Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: 议长先生、副总统先生、国会议员们、尊贵的来宾们、同胞们：
Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And as we mark this occasion, we're also mindful of the empty chair in this chamber, and we pray for the health of our colleague -- and our friend -- Gabby Giffords. 今晚，我首先要祝贺第112届国会的各位议员，以及你们的新议长约翰·博纳。在我们纪念这一时刻的同时，我们也惦记着这个会议厅里空着的座位，我们为我们的同事——也是我们的朋友——加比·吉福兹的健康祈祷。
It's no secret that those of us here tonight have had our differences over the last two years. The debates have been contentious; we have fought fiercely for our beliefs. And that's a good thing. That's what a robust democracy demands. That's what helps set us apart as a nation. 我们今晚在座的各位在过去两年里存在分歧，这已不是秘密。辩论是激烈的；我们为各自的信念而激烈争论。这是一件好事。这正是一个健全的民主制度所要求的。这正是使我们作为一个国家与众不同之处。
But there's a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater -- something more consequential than party or political preference. 但图森的悲剧让我们停下了脚步是有原因的。在我们公共辩论的所有喧嚣、激情和怨恨中，图森提醒我们，无论我们是谁、来自何方，我们每个人都是某个更伟大事物的一部分——比政党或政治偏好更重要的事物。
We are part of the American family. We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people; that we share common hopes and a common creed; that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, and that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled. 我们是美利坚大家庭的一部分。我们相信，在一个可以找到各种种族、信仰和观点的国家里，我们仍然作为一个民族团结在一起；我们有着共同的希望和共同的信条；图森小女孩的梦想与我们自己孩子的梦想并无太大不同，而且他们都值得有机会去实现。
That, too, is what sets us apart as a nation. 这也是使我们作为一个国家与众不同之处。
Now, by itself, this simple recognition won't usher in a new era of cooperation. What comes of this moment is up to us. What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow. 现在，仅凭这种简单的认识不会开启一个合作的新时代。这一刻将带来什么取决于我们。这一刻将带来什么，不取决于我们今晚能否坐在一起，而取决于我们明天能否携手合作。
I believe we can. And I believe we must. That's what the people who sent us here expect of us. With their votes, they've determined that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties. New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all -- for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics. 我相信我们能够。而且我相信我们必须如此。这正是把我们送到这里来的人民对我们的期望。通过他们的选票，他们已经决定，治理现在将是两党共同的责任。新的法律只有在民主党和共和党的共同支持下才能通过。我们将一起前进，否则根本无法前进——因为我们面临的挑战比政党更大，比政治更大。
At stake right now is not who wins the next election -- after all, we just had an election. At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else. It's whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded. It's whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a place on a map, but the light to the world. 现在攸关的不是谁赢得下一次选举——毕竟，我们刚刚经历了一场选举。攸关的是新的就业机会和产业是否在这个国家扎根，还是在其他地方。攸关的是我们人民的辛勤劳动和勤奋是否得到回报。攸关的是我们是否能维持使美国不仅仅是地图上的一个地方，而是世界之灯的领导地位。
We are poised for progress. Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again. 我们已做好取得进展的准备。在我们大多数人经历过的最严重衰退两年之后，股市已经强劲反弹。企业利润上升。经济再次增长。
But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone. We measure progress by the success of our people. By the jobs they can find and the quality of life those jobs offer. By the prospects of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a thriving enterprise. By the opportunities for a better life that we pass on to our children. 但我们从未仅仅用这些标准来衡量进步。我们用人民的成功来衡量进步。用他们能找到的工作以及这些工作提供的生活质量来衡量。用一个梦想将好想法变成繁荣企业的小企业主的前景来衡量。用我们传给子孙的更好生活的机会来衡量。
That's the project the American people want us to work on. Together. 这是美国人民希望我们共同投入的事业。
We did that in December. Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans' paychecks are a little bigger today. Every business can write off the full cost of new investments that they make this year. And these steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs created last year. 我们在12月就这样做了。由于我们通过的减税政策，美国人的工资今天稍微多了一些。每家企业都可以全额抵扣今年所做新投资的全部成本。这些由民主党和共和党共同采取的步骤将促进经济增长，并为去年创造的100多万个私营部门就业岗位增添更多机会。
But we have to do more. These steps we've taken over the last two years may have broken the back of this recession, but to win the future, we'll need to take on challenges that have been decades in the making. 但我们必须做得更多。我们在过去两年采取的这些步骤可能已经打破了这次衰退的脊梁，但要赢得未来，我们需要应对那些已经积累了数十年的挑战。
Many people watching tonight can probably remember a time when finding a good job meant showing up at a nearby factory or a business downtown. You didn't always need a degree, and your competition was pretty much limited to your neighbors. If you worked hard, chances are you'd have a job for life, with a decent paycheck and good benefits and the occasional promotion. Maybe you'd even have the pride of seeing your kids work at the same company. 今晚观看的许多人可能还记得，曾经找到一份好工作意味着到附近的工厂或市中心的企业去。你并不总是需要学位，你的竞争对手基本上仅限于你的邻居。如果你努力工作，你很可能会有一份终身的工作，有体面的薪水和良好的福利，偶尔还会升职。也许你甚至会自豪地看到你的孩子在同一家公司工作。
That world has changed. And for many, the change has been painful. I've seen it in the shuttered windows of once booming factories, and the vacant storefronts on once busy Main Streets. I've heard it in the frustrations of Americans who've seen their paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear -- proud men and women who feel like the rules have been changed in the middle of the game. 那个世界已经改变了。对许多人来说，这种改变是痛苦的。我在曾经繁荣的工厂关闭的窗户中看到了这一点，在曾经繁忙的主街上空置的店面中看到了这一点。我在那些看到工资缩水或工作消失的美国人的沮丧中听到了这一点——那些自豪的男男女女，感觉规则在比赛进行到一半时被改变了。
They're right. The rules have changed. In a single generation, revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work and do business. Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now do the same work with 100. Today, just about any company can set up shop, hire workers, and sell their products wherever there's an Internet connection. 他们是对的。规则已经改变了。在一代人的时间里，技术革命改变了我们生活、工作和经商的方式。曾经需要1000名工人的钢铁厂现在可以用100人完成同样的工作。今天，几乎任何公司都可以在有互联网连接的地方开店、雇佣工人和销售产品。
Meanwhile, nations like China and India realized that with some changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They're investing in research and new technologies. Just recently, China became the home to the world's largest private solar research facility, and the world's fastest computer. 与此同时，像中国和印度这样的国家意识到，通过一些自身的变革，他们可以在这个新世界中竞争。于是他们开始更早、更长时间地教育他们的孩子，更加强调数学和科学。他们正在投资研究和新技术。就在最近，中国成为世界上最大的私人太阳能研究设施和世界上最快的计算机的所在地。
