Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States (who is around here somewhere): 议长女士、副总统先生、各位国会议员、美国第一夫人（她就在这附近某个地方）：
I have come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here. 我今晚来到这里，不仅仅是为了向这座伟大殿堂中卓越的男女议员们致辞，更是为了向把我们送到这里的男女同胞们坦诚而直接地讲话。
I know that for many Americans watching right now, the state of our economy is a concern that rises above all others. And rightly so. If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has -- a friend; a neighbor; a member of your family. You don’t need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis, because you live it every day. 我知道，对于此刻正在收看演讲的许多美国人来说，我们的经济状况是一个高于一切的关切。这是应当的。如果你没有亲身受到这次衰退的影响，你大概也认识受影响的人——一位朋友、一位邻居、你的家人。你不需要再听一串统计数据才知道我们的经济正处于危机之中，因为你每天都在亲历其中。
It’s the worry you wake up with and the source of sleepless nights. It’s the job you thought you’d retire from but now have lost; the business you built your dreams upon that’s now hanging by a thread; the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope. The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere. 它是你醒来时的忧虑，是你彻夜难眠的根源。它是你原以为可以干到退休却已失去的工作；是你寄托梦想而今命悬一线的企业；是你的孩子不得不放回信封的大学录取通知书。这次衰退的影响是真实的，且无处不在。
But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: 然而，尽管我们的经济可能已遭削弱、我们的信心已被动摇；尽管我们正经历艰难而不确定的时代，今晚我要让每一位美国人都知道这一点：
We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before. 我们将重建，我们将复苏，美利坚合众国将以比以往更强大的姿态重新崛起。
The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more. 这场危机的重负不会决定这个国家的命运。解决我们问题的答案并非遥不可及。它们存在于我们的实验室和大学中；存在于我们的田野和工厂中；存在于我们企业家的想象力和地球上最勤劳人民的骄傲之中。那些使美国成为人类历史上最伟大的进步与繁荣力量的品质，我们依然拥有丰沛的数量。现在所需要的是这个国家团结起来，勇敢地直面我们所面临的挑战，并再次为我们的未来承担责任。
Now, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that for too long, we have not always met these responsibilities -- as a government or as a people. I say this not to lay blame or look backwards, but because it is only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we’ll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament. 现在，如果我们对自己诚实，我们就会承认，太久以来，无论是作为政府还是作为人民，我们并未始终尽到这些责任。我这样说不是要指责谁或回顾过去，而是因为只有理解我们是如何走到这一刻的，我们才能把自己从这一困境中解救出来。
The fact is, our economy did not fall into decline overnight. Nor did all of our problems begin when the housing market collapsed or the stock market sank. We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before. 事实是，我们的经济并非一夜之间陷入衰退。我们所有的问题也并非始于房地产市场崩溃或股市下挫。几十年来我们一直知道，我们的生存依赖于寻找新的能源。然而今天我们进口的石油比以往任何时候都多。
The cost of health care eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform. Our children will compete for jobs in a global economy that too many of our schools do not prepare them for. And though all these challenges went unsolved, we still managed to spend more money and pile up more debt, both as individuals and through our government, than ever before. 医疗保健的成本每年吞噬我们越来越多的积蓄，然而我们却一再拖延改革。我们的孩子将在一个全球化经济中竞争就业岗位，而我们的许多学校并没有为他们做好准备。尽管这些挑战都未得到解决，我们仍然设法花掉更多的钱、堆积更多的债务——无论是作为个人还是通过我们的政府——比以往任何时候都多。
In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election. A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future. 换言之，我们所经历的这个时代，常常把短期收益置于长期繁荣之上；我们未能超越下一次付款、下一个季度或下一次选举去看问题。盈余成了向富人转移财富的借口，而不是投资我们未来的机会。
Regulations were gutted for the sake of a quick profit at the expense of a healthy market. People bought homes they knew they couldn’t afford from banks and lenders who pushed those bad loans anyway. And all the while, critical debates and difficult decisions were put off for some other time on some other day. 监管被以快速牟利之名而削弱，代价却是一个健康的市场。人们买下自己明知负担不起的房子，而银行和贷款机构却仍然推销这些不良贷款。而这一切发生的同时，关键的辩论和艰难的决策都被一而再再而三地推迟到某个其他时候、某个其他日子。
Well that day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here. 好了，那个清算之日已经到来，掌握我们未来命运的时刻到了。
Now is the time to act boldly and wisely -- to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity. Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down. That is what my economic agenda is designed to do, and that’s what I’d like to talk to you about tonight. 现在是果断而明智地行动的时候——不仅要重振经济，还要为持久的繁荣奠定新的基础。现在是启动就业创造、重启信贷投放、并投资于能源、医疗和教育等将促进我们经济增长的领域的时候，即使我们不得不做出艰难抉择以削减赤字。这就是我的经济议程所要达成的目标，这也是我今晚想与诸位谈论的内容。
It’s an agenda that begins with jobs. 这是一项从就业开始的议程。
As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress to send me a recovery plan by President’s Day that would put people back to work and put money in their pockets. Not because I believe in bigger government -- I don’t. Not because I’m not mindful of the massive debt we’ve inherited -- I am. 我一就任，便要求本届国会在总统日之前向我提交一份复苏计划，让人民重新就业、让钱包鼓起来。这并非因为我认为政府越大越好——我并不这样认为。也并非因为我没有意识到我们所继承的巨额债务——我深知这一点。
I called for action because the failure to do so would have cost more jobs and caused more hardships. In fact, a failure to act would have worsened our long-term deficit by assuring weak economic growth for years. That’s why I pushed for quick action. And tonight, I am grateful that this Congress delivered, and pleased to say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now law. 我之所以呼吁采取行动，是因为不这样做将会失去更多就业岗位、造成更多苦难。事实上，如果不采取行动，将由于多年来经济疲软而加剧我们的长期赤字。正因如此，我才推动迅速行动。今晚，我感激本届国会不负所托，并高兴地告诉各位，《美国复苏与再投资法案》现已生效。
Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs. More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector -- jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit. 在未来两年中，这项计划将挽救或创造350万个就业岗位。其中90%以上将在私营部门——重建我们的公路和桥梁、建造风力涡轮机和太阳能电池板、铺设宽带以及扩展公共交通的岗位。
Because of this plan, there are teachers who can now keep their jobs and educate our kids. Health care professionals can continue caring for our sick. There are 57 police officers who are still on the streets of Minneapolis tonight because this plan prevented the layoffs their department was about to make. 因为这项计划，许多教师得以保住工作并教育我们的孩子。医疗保健专业人员可以继续照护我们的病患。今晚明尼阿波利斯的街头仍有57名警官在执勤，正是因为这项计划阻止了他们所在部门即将进行的裁员。
Because of this plan, 95% of the working households in America will receive a tax cut -- a tax cut that you will see in your paychecks beginning on April 1st. 因为这项计划，美国95%的工薪家庭将获得减税——这一减税将从4月1日起在你的工资支票中体现。
Because of this plan, families who are struggling to pay tuition costs will receive a $2,500 tax credit for all four years of college. And Americans who have lost their jobs in this recession will be able to receive extended unemployment benefits and continued health care coverage to help them weather this storm. 因为这项计划，正艰难支付学费的家庭将获得每年2500美元的税收抵免，覆盖大学全部四年。而在本次衰退中失业的美国人将能够获得延长的失业救济金和持续的医疗保险，帮助他们度过这场风暴。
I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work. I understand that skepticism. Here in Washington, we’ve all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. And with a plan of this scale comes enormous responsibility to get it right. 我知道，无论是这个议事厅中的人还是在家的观众，都有一些人对这项计划能否奏效持怀疑态度。我理解这种怀疑。在华盛顿，我们都曾看到良好的初衷如何迅速变成空洞的承诺和挥霍的开支。而一项如此规模的计划，也带来了必须做对的巨大责任。
That is why I have asked Vice President Biden to lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort -- because nobody messes with Joe. I have told each member of my Cabinet as well as mayors and governors across the country that they will be held accountable by me and the American people for every dollar they spend. I have appointed a proven and aggressive Inspector General to ferret out any and all cases of waste and fraud. And we have created a new website called recovery.gov so that every American can find out how and where their money is being spent. 正因如此，我已请副总统拜登领导一项强硬而前所未有的监督工作——因为没人敢惹乔。我已告诉我的内阁每一位成员以及全国各地的市长和州长，他们将为所花费的每一美元向我和美国人民负责。我已任命一位经验丰富且雷厉风行的监察长，去揪查任何形式的浪费和欺诈。我们还建立了一个名为recovery.gov的新网站，以便每个美国人都能查到他们的钱是如何、在何处被使用的。
So the recovery plan we passed is the first step in getting our economy back on track. But it is just the first step. Because even if we manage this plan flawlessly, there will be no real recovery unless we clean up the credit crisis that has severely weakened our financial system. 因此，我们通过的复苏计划是让经济重回正轨的第一步。但这也仅仅是第一步。因为即使我们完美地管理这项计划，如果不清理已严重削弱我们金融体系的信贷危机，就不会有真正的复苏。
I want to speak plainly and candidly about this issue tonight, because every American should know that it directly affects you and your family’s well-being. You should also know that the money you’ve deposited in banks across the country is safe; your insurance is secure; and you can rely on the continued operation of our financial system. That is not the source of concern. 今晚我想就这一问题坦率直言，因为每个美国人都应知道它直接影响到你和家人的福祉。你也应知道，你在全国各银行存的钱是安全的；你的保险是有保障的；你可以信赖我们金融系统的持续运转。那并非担忧之源。
The concern is that if we do not re-start lending in this country, our recovery will be choked off before it even begins. 真正的担忧是，如果我们不重启国内的信贷投放，我们的复苏甚至在尚未开始之前就会被扼杀。
You see, the flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education; how stores stock their shelves, farms buy equipment, and businesses make payroll. 你看，信贷流动是我们经济的命脉。获得贷款的能力是你为购置从住房到汽车到大学教育等各种物品提供资金的方式；是商店进货、农场购置设备、企业发放工资的方式。
But credit has stopped flowing the way it should. Too many bad loans from the housing crisis have made their way onto the books of too many banks. With so much debt and so little confidence, these banks are now fearful of lending out any more money to households, to businesses, or to each other. When there is no lending, families can’t afford to buy homes or cars. So businesses are forced to make layoffs. Our economy suffers even more, and credit dries up even further. 但信贷已不再按应有的方式流动。房地产危机带来的过多不良贷款已进入太多银行的账目。背负如此多的债务又缺乏信心，这些银行如今不敢再向家庭、企业或彼此贷出更多资金。当没有贷款时，家庭就买不起房子或汽车。于是企业被迫裁员。我们的经济进一步受损，信贷也更加枯竭。
That is why this administration is moving swiftly and aggressively to break this destructive cycle, restore confidence, and re-start lending. 正因如此，本届政府正迅速而果断地行动，以打破这一恶性循环，恢复信心，并重启信贷投放。
We will do so in several ways. First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running. 我们将通过多种方式做到这一点。首先，我们正在创建一个新的贷款基金，这是有史以来最大规模的努力，旨在向维持经济运转的消费者和企业家提供汽车贷款、大学贷款和小企业贷款。
