Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: 议长先生、副总统先生、各位国会议员，我的美国同胞们：
We are 15 years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicious recession spread across our nation and the world. It has been, and still is, a hard time for many. 我们进入新世纪已经十五年了。这十五年以恐怖袭击降临我们的海岸拉开序幕；在这期间，新一代美国人投身了两场漫长而代价高昂的战争；我们还见证了一场恶性经济衰退席卷全国乃至全球。对许多人来说，那段岁月一直是艰难的，现在依然如此。
But tonight, we turn the page. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before. More of our people are insured than ever before. And we are as free from the grip of foreign oil as we’ve been in almost 30 years. 但今晚，我们翻开新的一页。今晚，在美国经历突破性的一年之后，我们的经济正在增长，就业岗位的创造速度达到1999年以来的最高水平。我们的失业率现在低于金融危机之前的水平。我们的孩子毕业人数比以往任何时候都多。我们的参保人数比以往任何时候都多。我们摆脱外国石油束缚的程度，是近三十年来最高的。
Tonight, for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in Afghanistan is over. Six years ago, nearly 180,000 American troops served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, fewer than 15,000 remain. And we salute the courage and sacrifice of every man and woman in this 9/11 Generation who has served to keep us safe. We are humbled and grateful for your service. 今晚，自9/11以来，我们在阿富汗的作战任务首次宣告结束。六年前，有近18万美军在伊拉克和阿富汗服役。今天，剩余兵力不足1.5万人。我们向9/11一代中每一位为保卫我们的安全而服役的男女军人的勇气与牺牲致敬。我们为你们的奉献感到谦卑和感激。
America, for all that we have endured; for all the grit and hard work required to come back; for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this: The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong. 美国啊，鉴于我们所经受的一切；鉴于我们复苏所需的坚韧与辛劳；鉴于摆在我们面前的所有任务，请记住这一点：危机的阴影已经过去，国情咨文坚不可摧。
At this moment -- with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy production -- we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It’s now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years and for decades to come. 此时此刻——在经济持续增长、赤字不断缩减、产业蓬勃发展、能源生产欣欣向荣的形势下——我们已经从衰退中崛起，比世界上任何其他国家都更自由地书写自己的未来。现在，由我们来选择，在未来十五年乃至未来几十年里，我们想要成为什么样的国家。
Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort? 我们是要接受一种只有少数人飞黄腾达的经济？还是要致力于建设一种能为每一个努力付出的人带来收入增长和机遇的经济？
Will we approach the world fearful and reactive, dragged into costly conflicts that strain our military and set back our standing? Or will we lead wisely, using all elements of our power to defeat new threats and protect our planet? 我们是要心怀恐惧、被动应对世界，被拖入消耗军力、损害我们地位的昂贵冲突？还是要明智地发挥领导作用，运用我们力量的所有要素来击败新威胁并保护我们的星球？
Will we allow ourselves to be sorted into factions and turned against one another? Or will we recapture the sense of common purpose that has always propelled America forward? 我们是要任由自己被分化成不同派系，彼此对立？还是要重拾那种始终推动美国前进的共同目标感？
In two weeks, I will send this Congress a budget filled with ideas that are practical, not partisan. And in the months ahead, I’ll crisscross the country making a case for those ideas. So tonight, I want to focus less on a checklist of proposals, and focus more on the values at stake in the choices before us. 两周后，我将向国会提交一份充满务实而非党派性提案的预算。在接下来的几个月里，我将走遍全国，为这些提案争取支持。因此今晚，我不想把重点放在提案清单上，而是更多地关注我们面临选择中所涉及的价值观。
It begins with our economy. Seven years ago, Rebekah and Ben Erler of Minneapolis were newlyweds. She waited tables. He worked construction. Their first child, Jack, was on the way. They were young and in love in America. And it doesn’t get much better than that. “If only we had known,” Rebekah wrote to me last spring, “what was about to happen to the housing and construction market.” 一切始于我们的经济。七年前，明尼阿波利斯的丽贝卡和本·埃勒夫妇新婚燕尔。她在餐厅当服务员。他在建筑行业工作。他们的第一个孩子杰克即将出生。他们年轻，相爱，生活在美国。没有什么比这更美好了。"要是我们早知道就好了，"丽贝卡去年春天写信给我说，"房地产和建筑市场即将发生的事情。"
As the crisis worsened, Ben’s business dried up, so he took what jobs he could find, even if they kept him on the road for long stretches of time. Rebekah took out student loans and enrolled in community college, and retrained for a new career. They sacrificed for each other. And slowly, it paid off. They bought their first home. They had a second son, Henry. Rebekah got a better job and then a raise. Ben is back in construction -- and home for dinner every night. 随着危机恶化，本的生意一落千丈，所以他能找到什么工作就做什么，即便那些工作让他长期在外奔波。丽贝卡申请了学生贷款，进入社区大学学习，为新职业重新接受培训。他们为彼此牺牲。慢慢地，付出有了回报。他们买了第一套房子。他们有了第二个儿子亨利。丽贝卡找到了更好的工作，还涨了薪水。本也回到了建筑行业——而且每晚都能回家吃晚饭。
“It is amazing,” Rebekah wrote, “what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.” We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times. "这太不可思议了，"丽贝卡写道，"当你不得不振作起来的时候，你能从困境中恢复过来的程度令人惊讶……我们是一个坚强、亲密的家庭，我们度过了一些非常、非常艰难的时期。"我们是一个坚强、亲密的家庭，我们度过了一些非常、非常艰难的时期。
America, Rebekah and Ben’s story is our story. They represent the millions who have worked hard and scrimped, and sacrificed and retooled. You are the reason that I ran for this office. You are the people I was thinking of six years ago today, in the darkest months of the crisis, when I stood on the steps of this Capitol and promised we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation. And it has been your resilience, your effort that has made it possible for our country to emerge stronger. 美国啊，丽贝卡和本的故事就是我们的故事。他们代表了数百万辛勤工作、省吃俭用、做出牺牲、重新学习技能的人们。你们就是我竞选这个职位的原因。六年前的今天，在危机最黑暗的几个月里，当我站在国会大厦的台阶上承诺我们将在新基础上重建经济时，我心中想到的就是你们。正是你们的坚韧、你们的努力，让我们的国家变得更加强大。
We believed we could reverse the tide of outsourcing and draw new jobs to our shores. And over the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs. 我们曾相信，我们能够扭转外包趋势，将新就业岗位吸引回美国。在过去五年里，我们的企业创造了超过1100万个新工作岗位。
We believed we could reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect our planet. And today, America is number one in oil and gas. America is number one in wind power. Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. And thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save about $750 at the pump. 我们曾相信，我们能够减少对外国石油的依赖并保护我们的星球。而今天，美国的石油和天然气产量位居世界第一。美国的风力发电位居世界第一。每过三周，我们新增的太阳能发电量就相当于2008年全年的总量。而且，得益于汽油价格下降和燃油标准提高，普通家庭今年在加油站应该能节省约750美元。
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. More Americans finish college than ever before. 我们曾相信，我们能够让我们的孩子为更具竞争力的世界做好准备。而今天，我们低年级学生的数学和阅读成绩创下了历史新高。我们的高中毕业率达到了历史最高水平。完成大学学业的美国人比以往任何时候都多。
