Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: 议长女士、副总统拜登、各位国会议员、各位贵宾、各位美国同胞：
Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders [have] fulfilled this duty. They've done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility. And they've done so in the midst of war and depression -- at moments of great strife and great struggle. 我们的宪法规定，总统应不时向国会通报联邦国情。二百二十年来，我们的领导人履行了这一职责。他们在繁荣与安定之时如此履行，在战争与萧条之中——在激烈冲突与艰苦斗争的时刻——也同样如此。
It's tempting to look back on these moments and assume that our progress was inevitable -- that America was always destined to succeed. But when the Union was turned back at Bull Run and the Allies first landed at Omaha Beach, victory was very much in doubt. When the market crashed on Black Tuesday and civil rights marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday, the future was anything but certain. These were the times that tested the courage of our convictions, and the strength of our union. 回首这些时刻，人们很容易认为我们的进步是必然的——美国注定要成功。但是，当联邦军队在布尔朗被击退、当盟军首次在奥马哈海滩登陆时，胜利曾十分渺茫。当股市在黑色星期二崩盘、当民权游行者在血腥星期日遭到殴打时，未来绝非确定无疑。这些时刻考验着我们信念的勇气，也考验着我们联邦的力量。
And despite all our divisions and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, America prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation, and one people. 尽管我们有分歧与争议、有犹豫与恐惧，美国仍然战胜了困难，因为我们选择作为一个国家、一个民族共同向前迈进。
Again, we are tested. And again, we must answer history's call. 我们再次受到考验。我们再次必须回应历史的召唤。
One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt. Experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act, we might face a second depression. So we acted -- immediately and aggressively. And one year later, the worst of the storm has passed. 一年前，我在两场战争、深陷严重衰退的经济、濒临崩溃的金融体系以及债台高筑的政府之中就任总统。跨政治光谱的专家们警告说，如果我们不采取行动，可能面临第二次大萧条。于是我们行动了——立即而果断地行动了。一年之后，最猛烈的风暴已经过去。
But the devastation remains. One in ten Americans still cannot find work. Many businesses have shuttered. Home values have declined. Small towns and rural communities have been hit especially hard. And for those who had already known poverty, life's become that much harder. 但破坏仍然存在。十个美国人中仍有一人找不到工作。许多企业已经倒闭。房屋价值下跌。小镇和乡村社区受到的打击尤为沉重。对于那些本就生活在贫困中的人来说，生活变得更加艰难。
And this recession has also compounded the burdens that America's families have been dealing with for decades: the burden of working harder and longer for less, of being unable to save enough to retire, or help kids with college. 这场衰退也加剧了美国家庭几十年来一直承受的负担：工作更辛苦更长时间却收入更少的负担，无力攒够钱退休或供孩子上大学的负担。
So I know the anxieties that are out there right now. They're not new. These struggles are the reason I ran for President. These struggles are what I've witnessed for years in places like Elkhart, Indiana; Galesburg, Illinois. I hear about them in the letters that I read each night. The toughest to read are those written by children, asking why they have to move from their home, asking or when their mom or dad will be able to go back to work. 所以我了解当下存在的焦虑。这些焦虑并非新近才有。这些挣扎正是我竞选总统的原因。这些挣扎是我在印第安纳州埃尔克哈特、伊利诺伊州盖尔斯堡等地多年来亲眼所见。我在每晚阅读的来信中听到这些。最难读的是孩子们写来的信，他们问为什么不得不搬离家园，问他们的妈妈或爸爸何时才能重新回去工作。
For these Americans and so many others, change has not come fast enough. Some are frustrated; some are angry. They don't understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded but hard work on Main Street isn't; or why Washington has been unable or unwilling to solve any of our problems. They're tired of the partisanship and the shouting and the pettiness. They know we can't afford it. Not now. 对这些美国人以及许多其他人来说，变革来得不够快。有些人感到沮丧；有些人感到愤怒。他们不理解为什么华尔街的不良行为似乎受到奖励，而主街的辛勤工作却没有；不理解为什么华盛顿一直无法或不愿解决我们的任何问题。他们厌倦了党派之争、争吵不休和琐碎攻讦。他们知道我们承受不起这些。不是现在。
So we face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope -- what they deserve -- is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics. For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds, different stories, different beliefs, the anxieties they face are the same. The aspirations they hold are shared: a job that pays the bills; a chance to get ahead. Most of all, the ability to give their children a better life. 因此我们面临重大而艰巨的挑战。美国人民所希望的——也是他们应得的——是我们所有人，无论民主党人还是共和党人，共同努力化解分歧；克服政治的麻木重负。因为虽然把我们送到这里的人有着不同的背景、不同的故事、不同的信念，但他们面对的焦虑是相同的。他们怀有的抱负是共同的：一份能付清账单的工作；一个出人头地的机会。最重要的是，让子女过上更好生活的能力。
And you know what else they share? They share a stubborn resilience in the face of adversity. After one of the most difficult years in our history, they remain busy building cars and teaching kids, starting businesses, and going back to school. They're coaching little league and helping their neighbors. One woman wrote to me and said, "We are strained but hopeful, struggling but encouraged." 你们知道他们还有什么共同之处吗？他们在逆境面前有着顽强的韧性。在我国历史上最艰难的年份之一过后，他们仍然忙着制造汽车、教育孩子、创办企业、重返校园。他们执教少年棒球联盟、帮助邻居。一位女士写信给我说："我们紧张但充满希望，挣扎但备受鼓舞。"
It's because of this spirit -- this great decency and great strength -- that I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight. 正是这种精神——这种伟大的正派与伟大的力量——让我今晚对美国的未来比以往任何时候都更加充满希望。
Despite -- Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit. In this new decade, it's time the American people get a government that matches their decency, that embodies their strength. And tonight -- tonight I'd like to talk about how, together, we can deliver on that promise. 尽管——尽管我们历经艰难，我们的联邦依然强大。我们不放弃。我们不退缩。我们不容许恐惧或分裂来摧毁我们的精神。在这个新的十年，美国人民是时候拥有一个与他们正派相称、体现他们力量的政府了。今晚——今晚我想谈谈，我们如何携手兑现这一承诺。
It begins with our economy. Our most urgent -- Our most urgent task upon taking office was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis. It was not easy to do. And if there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it -- I hated it -- I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal. 这要从我们的经济开始。我们上任时最紧迫的任务——最紧迫的任务是援助那些助长这场危机的银行。这并不容易做到。如果说有一件事让民主党人和共和党人——以及所有中间派——团结一致，那就是我们都讨厌银行救助。我讨厌它——我讨厌它——我讨厌它。你们也讨厌它。它大约和根管治疗一样受欢迎。
But when I ran for President, I promised I wouldn't just do what was popular -- I would do what was necessary. And if we had allowed the meltdown of the financial system, unemployment might be double what it is today. More businesses would certainly have closed. More homes would have surely been lost. So I supported the last Administration's efforts to create the financial rescue program. And when we took the program over, we made it more transparent and more accountable. And as a result, the markets are now stabilized, and we've recovered most of the money we spent on the banks. 但当我竞选总统时，我承诺不仅要做受欢迎的事——更要做必要的事。如果我们任由金融体系崩溃，今天的失业率可能是现在的两倍。更多企业肯定会倒闭。更多家庭肯定会失去住房。因此我支持上届政府创建金融救助计划的努力。当我们接管这一计划时，我们使其更加透明、更有问责。结果是，市场现已稳定，我们已收回花在银行上的大部分资金。