Second, we have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and re-finance their mortgages. It’s a plan that won’t help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could never hope to afford, but it will help millions of Americans who are struggling with declining home values -- Americans who will now be able to take advantage of the lower interest rates that this plan has already helped bring about. 其次，我们推出了一项住房计划，将帮助面临止赎威胁的负责任家庭降低月供并再融资其抵押贷款。这项计划不会帮助投机者，也不会帮助街那头买了自己根本负担不起的房子的邻居，但它将帮助数百万正与房价下跌作斗争的美国人——这些美国人现在可以利用这项计划已经帮助带来的较低利率。
In fact, the average family who re-finances today can save nearly $2000 per year on their mortgage. 事实上，今天再融资的普通家庭每年可在抵押贷款上节省近2000美元。
Third, we will act with the full force of the federal government to ensure that the major banks that Americans depend on have enough confidence and enough money to lend even in more difficult times. And when we learn that a major bank has serious problems, we will hold accountable those responsible, force the necessary adjustments, provide the support to clean up their balance sheets, and assure the continuity of a strong, viable institution that can serve our people and our economy. 第三，我们将以联邦政府的全部力量采取行动，确保美国人所依赖的主要银行有足够的信心和资金，即使在更艰难的时期也能放贷。当我们获悉某家主要银行存在严重问题时，我们将追究相关人员的责任，强制进行必要的调整，提供支持以清理其资产负债表，并确保一家强大、可行的机构能持续为我们的人民和经济服务。
I understand that on any given day, Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached, and that holds nobody accountable for their reckless decisions. But such an approach won’t solve the problem. And our goal is to quicken the day when we re-start lending to the American people and American business and end this crisis once and for all. 我理解，在任何一天，华尔街或许更希望看到一种无附加条件地向银行提供救助、且对任何人的鲁莽决策都不问责的做法。但这样的做法解决不了问题。我们的目标是加快重启对美国人民和美国企业的信贷投放，并一劳永逸地终结这场危机。
I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer. This time, CEOs won’t be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet. Those days are over. 我打算让这些银行为它们所获得的援助承担全部责任，这一次，它们必须明确展示纳税人的美元如何转化为对美国纳税人更多的放贷。这一次，CEO们将无法再用纳税人的钱来充实自己的薪酬、购买豪华窗帘或乘坐私人飞机消失。那样的日子已经结束。
Still, this plan will require significant resources from the federal government -- and yes, probably more than we’ve already set aside. But while the cost of action will be great, I can assure you that the cost of inaction will be far greater, for it could result in an economy that sputters along for not months or years, but perhaps a decade. That would be worse for our deficit, worse for business, worse for you, and worse for the next generation. And I refuse to let that happen. 尽管如此，这项计划仍将需要联邦政府投入大量资源——而且，很可能比我们已经拨出的还要多。但尽管行动的代价巨大，我可以向你们保证，不行动的代价将远高于此，因为它可能导致经济在不是数月或数年，或许是十年的时间里步履蹒跚。那对我们的赤字、对企业、对你们、对下一代都更糟。而我绝不容许那样的事情发生。
I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance for struggling banks, Democrats and Republicans alike were infuriated by the mismanagement and results that followed. So were the American taxpayers. So was I. 我理解，当上届政府请求本届国会为处境艰难的银行提供援助时，民主党和共和党人都对随之而来的糟糕管理和结果感到愤慨。美国纳税人也是如此。我也一样。
So I know how unpopular it is to be seen as helping banks right now, especially when everyone is suffering in part from their bad decisions. I promise you -- I get it. 所以我知道，眼下被视为帮助银行是多么不得人心，尤其是当每个人都在某种程度上因它们的糟糕决策而受苦时。我向你们保证——我懂得这一点。
But I also know that in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger, or yield to the politics of the moment. My job -- our job -- is to solve the problem. Our job is to govern with a sense of responsibility. I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive, but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can’t pay its workers or the family that has saved and still can’t get a mortgage. 但我也知道，在危机时刻，我们不能被愤怒所左右，也不能屈从于一时之政治。我的职责——我们的职责——是解决问题。我们的职责是带着责任感来执政。我不会为奖励任何一位华尔街高管而花一分钱，但我会不惜一切代价去帮助那些付不出工人工资的小企业，或那些已积蓄却仍无法获得抵押贷款的家庭。
That’s what this is about. It’s not about helping banks -- it’s about helping people. Because when credit is available again, that young family can finally buy a new home. And then some company will hire workers to build it. And then those workers will have money to spend, and if they can get a loan too, maybe they’ll finally buy that car, or open their own business. Investors will return to the market, and American families will see their retirement secured once more. Slowly, but surely, confidence will return, and our economy will recover. 这才是事情的本质。它不是关于帮助银行——它是关于帮助人民。因为当信贷再次可用时，那个年轻的家庭终于可以买下一套新房。然后某家公司会雇工人来建造它。然后那些工人将有钱可花，如果他们也能获得贷款，也许他们最终会买下那辆车，或者开创自己的事业。投资者将重返市场，美国家庭将看到自己的退休保障再次稳固。缓慢而坚定地，信心将回归，我们的经济将复苏。
So I ask this Congress to join me in doing whatever proves necessary. Because we cannot consign our nation to an open-ended recession. And to ensure that a crisis of this magnitude never happens again, I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse. 因此，我请求本届国会与我一起采取一切被证明必要的行动。因为我们不能让我们的国家陷入无休止的衰退。为确保这样规模的危机不再发生，我请求国会迅速推进立法，最终改革我们过时的监管体系。是时候制定强硬而全新的常识性市场规则，使我们的金融市场奖赏进取与创新，惩罚捷径与滥用。
The recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we’re taking to revive our economy in the short-term. But the only way to fully restore America’s economic strength is to make the long-term investments that will lead to new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete with the rest of the world. 复苏计划和金融稳定计划是我们在短期内重振经济的直接步骤。但完全恢复美国经济实力的唯一途径，是进行将带来新就业、新产业以及与世界其他地区竞争能力之更新的长期投资。
The only way this century will be another American century is if we confront at last the price of our dependence on oil and the high cost of health care; the schools that aren’t preparing our children and the mountain of debt they stand to inherit. That is our responsibility. 本世纪要成为又一个美国世纪，唯一的途径是我们最终直面我们对石油依赖的代价和医疗保健的高昂成本；直面那些并未为我们的孩子做好准备的学校以及他们将要继承的债务大山。这是我们的责任。
In the next few days, I will submit a budget to Congress. So often, we have come to view these documents as simply numbers on a page or laundry lists of programs. I see this document differently. I see it as a vision for America -- as a blueprint for our future. 在未来几天内，我将向国会提交一份预算。我们常常把这些文件仅仅视为纸上的数字或项目清单。我对这份文件有不同的看法。我把它视为美国的愿景——视为我们未来的蓝图。
My budget does not attempt to solve every problem or address every issue. It reflects the stark reality of what we’ve inherited -- a trillion dollar deficit, a financial crisis, and a costly recession. 我的预算并不试图解决每一个问题或应对每一个议题。它反映的是我们所继承的严峻现实——万亿赤字、金融危机和代价高昂的衰退。
Given these realities, everyone in this chamber -- Democrats and Republicans -- will have to sacrifice some worthy priorities for which there are no dollars. And that includes me. 鉴于这些现实，本议事厅中的每一个人——民主党人和共和党人——都将不得不牺牲一些值得追求但没有资金支持的优先事项。也包括我自己。
But that does not mean we can afford to ignore our long-term challenges. I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves; that says government has no role in laying the foundation for our common prosperity. 但这并不意味着我们可以无视长期的挑战。我拒绝那种认为我们的问题会自行解决的观点；那种认为政府在为我们共同繁荣奠定基础方面毫无作用的观点。
For history tells a different story. History reminds us that at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas. In the midst of civil war, we laid railroad tracks from one coast to another that spurred commerce and industry. 因为历史讲述了不同的故事。历史提醒我们，在每一次经济剧变和转型的时刻，这个国家都以大胆的行动和宏大的构想作出回应。在内战之中，我们铺设了从一海岸到另一海岸的铁路，推动了商业和工业。
From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age. In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle-class in history. And a twilight struggle for freedom led to a nation of highways, an American on the moon, and an explosion of technology that still shapes our world. 从工业革命的动荡中诞生了一套公立高中体系，为我们的公民迎接新时代做好准备。在战争与萧条之后，《退伍军人权利法案》让一代人上了大学，并创造了历史上最大的中产阶级。而为自由而展开的黄昏之战，带来了一张覆盖全国的公路网、一位登上月球的美国人，以及至今仍塑造我们世界的技术大爆发。
In each case, government didn’t supplant private enterprise; it catalyzed private enterprise. It created the conditions for thousands of entrepreneurs and new businesses to adapt and to thrive. 在每一种情况下，政府都没有取代私营企业；它催化了私营企业。它为成千上万的企业家和新企业创造了适应和繁荣的条件。
We are a nation that has seen promise amid peril, and claimed opportunity from ordeal. Now we must be that nation again. That is why, even as it cuts back on the programs we don’t need, the budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future: energy, health care, and education. 我们是一个在危险中看到希望、在磨难中把握机遇的国家。现在我们必须再次成为那样的国家。正因如此，即使在不必要的项目上削减开支，我所提交的预算仍将投资于对我们经济未来绝对关键的三大领域：能源、医疗保健和教育。
It begins with energy. 它从能源开始。
We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea. 我们知道，能够驾驭清洁、可再生能源的国家将领导21世纪。然而，是中国启动了历史上最大规模的使经济节能化的努力。我们发明了太阳能技术，但在生产上却落后于德国和日本等国。新型的插电式混合动力车从我们的装配线下线，但它们将装上韩国制造的电池行驶。
Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders -- and I know you don’t either. It is time for America to lead again. 我不接受让明天的就业和产业在我们的边境之外扎根的未来——我知道你们也不接受。是美国重新领导的时候了。
Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy in the next three years. We have also made the largest investment in basic research funding in American history -- an investment that will spur not only new discoveries in energy, but breakthroughs in medicine, science, and technology. 多亏了我们的复苏计划，我们将在未来三年内将这个国家的可再生能源供应量增加一倍。我们还进行了美国历史上最大规模的基础研究资金投资——这项投资不仅将推动能源领域的新发现，还将带来医学、科学和技术上的突破。
We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can carry new energy to cities and towns across this country. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills. 我们很快将铺设数千英里的输电线路，把新能源输送到全国各地的城镇。我们将让美国人就业，使我们的房屋和建筑更加节能，从而在我们的能源账单上节省数十亿美元。
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America. 但要真正转变我们的经济、保护我们的安全、并使我们的星球免受气候变化的蹂躏，我们最终需要使清洁、可再生能源成为有利可图的那一类能源。因此，我请求本届国会向我送交一份立法，对碳排放设定基于市场的上限，并推动美国生产更多可再生能源。为支持这一创新，我们每年将投资150亿美元，开发诸如风能和太阳能、先进生物燃料、清洁煤以及在美国本土制造的更高燃油效率的汽车和卡车等技术。