We believed that sensible regulations could prevent another crisis, shield families from ruin, and encourage fair competition. Today, we have new tools to stop taxpayer-funded bailouts, and a new consumer watchdog to protect us from predatory lending and abusive credit card practices. And in the past year alone, about 10 million uninsured Americans finally gained the security of health coverage. 我们曾相信，合理的监管能够防止另一场危机，保护家庭免于破产，并鼓励公平竞争。今天，我们有了新的工具来制止用纳税人的钱救助企业的行为，还有了新的消费者保护机构来保护我们免受掠夺性贷款和滥用信用卡行为的侵害。仅在过去一年里，就有约1000万没有医保的美国人终于获得了医疗保险的保障。
At every step, we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious; that we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead, we’ve seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled, and health care inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. This is good news, people. 每一步，都有人告诉我们，我们的目标是错误的，或者太过雄心勃勃；说我们会扼杀就业，让赤字失控。事实恰恰相反，我们见证了十多年来最快的经济增长，我们的赤字削减了三分之二，股市翻了一番，医疗通胀率处于50年来的最低水平。各位，这是好消息。
So the verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics don’t get in the way. We can’t slow down businesses or put our economy at risk with government shutdowns or fiscal showdowns. We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got to fix a broken system. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, I will veto it. It will have earned my veto. 所以结论很清楚。中产阶级经济学行之有效。扩大机遇行之有效。只要政治不从中作梗，这些政策就会继续发挥作用。我们不能因为政府关门或财政摊牌而放慢企业发展步伐，也不能让经济陷入风险。我们不能通过夺走家庭的医疗保险，或者放松华尔街的新规则，或者在我们必须修复这个破碎体系的时候重新打移民问题的旧仗，来将家庭的安全置于危险之中。如果有任何试图做这些事情的法案送到我的办公桌上，我将予以否决。它活该被我否决。
Today, thanks to a growing economy, the recovery is touching more and more lives. Wages are finally starting to rise again. We know that more small business owners plan to raise their employees’ pay than at any time since 2007. But here’s the thing: Those of us here tonight, we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn’t screw things up; that government doesn’t halt the progress we’re making. We need to do more than just do no harm. Tonight, together, let’s do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every American. 今天，得益于经济增长，经济复苏正在触及越来越多人的生活。工资终于开始再次上涨。我们知道，更多小企业主计划给员工加薪，这是2007年以来从未有过的。但问题在于：今晚在座的各位，我们需要把目光放得更高，而不仅仅是确保政府不把事情搞砸；确保政府不阻止我们正在取得的进展。我们需要做的不仅仅是不造成伤害。今晚，让我们共同采取更多行动，重建辛勤工作与不断增长的机遇之间的联系，让每一个美国人都能从中受益。
Because families like Rebekah’s still need our help. She and Ben are working as hard as ever, but they’ve had to forego vacations and a new car so that they can pay off student loans and save for retirement. Friday night pizza, that’s a big splurge. Basic childcare for Jack and Henry costs more than their mortgage, and almost as much as a year at the University of Minnesota. Like millions of hardworking Americans, Rebekah isn’t asking for a handout, but she is asking that we look for more ways to help families get ahead. 因为像丽贝卡这样的家庭仍然需要我们的帮助。她和本一如既往地努力工作，但他们不得不放弃度假和购买新车，以便偿还学生贷款并为退休储蓄。周五晚上的披萨，对他们来说已经是一大笔奢侈消费。杰克和亨利的基本育儿费用比他们的房贷还高，几乎和明尼苏达大学一年的学费一样多。像数百万辛勤工作的美国人一样，丽贝卡不是在乞求施舍，但她在请求我们想更多办法帮助家庭取得成功。
And in fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave our citizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the Internet -- tools they needed to go as far as their effort and their dreams will take them. 事实上，纵观我们历史上每一次经济变革的时刻，这个国家都采取了大胆行动来适应新环境，并确保每个人都能获得公平的机会。我们建立了劳动者保护制度、社会保障、医疗保险和医疗补助，以保护我们免受最严酷的逆境。我们为公民提供了学校和大学、基础设施和互联网——这些都是他们凭借努力和梦想能够走得更远的工具。
That’s what middle-class economics is -- the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of rules. We don’t just want everyone to share in America’s success, we want everyone to contribute to our success. 这就是中产阶级经济学的要义——即每个人都获得公平的机会，每个人都尽自己的一份力，每个人都遵守同一套规则，这个国家才能繁荣发展。我们不只是希望每个人都分享美国的成功，我们更希望每个人都为我们的成功做出贡献。
So what does middle-class economics require in our time? 那么，中产阶级经济学在我们这个时代需要什么呢？
First, middle-class economics means helping working families feel more secure in a world of constant change. That means helping folks afford childcare, college, health care, a home, retirement. And my budget will address each of these issues, lowering the taxes of working families and putting thousands of dollars back into their pockets each year. 首先，中产阶级经济学意味着帮助工薪家庭在不断变化的世界中获得更多安全感。这意味着帮助人们负担得起育儿、大学教育、医疗保健、住房和退休费用。我的预算将逐一解决这些问题，为工薪家庭减税，每年为他们节省数千美元。
Here’s one example. During World War II, when men like my grandfather went off to war, having women like my grandmother in the workforce was a national security priority -- so this country provided universal childcare. In today’s economy, when having both parents in the workforce is an economic necessity for many families, we need affordable, high-quality childcare more than ever. 举个例子。二战期间，当像我祖父这样的男人奔赴战场时，让像我祖母这样的女性参加工作是国家安全的优先事项——因此这个国家提供了全民育儿服务。在当今的经济中，当父母双方都参加工作对许多家庭来说是经济上的必要时，我们比以往任何时候都更需要负担得起的高质量育儿服务。
It’s not a nice-to-have -- it’s a must-have. So it’s time we stop treating childcare as a side issue, or as a women’s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us. And that’s why my plan will make quality childcare more available and more affordable for every middle-class and low-income family with young children in America -- by creating more slots and a new tax cut of up to $3,000 per child, per year. 这不是可有可无的福利——而是必不可少的需求。因此，是时候停止将育儿视为一个次要问题，或者视为女性问题了，我们应该将其视为对我们所有人来说的国家经济优先事项。这就是为什么我的计划将让美国每一个有幼儿的中产阶级和低收入家庭都能更容易获得、更能负担得起高质量的育儿服务——通过增加更多托位，并为每个孩子每年提供最高3000美元的新减税。
Here’s another example. Today, we are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave -- 43 million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home. So I’ll be taking new action to help states adopt paid leave laws of their own. 再举一个例子。今天，我们是地球上唯一一个不保证工人享有带薪病假或带薪产假的发达国家。四千三百万工人没有带薪病假——四千三百万。想想吧。这迫使太多父母在薪水和家中生病的孩子之间做出令人心碎的选择。因此，我将采取新的行动，帮助各州制定各自的带薪休假法律。
And since paid sick leave won where it was on the ballot last November, let’s put it to a vote right here in Washington. Send me a bill that gives every worker in America the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave. It’s the right thing to do. It’s the right thing to do. 既然去年11月带薪病假在投票中获得了通过，那就让我们在华盛顿这里也进行投票吧。请给我提交一份法案，让美国每一位工人都有机会获得七天的带薪病假。这是正确的做法。这是正确的做法。
Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That’s why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. It’s 2015. It’s time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they’ve earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise. 当然，没有什么比提高工资更能帮助家庭维持生计了。这就是为什么本届国会仍然需要通过一项法律，确保女性与男性同工同酬。现在已经是2015年了。是时候了。我们仍然需要确保员工获得他们应得的加班费。对于本届国会中所有仍然拒绝提高最低工资的人，我要说：如果你真的认为你可以靠每年不到1.5万美元全职工作来养家糊口，那就试试看吧。如果不行，那就投票给美国数百万最辛勤工作的人涨工资吧。
Now, these ideas won’t make everybody rich, won’t relieve every hardship. That’s not the job of government. To give working families a fair shot, we still need more employers to see beyond next quarter’s earnings and recognize that investing in their workforce is in their company’s long-term interest. We still need laws that strengthen rather than weaken unions, and give American workers a voice. 现在，这些想法不会让每个人都变富，也不会缓解每一个困境。那不是政府的职责。为了给工薪家庭一个公平的机会，我们仍然需要更多雇主超越下一季度的盈利，认识到投资于他们的员工符合公司的长期利益。我们仍然需要加强而不是削弱工会的法律，让美国工人有发言权。
But you know, things like childcare and sick leave and equal pay; things like lower mortgage premiums and a higher minimum wage -- these ideas will make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of families. That’s a fact. And that’s what all of us, Republicans and Democrats alike, were sent here to do. 但你知道，像育儿、病假和同工同酬这样的事情；像降低抵押贷款保费和提高最低工资这样的事情——这些想法将对数百万家庭的生活产生有意义的影响。这是事实。而这就是我们所有人，无论共和党人还是民主党人，被选举到这里来做的事情。
Second, to make sure folks keep earning higher wages down the road, we have to do more to help Americans upgrade their skills. America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free, sent a generation of GIs to college, trained the best workforce in the world. We were ahead of the curve. But other countries caught on. And in a 21st century economy that rewards knowledge like never before, we need to up our game. We need to do more. 第二，为了确保人们未来能继续挣更高的工资，我们必须做更多工作来帮助美国人提升技能。美国在20世纪蓬勃发展，是因为我们实现了高中免费，将一代退伍军人送入大学，培养了世界上最好的劳动力。我们曾遥遥领先。但其他国家也赶上来了。在一个知识回报前所未有之高的21世纪经济中，我们需要提升我们的竞争力。我们需要做更多。
By the end of this decade, two in three job openings will require some higher education -- two in three. And yet, we still live in a country where too many bright, striving Americans are priced out of the education they need. It’s not fair to them, and it’s sure not smart for our future. That’s why I’m sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college -- to zero. 到本十年末，三分之二的职位空缺将要求某种高等教育——三分之二。然而，我们仍然生活在这样一个国家：太多聪明、上进的美国人因为负担不起而无法获得他们需要的教育。这对他们不公平，对我们的未来也绝对不明智。这就是为什么我要向国会提交一项大胆的新计划，将社区大学的费用降低——降至零。
Keep in mind 40 percent of our college students choose community college. Some are young and starting out. Some are older and looking for a better job. Some are veterans and single parents trying to transition back into the job market. Whoever you are, this plan is your chance to graduate ready for the new economy without a load of debt. Understand, you’ve got to earn it. You’ve got to keep your grades up and graduate on time. 请记住，我们40%的大学生选择社区大学。有些人是年轻人，刚刚起步。有些人年纪稍长，正在寻找更好的工作。有些人是退伍军人和单亲父母，试图重新回到就业市场。无论你是谁，这项计划都是你的机会，让你能够在不背负巨额债务的情况下为新经济做好毕业准备。要明白，你必须靠自己争取。你必须保持成绩合格并按时毕业。
Tennessee, a state with Republican leadership, and Chicago, a city with Democratic leadership, are showing that free community college is possible. I want to spread that idea all across America, so that two years of college becomes as free and universal in America as high school is today. Let’s stay ahead of the curve. And I want to work with this Congress to make sure those already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments so that student debt doesn’t derail anyone’s dreams. 田纳西州——一个由共和党领导的州——和芝加哥——一个由民主党领导的城市——正在证明免费社区大学是可行的。我想把这个理念推广到全美各地，让两年的大学教育在美国变得像今天的高中一样免费和普及。让我们继续保持领先地位。我还希望与本届国会合作，确保那些已经背负学生贷款的人能够减少月供，这样学生债务就不会毁掉任何人的梦想。
Thanks to Vice President Biden’s great work to update our job training system, we’re connecting community colleges with local employers to train workers to fill high-paying jobs like coding, and nursing, and robotics. Tonight, I’m also asking more businesses to follow the lead of companies like CVS and UPS, and offer more educational benefits and paid apprenticeships -- opportunities that give workers the chance to earn higher-paying jobs even if they don’t have a higher education. 得益于副总统拜登在更新我们的职业培训体系方面所做的出色工作，我们正在将社区大学与当地雇主对接，培训工人从事编码、护理和机器人技术等高收入工作。今晚，我还呼吁更多企业效仿CVS和UPS等公司的做法，提供更多教育福利和带薪学徒机会——这些机会能让工人即使没有高等教育，也有机会获得更高薪的工作。
And as a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend. Already, we’ve made strides towards ensuring that every veteran has access to the highest quality care. We’re slashing the backlog that had too many veterans waiting years to get the benefits they need. And we’re making it easier for vets to translate their training and experience into civilian jobs. 随着新一代退伍军人返乡，我们有义务为他们提供一切机会去实现他们曾为之捍卫的美国梦。我们已经在确保每位退伍军人都能获得最高质量的医疗服务方面取得了进展。我们正在削减积压的申请，这些积压曾让太多退伍军人等待多年才能获得他们应得的福利。我们还在让退伍军人更容易将他们的培训和经验转化为平民工作。
And Joining Forces, the national campaign launched by Michelle and Jill Biden -- thank you, Michelle; thank you, Jill -- has helped nearly 700,000 veterans and military spouses get a new job. So to every CEO in America, let me repeat: If you want somebody who’s going to get the job done and done right, hire a veteran. 由米歇尔和吉尔·拜登发起的全国性活动"携手共进"——谢谢你们，米歇尔；谢谢你们，吉尔——已经帮助近70万退伍军人和军属找到了新工作。所以我要对美国的每一位CEO再说一遍：如果你想要一个能把工作做好、做对的人，那就雇用退伍军人吧。
Finally, as we better train our workers, we need the new economy to keep churning out high-wage jobs for our workers to fill. Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined. 最后，在我们更好地培训工人的同时，我们需要新经济不断为我们的工人创造高工资的就业岗位。自2010年以来，美国让重返工作岗位的人数超过了欧洲、日本和所有发达经济体的总和。
Our manufacturers have added almost 800,000 new jobs. Some of our bedrock sectors, like our auto industry, are booming. But there are also millions of Americans who work in jobs that didn’t even exist 10 or 20 years ago -- jobs at companies like Google, and eBay, and Tesla. 我们的制造业新增了近80万个工作岗位。我们的一些基础行业，比如汽车工业，正在蓬勃发展。但也有数百万美国人从事着10年或20年前甚至不存在的工作——在谷歌、eBay和特斯拉这样的公司工作。
