的雇员提供至少每小时十美元十美分的合理工资。因为如果你为我们的军人做饭、洗碗，就不应该生活在贫困之中。
Of course, to reach millions more, Congress needs to get on board. Today, the federal minimum wage is worth about twenty percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan first stood here. Tom Harkin and George Miller have a bill to fix that by lifting the minimum wage to $10.10. This will help families. It will give businesses customers with more money to spend. It doesn't involve any new bureaucratic program. So join the rest of the country. Say yes. Give America a raise. 当然，要惠及更多数百万人，国会也必须参与。如今，联邦最低工资的实际价值，比罗纳德·里根首次站在这里时低了约百分之二十。汤姆·哈金和乔治·米勒提出了一项法案，把最低工资提高到十美元十美分，以纠正这一问题。这会帮助家庭，也会让企业拥有更有消费能力的顾客，而且无需设立任何新的官僚项目。所以，请和全国人民站在一起。请说“赞成”。给美国人加薪。
There are other steps we can take to help families make ends meet, and few are more effective at reducing inequality and helping families pull themselves up through hard work than the Earned Income Tax Credit. Right now, it helps about half of all parents at some point. But I agree with Republicans like Senator Rubio that it doesn't do enough for single workers who don't have kids. So let's work together to strengthen the credit, reward work, and help more Americans get ahead. 我们还可以采取其他措施，帮助家庭收支相抵。在减少不平等、帮助家庭通过勤劳改善处境方面，很少有措施比劳动所得税抵免更有效。目前，大约半数父母都曾在某个阶段从中受益。但我同意鲁比奥参议员等共和党人的看法：这项政策对没有孩子的单身劳动者帮助不足。因此，让我们合作加强税收抵免，奖励劳动，帮助更多美国人取得进步。
Let's do more to help Americans save for retirement. Today, most workers don't have a pension. A Social Security check often isn't enough on its own. And while the stock market has doubled over the last five years, that doesn't help folks who don't have 401ks. That's why, tomorrow, I will direct the Treasury to create a new way for working Americans to start their own retirement savings: MyRA. It's a new savings bond that encourages folks to build a nest egg. MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in. 让我们做更多工作，帮助美国人为退休储蓄。如今，大多数劳动者没有养老金，单靠社会保障支票往往不够。虽然股市在过去五年上涨了一倍，但那些没有“401(k)”退休账户的人并未因此受益。因此，明天我会指示财政部为工作的美国人建立一种新的退休储蓄方式：“我的退休账户”。这是一种新的储蓄债券，鼓励人们积累养老资金；它保证有合理收益，而且不会损失投入的本金。
And if this Congress wants to help, work with me to fix an upside-down tax code that gives big tax breaks to help the wealthy save, but does little to nothing for middle-class Americans. Offer every American access to an automatic IRA on the job, so they can save at work just like everyone in this chamber can. And since the most important investment many families make is their home, send me legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the bill for a housing crisis ever again, and keeps the dream of homeownership alive for future generations of Americans. 如果国会愿意帮忙，就请同我一道修正本末倒置的税法：它给予富人大幅税收优惠，帮助他们储蓄，却几乎不给中产阶级美国人任何帮助。让每个美国人都能在工作单位使用自动个人退休账户，这样他们就能像在座各位一样，在工作中储蓄。许多家庭最重要的一笔投资是住房，因此也请把法案送到我这里，确保纳税人不必再次为住房危机买单，并让后代美国人的住房梦延续下去。
One last point on financial security. For decades, few things exposed hard-working families to economic hardship more than a broken health care system. And in case you haven't heard, we're in the process of fixing that. 关于经济保障，我还有最后一点要说。几十年来，失灵的医疗制度比几乎任何事情都更容易让勤劳的家庭陷入经济困境。如果你们还没听说，我们正在修复它。
A pre-existing condition used to mean that someone like Amanda Shelley, a physician assistant and single mom from Arizona, couldn't get health insurance. But on January 1 st , she got covered. On January 3 rd , she felt a sharp pain. On January 6 th , she had emergency surgery. Just one week earlier, Amanda said, that surgery would've meant bankruptcy. “既有病症”过去意味着像亚利桑那州的医师助理、单身母亲阿曼达·雪莱这样的人无法获得医疗保险。但一月一日，她获得了保障。一月三日，她感到一阵剧痛。一月六日，她接受了急诊手术。阿曼达说，如果早一周做这场手术，她就会因此破产。
That's what health insurance reform is all about -- the peace of mind that if misfortune strikes, you don't have to lose everything. 这正是医疗保险改革的意义所在：即便不幸降临，你也不必失去一切，可以有一份安心。