As for our auto industry, everyone recognizes that years of bad decision-making and a global recession have pushed our automakers to the brink. We should not, and will not, protect them from their own bad practices. But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it. 至于我们的汽车工业，人人都承认，多年糟糕的决策和全球经济衰退已把我们的汽车制造商推向了悬崖边缘。我们不应也不会保护它们免受自身不良做法的后果。但我们致力于这样一个目标：一个经过重组和重新构想、能够竞争并获胜的汽车工业。数百万就业岗位依赖于它。众多社区依赖于它。我相信，发明了汽车的国家不会背弃它。
None of this will come without cost, nor will it be easy. But this is America. We don’t do what’s easy. We do what is necessary to move this country forward. 这一切都不会没有代价，也不会轻松。但这里是美国。我们不做轻松的事。我们做推动这个国家前进所必需的事。
For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care. 出于同样的原因，我们还必须应对医疗保健令人不堪重负的成本。
This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes. In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than wages. And in each of these years, one million more Americans have lost their health insurance. It is one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas. And it’s one of the largest and fastest-growing parts of our budget. 这一成本如今每三十秒就导致美国发生一桩破产。到今年年底，它可能使150万美国人失去他们的住房。在过去八年里，保费的增长速度是工资的四倍。而在这些年的每一年，都有一百万美国人失去医疗保险。这是小企业关门、公司将岗位转移到海外的主要原因之一。它也是我们预算中最大且增长最快的部分之一。
Given these facts, we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. 鉴于这些事实，我们再也不能推迟医疗保健改革了。
Already, we have done more to advance the cause of health care reform in the last thirty days than we have in the last decade. When it was days old, this Congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for eleven million American children whose parents work full-time. 在过去三十天里，我们在推进医疗保健改革事业方面所做的，已超过过去十年之和。本届国会刚成立几天，就通过了一项法律，为1100万父母全职工作的美国儿童提供并保护其医疗保险。
Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy, and save lives. It will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American by seeking a cure for cancer in our time. And it makes the largest investment ever in preventive care, because that is one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control. 我们的复苏计划将投资于电子健康档案和新技术，以减少错误、降低成本、确保隐私并拯救生命。它将发起一项新的努力，通过在我们这个时代寻求治愈癌症之法，去征服一种几乎触及每个美国人生活的疾病。它还进行了有史以来最大规模的预防性护理投资，因为那是让我们的人民保持健康、控制我们成本的最佳途径之一。
This budget builds on these reforms. It includes an historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform -- a down-payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American. It’s a commitment that’s paid for in part by efficiencies in our system that are long overdue. And it’s a step we must take if we hope to bring down our deficit in the years to come. 这份预算建立在这些改革之上。它包含了对全面医疗保健改革的历史性承诺——这是对每个美国人都应享有优质、可负担医疗保健这一原则的预付款。这一承诺部分通过我们系统中早该实现的效率提升来提供资金。它是我们希望在未来几年削减赤字所必须迈出的一步。
Now, there will be many different opinions and ideas about how to achieve reform, and that is why I’m bringing together businesses and workers, doctors and health care providers, Democrats and Republicans to begin work on this issue next week. 现在，关于如何实现改革将会有许多不同的意见和想法，正因如此，我下周将把企业界和工人、医生和医疗保健提供者、民主党人和共和党人召集到一起，开始着手处理这一问题。
I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year. 我不抱任何幻想认为这将是一个轻松的过程。它会很艰难。但我也知道，在泰迪·罗斯福首次呼吁改革的近一个世纪之后，我们医疗保健的成本已经拖累我们的经济和国家的良知太久。所以不要有怀疑：医疗保健改革不能等，也不该等，更不会再等一年。
The third challenge we must address is the urgent need to expand the promise of education in America. 我们必须应对的第三个挑战，是扩大美国教育承诺的迫切需要。
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity -- it is a pre-requisite. 在一个全球化经济中，你能出售的最有价值的技能是你的知识，良好的教育不再仅仅是通往机会的途径——它是先决条件。
Right now, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require more than a high school diploma. And yet, just over half of our citizens have that level of education. We have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. And half of the students who begin college never finish. 现在，增长最快的职业中有四分之三需要高中以上的文凭。然而，我们的公民中略多于一半的人达到了这一教育水平。我们的高中辍学率在工业化国家中名列前茅。而开始上大学的学生中有一半永远毕不了业。
This is a prescription for economic decline, because we know the countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow. That is why it will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education -- from the day they are born to the day they begin a career. 这是经济衰退的处方，因为我们知道，今天在教育上超越我们的国家明天将在竞争中超越我们。正因如此，本届政府的目标将是确保每个孩子都能获得完整而具竞争力的教育——从他们出生的那一天到开始职业生涯的那一天。
Already, we have made an historic investment in education through the economic recovery plan. We have dramatically expanded early childhood education and will continue to improve its quality, because we know that the most formative learning comes in those first years of life. We have made college affordable for nearly seven million more students. And we have provided the resources necessary to prevent painful cuts and teacher layoffs that would set back our children’s progress. 我们已通过经济复苏计划在教育上进行了历史性投资。我们大幅扩展了早期儿童教育，并将继续提高其质量，因为我们知道最具塑造性的学习发生在生命的最初几年。我们已让近七百万学生上得起大学。我们已提供必要资源，以防止将阻碍我们孩子进步的痛苦削减和教师裁员。