Most, but not all. To recover the rest, I've proposed a fee on the biggest banks. 是大部分，但不是全部。为了收回其余部分，我已提议对最大的银行征收一项费用。
Now -- Now, I know Wall Street isn't keen on this idea, but if these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again, they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need. 现在——现在，我知道华尔街对这个想法不热心，但如果这些公司能再次负担得起发放大笔奖金，它们就能负担起一笔适度的费用，以偿还它们在需要时救助它们的纳税人。
Now, as we stabilized the financial system, we also took steps to get our economy growing again, save as many jobs as possible, and help Americans who had become unemployed. That's why we extended or increased unemployment benefits for more than 18 million Americans, made health insurance 65% cheaper for families who get their coverage through COBRA, and passed 25 different tax cuts. 在稳定金融体系的同时，我们还采取措施让经济重新增长，尽可能挽救更多就业岗位，并帮助已经失业的美国人。正因如此，我们为超过一千八百万美国人延长或增加了失业救济金，使通过COBRA获得保险的家庭的医疗保险费用降低了65%，并通过了25项不同的减税措施。
Now, let me repeat: We cut taxes. 现在，让我再说一遍：我们减了税。
We cut taxes for 95% of working families. 我们为95%的工薪家庭减了税。
We cut taxes for small businesses. 我们为小企业减了税。
We cut taxes for first-time homebuyers. 我们为首次购房者减了税。
We cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children. 我们为努力照顾孩子的父母减了税。
We cut taxes for eight million Americans paying for college. 我们为八百万支付大学学费的美国人减了税。
(I thought I'd get some applause on that one.) （我以为这一点会赢得一些掌声。）
As a result -- As a result, millions of Americans had more to spend on gas, and food, and other necessities -- all of which helped businesses keep more workers. And we haven't raised income taxes by a single dime on a single person. Not a single dime. 结果——结果是，数百万美国人有更多的钱花在汽油、食品和其他必需品上——所有这些都帮助企业留住了更多工人。而我们没有向任何一个人多征收一毛钱的所得税。一毛钱也没有。
Now, because of the steps we took, there are about two million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. 200,000 work in construction and clean energy. 300,000 are teachers and other education workers. Tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, correctional officers, first responders. And we're on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year. 由于我们采取的步骤，现在约有二百万美国人正在工作，否则他们将会失业。二十万人在建筑业和清洁能源领域工作。三十万人是教师和其他教育工作者。数以万计的人是警察、消防员、惩教官员、急救人员。我们有望在今年年底前再增加一百五十万个就业岗位。
The plan that has made all of this possible, from the tax cuts to the jobs, is the Recovery Act. That's right: the Recovery Act, also known as the Stimulus Bill. Economists on the left and the right say this bill has helped saved jobs and avert disaster. But you don't have to take their word for it: Talk to the small business in Phoenix that will triple its workforce because of the Recovery Act. Talk to the window manufacturer in Philadelphia who said he used to be skeptical about the Recovery Act, until he had to add two more work shifts just because of the business it created. 使这一切成为可能的计划，从减税到就业，就是《复苏法案》。没错：《复苏法案》，又称刺激法案。左翼和右翼的经济学家都说这项法案帮助挽救了就业、避免了灾难。但你不必只听他们的话：去和凤凰城那家因《复苏法案》而将员工数量增加两倍的小企业谈谈。去和费城那位窗户制造商谈谈，他说他曾经对《复苏法案》持怀疑态度，直到他不得不因该法案带来的业务而增加两个工作班次。
Talk to the single teacher raising two kids who was told by her principal in the last week of school that because of the Recovery Act, she wouldn't be laid off after all. 去和那位独自抚养两个孩子的单身教师谈谈，她在学年的最后一周被校长告知，由于《复苏法案》，她最终不会被解雇了。
There are stories like this all across America. And after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. Retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. Businesses are beginning to invest again, and slowly [some] are starting to hire again. 这样的故事遍布美国各地。经过两年的衰退，经济再次增长。退休基金已开始恢复部分价值。企业再次开始投资，并慢慢开始重新招聘。
But I realize that for every success story, there are other stories -- of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from; who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number one focus in 2010. And that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight! 但我知道，每一个成功故事的背后，都有其他的故事——那些每天醒来不知道下一张薪水支票从何而来的人们；那些一周又一周寄出简历却毫无回音的人们。这就是为什么就业必须是我们2010年的首要任务。这也是为什么我今晚呼吁通过一项新的就业法案！
Now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be America's businesses. (I agree. Absolutely). But government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers. We should start where most new jobs do -- in small businesses, companies that begin when -- companies that begin when an entrepreneur -- when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream, or a worker decides its time she became her own boss. 这个国家创造就业的真正引擎将永远是美国的企业。（我同意。绝对如此）。但政府可以为企业的扩张和增聘创造必要的条件。我们应该从大多数新就业岗位的起点开始——从小企业开始，从那些当企业家——当企业家为梦想冒险、或当工人决定是时候成为自己的老板时创立的公司开始。
Through sheer grit and determination, these companies have weathered the recession and they're ready to grow. But when you talk to small business owners in places like Allentown, Pennsylvania or Elyria, Ohio, you find out that even though banks on Wall Street are lending again, they're mostly lending to bigger companies. Financing remains difficult for small business owners across the country -- even those that are making a profit. 凭借纯粹的毅力和决心，这些公司挺过了衰退，准备好成长。但当你与宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦或俄亥俄州伊利里亚等地的企业主交谈时，你会发现，尽管华尔街的银行再次放贷，但它们大多向更大的公司放贷。全国范围内小企业主获得融资仍然困难——即使是那些盈利的企业。
So tonight, I'm proposing that we take 30 billion dollars of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit they need to stay afloat. I'm also proposing a new small business tax credit -- one that will go to over one million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages. While we're at it, let's also eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment, and provide a tax incentive for all large businesses and all small businesses to invest in new plants and equipment. 因此今晚，我提议从华尔街银行已偿还的资金中拿出三百亿美元，用于帮助社区银行向小企业提供维持运营所需的信贷。我还提议一项新的小企业税收抵免——将惠及超过一百万家增聘新员工或提高工资的小企业。与此同时，让我们也取消对小企业投资的所有资本利得税，并为所有大企业和所有小企业投资新厂房和设备提供税收激励。
Next, we can put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow. From -- From the first railroads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always been built to compete. There's no reason Europe or China should have the fastest trains, or the new factories that manufacture clean energy products. 其次，我们可以在今天就让美国人投入工作，建设明天的基础设施。从——从早期的铁路到州际公路系统，我们的国家一直是面向竞争而建设的。没有理由让欧洲或中国拥有最快的列车，或拥有制造清洁能源产品的新工厂。
Tomorrow, I'll visit Tampa, Florida, where workers will soon break ground on a new high-speed railroad funded by the Recovery Act. There are projects like that all across this country that will create jobs and help our move our nation's goods, services, and information. We should put more Americans to work building clean energy facilities, and give -- and give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient, which supports clean energy jobs. 明天，我将访问佛罗里达州坦帕市，工人们很快将在那里破土动工建设一条由《复苏法案》资助的新型高速铁路。全国各地都有这样的项目，将创造就业岗位并帮助我国运输货物、服务和信息。我们应该让更多美国人投入建设清洁能源设施的工作，并向使住房更加节能的美国人提供回扣，从而支持清洁能源就业。