Already, because of the Affordable Care Act, more than three million Americans under age 26 have gained coverage under their parents' plans. 仅凭《平价医疗法案》，已有三百多万名二十六岁以下的美国人通过父母的保险计划获得保障。
More than nine million Americans have signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage. 九百多万名美国人已加入私人医疗保险或医疗补助计划。
And here's another number: zero. Because of this law, no American can ever again be dropped or denied coverage for a preexisting condition like asthma, back pain, or cancer. No woman can ever be charged more just because she's a woman. And we did all this while adding years to Medicare's finances, keeping Medicare premiums flat, and lowering prescription costs for millions of seniors. 还有一个数字：零。由于这项法律，美国人再也不会因为哮喘、背痛或癌症等既有病症而被取消或拒绝保险。女性也不会仅因身为女性而被收取更高保费。与此同时，我们还延长了联邦医疗保险的财务可持续年限，保持其保费稳定，并降低了数百万老年人的处方药费用。
Now, I don't expect to convince my Republican friends on the merits of this law. But I know that the American people aren't interested in refighting old battles. So again, if you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, and increase choice -- tell America what you'd do differently. Let's see if the numbers add up. But let's not have another forty-something votes to repeal a law that's already helping millions of Americans like Amanda. The first forty were plenty. We got it. We all owe it to the American people to say what we're for, not just what we're against. 现在，我不指望说服共和党朋友们认同这部法律的好处。但我知道美国人民不愿重打旧仗。所以，我再次说：如果你们有降低成本、扩大覆盖、增加选择的具体方案，就告诉美国人你们会怎样做。让我们看看账是否算得通。但不要再为废除一部已经帮助阿曼达等数百万美国人的法律而进行四十多次投票。前四十次已经够多了，我们明白你们的意思。我们都应对美国人民讲清自己赞成什么，而不只是反对什么。
And if you want to know the real impact this law is having, just talk to Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky, who's here tonight. Kentucky's not the most liberal part of the country, but he's like a man possessed when it comes to covering his commonwealth's families. "They are our friends and neighbors," he said. "They are people we shop and go to church with…farmers out on the tractors…grocery clerks…they are people who go to work every morning praying they don't get sick. No one deserves to live that way." 如果想知道这部法律的实际影响，就去问今晚在场的肯塔基州州长史蒂夫·贝希尔。肯塔基不是全国最自由派的地方，但一谈到让本州家庭获得医疗保障，他就全力以赴。“他们是我们的朋友和邻居，”他说，“是和我们一起购物、做礼拜的人……是开着拖拉机的农民……是杂货店的店员……他们每天早晨去上班时，都祈祷自己不要生病。没有人应该这样生活。”
Steve's right. That's why, tonight, I ask every American who knows someone without health insurance to help them get covered by March 31 st . Moms, get on your kids to sign up. Kids, call your mom and walk her through the application. It will give her some peace of mind -- plus, she'll appreciate hearing from you. 史蒂夫说得对。因此，今晚我请每个认识无医保者的美国人，帮助他们在三月三十一日前获得保险。母亲们，催催你们的孩子报名。孩子们，打电话给妈妈，一步步教她填申请。她会因此安心些，而且也会高兴接到你们的电话。
After all, that's the spirit that has always moved this nation forward. It's the spirit of citizenship -- the recognition that through hard work and responsibility, we can pursue our individual dreams, but still come together as one American family to make sure the next generation can pursue its dreams as well. 毕竟，一直推动这个国家前进的，正是这样的精神。这是公民精神：我们明白，凭借勤奋和责任感，既能够追求自己的梦想，也能够作为一个美国家庭团结起来，让下一代同样有机会追求他们的梦想。
Citizenship means standing up for everyone's right to vote. Last year, part of the Voting Rights Act was weakened. But conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats are working together to strengthen it; and the bipartisan commission I appointed last year has offered reforms so that no one has to wait more than a half hour to vote. Let's support these efforts. It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank account, that drives our democracy. 公民精神意味着捍卫每个人的投票权。去年，《投票权法》的一部分遭到削弱。但保守派共和党人与自由派民主党人正在合作加强它；我去年任命的跨党派委员会也提出改革建议，使任何人投票都不必等候超过半小时。让我们支持这些努力。推动民主的应是选票的力量，而不是银行账户的数额。