But we know that our schools don’t just need more resources. They need more reform. That is why this budget creates new incentives for teacher performance; pathways for advancement, and rewards for success. We’ll invest in innovative programs that are already helping schools meet high standards and close achievement gaps. And we will expand our commitment to charter schools. 但我们知道，我们的学校不仅需要更多资源。它们需要更多改革。正因如此，这份预算为教师绩效创造了新的激励；为晋升开辟了通道，为成功提供了奖励。我们将投资于那些已经在帮助学校达到高标准、缩小成绩差距的创新项目。我们还将扩大对特许学校的承诺。
It is our responsibility as lawmakers and educators to make this system work. But it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in it. And so tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. This can be community college or a four-year school; vocational training or an apprenticeship. 作为立法者和教育者，我们有责任使这个系统运转起来。但每个公民都有责任参与其中。因此今晚，我请求每一个美国人承诺至少完成一年或更多的高等教育或职业培训。这可以是社区大学或四年制学院；职业培训或学徒制。
But whatever the training may be, every American will need to get more than a high school diploma. And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It’s not just quitting on yourself, it’s quitting on your country -- and this country needs and values the talents of every American. That is why we will provide the support necessary for you to complete college and meet a new goal: by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. 但无论培训形式如何，每个美国人都需要获得比高中文凭更多的东西。而从高中辍学不再是一个选项。那不仅是放弃你自己，也是放弃你的国家——而这个国家需要并珍视每个美国人的才华。正因如此，我们将提供必要的支持，让你能够完成大学学业并达成一个新目标：到2020年，美国将再次拥有世界上最高比例的大学毕业生。
I know that the price of tuition is higher than ever, which is why if you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education. And to encourage a renewed spirit of national service for this and future generations, I ask this Congress to send me the bipartisan legislation that bears the name of Senator Orrin Hatch as well as an American who has never stopped asking what he can do for his country -- Senator Edward Kennedy. 我知道学费比以往任何时候都高，正因如此，如果你愿意在你的社区做志愿服务、回馈你的社区或为你的国家服务，我们将确保你能够负担得起高等教育。为鼓励这一代和未来几代人焕发新的国民服务精神，我请求本届国会向我送交那份载有参议员奥林·哈奇以及一位从未停止追问自己能为国家做什么的美国人——参议员爱德华·肯尼迪——之名的两党法案。
These education policies will open the doors of opportunity for our children. But it is up to us to ensure they walk through them. In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child. I speak to you not just as a President, but as a father when I say that responsibility for our children's education must begin at home. 这些教育政策将为我们的孩子打开机会之门。但确保他们走进这些门的责任在我们。最终，没有任何项目或政策能取代一位愿意参加家长会、晚饭后帮孩子做作业、关掉电视、收起电子游戏、给孩子读书的父亲或母亲。我不仅以总统的身份，也以一位父亲的身份对你们说：对孩子教育的责任必须从家庭开始。
There is, of course, another responsibility we have to our children. And that is the responsibility to ensure that we do not pass on to them a debt they cannot pay. With the deficit we inherited, the cost of the crisis we face, and the long-term challenges we must meet, it has never been more important to ensure that as our economy recovers, we do what it takes to bring this deficit down. 当然，我们对孩子还负有一项责任。那就是确保我们不会把一笔他们无法偿还的债务传给他们。鉴于我们所继承的赤字、所面临危机的代价以及必须应对的长期挑战，确保随着经济复苏我们采取必要措施削减赤字，从未如此重要。
I’m proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks, and I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities. 我感到骄傲的是，我们通过的复苏计划没有专项拨款，我希望明年通过一份预算，确保我们花的每一美元都只反映我们最重要的国家优先事项。
Yesterday, I held a fiscal summit where I pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term in office. My administration has also begun to go line by line through the federal budget in order to eliminate wasteful and ineffective programs. As you can imagine, this is a process that will take some time. But we’re starting with the biggest lines. We have already identified two trillion dollars in savings over the next decade. 昨天，我主持了一次财政峰会，在会上我承诺到我的第一任期结束时将赤字减半。我的政府也已开始逐项审查联邦预算，以消除浪费和无效的项目。可以想见，这是一个需要一些时间的过程。但我们从最大的项目开始。我们已经在未来十年内确定了2万亿美元的节省。
In this budget, we will end education programs that don’t work and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don’t need them. We’ll eliminate the no-bid contracts that have wasted billions in Iraq, and reform our defense budget so that we’re not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems we don’t use. We will root out the waste, fraud, and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn’t make our seniors any healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas. 在这份预算中，我们将终止不起作用的教育项目，并终止对不需要的大型农业企业的直接补贴。我们将消除在伊拉克浪费了数十亿美元的非竞标合同，并改革我们的国防预算，使我们不再为冷战时期的武器系统买单。我们将根除我们医疗保险项目中的浪费、欺诈和滥用——它们并未使我们的老年人更健康——我们将通过最终终止对把我们的就业岗位转移到海外的公司的税收优惠，来恢复税法的公平与平衡。
In order to save our children from a future of debt, we will also end the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. But let me perfectly clear, because I know you’ll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime. In fact, the recovery plan provides a tax cut -- that’s right, a tax cut -- for 95% of working families. And these checks are on the way. 为了使我们的孩子免于债务的未来，我们还将终止对最富有的2%美国人的税收优惠。但让我把话说清楚，因为我知道你们会听到那种老调重弹的说法，称取消这些税收优惠意味着对美国人民的大规模增税：如果你的家庭年收入低于25万美元，你不会看到你的税收增加一毛钱。我再说一遍：不会增加一毛钱。事实上，复苏计划为95%的工薪家庭提供了减税——没错，就是减税。这些支票正在寄出。