And to encourage these and other businesses to stay within our borders, it is time to finally slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs right here in the United States of America. 为了鼓励这些及其他企业留在我们国境之内，是时候最终削减那些把我们的就业岗位转移到海外的公司的税收优惠，并将这些税收优惠给予那些就在美利坚合众国本土创造就业的公司了。
Now, the House has passed a jobs bill that includes some of these steps. As the first order of business this year, I urge the Senate to do the same -- and I know they will. They will. People are out of work. They're hurting. And they need our help. And I want a jobs bill on my desk without delay. 现在，众议院已通过了一项包含其中部分措施的就业法案。作为今年的首要工作，我敦促参议院也这样做——我知道他们会的。他们会的。人们在失业。他们在受苦。他们需要我们的帮助。我希望毫不迟延地在我的办公桌上看到一份就业法案。
But -- But the truth is, these steps still won't make up for the seven million jobs that we've lost over the last two years. The only way to move to full employment is to lay a new foundation for long-term economic growth, and finally address the problems that America's families have confronted for years. 但是——但事实是，这些步骤仍然无法弥补我们在过去两年中失去的七百万个就业岗位。实现充分就业的唯一途径是为长期经济增长奠定新的基础，并最终解决美国家庭多年来面临的问题。
We can't afford another so-called economic "expansion" like the one from the last decade -- what some call the "lost decade" -- where jobs grew more slowly than during any prior expansion; where the income of the average American household declined while the cost of health care and tuition reached record highs; where prosperity was built on a housing bubble and financial speculation. 我们承受不起另一个像过去十年那样的所谓经济"扩张"——有人称之为"失去的十年"——在那个十年中，就业增长比以往任何一次扩张期都慢；美国家庭的平均收入下降，而医疗保健和学费成本创历史新高；繁荣建立在房地产泡沫和金融投机之上。
From the day I took office, I've been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious. Such an effort would be too contentious. I've been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for awhile. For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold? 从我上任那天起，就有人告诉我应对我们更大的挑战过于雄心勃勃。这样的努力会引起太多争议。有人告诉我我们的政治体系过于僵化，我们应该暂时搁置一切。对于那些提出这些主张的人，我有一个简单的问题：我们还要等多久？美国还要把自己的未来搁置多久？
You see -- You see, Washington has been telling us to wait for decades, even as the problems have grown worse. Meanwhile, China's not waiting to revamp its economy. Germany's not waiting. India's not waiting. These nations are -- they're not standing still. These nations aren't playing for second place. They're putting more emphasis on math and science. They're rebuilding their infrastructure. They're making serious investments in clean energy because they want those jobs. 你看——你看，几十年来华盛顿一直在告诉我们要等待，即使问题已变得越来越严重。与此同时，中国没有等待，正在重塑其经济。德国没有等待。印度没有等待。这些国家——它们没有原地踏步。这些国家不是在争取第二名。它们更加重视数学和科学。它们正在重建基础设施。它们正在对清洁能源进行重大投资，因为它们想要那些就业岗位。
Well, I do not accept second-place for the United States of America. 好吧，我不接受美利坚合众国屈居第二。
As hard as it may be, as uncomfortable and contentious as the debates may become, it's time to get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth. Now, one place to start is serious financial reform. Look, I am not interested in punishing banks. I'm interested in protecting our economy. A strong, healthy financial market makes it possible for businesses to access credit and create new jobs. It channels the savings of families into investments that raise incomes. But that can only happen if we guard against the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy. 无论多么艰难，无论辩论可能多么令人不适和充满争议，都是时候认真解决阻碍我们增长的问题了。现在，一个起点是严肃的金融改革。听着，我对惩罚银行不感兴趣。我感兴趣的是保护我们的经济。一个强健的金融市场使企业能够获得信贷并创造新的就业岗位。它将家庭的储蓄引导到提高收入的投资中。但只有当我们防范几乎拖垮我们整个经济的同样鲁莽行为时，这一切才能实现。
We need to make sure consumers and middle-class families have the information they need to make financial decisions. We can't allow financial institutions, including those that take your deposits, to take risks that threaten the whole economy. Now, the House has already passed financial reform with many of these changes. And -- And the lobbyists are trying to kill it. Well, we cannot let them win this fight. And if the bill that ends up on my desk does not meet the test of real reform, I will send it back until we get it right. We've got to get it right. 我们需要确保消费者和中产阶级家庭拥有做出金融决策所需的信息。我们不能允许金融机构，包括那些吸收你存款的机构，冒威胁整个经济的风险。现在，众议院已通过包含许多此类变革的金融改革法案。而且——而且游说者正试图扼杀它。好吧，我们不能让他们在这场斗争中获胜。如果最终送到我办公桌上的法案不符合真正改革的标准，我将把它退回，直到我们做对为止。我们必须做对。
Next, we need to encourage American innovation. Last year, we made the largest investment in basic research funding in history, an investment -- an investment that could lead to the world's cheapest solar cells or treatment that kills cancer cells but leaves healthy ones untouched. And no area is more ripe for such innovation than energy. 其次，我们需要鼓励美国的创新。去年，我们进行了历史上最大规模的基础研究资金投资，这项投资——这项投资可能带来世界上最便宜的太阳能电池，或能够杀死癌细胞但保留健康细胞的疗法。而能源领域是最适合此类创新的领域。
You can see the results of last year's investment in clean energy in the North Carolina company that will create 1200 jobs nationwide helping to make advanced batteries, or, in the California business that will put a thousand people to work making solar panels. 你可以从北卡罗来纳州那家将在全国创造一千二百个就业岗位以帮助制造先进电池的公司，或加州那家将让一千人投入制造太阳能电池板的企业中，看到去年清洁能源投资的成果。
But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies. And yes, it means passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill with incentives that will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America. 但要创造更多这类清洁能源就业岗位，我们需要更多的生产、更高的效率、更多的激励。这意味着在我国建设新一代安全、清洁的核电站。这意味着就开放新的近海区域用于石油和天然气开发做出艰难决定。这意味着继续投资于先进生物燃料和清洁煤技术。而且是的，这意味着通过一项全面的能源和气候法案，其激励措施将最终使清洁能源成为美国有利可图的能源。
I am grateful to the House for passing such a bill last year. And this year -- this year, I am eager to help advance the bipartisan effort in the Senate. I know there have been questions about whether we can afford such changes in a tough economy. I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. 我感谢众议院去年通过了这样一项法案。今年——今年，我渴望帮助推进参议院的两党合作努力。我知道有人质疑在经济困难时期我们是否负担得起这些变革。我知道有些人不认同关于气候变化的压倒性科学证据。
But -- But -- Here -- Here's the thing: Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation. 但是——但是——这里——关键在于：即使你怀疑这些证据，为能源效率和清洁能源提供激励对我们的未来而言也是正确的选择，因为引领清洁能源经济的国家将是引领全球经济的国家。而美国必须是那个国家。
Third, we need to export more of our goods -- because the more products we make and sell to other countries, the more jobs we support right here in America. So -- So tonight, we set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years, an increase that will support two million jobs in America. To help meet this goal, we're launching a National Export Initiative that will help farmers and small businesses increase their exports, and reform export controls consistent with national security. 第三，我们需要出口更多商品——因为我们制造并销往其他国家的产品越多，我们在美国本土支持的就业岗位就越多。因此——因此今晚，我们设定一个新目标：未来五年我们将把出口翻一番，这一增长将在美国支持二百万个就业岗位。为帮助实现这一目标，我们正在启动"国家出口倡议"，帮助农民和小企业增加出口，并在符合国家安全的前提下改革出口管制。