So, yes, the world has changed. The competition for jobs is real. But this shouldn't discourage us. It should challenge us. Remember -- for all the hits we've taken these last few years, for all the naysayers predicting our decline, America still has the largest, most prosperous economy in the world. No workers -- no workers are more productive than ours. No country has more successful companies, or grants more patents to inventors and entrepreneurs. We're the home to the world's best colleges and universities, where more students come to study than any place on Earth. 所以，是的，世界已经改变了。就业竞争是真实的。但这不应该让我们气馁。它应该挑战我们。请记住——尽管我们在过去几年遭受了种种打击，尽管有唱衰者预言我们的衰落，美国仍然拥有世界上最大、最繁荣的经济。没有哪个国家的工人——没有哪个国家的工人比我们的工人更有生产力。没有哪个国家有更成功的公司，或者授予发明家和企业家更多的专利。我们拥有世界上最好的学院和大学，来这里留学的学生比地球上任何地方都多。
What's more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea -- the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That's why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything to come here. It's why our students don't just memorize equations, but answer questions like "What do you think of that idea? What would you change about the world? What do you want to be when you grow up?" 更重要的是，我们是第一个为了一种理念而建立的国家——这种理念是我们每个人都值得有机会塑造自己的命运。这就是为什么几个世纪以来的先驱者和移民冒着一切风险来到这里。这就是为什么我们的学生不仅仅是背诵公式，而是回答诸如"你对那个想法怎么看？你会改变世界的什么？你长大后想成为什么？"这样的问题。
The future is ours to win. But to get there, we can't just stand still. As Robert Kennedy told us, "The future is not a gift. It is an achievement." Sustaining the American Dream has never been about standing pat. It has required each generation to sacrifice, and struggle, and meet the demands of a new age. 未来有待我们去争取。但要到达那里，我们不能停滞不前。正如罗伯特·肯尼迪告诉我们的："未来不是礼物，而是一种成就。"维持美国梦从来不是关于固步自封。它要求每一代人做出牺牲、奋斗，并满足新时代的要求。
And now it's our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our government. That's how our people will prosper. That's how we'll win the future. And tonight, I'd like to talk about how we get there. The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation. 现在轮到我们了。我们知道需要什么来为我们这个时代的就业和产业竞争。我们需要在创新、教育和建设方面超越世界其他地方。我们必须使美国成为地球上做生意的最佳场所。我们需要为我们的赤字承担责任并改革我们的政府。这就是我们的人民将如何繁荣的方式。这就是我们将如何赢得未来的方式。今晚，我想谈谈我们如何到达那里。
None of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry will be or where the new jobs will come from. Thirty years ago, we couldn't know that something called the Internet would lead to an economic revolution. What we can do -- what America does better than anyone else -- is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. We're the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook. In America, innovation doesn't just change our lives. 我们没有人能确切预测下一个大产业会是什么，或者新的就业机会会从哪里来。三十年前，我们不可能知道一种叫做互联网的东西会带来一场经济革命。我们能做的——美国比任何人都做得更好的——是激发我们人民的创造力和想象力。我们是一个把汽车放进车道、把电脑放进办公室的国家；是爱迪生和莱特兄弟的国家；是谷歌和脸书的国家。在美国，创新不仅仅改变我们的生活。
It is how we make our living. 它是我们谋生的方式。
Our free enterprise system is what drives innovation. But because it's not always profitable for companies to invest in basic research, throughout our history, our government has provided cutting-edge scientists and inventors with the support that they need. That's what planted the seeds for the Internet. That's what helped make possible things like computer chips and GPS. Just think of all the good jobs -- from manufacturing to retail -- that have come from these breakthroughs. 我们的自由企业制度是驱动创新的力量。但由于企业投资基础研究并不总是有利可图，在我们的整个历史中，我们的政府一直为尖端科学家和发明家提供他们需要的支持。这就是为互联网播下种子的原因。这就是帮助制造计算机芯片和GPS等东西成为可能的原因。想想所有的好工作——从制造业到零售业——都来自这些突破。
Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. The science wasn't even there yet. NASA didn't exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. 半个世纪前，当苏联用一颗叫做伴侣号的卫星抢先我们进入太空时，我们不知道如何才能在登月竞赛中击败他们。科学甚至还没有到位。NASA还不存在。但在投资于更好的研究和教育之后，我们不仅超越了苏联；我们还释放了一股创新浪潮，创造了新的产业和数百万个新的就业机会。
This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race. And in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We'll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology -- an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people. 这是我们这一代人的伴侣号时刻。两年前，我说我们需要达到自太空竞赛高峰以来从未见过的研发水平。几周后，我将向国会提交一份预算，帮助我们实现这一目标。我们将投资于生物医学研究、信息技术，特别是清洁能源技术——这项投资将加强我们的安全，保护我们的星球，并为我们的人民创造无数新的就业机会。
Already, we're seeing the promise of renewable energy. Robert and Gary Allen are brothers who run a small Michigan roofing company. After September 11th, they volunteered their best roofers to help repair the Pentagon. But half of their factory went unused, and the recession hit them hard. Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all across the country. In Robert's words, "We reinvented ourselves." 我们已经看到了可再生能源的前景。罗伯特和加里·艾伦是在密歇根州经营一家小型屋顶公司的兄弟。911事件后，他们自愿派出最好的屋顶工人帮助修复五角大楼。但他们的一半工厂闲置，衰退沉重打击了他们。今天，在政府贷款的帮助下，那片空地正被用来制造在全国各地销售的太阳能瓦。用罗伯特的话说，"我们重新发明了自己。"
That's what Americans have done for over 200 years: reinvented ourselves. And to spur on more success stories like the Allen Brothers, we've begun to reinvent our energy policy. We're not just handing out money. We're issuing a challenge. We're telling America's scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy, we'll fund the Apollo projects of our time. 这就是美国人200多年来一直在做的事情：重新发明自己。为了激励更多像艾伦兄弟这样的成功故事，我们已经开始重新制定我们的能源政策。我们不仅仅是在撒钱。我们是在发出挑战。我们告诉美国的科学家和工程师，如果他们组建各自领域最优秀人才的团队，并专注于清洁能源中最困难的问题，我们将资助我们这个时代的阿波罗项目。
At the California Institute of Technology, they're developing a way to turn sunlight and water into fuel for our cars. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, they're using supercomputers to get a lot more power out of our nuclear facilities. With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. 在加州理工学院，他们正在开发一种将阳光和水转化为汽车燃料的方法。在橡树岭国家实验室，他们正在使用超级计算机从核设施中获得更多电力。通过更多的研究和激励措施，我们可以用生物燃料打破对石油的依赖，并成为第一个在2015年之前拥有100万辆电动汽车上路的国家。