To preserve our long-term fiscal health, we must also address the growing costs in Medicare and Social Security. Comprehensive health care reform is the best way to strengthen Medicare for years to come. And we must also begin a conversation on how to do the same for Social Security, while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans. 为了保持我们长期的财政健康，我们还必须应对医疗保险和社会保障不断增长的成本。全面的医疗保健改革是未来数年加强医疗保险的最佳途径。我们还必须就如何对社会保障采取同样措施展开讨论，同时为所有美国人创建免税的普遍储蓄账户。
Finally, because we’re also suffering from a deficit of trust, I am committed to restoring a sense of honesty and accountability to our budget. That is why this budget looks ahead ten years and accounts for spending that was left out under the old rules -- and for the first time, that includes the full cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. For seven years, we have been a nation at war. No longer will we hide its price. 最后，因为我们也正饱受信任赤字之苦，我致力于为我们的预算恢复诚实和问责的意识。正因如此，这份预算展望未来十年，并将旧规则下被遗漏的支出纳入计算——而且首次包括在伊拉克和阿富汗作战的全部成本。七年来，我们一直是一个处于战争中的国家。我们不再隐藏其代价。
We are now carefully reviewing our policies in both wars, and I will soon announce a way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war. 我们现在正仔细审查我们在两场战争中的政策，我将很快宣布一条伊拉克问题前进之路，把伊拉克交还其人民，并负责任地结束这场战争。
And with our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism. Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens half a world away. 我们将与朋友和盟友一道，为阿富汗和巴基斯坦制定一项新的全面战略，以击败基地组织并打击极端主义。因为我不会允许恐怖分子在半个世界之外的安全避风港里密谋对付美国人民。
As we meet here tonight, our men and women in uniform stand watch abroad and more are readying to deploy. To each and every one of them, and to the families who bear the quiet burden of their absence, Americans are united in sending one message: we honor your service, we are inspired by your sacrifice, and you have our unyielding support. To relieve the strain on our forces, my budget increases the number of our soldiers and Marines. And to keep our sacred trust with those who serve, we will raise their pay, and give our veterans the expanded health care and benefits that they have earned. 今晚我们在此集会之时，我们的男女军人正在海外守望，更多的人正在准备部署。对他们每一个人，对默默承受他们缺席之重的家属，美国人民团结一致地传递一个信息：我们敬重你们的服务，我们被你们的牺牲所感召，你们拥有我们毫不动摇的支持。为缓解我军所承受的压力，我的预算增加了士兵和海军陆战队员的人数。为信守我们对服役者的神圣承诺，我们将提高他们的薪酬，并给予退伍军人他们应得的扩大医疗保障和福利。
To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend -- because there is no force in the world more powerful than the example of America. That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists -- because living our values doesn’t make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger. And that is why I can stand here tonight and say without exception or equivocation that the United States of America does not torture. 为战胜极端主义，我们也必须警觉地维护我们的军队所捍卫的价值观——因为世上没有任何力量比美国的榜样更强大。正因如此，我已下令关闭关塔那摩湾的拘留中心，并将为被捕的恐怖分子寻求迅速而确定的正义——因为践行我们的价值观不会让我们更虚弱，反而让我们更安全、更强大。正因如此，我今晚可以站在这里毫不例外、毫不含糊地说，美利坚合众国不实施酷刑。
In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a new era of engagement has begun. For we know that America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America. We cannot shun the negotiating table, nor ignore the foes or forces that could do us harm. We are instead called to move forward with the sense of confidence and candor that serious times demand. 言语和行动都在向世界表明，一个接触的新时代已经开始。因为我们知道，美国无法独自应对本世纪的威胁，但世界没有了美国也无法应对这些威胁。我们不能回避谈判桌，也不能无视那些可能伤害我们的敌对者或势力。相反，我们被召唤以严肃时代所要求的自信和坦率向前迈进。
To seek progress toward a secure and lasting peace between Israel and her neighbors, we have appointed an envoy to sustain our effort. To meet the challenges of the 21st century -- from terrorism to nuclear proliferation; from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty -- we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of our national power. 为推动以色列与其邻国之间实现安全而持久的和平，我们已任命一位特使来持续推进我们的努力。为应对21世纪的挑战——从恐怖主义到核扩散；从大流行病到网络威胁再到沉重的贫困——我们将巩固旧联盟、缔造新联盟，并运用我国力的所有要素。
And to respond to an economic crisis that is global in scope, we are working with the nations of the G-20 to restore confidence in our financial system, avoid the possibility of escalating protectionism, and spur demand for American goods in markets across the globe. For the world depends on us to have a strong economy, just as our economy depends on the strength of the world’s. 为应对一场规模全球化的经济危机，我们正与G20国家合作，以恢复对我们金融体系的信心、避免保护主义升级的可能性，并刺激全球市场对美国商品的需求。因为世界依赖我们拥有一个强大的经济，正如我们的经济依赖世界的经济实力一样。
As we stand at this crossroads of history, the eyes of all people in all nations are once again upon us -- watching to see what we do with this moment; waiting for us to lead. 当我们站在这一历史十字路口时，所有国家、所有人民的目光再次聚焦于我们——注视着我们如何对待这一时刻；等待着我们去领导。