We have to seek new markets aggressively, just as our competitors are. If America sits on the sidelines while other nations sign trade deals, we will lose the chance to create jobs on our shores. But realizing those benefits also means enforcing those agreements so our trading partners play by the rules. And that's why we'll continue to shape a Doha trade agreement that opens global markets, and why we will strengthen our trade relations in Asia and with key partners like South Korea and Panama and Colombia. 我们必须像我们的竞争对手一样积极开拓新市场。如果美国在其他国家签署贸易协定时袖手旁观，我们将失去在我国创造就业岗位的机会。但要实现这些利益也意味着执行这些协定，确保我们的贸易伙伴按规则行事。这也是为什么我们将继续推动达成开放全球市场的多哈贸易协定，以及为什么我们将加强与亚洲及韩国、巴拿马、哥伦比亚等关键伙伴的贸易关系。
Fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. 第四，我们需要投资于我国人民的技能和教育。
Now, this year -- this year we've broken through the stalemate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. And the idea here is simple: instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. Instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform -- reform that raises student achievement, inspires students to excel in math and science, and turns around failing schools that steal the future of too many young Americans, from rural communities to the inner city. In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. 现在，今年——今年我们通过发起一项改善学校的全国竞赛，打破了左右之间的僵局。这里的理念很简单：不再奖励失败，我们只奖励成功。不再资助现状，我们只投资于改革——提高学生成绩、激励学生在数学和科学方面出类拔萃、并扭转那些窃取太多美国年轻人未来的失败学校的改革，从乡村社区到内城区。在二十一世纪，最好的扶贫计划就是世界一流的教育。
And in this country, the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. 而在我们这个国家，我们孩子的成功不应更多地取决于他们住在哪里，而不是他们的潜力。
When we renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we will work with Congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. Still, in this economy, a high school diploma no longer guarantees a good job. That's why I urge the Senate to follow the House and pass a bill that will revitalize our community colleges, which are a career pathway to the children of so many working families. 当我们重新授权《初等和中等教育法》时，我们将与国会合作将这些改革扩展到全部五十个州。然而，在当前的经济中，高中文凭不再能保证一份好工作。这就是为什么我敦促参议院效仿众议院，通过一项将振兴我们社区大学的法案，社区大学是如此多工薪家庭子女的职业之路。
To make college more affordable, this bill will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans. Instead, let's take that money and give families a 10,000 dollar tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants. 为了让大学更负担得起，这项法案将最终结束向银行支付学生贷款的不当纳税人补贴。相反，让我们把这笔钱用来为大学四年向家庭提供一万美元的税收抵免，并增加佩尔助学金。
And let's tell another one million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only 10 percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after 20 years -- and forgiven after 10 years if they choose a career in public service, because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college. 让我们告诉另外一百万名学生，当他们毕业时，他们只需将收入的10%用于偿还学生贷款，所有债务将在二十年后免除——如果他们选择从事公共服务职业，则十年后免除，因为在美利坚合众国，没有人应该因为选择上大学而破产。
And by the way, it's time for colleges and universities to get serious about cutting their own costs -- because they, too, have a responsibility to help solve this problem. 顺便说一句，是时候让学院和大学认真削减自身成本了——因为它们也有责任帮助解决这个问题。
Now, the price of college tuition is just one of the burdens facing the middle-class. That's why last year I asked Vice President Biden to chair a task force on Middle-Class Families. That's why we're nearly doubling the child care tax credit, and making it easier to save for retirement by giving access to every worker a retirement account and expanding the tax credit for those who start a nest egg. That's why we're working to lift the value of a family's single largest investment -- their home. 现在，大学学费只是中产阶级面临的负担之一。这就是为什么去年我请副总统拜登主持一个中产阶级家庭工作组。这就是为什么我们几乎将儿童保育税收抵免翻倍，并通过为每位工人提供退休账户 access 让储蓄退休变得更加容易，并扩大了对那些开始储蓄的人的税收抵免。这就是为什么我们正努力提升一个家庭最大单项投资——他们房屋——的价值。
The steps we took last year to shore up the housing market have allowed millions of Americans to take out new loans and save an average of 1500 dollars on mortgage payments. This year, we will step up re-financing so that homeowners can move into more affordable mortgages. And -- And it is precisely to relieve the burden on middle-class families that we still need health insurance reform. Yes, we do. 我们去年为支撑房地产市场所采取的步骤已使数百万美国人获得新贷款，并在抵押贷款支付上平均节省一千五百美元。今年，我们将加大再融资力度，使房主能够转入更可负担的抵押贷款。而且——而且正是为了减轻中产阶级家庭的负担，我们仍然需要医疗保险改革。是的，我们需要。
Now, let's clear a few things up. I didn't choose to tackle this issue to get some legislative victory under my belt. And by now it should be fairly obvious that I didn't take on health care because it was good politics. I took on health care because [of] the stories I've heard from Americans with preexisting conditions whose lives depend on getting coverage; patients who've been denied coverage; families -- even those with insurance -- who are just one illness away from financial ruin. 现在，让我们澄清几件事。我选择解决这个问题不是为了给自己增加什么立法胜利的政绩。到现在为止应该相当明显，我接手医疗保健问题并非因为它在政治上有利。我接手医疗保健是因为我听到的那些来自有既往病症的美国人——他们的生命依赖于获得保险——的故事；来自被拒保的患者的；来自家庭——甚至那些有保险的——只差一场病就面临财务毁灭的。
After nearly a century of trying -- Democratic Administrations, Republican Administrations -- we are closer than ever to bringing more security to the lives of so many Americans. The approach we've taken would protect every American from the worst practices of the insurance industry. It would give small businesses and uninsured Americans a chance to choose an affordable health care plan in a competitive market. It would require every insurance plan to cover preventive care. 经过近一个世纪的努力——民主党政府、共和党政府——我们比以往任何时候都更接近为如此多美国人的生活带来更多保障。我们采取的做法将保护每个美国人免受保险业最恶劣做法的侵害。它将给予小企业和无保险美国人一个在竞争性市场中选择负担得起的医疗保险计划的机会。它将要求每个保险计划覆盖预防性护理。
And by the way, I want to acknowledge our First Lady, Michelle Obama, who this year is creating a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity and make kids healthier. Thank you. She gets embarrassed. 顺便说一句，我想感谢我们的第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马，她今年正在发起一项全国运动，以应对儿童肥胖流行病并让孩子们更健康。谢谢。她会不好意思。
Our approach would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan. It would reduce costs and premiums for millions of families and businesses. And according to the Congressional Budget Office -- the independent organization that both parties have cited as the official scorekeeper for Congress -- our approach would bring down the deficit by as much as one trillion dollars over the next two decades. 我们的做法将保留已参保美国人保留其医生和计划的权利。它将降低数百万家庭和企业的成本和保费。根据国会预算办公室——这一被两党援引为国会官方计分员的独立机构——我们的做法将在未来二十年内把赤字减少多达一万亿美元。