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say "we are not afraid," and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook. 公民精神意味着挺身捍卫那些每天被枪支暴力夺走的生命。我在全国各地看到家长、学生、牧师和警员的勇气，他们说“我们不害怕”。无论有无国会支持，我都打算继续努力，阻止更多悲剧降临到电影院、购物中心或桑迪胡克那样的学校里的无辜美国人身上。
Citizenship demands a sense of common cause; participation in the hard work of self-government; an obligation to serve to our communities. And I know this chamber agrees that few Americans give more to their country than our diplomats and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. 公民精神要求我们有共同的事业心，参与自治的艰苦工作，承担服务社区的义务。我知道在座各位也认同：很少有美国人比我们的外交官和美国武装部队的男女军人，为国家奉献得更多。
Tonight, because of the extraordinary troops and civilians who risk and lay down their lives to keep us free, the United States is more secure. When I took office, nearly 180,000 Americans were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, all our troops are out of Iraq. More than 60,000 of our troops have already come home from Afghanistan. With Afghan forces now in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. Together with our allies, we will complete our mission there by the end of this year, and America's longest war will finally be over. 今晚，正因为那些冒着生命危险、甚至献出生命来维护我们自由的非凡军人和平民，美国变得更加安全。我就任时，近十八万美国人在伊拉克和阿富汗服役。如今，我们所有军队都已撤出伊拉克；六万多名军人也已从阿富汗返乡。阿富汗部队现在已主导本国安全，我们的军队转为支援角色。我们将与盟友一道，在今年年底前完成那里的使命，美国历时最长的战争终于将结束。
After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future. If the Afghan government signs a security agreement that we have negotiated, a small force of Americans could remain in Afghanistan with NATO allies to carry out two narrow missions: training and assisting Afghan forces, and counterterrorism operations to pursue any remnants of al Qaeda. For while our relationship with Afghanistan will change, one thing will not: our resolve that terrorists do not launch attacks against our country. 二〇一四年之后，我们将支持团结的阿富汗承担起自身未来的责任。如果阿富汗政府签署我们已谈妥的安全协议，一支规模较小的美军部队便可同北约盟军留在阿富汗，执行两项范围有限的任务：培训和协助阿富汗部队，以及开展反恐行动，追击“基地”组织的残余分子。我们与阿富汗的关系会改变，但有一点不会改变：我们阻止恐怖分子袭击美国的决心。
The fact is, that danger remains. While we have put al Qaeda's core leadership on a path to defeat, the threat has evolved, as al Qaeda affiliates and other extremists take root in different parts of the world. In Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, and Mali, we have to keep working with partners to disrupt and disable these networks. In Syria, we'll support the opposition that rejects the agenda of terrorist networks. Here at home, we'll keep strengthening our defenses, and combat new threats like cyberattacks. 事实上，危险依然存在。虽然我们已使“基地”组织核心领导层走上败亡之路，威胁却发生了变化：它的分支和其他极端分子在世界不同地区扎根。在也门、索马里、伊拉克和马里，我们必须继续与伙伴合作，瓦解这些网络。在叙利亚，我们将支持拒绝恐怖网络主张的反对派。在国内，我们将继续加强防御，应对网络攻击等新威胁。
And as we reform our defense budget, we have to keep faith with our men and women in uniform, and invest in the capabilities they need to succeed in future missions. 在改革国防预算时，我们还必须恪守对军人的承诺，投资于他们完成未来任务所需的能力。
We have to remain vigilant. But I strongly believe our leadership and our security cannot depend on our military alone. As Commander-in-Chief, I have used force when needed to protect the American people, and I will never hesitate to do so as long as I hold this office. But I will not send our troops into harm's way unless it's truly necessary; nor will I allow our sons and daughters to be mired in open-ended conflicts. We must fight the battles that need to be fought, not those that terrorists prefer from us -- large-scale deployments that drain our strength and may ultimately feed extremism. 我们必须保持警惕。但我坚信，我国的领导力与安全不能仅依靠军事力量。作为三军统帅，我在需要时动用武力保护美国人民；只要我还担任这一职务，就绝不会犹豫。但除非确有必要，我不会让军人身陷险境，也不会让我们的儿女陷入无休止的冲突。我们必须打那些必须打的仗，而不是打恐怖分子希望我们打的仗——那种耗尽国力、最终还可能助长极端主义的大规模军事部署。