So no one knows for certain which industries will generate the jobs of the future. But we do know we want them here in America. We know that. And that’s why the third part of middle-class economics is all about building the most competitive economy anywhere, the place where businesses want to locate and hire. 所以没有人确切知道哪些行业会创造未来的就业机会。但我们确实知道，我们希望这些机会在美国出现。我们知道这一点。这就是为什么中产阶级经济学的第三部分，就是要建设全球最具竞争力的经济，打造企业愿意落户和招聘的地方。
Twenty-first century businesses need 21st century infrastructure -- modern ports, and stronger bridges, faster trains and the fastest Internet. Democrats and Republicans used to agree on this. So let’s set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline. Let’s pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan that could create more than 30 times as many jobs per year, and make this country stronger for decades to come. Let’s do it. Let’s get it done. Let’s get it done. 21世纪的企业需要21世纪的基础设施——现代化的港口、更坚固的桥梁、更快的火车和最快的互联网。民主党人和共和党人过去在这一点上是有共识的。所以让我们把目光放得更高，不要只盯着一条输油管道。让我们通过一项两党合作的基础设施计划，它每年能创造30多倍的就业机会，并让这个国家在未来几十年更加强大。让我们行动起来吧。让我们把事情做好。让我们把事情做好。
Twenty-first century businesses, including small businesses, need to sell more American products overseas. Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would put our workers and our businesses at a disadvantage. Why would we let that happen? 21世纪的企业，包括小企业，需要向海外销售更多美国产品。今天，我们的企业出口量比以往任何时候都多，而出口企业往往支付给工人更高的工资。但就在我们说话的时候，中国正想要为世界上增长最快的地区制定规则。那将使我们的工人和我们的企业处于不利地位。我们为什么要让这种情况发生？
We should write those rules. We should level the playing field. That’s why I’m asking both parties to give me trade promotion authority to protect American workers, with strong new trade deals from Asia to Europe that aren’t just free, but are also fair. It’s the right thing to do. 我们应该制定这些规则。我们应该创造公平的竞争环境。这就是为什么我呼吁两党给予我贸易促进权，通过从亚洲到欧洲的强有力的新贸易协定来保护美国工人——这些协定不仅是自由的，而且是公平的。这是正确的做法。
Look, I’m the first one to admit that past trade deals haven’t always lived up to the hype, and that’s why we’ve gone after countries that break the rules at our expense. But 95 percent of the world’s customers live outside our borders. We can’t close ourselves off from those opportunities. More than half of manufacturing executives have said they’re actively looking to bring jobs back from China. So let’s give them one more reason to get it done. 听着，我第一个承认，过去的贸易协定并不总能达到宣传的效果，这就是为什么我们一直在追查那些违反规则损害我们利益的国家。但世界上95%的消费者生活在我们的国界之外。我们不能把自己封闭起来，错失这些机遇。超过一半的制造业高管表示，他们正积极考虑将就业岗位从中国迁回美国。所以让我们再给他们一个这样做的理由吧。
Twenty-first century businesses will rely on American science and technology, research and development. I want the country that eliminated polio and mapped the human genome to lead a new era of medicine -- one that delivers the right treatment at the right time. 21世纪的企业将依赖美国的科学技术、研究与开发。我希望这个消灭了脊髓灰质炎、绘制了人类基因组图谱的国家能够引领一个新的医学时代——一个在正确的时间提供正确治疗的时代。
In some patients with cystic fibrosis, this approach has reversed a disease once thought unstoppable. So tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes, and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier. We can do this. 在一些囊性纤维化患者身上，这种方法已经逆转了曾被认为不可阻挡的疾病。因此今晚，我将启动一项新的精准医疗计划，让我们更接近治愈癌症和糖尿病等疾病，并让我们所有人都能获得我们需要的个性化信息，以保持我们自己和家人的健康。我们能做到这一点。
I intend to protect a free and open Internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community -- and help folks build the fastest networks so that the next generation of digital innovators and entrepreneurs have the platform to keep reshaping our world. 我打算保护一个自由开放的互联网，将其覆盖范围扩展到每一间教室和每一个社区——并帮助人们建设最快的网络，让下一代数字创新者和企业家有平台继续重塑我们的世界。
I want Americans to win the race for the kinds of discoveries that unleash new jobs -- converting sunlight into liquid fuel; creating revolutionary prosthetics, so that a veteran who gave his arms for his country can play catch with his kids again. Pushing out into the solar system not just to visit, but to stay. 我希望美国人在那些能创造新就业机会的发现竞赛中获胜——将阳光转化为液体燃料；发明革命性的假肢，让一位为国家失去双臂的退伍军人能够再次和他的孩子们玩抛接球。向太阳系外拓展，不只是去拜访，而是要常驻。
Last month, we launched a new spacecraft as part of a reenergized space program that will send American astronauts to Mars. And in two months, to prepare us for those missions, Scott Kelly will begin a year-long stay in space. So good luck, Captain. Make sure to Instagram it. We’re proud of you. 上个月，我们发射了一艘新的航天器，作为重新焕发活力的太空计划的一部分，该计划将把美国宇航员送上火星。两个月后，为了让我们为这些任务做好准备，斯科特·凯利将开始为期一年的太空驻留。祝你好运，船长。记得发Instagram哦。我们为你感到骄傲。
Now, the truth is, when it comes to issues like infrastructure and basic research, I know there’s bipartisan support in this chamber. Members of both parties have told me so. Where we too often run onto the rocks is how to pay for these investments. As Americans, we don’t mind paying our fair share of taxes as long as everybody else does, too. 现在，事实是，在基础设施和基础研究这类问题上，我知道参众两院都有两党的支持。两党的议员都这样告诉过我。我们经常碰壁的地方，是如何为这些投资买单的问题。作为美国人，我们不介意为我们应缴的税份额出一份力，只要其他人也一样。
But for far too long, lobbyists have rigged the tax code with loopholes that let some corporations pay nothing while others pay full freight. They’ve riddled it with giveaways that the super-rich don’t need, while denying a break to middle-class families who do. 但长期以来，游说团体一直在用漏洞操纵税法，让一些公司分文不付，而另一些公司却全额承担。他们把税法 riddled 了各种超级富豪根本不需要的税收减免，却拒绝给予中产阶级家庭应有的税收优惠。
This year, we have an opportunity to change that. Let’s close loopholes so we stop rewarding companies that keep profits abroad, and reward those that invest here in America. Let’s use those savings to rebuild our infrastructure and to make it more attractive for companies to bring jobs home. Let’s simplify the system and let a small business owner file based on her actual bank statement, instead of the number of accountants she can afford. 今年，我们有机会改变这一现状。让我们堵住漏洞，不再奖励那些将利润留在海外的公司，转而奖励那些在美国本土投资的公司。让我们用这些节省下来的资金重建我们的基础设施，并使企业更愿意将就业岗位带回国内。让我们简化税制，让小企业主可以根据她的实际银行对账单来报税，而不是根据她能负担得起的会计师数量来报税。
And let’s close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top one percent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare and send their kids to college. We need a tax code that truly helps working Americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy, and we can achieve that together. We can achieve it together. 让我们堵住那些导致不平等的漏洞——让顶层百分之一的人能够逃避缴纳其累积财富的税赋。我们可以用这笔钱帮助更多家庭支付育儿费用，送孩子上大学。我们需要一部真正帮助努力在新经济中谋求发展的工薪美国人的税法，我们可以共同实现这一目标。我们可以共同实现这一目标。