Still, this is a complexed issue, and the longer it was debated, the more skeptical people became. I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people. And I know that with all the lobbying and horse-trading, the process left most Americans wondering, "What's in it for me?" But I also know this problem is not going away. By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. 尽管如此，这是一个复杂的问题，辩论时间越长，人们就越持怀疑态度。我承担我那份没有向美国人民更清楚解释的责任。我知道，在所有的游说和政治交易中，这个过程让大多数美国人都在想："这对我有什么好处？"但我也知道这个问题不会消失。到我今晚演讲结束时，将有更多美国人失去医疗保险。今年数以百万计的人将失去保险。我们的赤字将增长。保费将上涨。患者将被拒绝获得所需的护理。
Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber. 小企业主将继续完全放弃提供保险。我不会抛弃这些美国人，这个议事厅里的人也不应该这样做。
So, as temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed. There's a reason why many doctors, nurses, and health care experts who know our system best consider this approach a vast improvement over the status quo. But if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know. Let me know. Let me know. I'm eager to see it. 因此，随着气氛冷却，我希望每个人再次看看我们提出的计划。许多最了解我们体系的医生、护士和医疗保健专家认为这种方法是对现状的巨大改进，这是有原因的。但如果任何一方有人有更好的方法能够降低保费、降低赤字、覆盖无保险者、加强老年人医疗保险、并阻止保险公司的滥用行为，请告诉我。请告诉我。请告诉我。我渴望看到它。
Here's what I ask Congress, though: Don't walk away from reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people. Let's get it done. Let's get it done. 不过，这是我对国会的要求：不要放弃改革。不是现在。不是在我们如此接近目标的时候。让我们找到一种方式走到一起，为美国人民完成这项工作。让我们把它完成。让我们把它完成。
Now, even as health care reform would reduce our deficit, it's not enough to dig us out of a massive fiscal hole in which we find ourselves. It's a challenge that makes all others that much harder to solve, and one that's been subject to a lot of political posturing. So let me start the discussion of government spending by setting the record straight. 现在，尽管医疗保健改革将减少我们的赤字，但这不足以让我们从所处的巨额财政窟窿中脱身。这一挑战使所有其他问题都更加难以解决，而且一直受到大量政治作秀的影响。因此，让我从澄清事实开始这场关于政府支出的讨论。
At the beginning of the last decade, the year 2000, America had a budget surplus of over 200 billion dollars. By -- By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over one trillion dollars and projected deficits of eight trillion dollars over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a three trillion dollar hole in our budget. All this was before I walked in the door. 在上一个十年之初的2000年，美国有超过二千亿美元的预算盈余。到我上任时——到我上任时，我们有一年超过一万亿美元的赤字，以及预计未来十年八万亿美元的赤字。这主要是两场战争、两次减税和一项昂贵的处方药计划未予支付的结果。除此之外，衰退的影响使我们的预算出现了三万亿美元的窟窿。这一切都发生在我走进大门之前。
Now -- Now -- just stating the facts. Now, if we had taken office in ordinary times, I would have liked nothing more than to start bringing down the deficit. But we took office amid a crisis. And our efforts to prevent a second depression have added another one trillion dollars to our national debt. That, too, is a fact. 现在——现在——只是陈述事实。现在，如果我们是在平常时期上任，我最希望做的事就是开始削减赤字。但我们在危机之中上任。我们防止第二次大萧条的努力又增加了一万亿美元的国债。这也是一个事实。
I'm absolutely convinced that was the right thing to do. But families across the country are tightening their belts and making tough decisions. The federal government should do the same. So tonight, I'm proposing specific steps to pay for the trillion dollars that it took to rescue the economy last year. Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. Spending related to our national security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will not be affected. But all other discretionary government programs will. 我绝对相信那是正确的做法。但全国各地的家庭正在勒紧腰带、做出艰难决定。联邦政府也应该这样做。因此今晚，我提议采取具体步骤，为去年拯救经济所花费的一万亿美元买单。从2011年开始，我们准备冻结政府支出三年。与国家安全、医疗保险、医疗补助和社会保障相关的支出不会受到影响。但所有其他可自由支配的政府项目都会受到影响。
Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't. And if I have to enforce this discipline by veto, I will. 像任何现金紧张的家庭一样，我们将在预算内运作，投资于我们需要的、牺牲我们不需要的。如果必须通过行使否决权来执行这种纪律，我会这样做的。
We will continue to go through the budget, line by line, page by page, to eliminate programs that we can't afford and don't work. We've already identified 20 billion dollars in savings for next year. To help working families, we'll extend our middle-class tax cuts. But at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for oil companies, for investment fund managers, and for those making over 250,000 dollars a year. We just can't afford it. 我们将继续逐行、逐页地审查预算，以消除我们负担不起且不起作用的计划。我们已为明年确定了二百亿美元的节省。为帮助工薪家庭，我们将延长我们的中产阶级减税。但在赤字创纪录的时期，我们不会继续为石油公司、投资基金经理以及年收入超过二十五万美元的人提供减税。我们就是负担不起。
Now, even after paying for what we spent on my watch, we'll still face the massive deficit we had when I took office. More importantly, the cost of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will continue to skyrocket. That's why I've called for a bipartisan fiscal commission, modeled on a proposal by Republican Judd Gregg and Democrat Kent Conrad. This can't be one of those Washington gimmicks that lets us pretend we solved a problem. The commission will have to provide a specific set of solutions by a certain deadline. 现在，即使为我任内支出买单之后，我们仍将面临我上任时就存在的大规模赤字。更重要的是，医疗保险、医疗补助和社会保障的成本将继续飙升。这就是为什么我呼吁成立一个两党财政委员会，以共和党人贾德·格雷格和民主党人肯特·康拉德的提案为蓝本。这不能是那些让我们假装解决了问题的华盛顿花招之一。该委员会必须在一定期限内提供一套具体的解决方案。
Now, yesterday the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission. So I'll issue an executive order that will allow us to go forward, because I refuse to pass this problem on to another generation of Americans. And when the vote comes tomorrow, the Senate should restore the pay-as-you-go law that was a big reason for why we had record surpluses in the 1990s. 现在，昨天参议院否决了一项本可创建该委员会的法案。因此我将发布一项行政命令，使我们能够继续推进，因为我拒绝把这个问题推给下一代美国人。当明天进行投票时，参议院应恢复"现收现付"法律，这是我们在二十世纪九十年代实现创纪录盈余的重要原因。
Now, I know that some in my own party will argue that we can't address the deficit or freeze government spending when so many are still hurting. And I agree -- which is why this freeze won't take effect until next year -- when the economy is stronger. That's how budgeting works. But understand -- understand if we don't take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the cost of borrowing, and jeopardize our recovery -- all of which would have an even worse effect on our job growth and family incomes. 现在，我知道我党内的一些人会争辩说，在如此多人仍在受苦时，我们不能解决赤字问题或冻结政府支出。我同意——这就是为什么这次冻结要到明年——当经济更强劲时——才会生效。这就是预算运作的方式。但要明白——要明白，如果我们不采取有意义的步骤控制债务，它可能损害我们的市场、增加借贷成本、并危及我们的复苏——所有这些都对我们的就业增长和家庭收入产生更糟糕的影响。
From some on the right, I expect we'll hear a different argument -- that if we just make fewer investments in our people, extend tax cuts including those for the wealthier Americans, eliminate more regulations, maintain the status quo on health care, our deficits will go away. The problem is that's what we did for eight years. That's what helped us into this crisis. It's what helped lead to these deficits. We can't do it again. 从右翼的一些人那里，我预计会听到不同的论点——如果我们只是减少对人民的投资、延长包括对更富裕美国人的减税、取消更多监管、维持医疗保健的现状，我们的赤字就会消失。问题是，那正是我们八年来所做的事情。那正是把我们推入这场危机的原因。那正是导致这些赤字的原因。我们不能重蹈覆辙。
Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt. Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here. Let's try common sense -- a novel concept. 与其继续主导华盛顿几十年的同样令人厌倦的争斗，不如尝试一些新东西。让我们投资于我们的人民，而不给他们留下一座债务山。让我们履行对派我们来到这里的公民的责任。让我们试试常识——一个新颖的概念。
Now, to do that we have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now. We face a deficit of trust -- deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years. To close that credibility gap we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue -- to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; to give our people the government they deserve. 现在，要做到这一点，我们必须认识到我们现在面临的不仅是美元赤字。我们还面临信任赤字——对华盛顿如何运作的深深而腐蚀性的怀疑，这些怀疑已经存在多年。要消除这种信任差距，我们必须在宾夕法尼亚大道两端采取行动——结束游说者的过度影响；公开我们的工作；给予我们人民他们应得的政府。
Now, that's what I came to Washington to do. That's why, for the first time in history, my Administration posts on our White House visitors online. That's why we've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs, or seats on federal boards and commissions. But we can't stop there. It's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my Administration or with Congress. It's time to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office. 现在，这就是我来华盛顿要做的事。这就是为什么，历史上首次，我的政府将白宫访客记录发布在网上。这就是为什么我们排除了游说者担任政策制定职位或联邦委员会和委员会席位。但我们不能就此止步。是时候要求游说者披露他们代表客户与我的政府或国会进行的每一次联系了。是时候对游说者向联邦公职候选人提供的捐款实施严格限制了。
With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests -- including foreign corporations -- to spend without limit in our elections. I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests -- or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people. And I'd urge Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to correct some of these problems. 出于对三权分立的应有尊重，上周最高法院推翻了一个世纪的法律，我相信这将打开闸门，让特殊利益集团——包括外国公司——在我们的选举中无限制地支出。我不认为美国选举应该由美国最强大的利益集团——或更糟的是，由外国实体——提供资金。它们应该由美国人民来决定。我敦促民主党人和共和党人通过一项有助于纠正其中一些问题的法案。
I'm also calling on Congress to continue down the path of earmark reform -- Democrats and Republicans, Democrats and Republicans. Look...you've trimmed some of this spending; you've embraced some meaningful change. But restoring the public trust demands more. For example, some members of Congress post some earmark requests online. Tonight, I'm calling on Congress to publish all earmark requests on a single Web site before there's a vote, so that the American people can see how their money is being spent. 我还呼吁国会继续走"专项拨款"改革的道路——民主党人和共和党人，民主党人和共和党人。听着……你们已经削减了部分此类支出；你们已经接受了一些有意义的变革。但恢复公众信任需要更多。例如，一些国会议员在网上公布了一些专项拨款请求。今晚，我呼吁国会在投票前将所有专项拨款请求发布在一个网站上，以便美国人民能看到他们的钱是如何被使用的。
Of course, none of these reforms will even happen if we don't also reform how we work with one another. Now, I'm not naïve. I never thought that the mere fact of my election would usher in peace and harmony, and some post-partisan era. I knew that both parties have fed divisions that are deeply entrenched. And on some issues, there are simply philosophical differences that will always cause us to part ways. These disagreements, about the role of government in our lives, about our national priorities and our national security, they've been taking place for over 200 years. 当然，如果我们不同时改革我们彼此合作的方式，这些改革都不会发生。现在，我不是天真。我从未认为仅凭我当选这一事实就会带来和平与和谐以及某个后党派时代。我知道两党都助长了根深蒂固的分裂。在某些问题上，存在简单的哲学差异，这些差异将始终导致我们分道扬镳。这些分歧——关于政府在我们生活中的角色、关于我们的国家优先事项和国家安全——已经持续了二百多年。
They're the very essence of our democracy. 它们正是我们民主的本质。
But what frustrates the American people is a Washington where every day is "Election Day." We can't wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side -- a belief that if you lose, I win. Neither party should delay or obstruct every single bill just because they can. The confirmation of -- I'm speaking to both parties now -- the confirmation of well-qualified public servants shouldn't be held hostage to the pet projects or grudges of a few individual senators. 但让美国人民感到沮丧的是一个每天都在过"选举日"的华盛顿。我们不能进行一场永无止境的竞选运动，其唯一目标是看谁能获得关于对方的最令人尴尬的头条新闻——一种如果你输了我就会赢的信念。任何一方都不应该仅仅因为能够做到就拖延或阻挠每一项法案。对——我现在对两党说话——对合格公务员的任命确认不应该被少数个别参议员的宠物项目或怨恨所绑架。
Washington may think that saying anything about the other side, no matter how false, no matter how malicious, is just part of the game. But it's precisely such politics that has stopped either party from helping the American people. Worse yet -- Worse yet, it's sowing further division among our citizens, further distrust in our government. 华盛顿可能认为，对另一方说任何话，无论多么虚假、多么恶毒，都只是游戏的一部分。但正是这种政治阻止了两党中的任何一方帮助美国人民。更糟糕的是——更糟糕的是，它在我们的公民中播下进一步的分裂，在政府中播下进一步的不信任。
So, no, I will not give up on trying to change the tone of our politics. I know it's an election year. And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual. But we still need to govern. 所以，不，我不会放弃努力改变我们政治的基调。我知道这是选举年。在上周之后，很明显竞选热比以往来得更早。但我们仍然需要治理。
To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve problems, not run for the hills. And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that -- that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town -- a supermajority -- then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions. So let's show the American people that we can do it together. 对民主党人，我想提醒你们，我们仍然拥有几十年来最大的多数席位，人民期望我们解决问题，而不是临阵脱逃。如果共和党领导层坚持——坚持在这个城市做任何事都需要参议院六十票——一个超级多数——那么治理的责任现在也是你们的。对一切说不可能在短期内是好的政治，但这不是领导力。我们被派到这里是为公民服务，而不是为我们的野心服务。所以让我们向美国人民展示，我们可以共同做到这一点。
This week -- This week, I'll be meet -- addressing a meeting of the House Republicans. I'd like to begin monthly meetings with both Democratic and Republican leadership. I know you can't wait. 本周——本周，我将——向众议院共和党人的一次会议发表讲话。我希望开始与民主党和共和党领导层的月度会晤。我知道你们等不及了。
Now, throughout our history, no issue has united this country more than our security. Sadly, some of the unity we felt after 9/11 has dissipated. Now, we can argue all we want about who's to blame for this, but I'm not interested in re-litigating the past. I know that all of us love this country. All of us are committed to its defense. So let's put aside the schoolyard taunts about who is tough. Let's reject the false choice between protecting our people and upholding our values. 现在，在我们的整个历史中，没有哪个问题比我们的安全更能团结这个国家。遗憾的是，9/11之后我们感受到的一些团结已经消散。现在，我们可以尽情争论这是谁的责任，但我对重新辩论过去没有兴趣。我知道我们所有人都热爱这个国家。我们所有人都致力于捍卫它。所以，让我们把关于谁更强硬的校园式嘲笑放在一边。让我们拒绝在保护我们的人民和维护我们的价值观之间做虚假选择。