So, even as we aggressively pursue terrorist networks -- through more targeted efforts and by building the capacity of our foreign partners -- America must move off a permanent war footing. That's why I've imposed prudent limits on the use of drones -- for we will not be safer if people abroad believe we strike within their countries without regard for the consequence. 因此，即使我们通过更有针对性的行动，以及增强外国伙伴的能力，积极追击恐怖网络，美国也必须摆脱永久战时状态。这就是我对使用无人机施加审慎限制的原因。如果外国民众认为我们不顾后果地在其境内发动打击，我们就不会更加安全。
That's why, working with this Congress, I will reform our surveillance programs -- because the vital work of our intelligence community depends on public confidence, here and abroad, that the privacy of ordinary people is not being violated. And with the Afghan war ending, this needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantanamo Bay -- because we counter terrorism not just through intelligence and military action, but by remaining true to our Constitutional ideals, and setting an example for the rest of the world. 这也是我将与国会合作改革监控项目的原因。我们的情报部门开展至关重要的工作，依赖国内外公众相信普通人的隐私没有受到侵犯。随着阿富汗战争结束，今年国会还应解除剩余的被拘留者转移限制，关闭关塔那摩湾监狱。因为我们反恐不仅依靠情报和军事行动，也依靠坚守宪法理想，为世界树立榜样。
You see, in a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power -- including strong and principled diplomacy. American diplomacy has rallied more than fifty countries to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands, and allowed us to reduce our own reliance on Cold War stockpiles. 要知道，在威胁复杂的世界里，我们的安全和领导地位依赖于国家力量的各个方面，其中包括强有力、讲原则的外交。美国外交已召集五十多个国家，防止核材料落入坏人之手，也使我们能够减少对冷战时期核库存的依赖。
American diplomacy, backed by the threat of force, is why Syria's chemical weapons are being eliminated, and we will continue to work with the international community to usher in the future the Syrian people deserve -- a future free of dictatorship, terror and fear. As we speak, American diplomacy is supporting Israelis and Palestinians as they engage in difficult but necessary talks to end the conflict there; to achieve dignity and an independent state for Palestinians, and lasting peace and security for the State of Israel -- a Jewish state that knows America will always be at their side. 在武力威慑支持下，美国外交使叙利亚的化学武器正在被销毁。我们将继续与国际社会合作，迎来叙利亚人民应得的未来：一个没有独裁、恐怖和恐惧的未来。就在我们讲话之际，美国外交正支持以色列人和巴勒斯坦人展开艰难却必要的谈判，以结束当地冲突，让巴勒斯坦人获得尊严和独立国家，并为以色列国这个犹太国家带来持久和平与安全；它知道美国将永远站在它身边。
And it is American diplomacy, backed by pressure, that has halted the progress of Iran's nuclear program -- and rolled parts of that program back -- for the very first time in a decade. As we gather here tonight, Iran has begun to eliminate its stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium. It is not installing advanced centrifuges. Unprecedented inspections help the world verify, every day, that Iran is not building a bomb. And with our allies and partners, we're engaged in negotiations to see if we can peacefully achieve a goal we all share: preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 也正是有压力作后盾的美国外交，十年来首次阻止了伊朗核计划的发展，并使其中一部分倒退。今晚我们在此聚会时，伊朗已开始清除库存中较高浓度的浓缩铀，也没有安装先进离心机。前所未有的核查，让全世界每天都能验证伊朗没有制造核弹。我们正与盟友及伙伴谈判，看看能否通过和平方式实现共同目标：阻止伊朗获得核武器。
These negotiations will be difficult. They may not succeed. We are clear-eyed about Iran's support for terrorist organizations like Hezbollah, which threaten our allies; and the mistrust between our nations cannot be wished away. But these negotiations do not rely on trust; any long-term deal we agree to must be based on verifiable action that convinces us and the international community that Iran is not building a nuclear bomb. 这些谈判将非常困难，也可能失败。我们清楚地看到，伊朗支持真主党等威胁我们盟友的恐怖组织；两国之间的不信任也不会凭空消失。但谈判并不依赖信任：我们同意的任何长期协议，都必须以可核查的行动为基础，让我们和国际社会确信伊朗没有制造核弹。