Helping hardworking families make ends meet. Giving them the tools they need for good-paying jobs in this new economy. Maintaining the conditions of growth and competitiveness. This is where America needs to go. I believe it’s where the American people want to go. It will make our economy stronger a year from now, 15 years from now, and deep into the century ahead. 帮助辛勤工作的家庭维持生计。为他们提供在新经济中获得好工作所需的工具。维持增长和竞争力的条件。这就是美国需要前进的方向。我相信这也是美国人民想要前进的方向。这将使我们的经济在一年后、十五年后，乃至在本世纪未来的岁月里更加强大。
Of course, if there’s one thing this new century has taught us, it’s that we cannot separate our work here at home from challenges beyond our shores. 当然，如果说新世纪给了我们什么教训的话，那就是我们无法将国内的工作与海外的挑战分开。
My first duty as Commander-in-Chief is to defend the United States of America. In doing so, the question is not whether America leads in the world, but how. When we make rash decisions, reacting to the headlines instead of using our heads; when the first response to a challenge is to send in our military -- then we risk getting drawn into unnecessary conflicts, and neglect the broader strategy we need for a safer, more prosperous world. That’s what our enemies want us to do. 我作为总司令的首要职责是保卫美利坚合众国。在履行这一职责时，问题不在于美国是否在世界上发挥领导作用，而在于如何发挥领导作用。当我们鲁莽决策，不对事态加以思考就对新闻头条做出反应时；当我们面对挑战的第一反应就是派遣军队时——我们就有可能被拖入不必要的冲突，并忽视我们为建设一个更安全、更繁荣的世界所需的更广泛战略。那正是我们的敌人希望我们做的。
I believe in a smarter kind of American leadership. We lead best when we combine military power with strong diplomacy; when we leverage our power with coalition building; when we don’t let our fears blind us to the opportunities that this new century presents. That’s exactly what we’re doing right now. And around the globe, it is making a difference. 我信奉一种更明智的美国领导方式。当将军力与强大的外交相结合时；当我们借助联盟建设来增强我们的力量时；当我们不让恐惧蒙蔽我们对新世纪所呈现机遇的认识时——我们的领导才能发挥最大作用。这正是我们现在正在做的事情。在全球范围内，这正在产生影响。
First, we stand united with people around the world who have been targeted by terrorists -- from a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris. We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks, and we reserve the right to act unilaterally, as we have done relentlessly since I took office to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies. 首先，我们与世界各地遭受恐怖分子袭击的人们站在一起——从巴基斯坦的一所学校到巴黎的街头。我们将继续追捕恐怖分子，摧毁他们的网络，而且我们保留单方面行动的权利——自我就职以来，我们一直在坚持不懈地这样做，以消灭对我们和我们的盟友构成直接威胁的恐怖分子。
At the same time, we’ve learned some costly lessons over the last 13 years. Instead of Americans patrolling the valleys of Afghanistan, we’ve trained their security forces, who have now taken the lead, and we’ve honored our troops’ sacrifice by supporting that country’s first democratic transition. Instead of sending large ground forces overseas, we’re partnering with nations from South Asia to North Africa to deny safe haven to terrorists who threaten America. 与此同时，在过去13年里，我们也吸取了一些代价高昂的教训。我们不再让美国人在阿富汗的山谷里巡逻，而是培训了他们的安全部队，他们现在已经接过了领导权；我们通过支持该国的第一次民主过渡，来向我们军队的牺牲致敬。我们不再向海外派遣大规模地面部队，而是与南亚到北非的国家合作，不让恐怖分子获得威胁美国的安全避风港。
In Iraq and Syria, American leadership -- including our military power -- is stopping ISIL’s advance. Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. We’re also supporting a moderate opposition in Syria that can help us in this effort, and assisting people everywhere who stand up to the bankrupt ideology of violent extremism. 在伊拉克和叙利亚，美国的领导——包括我们的军事力量——正在阻止ISIL的推进。我们没有被拖入中东的另一场地面战争，而是正在领导一个包括阿拉伯国家在内的广泛联盟，以削弱并最终摧毁这个恐怖组织。我们还在支持叙利亚的温和反对派，他们可以在这项努力中帮助我们，并帮助世界各地那些挺身而出反对暴力极端主义破产意识形态的人们。
Now, this effort will take time. It will require focus. But we will succeed. And tonight, I call on this Congress to show the world that we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against ISIL. We need that authority. 现在，这项努力需要时间。它需要专注。但我们会成功的。今晚，我呼吁本届国会通过一项授权对ISIL使用武力的决议，向世界表明我们在这一使命中团结一致。我们需要那项授权。
Second, we’re demonstrating the power of American strength and diplomacy. We’re upholding the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small -- by opposing Russian aggression, and supporting Ukraine’s democracy, and reassuring our NATO allies. 其次，我们正在展示美国实力与外交的力量。我们正在坚守大国不能欺负小国的原则——通过反对俄罗斯的侵略，支持乌克兰的民主，并安抚我们的北约盟友。
Last year, as we were doing the hard work of imposing sanctions along with our allies, as we were reinforcing our presence with frontline states, Mr. Putin’s aggression it was suggested was a masterful display of strategy and strength. That's what I heard from some folks. Well, today, it is America that stands strong and united with our allies, while Russia is isolated with its economy in tatters. That’s how America leads -- not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve. 去年，当我们与盟友一道实施制裁，当我们在前线国家加强军事存在时，有人说普京的侵略是战略与实力的高明展示。我从一些人那里听到了这种说法。然而今天，是美国与我们的盟友站在一起，坚强而团结，而俄罗斯则陷入孤立，经济破败不堪。这就是美国的领导方式——不是虚张声势，而是坚持不懈、坚定不移的决心。
In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new. And our shift in Cuba policy has the potential to end a legacy of mistrust in our hemisphere. It removes a phony excuse for restrictions in Cuba. It stands up for democratic values, and extends the hand of friendship to the Cuban people. And this year, Congress should begin the work of ending the embargo. 在古巴，我们正在终结一项早已过时的政策。当你做的事情五十年都不见效时，是时候尝试新事物了。我们对古巴政策的转变，有可能结束我们半球内互不信任的遗留问题。它消除了古巴实施限制的虚假借口。它捍卫了民主价值观，并向古巴人民伸出了友谊之手。今年，国会应该开始着手结束禁运的工作。
As His Holiness, Pope Francis, has said, diplomacy is the work of “small steps.” These small steps have added up to new hope for the future in Cuba. And after years in prison, we are overjoyed that Alan Gross is back where he belongs. Welcome home, Alan. We're glad you're here. 正如教皇方济各所说，外交是"一小步一小步"的工作。这些小步积累起来，已经为古巴的未来增添了新的希望。经过多年的监禁，我们欣喜若狂，艾伦·格罗斯回到了他属于的地方。欢迎回家，艾伦。我们很高兴你在这里。