Let's leave behind the fear and division, and do what it takes to defend our nation and forge a more hopeful future -- for America and for the world. 让我们抛开恐惧和分裂，竭尽全力捍卫我们的国家，为美国和世界锻造一个更有希望的未来。
That's the work we began last year. Since the day I took office, we've renewed our focus on the terrorists who threaten our nation. We've made substantial investments in our homeland security and disrupted plots that threatened to take American lives. We are filling unacceptable gaps revealed by the failed Christmas attack, with better airline security and swifter action on our intelligence. We've prohibited torture and strengthened partnerships from the Pacific to South Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. 这就是我们去年开始的工作。从我上任那天起，我们重新聚焦于威胁我们国家的恐怖分子。我们对国土安全进行了大量投资，并挫败了威胁夺取美国人生命的阴谋。我们正在填补失败的圣诞节袭击所暴露的不可接受的漏洞，提供更好的航空安全和更迅速的情报行动。我们禁止了酷刑，并加强了从太平洋到南亚再到阿拉伯半岛的伙伴关系。
And in the last year, hundreds of al Qaeda's fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed -- far more than in 2008. 在过去一年中，数百名基地组织的战斗人员和附属人员，包括许多高级领导人，已被捕获或击毙——远超2008年。
And in Afghanistan, we're increasing our troops and training Afghan security forces so they can begin to take the lead in July of 2011, and our troops can begin to come home. We will reward good governance, work to reduce corruption, and support the rights of all Afghans -- men and women alike. We're joined by allies and partners who have increased their own commitments, and who will come together tomorrow in London to reaffirm our common purpose. There will be difficult days ahead. But I am absolutely confident we will succeed. 在阿富汗，我们正在增加我们的军队并训练阿富汗安全部队，以便他们能在2011年7月开始担当主导，我们的军队可以开始回家。我们将奖励良好的治理，努力减少腐败，并支持所有阿富汗人——男女同样——的权利。我们的盟友和伙伴加入了我们，他们增加了自己的承诺，明天将齐聚伦敦重申我们的共同目标。前方会有艰难的日子。但我绝对有信心我们会成功。
As we take the fight to al Qaeda, we are responsibly leaving Iraq to its people. As a candidate, I promised that I would end this war, and that is what I am doing as President. We will have all of our combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this August. We will support -- We will support the Iraqi government -- We will support the Iraqi government as they hold elections, and we will continue to partner with the Iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity. But make no mistake: This war is ending, and all of our troops are coming home. 在我们对基地组织采取行动的同时，我们正在负责任地将伊拉克交还给它的人民。作为候选人，我承诺将结束这场战争，这正是我作为总统正在做的。我们将在今年八月底前将所有作战部队撤出伊拉克。我们将支持——我们将支持伊拉克政府——我们将支持伊拉克政府举行选举，并将继续与伊拉克人民合作，促进地区和平与繁荣。但不要搞错：这场战争正在结束，我们所有的军队都在回家。
Tonight, all of our men and women in uniform -- in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and around the world -- they have to know that we -- that...they have our respect, our gratitude, our full support. And just as they must have the resources they need in war, we all have a responsibility to support them when they come home. That's why we made the largest increase in investments for veterans in decades last year. That's why we're building a 21st century VA. And that's why Michelle has joined with Jill Biden to forge a national commitment to support military families. 今晚，我们所有身着军装的男女——在伊拉克、在阿富汗以及在世界各地——他们必须知道，我们——他们拥有我们的尊敬、我们的感激、我们的全力支持。正如他们在战争中必须拥有所需资源一样，我们所有人都有责任在他们回国后支持他们。这就是为什么我们去年进行了几十年来最大规模的退伍军人投资增长。这就是为什么我们正在建设一个二十一世纪的退伍军人事务部。这就是为什么米歇尔与吉尔·拜登携手，共同缔结一项支持军人家庭的全国承诺。
Now, even as we prosecute two wars, we're also confronting perhaps the greatest danger to the American people -- the threat of nuclear weapons. I've embraced the vision of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan through a strategy that reverses the spread of these weapons and seeks a world without them. To reduce our stockpiles and launchers, while ensuring our deterrent, the United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reachings arms control treaty in nearly two decades. And at April's Nuclear Security Summit, we will bring 44 nations together here in Washington, D.C. 现在，即使我们在进行两场战争，我们也在应对也许是对美国人民最大的危险——核武器的威胁。我通过一项扭转这些武器扩散并寻求无核世界的战略，拥抱了约翰·F·肯尼迪和罗纳德·里根的愿景。为减少我们的库存和发射装置，同时确保我们的威慑力，美国和俄罗斯正在完成近二十年来影响最深远的军备控制条约的谈判。在四月核安全峰会上，我们将把四十四个国家聚集在华盛顿特区。
behind a clear goal: securing all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years, so that they never fall into the hands of terrorists. 为一个明确目标：在四年内确保全球所有易失核材料的安全，使其永远不会落入恐怖分子之手。
Now, these diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of nuclear weapons. That's why North Korea now faces increased isolation and stronger sanctions -- sanctions that are being vigorously enforced. That's why the international community is more united and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated. And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: They, too, will face growing consequences. That is a promise. 现在，这些外交努力也增强了我们与那些执意违反国际协议以追求核武器的国家打交道时的底气。这就是为什么朝鲜现在面临更多的孤立和更严厉的制裁——这些制裁正在得到严格执行。这就是为什么国际社会更加团结，而伊朗伊斯兰共和国更加孤立。随着伊朗领导人继续无视他们的义务，不应有任何怀疑：他们也将面临日益增长的后果。这是一个承诺。
That's the leadership that we are providing -- engagement that advances the common security and prosperity of all people. We're working through the G20 to sustain a lasting global recovery. We're working with Muslim communities around the world to promote science and education and innovation. We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change. We're helping developing countries to feed themselves, and continuing the fight against HIV/AIDS. 这就是我们正在提供的领导力——促进所有人共同安全与繁荣的接触。我们正通过G20努力维持持久的全球复苏。我们正与世界各地的穆斯林社区合作，推动科学、教育和创新。我们已经从应对气候变化的旁观者变成了领导者。我们正在帮助发展中国家实现粮食自给，并继续抗击艾滋病。
And we are launching a new initiative that will give us the capacity to respond faster and more effectively to bioterrorism or an infectious disease -- a plan that will counter threats at home and strengthen public health abroad. 我们还在启动一项新倡议，赋予我们更快、更有效地应对生物恐怖主义或传染病的能力——一项将在国内应对威胁并加强海外公共卫生的计划。
As we have for over 60 years, America takes these actions because our destiny is connected to those beyond our shores. But we also do it because it is right. That's why, as we meet here tonight, over 10,000 Americans are working with many nations to help the people of Haiti recover and rebuild. That's why we stand with the girl who yearns to go to school in Afghanistan; why we support the human rights of the women marching through the streets of Iran; why we advocate for the young man denied a job by corruption in Guinea. For America must always stand on the side of freedom and human dignity. 正如我们六十多年来所做的那样，美国采取这些行动是因为我们的命运与彼岸的人民息息相关。但我们这样做也是因为这是正确的。这就是为什么，当我们今晚在此相聚时，超过一万名美国人正与许多国家合作，帮助海地人民恢复和重建。这就是为什么我们与那位渴望在阿富汗上学的女孩站在一起；为什么我们支持在伊朗街头游行的女性的人权；为什么我们为那位因几内亚腐败而被拒绝就业的年轻人发声。因为美国必须始终站在自由和人类尊严一边。
Always. 永远如此。