If John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan could negotiate with the Soviet Union, then surely a strong and confident America can negotiate with less powerful adversaries today. 如果约翰·肯尼迪和罗纳德·里根都能同苏联谈判，那么强大而自信的美国今天当然也能同实力较弱的对手谈判。
The sanctions that we put in place helped make this opportunity possible. But let me be clear: if this Congress sends me a new sanctions bill now that threatens to derail these talks, I will veto it. For the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed. If Iran's leaders do not seize this opportunity, then I will be the first to call for more sanctions, and stand ready to exercise all options to make sure Iran does not build a nuclear weapon. 我们实施的制裁促成了这一机会。但我要讲清楚：如果国会现在送来一项可能破坏谈判的新制裁法案，我会否决。为了国家安全，我们必须给外交成功的机会。如果伊朗领导人不抓住机会，我将第一个呼吁增加制裁，并准备动用一切选项，确保伊朗不会制造核武器。
But if Iran's leaders do seize the chance, then Iran could take an important step to rejoin the community of nations, and we will have resolved one of the leading security challenges of our time without the risks of war. 但如果伊朗领导人抓住机会，伊朗就能迈出重返国际社会的重要一步，而我们也能在不承担战争风险的情况下，解决当代最主要的安全挑战之一。
Finally, let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defense against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding around the globe -- to forge greater cooperation, to expand new markets, to free people from fear and want. And no one is better positioned to take advantage of those opportunities than America. 最后，让我们记住，我们的领导地位不仅取决于如何防御威胁，也取决于我们能否把握在全球行善、促进理解的巨大机会：加强合作、开拓新市场、使人们摆脱恐惧和匮乏。没有国家比美国更有条件利用这些机会。
Our alliance with Europe remains the strongest the world has ever known. From Tunisia to Burma, we're supporting those who are willing to do the hard work of building democracy. In Ukraine, we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely and peacefully, and have a say in their country's future. Across Africa, we're bringing together businesses and governments to double access to electricity and help end extreme poverty. In the Americas, we are building new ties of commerce, but we're also expanding cultural and educational exchanges among young people. 我们同欧洲的联盟仍是世界历史上最强大的联盟。从突尼斯到缅甸，我们支持那些愿意为建立民主而艰苦努力的人。在乌克兰，我们坚持人人有权自由、和平地表达意见，并参与决定国家未来的原则。在整个非洲，我们促使企业和政府携手，把获得电力的人数扩大一倍，帮助终结极端贫困。在美洲，我们建立新的商业联系，也扩大年轻人之间的文化和教育交流。
And we will continue to focus on the Asia-Pacific, where we support our allies, shape a future of greater security and prosperity, and extend a hand to those devastated by disaster -- as we did in the Philippines, when our Marines and civilians rushed to aid those battered by a typhoon, and were greeted with words like, "We will never forget your kindness" and "God bless America!" 我们还将继续关注亚太地区，支持盟友，塑造更安全、更繁荣的未来，并向遭受灾难摧残的人们伸出援手。菲律宾遭台风重创时，我们的海军陆战队员和平民迅速赶去救助，迎接他们的话语包括：“我们永远不会忘记你们的善意”和“愿上帝保佑美国！”
We do these things because they help promote our long-term security. And we do them because we believe in the inherent dignity and equality of every human being, regardless of race or religion, creed or sexual orientation. 我们做这些事，因为它们有助于维护长期安全；我们也这样做，因为我们相信每个人天生拥有尊严、人人平等，不论种族、宗教、信仰或性取向。
And next week, the world will see one expression of that commitment -- when Team USA marches the red, white, and blue into the Olympic Stadium -- and brings home the gold. 下周，全世界将看到这种承诺的一种表现：美国队高举红白蓝三色国旗走进奥运场馆，并把金牌带回家。
My fellow Americans, no other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might -- but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them. 我的美国同胞们，世界上没有其他国家像我们这样行事。面对每一个议题，世界都转向我们，不仅因为我国经济的规模或军事实力，也因为我们坚守的理想，以及我们为推进这些理想而承担的重担。