Our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran, where, for the first time in a decade, we’ve halted the progress of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of nuclear material. Between now and this spring, we have a chance to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that prevents a nuclear-armed Iran, secures America and our allies -- including Israel, while avoiding yet another Middle East conflict. There are no guarantees that negotiations will succeed, and I keep all options on the table to prevent a nuclear Iran. 我们的外交在伊朗问题上也在发挥作用，在那里，十年来我们首次遏制了其核计划的进展，并减少了其核材料的储备。从现在到今年春天，我们有机会谈判达成一项全面协议，防止伊朗拥有核武器，保障美国和我们的盟友——包括以色列——的安全，同时避免又一场中东冲突。不能保证谈判一定会成功，我会保留所有选项来防止伊朗拥有核武器。
But new sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails -- alienating America from its allies; making it harder to maintain sanctions; and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again. It doesn’t make sense. And that's why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress. The American people expect us only to go to war as a last resort, and I intend to stay true to that wisdom. 但本届国会在此时此刻通过的新制裁，几乎肯定会导致外交失败——使美国与其盟友疏远；让维持制裁变得更加困难；并确保伊朗重新启动其核计划。这毫无意义。这就是为什么我将否决任何有可能破坏这一进展的新制裁法案。美国人民只期望我们在万不得已时才诉诸战争，我将坚守这一智慧。
Third, we’re looking beyond the issues that have consumed us in the past to shape the coming century. No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids. So we're making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism. 第三，我们正着眼于超越过去消耗我们精力的问题，来塑造下个世纪。任何外国，任何黑客，都不应该能够关闭我们的网络，窃取我们的商业机密，或者侵犯美国家庭的隐私，尤其是我们孩子的隐私。因此，我们正在确保政府整合情报以应对网络威胁，就像我们在打击恐怖主义方面所做的那样。
And tonight, I urge this Congress to finally pass the legislation we need to better meet the evolving threat of cyber attacks, combat identity theft, and protect our children’s information. That should be a bipartisan effort. 今晚，我敦促本届国会最终通过我们需要的立法，以更好地应对不断演变的网络攻击威胁，打击身份盗窃，并保护我们孩子的信息。这应该是一项两党合作的努力。
If we don’t act, we’ll leave our nation and our economy vulnerable. If we do, we can continue to protect the technologies that have unleashed untold opportunities for people around the globe. 如果我们不采取行动，我们将使我们的国家和经济处于脆弱境地。如果我们采取行动，我们就可以继续保护那些为全球人民释放了无数机遇的技术。
In West Africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses, our health care workers are rolling back Ebola -- saving countless lives and stopping the spread of disease. I could not be prouder of them, and I thank this Congress for your bipartisan support of their efforts. But the job is not yet done, and the world needs to use this lesson to build a more effective global effort to prevent the spread of future pandemics, invest in smart development, and eradicate extreme poverty. 在西非，我们的军队、我们的科学家、我们的医生、我们的护士、我们的医护人员正在击退埃博拉——拯救无数生命，阻止疾病的传播。我为他们感到无比自豪，我感谢本届国会两党对他们努力的支持。但这项工作尚未完成，世界需要以此为教训，建立更有效的全球努力来防止未来大流行病的蔓延，投资于明智的发展，并消除极端贫困。
In the Asia Pacific, we are modernizing alliances while making sure that other nations play by the rules -- in how they trade, how they resolve maritime disputes, how they participate in meeting common international challenges like nonproliferation and disaster relief. And no challenge -- no challenge -- poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change. 在亚太地区，我们正在实现联盟现代化，同时确保其他国家遵守规则——在贸易方式、解决海洋争端方式、参与应对防扩散和救灾等共同国际挑战的方式方面。而没有任何挑战——没有任何挑战——比气候变化对子孙后代构成更大的威胁。
2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does: 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century. 2014年是地球上有记录以来最热的一年。诚然，一年不构成趋势，但以下事实确实构成趋势：有记录以来最热的15年中，有14年都发生在本世纪的前15年。
I’ve heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they’re not scientists; that we don’t have enough information to act. Well, I’m not a scientist, either. But you know what, I know a lot of really good scientists at NASA, and at NOAA, and at our major universities. 我听到一些人试图回避证据，说他们不是科学家；说我们没有足够的信息来采取行动。嗯，我也不是科学家。但你知道吗，我认识NASA、NOAA以及我们主要大学里很多非常优秀的科学家。
And the best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we don’t act forcefully, we’ll continue to see rising oceans, longer, hotter heat waves, dangerous droughts and floods, and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration and conflict and hunger around the globe. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. We should act like it. 世界上最优秀的科学家都在告诉我们，人类活动正在改变气候，如果我们不采取有力行动，我们将继续看到海平面上升，更长、更热的热浪，危险的干旱和洪水，以及可能引发全球更多移民、冲突和饥饿的大规模破坏。五角大楼表示，气候变化对我们的国家安全构成直接威胁。我们应该据此采取行动。
And that’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy to the way we use it. That’s why we’ve set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history. And that’s why I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. I am determined to make sure that American leadership drives international action. 这就是为什么在过去六年里，我们在应对气候变化方面做了比以往任何时候都多的工作——从能源生产方式到能源使用方式。这就是为什么我们保护的公共土地和水域比历史上任何一届政府都多。这就是为什么我不会让本届国会让我们的努力倒退，从而危及我们孩子的健康。我决心确保美国的领导力推动国际行动。
In Beijing, we made a historic announcement: The United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution. And China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions. And because the world’s two largest economies came together, other nations are now stepping up, and offering hope that this year the world will finally reach an agreement to protect the one planet we’ve got. 在北京，我们发表了一项历史性声明：美国将把碳污染削减速度提高一倍。中国则首次承诺限制其排放。由于世界上两个最大经济体走到了一起，其他国家现在也在加紧行动，这给人们带来了希望：今年世界将最终达成一项保护我们这颗唯一星球的协议。
And there’s one last pillar of our leadership, and that’s the example of our values. 我们的领导还有最后一个支柱，那就是我们价值观的典范力量。
As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we’re threatened, which is why I have prohibited torture, and worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained. It’s why we speak out against the deplorable anti-Semitism that has resurfaced in certain parts of the world. It’s why we continue to reject offensive stereotypes of Muslims, the vast majority of whom share our commitment to peace. 作为美国人，我们尊重人的尊严，即使在我们受到威胁的时候也是如此——这就是为什么我禁止酷刑，并努力确保我们对无人机等新技术的使用受到适当约束。这就是为什么我们公开反对在世界某些地区重新抬头的可悲反犹太主义。这就是为什么我们继续拒绝冒犯穆斯林的刻板印象，因为绝大多数穆斯林和我们一样致力于和平。
That’s why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We do these things not only because they are the right thing to do, but because ultimately they will make us safer. 这就是为什么我们捍卫言论自由，为政治犯奔走，谴责对妇女、宗教少数群体或男女同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者的迫害。我们做这些事情不仅因为它们是正确的，还因为最终它们会让我们更安全。