We need to get behind this innovation. And to help pay for it, I'm asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don't know if -- I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidizing yesterday's energy, let's invest in tomorrow's. 我们需要支持这项创新。为了帮助支付费用，我要求国会取消我们目前给予石油公司的数十亿美元纳税人资金。我不知道——我不知道你们是否注意到了，但他们自己做得很好。所以，与其补贴昨天的能源，让我们投资于明天的能源。
Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they're selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: By 2035, 80 percent of America's electricity will come from clean energy sources. 现在，清洁能源突破只有在企业知道他们销售的产品会有市场的情况下才能转化为清洁能源就业机会。所以今晚，我挑战你们与我一起设定一个新目标：到2035年，美国80%的电力将来自清洁能源。
Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all -- and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it happen. 一些人想要风能和太阳能。其他人想要核能、清洁煤和天然气。为了实现这一目标，我们需要所有这些——我敦促民主党和共和党共同努力使其成为现实。
Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America's success. But if we want to win the future -- if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas -- then we also have to win the race to educate our kids. 保持我们在研究和技术领域的领导地位对美国的成功至关重要。但如果我们想赢得未来——如果我们想让创新在美国而不是海外创造就业机会——那么我们还必须赢得教育我们孩子的竞赛。
Think about it. Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education. And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren't even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has fallen to ninth in the proportion of young people with a college degree. And so the question is whether all of us -- as citizens, and as parents -- are willing to do what's necessary to give every child a chance to succeed. 想想看。在未来10年，近一半的新工作将需要高中以上的教育。然而，多达四分之一的学生甚至没有完成高中学业。我们的数学和科学教育质量落后于许多其他国家。美国在年轻人拥有大学学位的比例方面已降至第九位。因此，问题是我们所有人——作为公民和作为父母——是否愿意做必要的事情，给每个孩子一个成功的机会。
That responsibility begins not in our classrooms, but in our homes and communities. It's family that first instills the love of learning in a child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets done. We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair. We need to teach them that success is not a function of fame or PR, but of hard work and discipline. 这个责任不是从我们的教室开始的，而是从我们的家庭和社区开始的。是家庭首先在孩子心中灌输对学习的热爱。只有父母才能确保关掉电视并完成作业。我们需要教导我们的孩子，不仅仅是超级碗的冠军才值得庆祝，科学博览会的冠军也是。我们需要教导他们，成功不是名气或公关的功能，而是努力工作和自律的功能。
Our schools share this responsibility. When a child walks into a classroom, it should be a place of high expectations and high performance. But too many schools don't meet this test. That's why instead of just pouring money into a system that's not working, we launched a competition called Race to the Top. To all 50 states, we said, "If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we'll show you the money." 我们的学校分担这一责任。当一个孩子走进教室时，它应该是一个充满高期望和高表现的地方。但太多的学校没有达到这个标准。这就是为什么我们不仅仅是向一个不工作的系统投入资金，而是启动了一个叫做"力争上游"的竞赛。我们对所有50个州说："如果你向我们展示提高教师质量和学生成绩的最创新计划，我们就会给你们钱。"
Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation. For less than 1 percent of what we spend on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning. And these standards were developed, by the way, not by Washington, but by Republican and Democratic governors throughout the country. And Race to the Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behind with a law that's more flexible and focused on what's best for our kids. "力争上游"是我们这一代公立学校最有意义的改革。用不到我们每年教育支出的1%，它已经促使40多个州提高了他们的教学标准。顺便说一句，这些标准不是由华盛顿制定的，而是由全国各地的共和党和民主党州长们制定的。今年，"力争上游"应该是我们遵循的方法，因为我们将用一部更灵活、更专注于对孩子最好的法律来取代"不让一个孩子掉队"。
You see, we know what's possible from our children when reform isn't just a top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and principals, school boards and communities. Take a school like Bruce Randolph in Denver. Three years ago, it was rated one of the worst schools in Colorado -- located on turf between two rival gangs. But last May, 97 percent of the seniors received their diploma. Most will be the first in their families to go to college. 你看，我们知道当改革不仅仅是自上而下的命令，而是当地教师和校长、学校董事会和社区的工作时，我们的孩子能取得什么样的成就。以丹佛的布鲁斯·伦道夫学校为例。三年前，它被评为科罗拉多州最差的学校之一——位于两个敌对帮派的地盘之间。但去年5月，97%的应届毕业生获得了文凭。他们中的大多数人将是家里第一个上大学的人。
And after the first year of the school's transformation, the principal who made it possible wiped away tears when a student said, "Thank you, Ms. Waters, for showing that we are smart and we can make it." That's what good schools can do, and we want good schools all across the country. 在学校转型的第一年后，当一名学生说："沃特斯女士，谢谢你向我们表明我们很聪明，我们能做到"时，那位使之成为可能的校长流下了眼泪。这就是好学校能做的，我们希望全国各地都有好学校。
Let's also remember that after parents, the biggest impact on a child's success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as "nation builders." Here in America, it's time we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of respect. We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. And over the next 10 years, with so many baby boomers retiring from our classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math. 我们还要记住，在父母之后，对孩子成功影响最大的是教室前面的那个男人或女人。在韩国，教师被称为"国家建设者"。在美国，是时候以同样的尊重对待教育我们孩子的人了。我们想要奖励好教师，停止为差教师找借口。在未来10年，随着这么多婴儿潮一代从我们的教室退休，我们希望在科学技术工程和数学领域培养10万名新教师。
In fact, to every young person listening tonight who's contemplating their career choice: If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make a difference in the life of a child -- become a teacher. Your country needs you. 事实上，对今晚每个正在考虑职业选择的年轻人说：如果你想对我们国家的生活产生影响；如果你想对一个孩子的生活产生影响——那就成为一名教师。你的国家需要你。
Of course, the education race doesn't end with a high school diploma. To compete, higher education must be within the reach of every American. That's why we've ended the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that went to banks, and used the savings to make college affordable for millions of students. And this year, I ask Congress to go further, and make permanent our tuition tax credit -- worth $10,000 for four years of college. It's the right thing to do. 当然，教育竞赛不会以高中文凭结束。为了竞争，高等教育必须在每个美国人触手可及的范围内。这就是为什么我们结束了给银行的无端纳税人补贴，并用这些储蓄让数百万学生能够负担得起大学费用。今年，我要求国会更进一步，使我们的学费税收抵免永久化——四年大学价值1万美元。这是正确的事情。
Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today's fast-changing economy, we're also revitalizing America's community colleges. Last month, I saw the promise of these schools at Forsyth Tech in North Carolina. Many of the students there used to work in the surrounding factories that have since left town. One mother of two, a woman named Kathy Proctor, had worked in the furniture industry since she was 18 years old. 因为在当今快速变化的经济中，人们需要能够为新的工作和职业接受培训，我们还在振兴美国的社区学院。上个月，我在北卡罗来纳州的福赛斯技术学院看到了这些学校的前景。那里的许多学生曾经在后来离开城镇的周围工厂工作。一位名叫凯西·普罗克特的两个孩子的母亲，从18岁起就在家具行业工作。
And she told me she's earning her degree in biotechnology now, at 55 years old, not just because the furniture jobs are gone, but because she wants to inspire her children to pursue their dreams, too. As Kathy said, "I hope it tells them to never give up." 她告诉我，她现在55岁了，正在攻读生物技术学位，不仅仅是因为家具工作没有了，而是因为她想激励她的孩子也去追求他们的梦想。正如凯西所说："我希望这告诉他们永不放弃。"
If we take these steps -- if we raise expectations for every child, and give them the best possible chance at an education, from the day they are born until the last job they take -- we will reach the goal that I set two years ago: By the end of the decade, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. 如果我们采取这些步骤——如果我们提高对每个孩子的期望，从他们出生的那天到他们从事的最后一份工作，给他们最好的教育机会——我们将实现我两年前设定的目标：到这个十年结束时，美国将再次拥有世界上最高比例的大学毕业生。
One last point about education. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions of their parents. They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, and yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others come here from abroad to study in our colleges and universities. But as soon as they obtain advanced degrees, we send them back home to compete against us. It makes no sense. 关于教育的最后一点。今天，我们学校里有数十万优秀的学生不是美国公民。一些是无证工人的孩子，他们与他们父母的行为无关。他们像美国人一样长大，向我们的国旗宣誓效忠，然而他们每天都生活在被驱逐的威胁中。其他人从国外来到我们的学院和大学学习。但一旦他们获得高级学位，我们就把他们送回国与我们竞争。这毫无道理。
Now, I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. And I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows. I know that debate will be difficult. I know it will take time. But tonight, let's agree to make that effort. And let's stop expelling talented, responsible young people who could be staffing our research labs or starting a new business, who could be further enriching this nation. 现在，我坚信我们应该一劳永逸地解决非法移民问题。我准备与共和党和民主党合作，保护我们的边境，执行我们的法律，并解决数百万生活在阴影中的无证工人问题。我知道辩论会很困难。我知道这需要时间。但今晚，让我们同意做出这种努力。让我们停止驱逐那些有才华、负责任的年轻人，他们本可以在我们的研究实验室工作或创办新企业，本可以进一步丰富这个国家。
The third step in winning the future is rebuilding America. To attract new businesses to our shores, we need the fastest, most reliable ways to move people, goods, and information -- from high-speed rail to high-speed Internet. 赢得未来的第三步是重建美国。为了吸引新的企业来到我们的海岸，我们需要最快、最可靠的方式来运输人员、货物和信息——从高速铁路到高速互联网。
Our infrastructure used to be the best, but our lead has slipped. South Korean homes now have greater Internet access than we do. Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railways than we do. China is building faster trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation's infrastructure, they gave us a "D." 我们的基础设施曾经是最好的，但我们的领先地位已经下滑。韩国家庭现在的互联网接入比我们更多。欧洲和俄罗斯的国家在道路和铁路方面的投资比我们更多。中国正在建造更快的火车和更新的机场。与此同时，当我们自己的工程师给我们的国家基础设施打分时，他们给了我们一个"D"。
We have to do better. America is the nation that built the transcontinental railroad, brought electricity to rural communities, constructed the Interstate Highway System. The jobs created by these projects didn't just come from laying down track or pavement. They came from businesses that opened near a town's new train station or the new off-ramp. 我们必须做得更好。美国是建造了横贯大陆的铁路、为农村社区带来电力、建造了州际公路系统的国家。这些项目创造的就业机会不仅仅来自铺设轨道或路面。它们来自在城镇新火车站或新匝道附近开业的企业。
So over the last two years, we've begun rebuilding for the 21st century, a project that has meant thousands of good jobs for the hard-hit construction industry. And tonight, I'm proposing that we redouble those efforts. 所以在过去两年里，我们已经开始为21世纪重建，这个项目意味着为遭受重创的建筑业提供了数千个好工作。今晚，我提议我们加倍努力。
We'll put more Americans to work repairing crumbling roads and bridges. We'll make sure this is fully paid for, attract private investment, and pick projects based [on] what's best for the economy, not politicians. 我们将让更多美国人工作来修复破旧的道路和桥梁。我们将确保这得到充分支付，吸引私人投资，并根据对经济最有利而不是对政客最有利来选择项目。
Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than flying -- without the pat-down. As we speak, routes in California and the Midwest are already underway. 在25年内，我们的目标是让80%的美国人能够使用高速铁路。这可以让你在汽车旅行时间的一半内到达目的地。对于某些旅行，它将比飞行更快——不需要搜身。就在我们说话的时候，加利福尼亚和中西部的路线已经在进行中。
Within the next five years, we'll make it possible for businesses to deploy the next generation of high-speed wireless coverage to 98 percent of all Americans. This isn't just about -- this isn't about faster Internet or fewer dropped calls. It's about connecting every part of America to the digital age. It's about a rural community in Iowa or Alabama where farmers and small business owners will be able to sell their products all over the world. 在未来五年内，我们将使企业能够将下一代高速无线覆盖部署到98%的美国人。这不仅仅是关于——这不是关于更快的互联网或更少的掉线电话。这是关于将美国的每个部分连接到数字时代。这是关于爱荷华州或阿拉巴马州的一个农村社区，那里的农民和小企业主将能够向全世界销售他们的产品。
It's about a firefighter who can download the design of a burning building onto a handheld device; a student who can take classes with a digital textbook; or a patient who can have face-to-face video chats with her doctor. 这是关于一个消防员可以将燃烧建筑物的设计下载到手持设备上；一个学生可以用数字教科书上课；或者一个病人可以与她的医生进行面对面的视频聊天。
All these investments -- in innovation, education, and infrastructure -- will make America a better place to do business and create jobs. But to help our companies compete, we also have to knock down barriers that stand in the way of their success. 所有这些投资——在创新、教育和基础设施方面——将使美国成为做生意和创造就业机会的更好地方。但为了帮助我们的公司竞争，我们还必须拆除阻碍他们成功的障碍。