Abroad, America's greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we're all created equal; that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it; if you adhere to our common values you should be treated no different than anyone else. 在海外，美国最大的力量源泉一直是我们的理想。在国内也是如此。我们在令人难以置信的多样性中找到团结，汲取铭刻在我们宪法中的承诺：人人生而平等的理念；无论你是谁、无论你长相如何，只要你遵守法律，就应受到法律保护；只要你恪守我们的共同价值观，你就应得到与其他任何人相同的对待。
We must continually renew this promise. My Administration has a Civil Rights Division that is once again prosecuting civil rights violations and employment discrimination. We finally strengthened -- We finally strengthened our laws to protect against crimes driven by hate. This year -- This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do. 我们必须不断更新这一承诺。我的政府有一个民权部门，再次起诉民权违法行为和就业歧视。我们终于加强了——我们终于加强了我们的法律，以防范由仇恨驱动的犯罪。今年——今年，我将与国会和我们的军方合作，最终废除那条因身份而拒绝同性恋美国人服役他们所热爱的国家的法律。这是正确的事情。
We're going to crack down on violations of equal pay laws so that women get equal pay for an equal day's work. And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system -- to secure our borders and enforce our laws, and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nations. 我们将打击违反同工同酬法律的行为，确保女性获得同工同酬。我们还应该继续修复我们破碎的移民体系——保障我们的边界、执行我们的法律，并确保每个遵守规则的人都能为我们的经济做出贡献并丰富我们的国家。
In the end, it's our ideals, our values that built America -- values that allowed us to forge a nation made up of immigrants from every corner of the globe; values that drive our citizens still. Every day, Americans meet their responsibilities to their families and their employers. Time and again, they lend a hand to their neighbors and give back to their country. They take pride in their labor, and are generous in spirit. These aren't Republican values or Democratic values that they're living by; business values or labor values. They're American values. 归根结底，是我们的理想、我们的价值观缔造了美国——这些价值观让我们能够锻造一个由来自全球每个角落的移民组成的国家；这些价值观至今仍在激励着我们的公民。每一天，美国人都履行着对家庭和雇主的责任。一次又一次，他们向邻居伸出援手、回馈国家。他们以自己的劳动为荣，慷慨大方。他们所秉持的不是共和党的价值观或民主党的价值观；不是商业的价值观或劳工的价值观。它们是美国的价值观。
Unfortunately, too many of our citizens have lost faith that our biggest institutions -- our corporations, our media, and, yes, our government -- still reflect these same values. Each of these institutions are full of honorable men and women doing important work that helps our country prosper. But each time a CEO rewards himself for failure, or a banker puts the rest of us at risk for his own selfish gain, people's doubts grow. Each time lobbyists game the system or politicians tear each other down instead of lifting this country up, we lose faith. 遗憾的是，太多我们的公民已经失去了对我们最大的机构——我们的企业、我们的媒体，以及，是的，我们的政府——仍然体现这些价值观的信心。这些机构中的每一个都充满了正直的男女，从事着帮助我国繁荣的重要工作。但每当一位CEO因失败而自我奖励，或一位银行家为了一己私利而让我们其他人承担风险，人们的疑虑就会增加。每当游说者操纵体系，或政客们相互拆台而不是共同振兴国家，我们就会失去信心。
The more that TV pundits reduce serious debates to silly arguments, big issues into sound bites, our citizens turn away. 电视评论员越是把严肃辩论降格为无聊争吵、把重大议题简化为只言片语，我们的公民就越会转身离去。
No wonder there's so much cynicism out there. No wonder there's so much disappointment. 难怪社会上存在如此多的愤世嫉俗。难怪存在如此多的失望。
I campaigned on the promise of change -- "Change we can believe in" -- the slogan went. And right now, I know there are many Americans who aren't sure if they still believe we can change -- or that I can deliver it. But remember this -- I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I could do it alone. Democracy in a nation of 300 million people can be noisy and messy and complicated. And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy. That's just how it is. 我以变革的承诺竞选——"我们能相信的变革"——这个口号如此说。而现在，我知道有许多美国人不确定他们是否仍然相信我们能变革——或者我能实现变革。但请记住这一点——我从未说过变革会很容易，也从未说过我能独自完成。在一个拥有三亿人口的国家，民主可能是嘈杂的、混乱的和复杂的。当你试图做大事、进行大变革时，它会激发激情和争议。事实就是如此。
Those of us in public office can respond to this reality by playing it safe and avoid telling hard truths and pointing fingers. We can do what's necessary to keep our poll numbers high, and get through the next election instead of doing what's best for the next generation. 我们这些担任公职的人可以通过明哲保身、避免说出难以接受的事实和推卸责任来应对这一现实。我们可以做必要的事情来保持高支持率，并熬过下一次选举，而不是为下一代做最好的事情。
But I also know this: If people had made that decision 50 years ago, or 100 years ago, or 200 years ago, we wouldn't be here tonight. The only reason we are here is because generations of Americans were unafraid to do what was hard; to do what was needed even when success was uncertain; to do what it took to keep the dream of this nation alive for their children and their grandchildren. 但我也知道：如果人们在五十年前、一百年前、或二百年前做出了那样的决定，我们今晚就不会在这里。我们在这里的唯一原因是，一代又一代的美国人无畏地去做艰难的事；即使成功不确定也去做需要做的事；去做需要做的事，让这个国家的梦想为他们的子女和孙辈继续存活。
Our Administration has had some political setbacks this year, and some of them were deserved. But I wake up every day knowing that they are nothing compared to the setbacks that families all across this country have faced this year. And what keeps me going, what keeps me fighting, is that despite all these setbacks, that spirit of determination and optimism, that fundamental decency that has always been at the core of the American people -- that lives on. 本届政府今年遭遇了一些政治挫折，其中一些是应得的。但我每天早上醒来都知道，与全国各地家庭今年所面临的挫折相比，这些都不算什么。而让我继续前行、让我继续战斗的，是尽管有所有这些挫折，那种决心和乐观的精神，那种始终是美国人民核心的根本正派——依然延续。
It lives on in the struggling small business owner who wrote to me of his company: "None of us," he said, "…are willing to consider, even slightly, that we might fail." 它延续在那位挣扎中的小企业主身上，他在给我的信中谈到他的公司："我们中没有谁，"他说，"……哪怕稍微考虑一下我们可能会失败。"
It lives on in the woman who said that even though she and her neighbors have felt the pain of recession, "We are strong. We are resilient. We are American." 它延续在那位女性身上，她说尽管她和她的邻居感受到了衰退的痛苦，"我们坚强。我们坚韧。我们是美国人。"
It lives on in the 8-year-old boy in Louisiana, who just sent me his allowance and asked if I would give it to the people of Haiti. 它延续在路易斯安那州那个八岁男孩身上，他刚刚把零花钱寄给我，问我能否把它转交给海地人民。
And it lives on in all the Americans who've dropped everything to go someplace they've never been and pull people they've never known from the rubble, prompting chants of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A!" when another life was saved. 它延续在所有那些放下一切、前往从未去过的地方、从废墟中拉出素不相识之人的美国人身上，当又一条生命被拯救时，他们高呼"美国！美国！美国！"
The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people. 两个多世纪以来支撑这个国家的精神，在你们——它的人民——身上延续。
We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment -- to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more. 我们已经度过了一个艰难的年份。我们走过了一个艰难的十年。但新的一年已经到来。一个新的十年展现在我们面前。我们不放弃。我不放弃。让我们抓住这一刻——重新开始，推进梦想，再次加强我们的联邦。
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America. 谢谢。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。