No one knows this better than those who serve in uniform. As this time of war draws to a close, a new generation of heroes returns to civilian life. We'll keep slashing that backlog so our veterans receive the benefits they've earned, and our wounded warriors receive the health care -- including the mental health care -- that they need. We'll keep working to help all our veterans translate their skills and leadership into jobs here at home. And we all continue to join forces to honor and support our remarkable military families. 没有人比身着军装的人更懂得这一点。随着战争时代接近尾声，新一代英雄重返平民生活。我们将继续减少积压案件，让退伍军人获得他们应得的福利，让负伤军人得到所需的医疗照护，包括心理健康服务。我们将继续帮助所有退伍军人，把技能和领导才能转化为国内的工作机会。我们也将继续齐心协力，向非凡的军人家庭致敬并给予支持。
Let me tell you about one of those families I've come to know. 让我讲讲其中一个我所认识的家庭。
I first met Cory Remsburg, a proud Army Ranger, at Omaha Beach on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Along with some of his fellow Rangers, he walked me through the program -- a strong, impressive young man, with an easy manner, sharp as a tack. We joked around, and took pictures, and I told him to stay in touch. 我第一次见到科里·雷姆斯伯格，是在诺曼底登陆六十五周年纪念日的奥马哈海滩。这位以身为陆军游骑兵为荣的年轻人，与几位战友一道，带我了解当天的活动安排。他强壮、出色，待人随和，思维敏捷。我们开了玩笑，拍了照片，我还叮嘱他保持联系。
A few months later, on his tenth deployment, Cory was nearly killed by a massive roadside bomb in Afghanistan. His comrades found him in a canal, face down, underwater, shrapnel in his brain. 几个月后，科里在第十次部署期间，遭阿富汗一枚巨大的路边炸弹袭击，险些丧命。战友们发现他时，他面朝下浸在一条水渠里，弹片嵌入了脑部。
For months, he lay in a coma. The next time I met him, in the hospital, he couldn't speak; he could barely move. Over the years, he's endured dozens of surgeries and procedures, and hours of grueling rehab every day. 他昏迷了好几个月。下次我在医院见到他时，他说不出话，几乎也动不了。这些年来，他接受了数十次手术和治疗，每天还要进行数小时艰苦的康复训练。
Even now, Cory is still blind in one eye. He still struggles on his left side. But slowly, steadily, with the support of caregivers like his dad Craig, and the community around him, Cory has grown stronger. Day by day, he's learned to speak again and stand again and walk again -- and he's working toward the day when he can serve his country again. 直到现在，科里仍有一只眼睛失明，左半身活动依然困难。但在父亲克雷格等照护者和周围社区的支持下，他缓慢而坚定地变得更强壮。一天又一天，他重新学会说话、站立和行走，还在努力争取有朝一日再次为国效力。
"My recovery has not been easy," he says. "Nothing in life that's worth anything is easy." “我的康复并不容易，”他说，“人生中任何值得争取的东西都不会轻易得来。”
Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the America he serves, Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg never gives up, and he does not quit. 科里今晚就在这里。他像自己热爱的陆军一样，像自己服务的美国一样：陆军一级军士长科里·雷姆斯伯格永不放弃，绝不退缩。
My fellow Americans, men and women like Cory remind us that America has never come easy. Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy. Sometimes we stumble; we make mistakes; we get frustrated or discouraged. But for more than two hundred years, we have put those things aside and placed our collective shoulder to the wheel of progress -- to create and build and expand the possibilities of individual achievement; 我的美国同胞们，科里这样的男女提醒我们，美国从来不是轻易得来的。我们的自由、我们的民主，从来不是轻易得来的。有时我们会跌倒、犯错、感到挫败或沮丧。但两百多年来，我们总会把这些放在一边，齐心协力推动进步：创造、建设、扩大个人成就的可能；
to free other nations from tyranny and fear; to promote justice, and fairness, and equality under the law, so that the words set to paper by our founders are made real for every citizen. The America we want for our kids -- a rising America where honest work is plentiful and communities are strong; where prosperity is widely shared and opportunity for all lets us go as far as our dreams and toil will take us -- none of it is easy. But if we work together; if we summon what is best in us, with our feet planted firmly in today but our eyes cast towards tomorrow -- I know it's within our reach. 使其他国家摆脱暴政和恐惧；促进正义、公平和法律面前的平等，让开国者写下的文字对每个公民都成为现实。我们想留给孩子的美国，是一个不断向上的美国：那里有充足的体面工作、强大的社区，繁荣为众人分享，人人都有机会凭梦想和勤奋走得尽可能远。这一切都不容易。但只要我们共同努力，发挥自身最好的一面，双脚坚定地立足今天，目光投向明天，我知道这一切就在我们力所能及的范围之内。
Believe it. 请相信这一点。
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。