For example, over the years, a parade of lobbyists has rigged the tax code to benefit particular companies and industries. Those with accountants or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all. But all the rest are hit with one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and it has to change. 例如，多年来，一连串的游说者操纵税法以惠及特定公司和行业。那些有会计师或律师来钻制度空子的人最终可能根本不用交税。但所有其他人都受到世界上最高的企业税率之一的打击。这毫无道理，必须改变。
So tonight, I'm asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field. And use the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years -- without adding to our deficit. It can be done. 所以今晚，我要求民主党和共和党简化这个制度。堵住漏洞。创造公平的竞争环境。并用节省下来的钱在25年来首次降低企业税率——而不会增加我们的赤字。这可以做到。
To help businesses sell more products abroad, we set a goal of doubling our exports by 2014 -- because the more we export, the more jobs we create here at home. Already, our exports are up. Recently, we signed agreements with India and China that will support more than 250,000 jobs here in the United States. And last month, we finalized a trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs. This agreement has unprecedented support from business and labor, Democrats and Republicans -- and I ask this Congress to pass it as soon as possible. 为了帮助企业向国外销售更多产品，我们设定了到2014年将出口翻一番的目标——因为我们出口越多，我们在国内创造的就业机会就越多。我们的出口已经上升。最近，我们与印度和中国签署了将支持美国超过25万个就业岗位的协议。上个月，我们与韩国最终确定了一项贸易协议，将支持至少7万个美国就业岗位。这项协议得到了企业和劳工、民主党和共和党的空前支持——我要求这个国会尽快通过它。
Now, before I took office, I made it clear that we would enforce our trade agreements, and that I would only sign deals that keep faith with American workers and promote American jobs. That's what we did with Korea, and that's what I intend to do as we pursue agreements with Panama and Colombia and continue our Asia Pacific and global trade talks. 在我上任之前，我明确表示我们将执行我们的贸易协议，我只会签署对美国工人保持诚信并促进美国就业的协议。这就是我们与韩国做的，这就是我打算在我们与巴拿马和哥伦比亚寻求协议并继续我们的亚太和全球贸易谈判时做的事情。
To reduce barriers to growth and investment, I've ordered a review of government regulations. When we find rules that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, we will fix them. But I will not hesitate to create or enforce common-sense safeguards to protect the American people. That's what we've done in this country for more than a century. It's why our food is safe to eat, our water is safe to drink, and our air is safe to breathe. It's why we have speed limits and child labor laws. 为了减少增长和投资的障碍，我已经下令审查政府法规。当我们发现给企业带来不必要负担的规则时，我们将修复它们。但我不会犹豫创建或执行常识性的保障措施来保护美国人民。这就是我们在这个国家一个多世纪以来一直在做的事情。这就是为什么我们的食物可以安全食用，我们的水可以安全饮用，我们的空气可以安全呼吸。这就是为什么我们有限速和童工法。
It's why last year, we put in place consumer protections against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies and new rules to prevent another financial crisis. And it's why we passed reform that finally prevents the health insurance industry from exploiting patients. 这就是为什么去年我们实施了保护消费者免受信用卡公司隐藏费用和罚款的保护措施，以及防止另一场金融危机的新规则。这就是为什么我们通过了改革，最终防止健康保险业剥削患者。
Now, I have heard rumors that a few of you still have concerns about our new health care law. So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses. 现在，我听说你们中的一些人仍然对我们的新医疗保健法有顾虑。所以让我第一个说，任何东西都可以改进。如果你有关于如何通过使护理更好或更可负担来改进这项法律的想法，我渴望与你合作。我们现在就可以通过纠正立法中给小企业带来不必要簿记负担的缺陷来开始。
What I'm not willing to do -- what I'm not willing to do is go back to the days when insurance companies could deny someone coverage because of a preexisting condition. 我不愿意做的——我不愿意做的是回到保险公司可以因既往病史拒绝为某人承保的日子。
I'm not willing to tell James Howard, a brain cancer patient from Texas, that his treatment might not be covered. I'm not willing to tell Jim Houser, a small business man from Oregon, that he has to go back to paying $5,000 more to cover his employees. As we speak, this law is making prescription drugs cheaper for seniors and giving uninsured students a chance to stay on their patients' -- parents' coverage. 我不愿意告诉德克萨斯州的脑癌患者詹姆斯·霍华德，他的治疗可能不会被承保。我不愿意告诉俄勒冈州的小企业主吉姆·豪瑟，他必须回到多付5000美元来为他的员工承保的日子。就在我们说话的时候，这项法律正在为老年人降低处方药价格，并为没有保险的学生提供继续留在父母承保范围内的机会。
So I say to this chamber tonight, instead of re-fighting the battles of the last two years, let's fix what needs fixing and let's move forward. 所以我今晚对这个会议厅说，与其重新打过去两年的仗，让我们修复需要修复的东西，让我们向前迈进。
Now, the final critical step in winning the future is to make sure we aren't buried under a mountain of debt. 赢得未来的最后关键一步是确保我们不会被债务的大山所埋。
We are living with a legacy of deficit spending that began almost a decade ago. And in the wake of the financial crisis, some of that was necessary to keep credit flowing, save jobs, and put money in people's pockets. 我们生活在近十年前开始的赤字支出的遗产中。在金融危机之后，其中一些是必要的，以保持信贷流动、挽救就业机会，并把钱放进人们的口袋。
But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same. 但现在最严重的衰退已经结束，我们必须面对这样一个事实：我们的政府支出超过了收入。这是不可持续的。每天，家庭都在牺牲以量入为出。他们应该有一个同样做的政府。
So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years. Now, this would reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President. 所以今晚，我提议从今年开始，我们在未来五年冻结年度国内支出。这将在未来十年减少超过4000亿美元的赤字，并将可自由支配支出降至自德怀特·艾森豪威尔总统以来占我们经济的最低份额。
This freeze will require painful cuts. Already, we've frozen the salaries of hardworking federal employees for the next two years. I've proposed cuts to things I care deeply about, like community action programs. The Secretary of Defense has also agreed to cut tens of billions of dollars in spending that he and his generals believe our military can do without. 这一冻结将需要痛苦的削减。我们已经冻结了辛勤工作的联邦雇员未来两年的工资。我已经提议削减我非常关心的事情，比如社区行动计划。国防部长也同意削减他和他的将军们认为我们的军队可以不需要的数百亿美元开支。
I recognize that some in this chamber have already proposed deeper cuts, and I'm willing to eliminate whatever we can honestly afford to do without. But let's make sure that we're not doing it on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. And let's make sure that what we're cutting is really excess weight. Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact. 我认识到这个会议厅中的一些人已经提议了更深的削减，我愿意消除我们确实可以承受的一切。但让我们确保我们不是在最脆弱的公民背上这样做。让我们确保我们削减的确实是多余的重量。通过削减我们在创新和教育方面的投资来削减赤字，就像通过拆卸发动机来减轻超载飞机的重量一样。起初可能让你感觉飞得很高，但不久你就会感受到影响。