As Americans, we have a profound commitment to justice. So it makes no sense to spend $3 million per prisoner to keep open a prison that the world condemns and terrorists use to recruit. Since I’ve been President, we’ve worked responsibly to cut the population of Gitmo in half. Now it is time to finish the job. And I will not relent in my determination to shut it down. It is not who we are. It’s time to close Gitmo. 作为美国人，我们对正义有着深刻的承诺。因此，花300万美元关押一名囚犯来维持一座世界谴责、恐怖分子用来招募新成员的监狱开放，是毫无意义的。自我就任总统以来，我们负责任地将关塔那摩的在押人数削减了一半。现在是完成这项工作的时候了。我关闭关塔那摩的决心不会动摇。那不是我们的本色。是时候关闭关塔那摩了。
As Americans, we cherish our civil liberties, and we need to uphold that commitment if we want maximum cooperation from other countries and industry in our fight against terrorist networks. So while some have moved on from the debates over our surveillance programs, I have not. As promised, our intelligence agencies have worked hard, with the recommendations of privacy advocates, to increase transparency and build more safeguards against potential abuse. And next month, we’ll issue a report on how we’re keeping our promise to keep our country safe while strengthening privacy. 作为美国人，我们珍视公民自由，如果我们希望在打击恐怖网络的斗争中获得其他国家和行业的最大程度合作，就需要坚守这一承诺。因此，虽然有些人已经从关于我们监控计划的辩论中走出来了，但我没有。正如承诺的那样，我们的情报机构在隐私倡导者的建议下，努力提高透明度并建立更多防范潜在滥用的保障措施。下个月，我们将发布一份报告，说明我们如何在加强隐私的同时兑现保卫国家安全的承诺。
Looking to the future instead of the past. Making sure we match our power with diplomacy, and use force wisely. Building coalitions to meet new challenges and opportunities. Leading -- always -- with the example of our values. That’s what makes us exceptional. That’s what keeps us strong. That’s why we have to keep striving to hold ourselves to the highest of standards -- our own. 着眼于未来而不是沉湎于过去。确保我们将实力与外交相结合，明智地使用武力。建立联盟以迎接新的挑战和机遇。始终以我们价值观的典范力量来引领——这就是我们与众不同之处。这就是我们保持强大的原因。这就是为什么我们必须继续努力，以最高的标准——我们自己的标准——来要求自己。
You know, just over a decade ago, I gave a speech in Boston where I said there wasn’t a liberal America or a conservative America; a black America or a white America -- but a United States of America. 你们知道，就在十多年前，我在波士顿发表了一次演讲，我说没有自由派美国或保守派美国之分；没有黑人美国或白人美国之分——只有美利坚合众国。
I said this because I had seen it in my own life, in a nation that gave someone like me a chance; because I grew up in Hawaii, a melting pot of races and customs; because I made Illinois my home -- a state of small towns, rich farmland, one of the world’s great cities; a microcosm of the country where Democrats and Republicans and Independents, good people of every ethnicity and every faith, share certain bedrock values. 我这么说是因为我在自己的生活中亲眼看到了这一点，在一个给了像我这样的人机会的国家；因为我在夏威夷长大，那里是各种种族和习俗的大熔炉；因为我把伊利诺伊州当作自己的家——一个有着小镇、肥沃农田和世界上最伟大城市之一的州；这个国家的缩影，在那里民主党人、共和党人和无党派人士，各个种族和信仰的善良人们，共享着某些基本价值观。
Over the past six years, the pundits have pointed out more than once that my presidency hasn’t delivered on this vision. How ironic, they say, that our politics seems more divided than ever. It’s held up as proof not just of my own flaws -- of which there are many -- but also as proof that the vision itself is misguided, naïve, that there are too many people in this town who actually benefit from partisanship and gridlock for us to ever do anything about it. 在过去六年里，权威人士不止一次指出，我的总统任期未能兑现这一愿景。他们说，具有讽刺意味的是，我们的政治似乎比以往任何时候都更加分裂。这不仅被当作我个人缺陷的证据——我的缺陷确实很多——也被当作愿景本身是错误的、天真的证据，证明这个城市里有太多人实际上从党派之争和僵局中获益，以至于我们对此无能为力。
I know how tempting such cynicism may be. But I still think the cynics are wrong. I still believe that we are one people. I still believe that together, we can do great things, even when the odds are long. 我知道这种犬儒主义有多么诱人。但我仍然认为犬儒主义者是错的。我仍然相信我们是一个民族。我仍然相信，即使希望渺茫，我们也能共同成就伟大的事业。
I believe this because over and over in my six years in office, I have seen America at its best. I’ve seen the hopeful faces of young graduates from New York to California, and our newest officers at West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs, New London. I’ve mourned with grieving families in Tucson and Newtown, in Boston, in West Texas, and West Virginia. 我之所以相信这一点，是因为在我六年的任期中，我一次又一次地看到了美国最好的一面。我看到了从纽约到加利福尼亚年轻毕业生充满希望的面孔，以及西点、安纳波利斯、科罗拉多斯普林斯、新伦敦我们最新军官的面孔。我在图森和纽敦，在波士顿、西德克萨斯和西弗吉尼亚，与悲痛的家庭一同哀悼。
I’ve watched Americans beat back adversity from the Gulf Coast to the Great Plains, from Midwest assembly lines to the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. I’ve seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country, a civil right now legal in states that seven in 10 Americans call home. 我看到了美国人从墨西哥湾沿岸到大平原，从中西部装配线到大西洋中部海岸，战胜逆境的精神。我看到了同性婚姻从一个用来分裂我们的楔子问题，变成了一个遍布全国的自由故事，一项在70%美国人称之为家园的州已经合法化的公民权利。
So I know the good, and optimistic, and big-hearted generosity of the American people who every day live the idea that we are our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper. And I know they expect those of us who serve here to set a better example. 所以我了解美国人民的善良、乐观和慷慨精神，他们每天都在践行这样的理念：我们是彼此的守护者。我知道他们期望我们这些在这里服务的人树立更好的榜样。
So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes. I’ve served in Congress with many of you. I know many of you well. There are a lot of good people here, on both sides of the aisle. And many of you have told me that this isn’t what you signed up for -- arguing past each other on cable shows, the constant fundraising, always looking over your shoulder at how the base will react to every decision. 因此，今晚在座各位的问题是，我们所有人如何才能更好地反映美国的希望。我曾与你们中的许多人在国会共事。我很了解你们中的许多人。这里有很多好人，两党都有。你们中的许多人都告诉我，这不是你们参选的目的——在有线电视节目上互相争吵，无休止地筹款，总是瞻前顾后，担心基础选民对每一个决定会作何反应。
Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different. Understand, a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine. A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues and values, and principles and facts, rather than “gotcha” moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with people’s daily lives. 想象一下，如果我们打破这些陈腐的旧模式会怎样。想象一下，如果我们做一些不同的事情会怎样。要明白，更好的政治不是民主党人放弃他们的议程，也不是共和党人简单地接受我的议程。更好的政治是我们诉诸彼此的基本良知，而不是我们最深处的恐惧。更好的政治是我们辩论时不将对方妖魔化；我们讨论问题和价值观、原则和事实，而不是"抓把柄"的时刻、琐碎的失态或与人们日常生活无关的虚假争议。