Those of us gathered here tonight have been called to govern in extraordinary times. It is a tremendous burden, but also a great privilege -- one that has been entrusted to few generations of Americans. For in our hands lies the ability to shape our world for good or for ill. 我们今晚聚集在这里的人，被召唤在非凡时期执政。这是一份沉重的负担，但也是一项巨大的特权——它只被托付给为数不多的几代美国人。因为掌握在我们手中的，是塑造我们世界走向善或恶的能力。
I know that it is easy to lose sight of this truth -- to become cynical and doubtful; consumed with the petty and the trivial. 我知道，人们很容易忽视这一真相——变得愤世嫉俗和疑虑重重；被琐碎和细枝末节所吞没。
But in my life, I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of Americans who are anything but ordinary. 但在我的一生中，我也学到，希望常在意想不到的地方出现；激励往往并非来自最有权势或最有名望的人，而是来自那些绝非平凡的美国人所怀有的梦想和抱负。
I think about Leonard Abess, the bank president from Miami who reportedly cashed out of his company, took a $60 million bonus, and gave it out to all 399 people who worked for him, plus another 72 who used to work for him. He didn’t tell anyone, but when the local newspaper found out, he simply said, ''I knew some of these people since I was 7 years old. I didn't feel right getting the money myself." 我想到迈阿密的银行行长伦纳德·阿贝斯，据报道他从自己的公司套现，拿了6000万美元奖金，却把它分给了所有399名在他手下工作的人，以及另外72名曾经为他工作的人。他没有告诉任何人，但当当地报纸发现此事时，他只是说："我认识其中一些人从7岁起就这样。我觉得把钱留给自己不太对。"
I think about Greensburg, Kansas, a town that was completely destroyed by a tornado, but is being rebuilt by its residents as a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community -- how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay. "The tragedy was terrible," said one of the men who helped them rebuild. "But the folks here know that it also provided an incredible opportunity." 我想到堪萨斯州的格林斯堡，一个被龙卷风完全摧毁的城镇，但正被其居民重建为清洁能源如何为整个社区供电的全球范例——它如何把就业和商业带到一个曾经满是砖块和瓦砾的地方。"这场悲剧是可怕的，"帮助他们重建的人之一说，"但这里的人们知道，它也提供了一个难以置信的机会。"
And I think about Ty’Sheoma Bethea, the young girl from that school I visited in Dillon, South Carolina -- a place where the ceilings leak, the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop teaching six times a day because the train barrels by their classroom. She has been told that her school is hopeless, but the other day after class she went to the public library and typed up a letter to the people sitting in this room. 我还想到蒂·肖玛·贝瑟，那个我在南卡罗来纳州狄龙参观过的学校里的年轻女孩——那里天花板漏水，油漆从墙上剥落，他们每天不得不六次中断教学，因为火车呼啸着从他们的教室旁驶过。她被告知她的学校毫无希望，但几天前下课后，她去了公共图书馆，给坐在这个房间里的人打了一封信。
She even asked her principal for the money to buy a stamp. The letter asks us for help, and says, "We are just students trying to become lawyers, doctors, congressmen like yourself and one day president, so we can make a change to not just the state of South Carolina but also the world. We are not quitters." 她甚至向校长要钱买邮票。这封信向我们求助，并写道："我们只是些学生，努力想成为律师、医生、像你一样的国会议员，甚至有朝一日成为总统，这样我们不仅能改变南卡罗来纳州，还能改变世界。我们不是轻言放弃的人。"
We are not quitters. 我们不是轻言放弃的人。
These words and these stories tell us something about the spirit of the people who sent us here. They tell us that even in the most trying times, amid the most difficult circumstances, there is a generosity, a resilience, a decency, and a determination that perseveres; a willingness to take responsibility for our future and for posterity. 这些话语和这些故事告诉我们一些关于把我们送到这里的人的精神的东西。它们告诉我们，即使是在最艰难的时刻，在最困难的环境中，仍有一种慷慨、一种韧性、一种体面和一种坚持不懈的决心；一种为我们的未来和后代承担责任的意愿。
Their resolve must be our inspiration. Their concerns must be our cause. And we must show them and all our people that we are equal to the task before us. 他们的决心必须成为我们的鼓舞。他们的关切必须成为我们的事业。我们必须向他们以及我们所有的人民表明，我们足以担当面前的使命。
I know that we haven’t agreed on every issue thus far, and there are surely times in the future when we will part ways. But I also know that every American who is sitting here tonight loves this country and wants it to succeed. That must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming months, and where we return after those debates are done. That is the foundation on which the American people expect us to build common ground. 我知道，到目前为止我们并未在每一个问题上达成一致，未来也肯定会有我们分道扬镳的时刻。但我也知道，今晚坐在这里的每一个美国人都热爱这个国家并希望它成功。这必须是我们未来数月每一场辩论的起点，也是辩论结束后我们回归之处。这是美国人民期望我们建立共识的基础。
And if we do -- if we come together and lift this nation from the depths of this crisis; if we put our people back to work and restart the engine of our prosperity; if we confront without fear the challenges of our time and summon that enduring spirit of an America that does not quit, then someday years from now our children can tell their children that this was the time when we performed, in the words that are carved into this very chamber, "something worthy to be remembered." Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America. 如果我们做到了——如果我们团结起来，把这个国家从这场危机的深渊中拉起；如果我们让我们的人民重新就业，重启我们繁荣的引擎；如果我们无所畏惧地直面时代的挑战，召唤出那个不轻言放弃的美国之恒久精神，那么多年之后的某一天，我们的孩子可以告诉他们的孩子，这就是那个时刻，我们用刻在这座议事厅里的话来说，做出了"值得铭记之事"。谢谢你们，愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。