Now, most of the cuts and savings I've proposed only address annual domestic spending, which represents a little more than 12 percent of our budget. To make further progress, we have to stop pretending that cutting this kind of spending alone will be enough. It won't. 现在，我提议的大部分削减和节省只涉及年度国内支出，这占我们预算的12%多一点。为了取得进一步进展，我们必须停止假装仅削减这类支出就足够了。不会的。
The bipartisan fiscal commission I created last year made this crystal clear. I don't agree with all their proposals, but they made important progress. And their conclusion is that the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it -- in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes. 我去年创建的两党财政委员会使这一点非常清楚。我不同意他们所有的提议，但他们取得了重要进展。他们的结论是，解决我们赤字的唯一方法是在我们发现过度支出的地方削减它——在国内支出、国防支出、医疗保健支出以及通过税收优惠和漏洞的支出中。
This means further reducing health care costs, including programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest contributor to our long-term deficit. The health insurance law we passed last year will slow these rising costs, which is part of the reason that nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit. Still, I'm willing to look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that Republicans suggested last year -- medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits. 这意味着进一步降低医疗保健成本，包括像医疗保险和医疗补助这样的项目，它们是我们长期赤字的最大贡献者。我们去年通过的健康保险法将减缓这些不断上升的成本，这是无党派经济学家说废除医疗保健法将给我们的赤字增加2500亿美元的部分原因。不过，我愿意看看其他降低成本的想法，包括共和党人去年建议的一个——医疗事故改革以遏制无意义的诉讼。
To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. We must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities; without slashing benefits for future generations; and without subjecting Americans' guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market. 为了使我们站稳脚跟，我们还应该找到一个两党解决方案来为子孙后代加强社会保障。我们必须在不危及当前退休人员、最脆弱群体或残疾人的前提下做到这一点；不削减子孙后代的福利；不使美国人有保障的退休收入受股市波动的影响。
And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply can't afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Before we take money away from our schools or scholarships away from our students, we should ask millionaires to give up their tax break. It's not a matter of punishing their success. It's about promoting America's success. 如果我们真的关心我们的赤字，我们根本负担不起为最富有的2%美国人永久延长减税。在我们从学校拿钱或从学生那里拿走奖学金之前，我们应该要求百万富翁放弃他们的税收优惠。这不是惩罚他们成功的问题。这是关于促进美国的成功。
In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them. 事实上，我们能为所有美国人在税收方面做的最好的事情是简化个人税法。这将是一项艰巨的工作，但两党成员都表示有兴趣这样做，我准备加入他们。
So now is the time to act. Now is the time for both sides and both houses of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- to forge a principled compromise that gets the job done. If we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we need to win the future. 所以现在是行动的时候了。现在是国会两院的双方——民主党和共和党——达成有原则的妥协以完成工作的时候了。如果我们现在做出艰难的选择来控制我们的赤字，我们就能做出赢得未来所需的投资。
Let me take this one step further. We shouldn't just give our people a government that's more affordable. We should give them a government that's more competent and more efficient. We can't win the future with a government of the past. 让我更进一步。我们不应该只给人民一个更负担得起的政府。我们应该给他们一个更有能力、更有效率的政府。我们不能用过去的政府来赢得未来。
We live and do business in the Information Age, but the last major reorganization of the government happened in the age of black-and-white TV. There are 12 different agencies that deal with exports. There are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy. Then there's my favorite example: The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater. I hear it gets even more complicated once they're smoked. 我们在信息时代生活和经商，但政府的最后一次重大重组发生在黑白电视时代。有12个不同的机构处理出口。至少有五个不同的机构处理住房政策。然后是我最喜欢的内政部的例子：鲑鱼在淡水中时由内政部负责，但在咸水中时由商务部负责。我听说一旦被熏制，情况就更复杂了。
Now, we've made great strides over the last two years in using technology and getting rid of waste. Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse. We're selling acres of federal office space that hasn't been used in years, and we'll cut through red tape to get rid of more. But we need to think bigger. In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America. 现在，我们在过去两年在利用技术和消除浪费方面取得了巨大进步。退伍军人现在只需点击鼠标就可以下载他们的电子医疗记录。我们正在出售多年来未使用的联邦办公空间，我们将通过繁文缛节来摆脱更多。但我们需要想得更大。
I will submit that proposal to Congress for a vote -- and we will push to get it passed. 在未来几个月，我的政府将制定一项提案，以最有利于更具竞争力的美国的目标来合并、整合和重组联邦政府。我将把该提案提交国会投票——我们将推动它通过。
In the coming year, we'll also work to rebuild people's faith in the institution of government. Because you deserve to know exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you'll be able to go to a website and get that information for the very first time in history. Because you deserve to know when your elected officials are meeting with lobbyists, I ask Congress to do what the White House has already done -- put that information online. 在来年，我们还将努力重建人们对政府机构的信心。因为你应该知道你的税款到底是如何以及在哪里被花费的，你将能够上网并第一次在历史上获得这些信息。因为你应该知道你的民选官员何时与游说者会面，我要求国会做白宫已经做的事情——把这些信息放在网上。
And because the American people deserve to know that special interests aren't larding up legislation with pet projects, both parties in Congress should know this: If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it. I will veto it. 因为美国人民应该知道特殊利益集团没有在立法中塞满宠物项目，国会两党都应该知道这一点：如果一项法案送到我的办公桌上有专项拨款，我将否决它。我将否决它。
The 21st century government that's open and competent. A government that lives within its means. An economy that's driven by new skills and new ideas. Our success in this new and changing world will require reform, responsibility, and innovation. It will also require us to approach that world with a new level of engagement in our foreign affairs. 21世纪的政府是开放和有能力的。一个量入为出的政府。一个由新技能和新理念驱动的经济。我们在这个新的、变化的世界中的成功将需要改革、责任和创新。它还需要我们以新的参与水平来处理我们的外交事务。
Just as jobs and businesses can now race across borders, so can new threats and new challenges. No single wall separates East and West. No one rival superpower is aligned against us. 就像就业和企业现在可以跨越国界一样，新的威胁和新的挑战也可以。没有一堵墙将东方和西方分开。没有一个对手超级大国与我们对立。
