Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the Shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss. 女士们，先生们，我原本计划今晚向你们发表国情咨文，但今天早些时候发生的事件让我改变了计划。今天是哀悼和纪念的日子。南希和我对挑战者号航天飞机的悲剧感到痛心疾首。我们知道，全国人民都和我们一样感受到了这份痛苦。这确实是一场全国性的损失。
Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we've never lost an astronaut in flight. We've never had a tragedy like this. 十九年前，几乎就在今天，我们在地面上的一次可怕事故中失去了三名宇航员。但我们从未在飞行中失去过宇航员，从未经历过这样的悲剧。
And perhaps we've forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle. But they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. 也许我们已经忘记了航天飞机机组人员所展现的勇气。然而，挑战者号七勇士清楚地知道危险，但他们克服了危险，出色地完成了任务。我们哀悼七位英雄：迈克尔·史密斯、迪克·斯科比、朱迪思·雷斯尼克、罗纳德·麦克奈尔、埃利森·鬼冢、格雷戈里·贾维斯和克里斯塔·麦考利夫。
We mourn their loss as a nation together. 我们作为一个国家共同哀悼他们的逝去。
For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, "Give me a challenge, and I'll meet it with joy." They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us. 对于这七位英雄的家人，我们无法像你们一样承受这场悲剧的全部冲击。但我们感受到了损失，我们非常思念你们。你们所爱的人勇敢无畏，他们有着特殊的优雅和特殊的精神，他们说："给我一个挑战，我会欣然接受。"他们渴望探索宇宙，发现真理。他们希望服务他人，他们做到了，他们服务了我们所有人。
We've grown used to wonders in this century. It's hard to dazzle us. But for twenty-five years the United States space program has been doing just that. We've grown used to the idea of space, and, perhaps we forget that we've only just begun. We're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers. 在这个世纪，我们已经习惯了奇迹，很难再让我们感到惊叹。但二十五年来，美国太空计划一直在创造奇迹。我们已经习惯了太空的概念，也许忘记了我们才刚刚起步。我们仍然是开拓者，挑战者号机组人员是开拓者。
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's take-off. I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them. 我想对正在观看航天飞机发射直播的美国学童们说几句话。我知道这很难理解，但有时这样的痛苦事件会发生。这是探索和发现过程的一部分，是冒险和拓展人类视野的一部分。未来不属于胆小者，属于勇敢者。挑战者号机组人员正在带领我们走向未来，我们将继续追随他们。
I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program. And what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute. 我一直对我们的太空计划充满信心和敬意。今天发生的事情丝毫没有削弱这种信心。我们不隐藏太空计划，不保守秘密，不掩盖事实。我们公开透明地做这一切。这就是自由的方式，我们一分钟也不会改变。
We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue. 我们将继续探索太空。将会有更多的航天飞机飞行，更多的机组人员，是的，更多的志愿者、平民和教师进入太空。一切都不会在这里结束，我们的希望和旅程将继续下去。
I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA, or who worked on this mission and tell them: "Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it." 我想补充说，我希望能与每一位为NASA工作或参与这次任务的人交谈，告诉他们：几十年来，你们的奉献精神和专业精神一直感动和激励着我们。我们理解你们的痛苦，我们与你们同在。
There's a coincidence today. On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, "He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it." Well, today, we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete. 今天有一个巧合。三百九十年前的今天，伟大的探险家弗朗西斯·德雷克爵士在巴拿马海岸外的船上去世。在他的一生中，伟大的前沿是海洋，一位历史学家后来写道："他生于海，死于海，葬于海。"今天，我们可以说挑战者号机组人员：他们的奉献精神如同德雷克一样，是完整的。
The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." 挑战者号航天飞机机组人员以他们的生活方式为荣。我们永远不会忘记他们，也不会忘记今天早上最后一次看到他们的情景——他们准备启程，挥手告别，"挣脱大地的束缚"去"触摸上帝的面容"。
Thank you. 谢谢大家。