A politics -- a better politics is one where we spend less time drowning in dark money for ads that pull us into the gutter, and spend more time lifting young people up with a sense of purpose and possibility, asking them to join in the great mission of building America. 更好的政治——更好的政治是我们少花点时间淹没在阴暗的金钱广告里，把我们拖入泥潭，而是多花点时间用使命感和可能性激励年轻人，邀请他们加入建设美国的伟大使命。
If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments, but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country. We still may not agree on a woman’s right to choose, but surely we can agree it’s a good thing that teen pregnancies and abortions are nearing all-time lows, and that every woman should have access to the health care that she needs. 如果我们要有争论，那就争论吧，但让我们进行配得上这个机构、配得上这个国家的辩论。我们可能仍然在女性堕胎权问题上存在分歧，但我们肯定能达成共识：青少年怀孕率和堕胎率正接近历史最低水平是一件好事，而且每个女性都应该获得她需要的医疗保健。
Yes, passions still fly on immigration, but surely we can all see something of ourselves in the striving young student, and agree that no one benefits when a hardworking mom is snatched from her child, and that it’s possible to shape a law that upholds our tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. I’ve talked to Republicans and Democrats about that. That’s something that we can share. 是的，移民问题上的激情依然高涨，但我们肯定都能从那个努力上进的年轻学生身上看到自己的影子，都能认同没有人会从一个辛勤工作的母亲被从孩子身边带走中受益，也都认同我们可以制定一部法律，既维护我们作为法治国家的传统，也维护我们作为移民国家的传统。我已经和共和党人及民主党人谈过这个问题。这是我们可以共同分享的东西。
We may go at it in campaign season, but surely we can agree that the right to vote is sacred; that it’s being denied to too many -- and that on this 50th anniversary of the great march from Selma to Montgomery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, we can come together, Democrats and Republicans, to make voting easier for every single American. 我们可能在竞选季节针锋相对，但我们肯定能达成共识：投票权是神圣的；太多人被剥夺了这项权利——而在塞尔玛至蒙哥马利大游行和《投票权法案》通过50周年之际，我们可以走到一起，民主党人和共和党人，让每一个美国人投票都变得更容易。
We may have different takes on the events of Ferguson and New York. But surely we can understand a father who fears his son can’t walk home without being harassed. And surely we can understand the wife who won’t rest until the police officer she married walks through the front door at the end of his shift. 我们可能对弗格森和纽约发生的事件有不同的看法。但我们肯定能理解一位父亲的恐惧——他担心自己的儿子走回家都会遭到骚扰。我们肯定能理解一位妻子的不安——她要等到当警察的丈夫下班走进家门才能安心。
And surely we can agree that it’s a good thing that for the first time in 40 years, the crime rate and the incarceration rate have come down together, and use that as a starting point for Democrats and Republicans, community leaders and law enforcement, to reform America’s criminal justice system so that it protects and serves all of us. 我们肯定能达成共识：40年来，犯罪率和监禁率首次同时下降是一件好事，并以此为起点，让民主党人和共和党人、社区领袖和执法部门共同改革美国的刑事司法体系，使其保护并服务于我们所有人。
That’s a better politics. That’s how we start rebuilding trust. That’s how we move this country forward. That’s what the American people want. And that’s what they deserve. 这就是更好的政治。这就是我们开始重建信任的方式。这就是我们推动这个国家前进的方式。这就是美国人民想要的。这就是他们应得的。
I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda -- I know because I won both of them. My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this Capitol -- to do what I believe is best for America. If you share the broad vision I outlined tonight, I ask you to join me in the work at hand. If you disagree with parts of it, I hope you’ll at least work with me where you do agree. And I commit to every Republican here tonight that I will not only seek out your ideas, I will seek to work with you to make this country stronger. 我再也没有竞选活动要参加了。我唯一的议程——我知道，因为两次选举我都赢了。我未来两年唯一的议程，和我在国会大厦台阶上宣誓就职那天起的议程一样——就是做我认为对美国最有利的事情。如果你认同我今晚概述的宏伟愿景，我请你加入我们手头的工作。如果你对其中的部分内容有不同意见，我希望你至少能在你认同的地方与我合作。我向今晚在座的每一位共和党人承诺，我不仅会寻求你们的想法，我还会寻求与你们合作，让这个国家变得更强大。
Because I want this chamber, I want this city to reflect the truth -- that for all our blind spots and shortcomings, we are a people with the strength and generosity of spirit to bridge divides, to unite in common effort, to help our neighbors, whether down the street or on the other side of the world. 因为我希望这个议会，我希望这座城市，能够反映一个事实——尽管我们有种种盲点和缺点，我们是一个有力量和慷慨精神的民族，能够弥合分歧，团结起来共同努力，帮助我们的邻居，无论是在街对面还是在世界的另一边。
I want our actions to tell every child in every neighborhood, your life matters, and we are committed to improving your life chances as committed as we are to working on behalf of our own kids. I want future generations to know that we are a people who see our differences as a great gift, that we’re a people who value the dignity and worth of every citizen -- man and woman, young and old, black and white, Latino, Asian, immigrant, Native American, gay, straight, Americans with mental illness or physical disability. Everybody matters. 我希望我们的行动能告诉每个社区的每个孩子：你的生命很重要，我们致力于改善你的人生机遇，就像我们致力于为我们自己的孩子努力一样。我希望子孙后代知道，我们是一个将差异视为伟大天赋的民族，我们是一个珍视每一位公民的尊严和价值的民族——无论男女老幼，无论黑人白人，无论拉丁裔、亚裔、移民、美洲原住民，无论同性恋、异性恋，无论患有精神疾病还是身体残疾的美国人。每个人都很重要。
I want them to grow up in a country that shows the world what we still know to be true: that we are still more than a collection of red states and blue states; that we are the United States of America. 我希望他们成长在这样一个国家：它向世界展示我们仍然坚信的真理——我们不仅仅是红州和蓝州的集合体；我们是美利坚合众国。
I want them to grow up in a country where a young mom can sit down and write a letter to her President with a story that sums up these past six years: “It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who’s made it through some very, very hard times.” 我希望他们成长在这样一个国家：一位年轻的母亲可以坐下来给她的总统写一封信，用一个总结了过去六年的故事："当你不得不振作起来的时候，你能从困境中恢复过来的程度令人惊讶……我们是一个坚强、亲密的家庭，我们度过了一些非常、非常艰难的时期。"
My fellow Americans, we, too, are a strong, tight-knit family. We, too, have made it through some hard times. Fifteen years into this new century, we have picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, and begun again the work of remaking America. We have laid a new foundation. A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter together -- and let’s start the work right now. 我的美国同胞们，我们也是一个坚强、亲密的家庭。我们也度过了一些艰难时期。进入新世纪十五年，我们已经重新站了起来，拍掉身上的灰尘，重新开始了重塑美国的工作。我们已经奠定了新的基础。一个更光明的未来由我们来书写。让我们共同开启这一新篇章——让我们现在就开始这项工作。
Thank you. God bless you. God bless this country we love. Thank you. 谢谢你们。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑我们热爱的这个国家。谢谢你们。