And so we must defeat determined enemies, wherever they are, and build coalitions that cut across lines of region and race and religion. And America's moral example must always shine for all who yearn for freedom and justice and dignity. And because we've begun this work, tonight we can say that American leadership has been renewed and America's standing has been restored. 因此，我们必须击败坚定的敌人，无论他们在哪里，并建立跨越地区、种族和宗教界限的联盟。美国的道德榜样必须永远照耀所有渴望自由、正义和尊严的人。因为我们已经开始这项工作，今晚我们可以说，美国的领导力已经更新，美国的地位已经恢复。
Look to Iraq, where nearly 100,000 of our brave men and women have left with their heads held high. American combat patrols have ended, violence is down, and a new government has been formed. This year, our civilians will forge a lasting partnership with the Iraqi people, while we finish the job of bringing our troops out of Iraq. America's commitment has been kept. The Iraq war is coming to an end. 看看伊拉克，那里近10万勇敢的男女士兵高昂着头离开了。美国的战斗巡逻已经结束，暴力事件减少，新政府已经成立。今年，我们的文职人员将与伊拉克人民建立持久的伙伴关系，同时我们完成从伊拉克撤军的任务。美国的承诺已经兑现。伊拉克战争即将结束。
Of course, as we speak, al Qaeda and their affiliates continue to plan attacks against us. Thanks to our intelligence and law enforcement professionals, we're disrupting plots and securing our cities and skies. And as extremists try to inspire acts of violence within our borders, we are responding with the strength of our communities, with respect for the rule of law, and with the conviction that American Muslims are a part of our American family. 当然，就在我们说话的时候，基地组织及其附属机构继续策划对我们的袭击。多亏了我们的情报和执法专业人员，我们正在破坏阴谋并保护我们的城市和天空。当极端分子试图在我们境内煽动暴力行为时，我们以社区的力量、对法治的尊重以及美国穆斯林是我们美利坚大家庭一部分的信念来回应。
We've also taken the fight to al Qaeda and their allies abroad. In Afghanistan, our troops have taken Taliban strongholds and trained Afghan security forces. Our purpose is clear: By preventing the Taliban from reestablishing a stranglehold over the Afghan people, we will deny al Qaeda the safe haven that served as a launching pad for 9/11. 我们还将战斗带到国外的基地组织及其盟友那里。在阿富汗，我们的军队已经攻占了塔利班的据点并训练了阿富汗安全部队。我们的目的很明确：通过防止塔利班重新扼杀阿富汗人民，我们将剥夺基地组织作为911发射台的安全避风港。
Thanks to our heroic troops and civilians, fewer Afghans are under the control of the insurgency. There will be tough fighting ahead, and the Afghan government will need to deliver better governance. But we are strengthening the capacity of the Afghan people and building an enduring partnership with them. This year, we will work with nearly 50 countries to begin a transition to an Afghan lead. And this July, we will begin to bring our troops home. 多亏了我们英勇的军人和平民，更少的阿富汗人在叛乱分子的控制之下。前方将有艰难的战斗，阿富汗政府需要提供更好的治理。但我们正在加强阿富汗人民的能力，并与他们建立持久的伙伴关系。今年，我们将与近50个国家合作，开始向阿富汗主导的过渡。今年7月，我们将开始撤回我们的军队。
In Pakistan, al Qaeda's leadership is under more pressure than at any point since 2001. Their leaders and operatives are being removed from the battlefield. Their safe havens are shrinking. And we've sent a message from the Afghan border to the Arabian Peninsula to all parts of the globe: We will not relent, we will not waver, and we will defeat you. 在巴基斯坦，基地组织的领导层承受着自2001年以来最大的压力。他们的领导人和特工正被从战场上清除。他们的安全避风港正在缩小。我们已经从阿富汗边境到阿拉伯半岛到全球各地发出了信息：我们不会松懈，我们不会动摇，我们将击败你们。
American leadership can also be seen in the effort to secure the worst weapons of war. Because Republicans and Democrats approved the New START treaty, far fewer nuclear weapons and launchers will be deployed. Because we rallied the world, nuclear materials are being locked down on every continent so they never fall into the hands of terrorists. 美国的领导力也可以在确保最危险的战争武器的努力中看到。由于共和党和民主党批准了新的START条约，将部署的核武器和发射器将大大减少。因为我们团结了世界，核材料正在每个大陆被锁定，以免落入恐怖分子手中。
Because of a diplomatic effort to insist that Iran meet its obligations, the Iranian government now faces tougher sanctions, tighter sanctions than ever before. And on the Korean Peninsula, we stand with our ally South Korea, and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons. 由于坚持要求伊朗履行其义务的外交努力，伊朗政府现在面临着比以往任何时候都更严厉的制裁、更紧的制裁。在朝鲜半岛，我们与我们的盟友韩国站在一起，并坚持朝鲜履行其放弃核武器的承诺。
This is just a part of how we're shaping a world that favors peace and prosperity. With our European allies, we revitalized NATO and increased our cooperation on everything from counterterrorism to missile defense. We've reset our relationship with Russia, strengthened Asian alliances, built new partnerships with nations like India. 这只是我们如何塑造一个有利于和平与繁荣的世界的一部分。与我们的欧洲盟友一起，我们振兴了北约，并增加了从反恐到导弹防御等各个方面的合作。我们已经重置了与俄罗斯的关系，加强了亚洲联盟，与印度等国建立了新的伙伴关系。
This March, I will travel to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador to forge new alliances across the Americas. Around the globe, we're standing with those who take responsibility -- helping farmers grow more food, supporting doctors who care for the sick, and combating the corruption that can rot a society and rob people of opportunity. 今年3月，我将访问巴西、智利和萨尔瓦多，在美洲建立新的联盟。在全球范围内，我们与那些承担责任的人站在一起——帮助农民种植更多粮食，支持照顾病人的医生，并打击可能腐蚀社会并剥夺人民机会的腐败。
Recent events have shown us that what sets us apart must not just be our power -- it must also be the purpose behind it. In south Sudan -- with our assistance -- the people were finally able to vote for independence after years of war. Thousands lined up before dawn. People danced in the streets. One man who lost four of his brothers at war summed up the scene around him: "This was a battlefield for most of my life," he said. "Now we want to be free." 最近的事件向我们表明，使我们与众不同的不仅仅是我们的力量——还必须是其背后的目的。在南苏丹——在我们的援助下——人民在多年的战争后终于能够投票支持独立。成千上万的人在黎明前排起了队。人们在街上跳舞。一个在战争中失去了四个兄弟的男人总结了他周围的场景："这是我一生中大部分时间的战场，"他说。"现在我们想要自由。"
And we saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And tonight, let us be clear: The United States of America stands with the people of Tunisia, and supports the democratic aspirations of all people. 我们在突尼斯也看到了同样的对自由的渴望，在那里人民的意志被证明比独裁者的法令更强大。今晚，让我们明确表示：美利坚合众国与突尼斯人民站在一起，并支持所有人的民主愿望。
We must never forget that the things we've struggled for, and fought for, live in the hearts of people everywhere. And we must always remember that the Americans who have borne the greatest burden in this struggle are the men and women who serve our country. 我们绝不能忘记我们为之奋斗和战斗的东西，活在世界各地人民的心中。我们必须永远记住，在这场斗争中承担最大负担的美国人是为我们国家服务的男男女女。
Tonight, let us speak with one voice in reaffirming that our nation is united in support of our troops and their families. Let us serve them as well as they've served us -- by giving them the equipment they need, by providing them with the care and benefits that they have earned, and by enlisting our veterans in the great task of building our own nation. 今晚，让我们用一个声音重申，我们的国家团结一致支持我们的军队和他们的家人。让我们像他们为我们服务那样为他们服务——给他们需要的装备，提供他们应得的照顾和福利，并让我们的退伍军人参与建设我们自己国家的伟大任务。
Our troops come from every corner of this country -- they're black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American. They are Christian and Hindu, Jewish and Muslim. And, yes, we know that some of them are gay. Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they love because of who they love. And with that change, I call on all our college campuses to open their doors to our military recruiters and ROTC. It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation. 我们的军队来自这个国家的每个角落——他们是黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔、美洲原住民。他们是基督徒和印度教徒、犹太人和穆斯林。而且，是的，我们知道他们中的一些人是同性恋。从今年开始，任何美国人都不会因为爱谁而被禁止为他们所爱的国家服务。随着这一变化，我呼吁我们所有的大学校园向我们的军事征兵人员和后备军官训练队敞开大门。是时候抛开过去分裂性的战斗了。是时候作为一个国家向前迈进。
We should have no illusions about the work ahead of us. Reforming our schools, changing the way we use energy, reducing our deficit -- none of this will be easy. All of it will take time. And it will be harder because we will argue about everything. The costs. The details. The letter of every law. 我们不应该对我们面前的工作抱有幻想。改革我们的学校，改变我们使用能源的方式，减少我们的赤字——这些都不容易。所有这些都需要时间。而且会更困难，因为我们会在所有事情上争论。成本。细节。每项法律的条文。
Of course, some countries don't have this problem. If the central government wants a railroad, they build a railroad, no matter how many homes get bulldozed. If they don't want a bad story in the newspaper, it doesn't get written. 当然，一些国家没有这个问题。如果中央政府想要一条铁路，他们就建一条铁路，无论有多少房屋被推土机推倒。如果他们不想在报纸上有坏消息，它就不会被写出来。
And yet, as contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on Earth. 然而，尽管我们的民主有时可能是有争议的、令人沮丧的和混乱的，我知道这里没有一个人愿意与地球上任何其他国家交换位置。
We may have differences in policy, but we all believe in the rights enshrined in our Constitution. We may have different opinions, but we believe in the same promise that says this is a place where you can make it if you try. We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything is possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from. 我们可能在政策上有分歧，但我们都相信我们宪法中所载的权利。我们可能有不同的意见，但我们相信同一个承诺，即这是一个如果你尝试就能成功的地方。我们可能有不同的背景，但我们相信同一个梦想，即这是一个任何事情都可能发生的国家。无论你是谁。无论你来自哪里。
That dream is why I can stand here before you tonight. That dream is why a working-class kid from Scranton can sit behind me. That dream is why someone who began by sweeping the floors of his father's Cincinnati bar can preside as Speaker of the House in the greatest nation on Earth. 那个梦想就是为什么我可以今晚站在这里。那个梦想就是为什么一个来自斯克兰顿的工人阶级孩子可以坐在我身后。那个梦想就是为什么一个从打扫他父亲辛辛那提酒吧地板开始的人可以作为地球上最伟大国家的众议院议长主持会议。
That dream -- that American Dream -- is what drove the Allen Brothers to reinvent their roofing company for a new era. It's what drove those students at Forsyth Tech to learn a new skill and work towards the future. And that dream is the story of a small business owner named Brandon Fisher. 那个梦想——那个美国梦——驱动着艾伦兄弟为新时代重新发明他们的屋顶公司。它驱动着福赛斯技术学院的学生学习新技能并为未来而努力。那个梦想是一个名叫布兰登·费舍尔的小企业主的故事。
Brandon started a company in Berlin, Pennsylvania, that specializes in a new kind of drilling technology. And one day last summer, he saw the news that halfway across the world, 33 men were trapped in a Chilean mine, and no one knew how to save them. 布兰登在宾夕法尼亚州柏林市创办了一家公司，专门从事一种新型钻探技术。去年夏天的一天，他看到新闻说在世界另一端，33名男子被困在智利的一个矿井中，没有人知道如何拯救他们。
But Brandon thought his company could help. And so he designed a rescue that would come to be known as Plan B. His employees worked around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment. And Brandon left for Chile. 但布兰登认为他的公司可以提供帮助。于是他设计了一个后来被称为B计划的救援方案。他的员工昼夜不停地工作以制造必要的钻探设备。布兰登前往智利。
Along with others, he began drilling a 2,000-foot hole into the ground, working three- or four-hour -- three or four days at a time without any sleep. Thirty-seven days later, Plan B succeeded, and the miners were rescued. But because he didn't want all of the attention, Brandon wasn't there when the miners emerged. He'd already gone back home, back to work on his next project. 与其他一起，他开始在地面钻一个2000英尺深的洞，连续工作三到四天不睡觉。37天后，B计划成功了，矿工们获救了。但因为他不想成为所有关注的焦点，当矿工们出来时布兰登并不在那里。他已经回到家，继续他的下一个项目。
And later, one of his employees said of the rescue, "We proved that Center Rock is a little company, but we do big things." 后来，他的一位员工在谈到这次救援时说："我们证明了中央岩石是一家小公司，但我们做大事。"
We do big things. 我们做大事。
From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. That's how we win the future. 从我们建国的最早日子起，美国就是一个关于敢于梦想的普通人的故事。这就是我们如何赢得未来。
We're a nation that says, "I might not have a lot of money, but I have this great idea for a new company." "I might not come from a family of college graduates, but I will be the first to get my degree." "I might not know those people in trouble, but I think I can help them, and I need to try." "I'm not sure how we'll reach that better place beyond the horizon, but I know we'll get there. I know we will." 我们是一个这样的国家，说："我可能没有很多钱，但我有一个创办新公司的好主意。""我可能不是来自一个大学毕业生的家庭，但我将是第一个获得学位的人。""我可能不认识那些有麻烦的人，但我认为我可以帮助他们，我需要尝试。""我不确定我们将如何到达地平线那边更好的地方，但我知道我们会到达那里。我知道我们会。"
We do big things. 我们做大事。
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it's because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong. 美国的理念永存。我们的命运仍然是我们的选择。今晚，两个多世纪后，正是因为我们的人民，我们的未来充满希望，我们的旅程继续前进，我们的国家状况强大。
Thank you. God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America. 谢谢你们。上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
