Thank you. Thank you. Please be seated. 谢谢。谢谢。请就坐。
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: 议长先生、副总统先生、各位国会议员、尊敬的来宾，以及各位美国同胞：
Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought -- and several thousand gave their lives. 上个月，我前往安德鲁斯空军基地，迎接我们最后一批在伊拉克服役的部分军人回国。我们共同向军旗致以最后一次自豪的敬礼，曾有超过100万同胞在这面军旗下战斗，数千人献出了生命。
We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world. For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country . Most of al Qaeda’s top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home. 今晚我们齐聚于此，深知这一代英雄让美国变得更安全，在全世界更受尊重。九年来，美国首次没有人员在伊拉克作战。二十年来，奥萨马·本·拉登首次不再对我国构成威胁。基地组织的大多数高级头目已被击败。塔利班的扩张势头已被遏制，驻阿富汗的部分美军已经开始回国。
These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of America’s Armed Forces. At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together. 这些成就证明了美国武装部队的勇气、无私精神和团队协作能力。在太多机构让我们失望的时期，他们的表现远超所有人的预期。他们不为个人野心所困，不纠结于彼此分歧，专注于手头的任务，齐心协力。
Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example. Think about the America within our reach: a country that leads the world in educating its people; an America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs; a future where we’re in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren’t so tied to unstable parts of the world; an economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded. 试想一下，如果我们以他们为榜样，我们能取得怎样的成就。想一想我们触手可及的美国：一个在国民教育方面领先全球的国家；一个吸引新一代高科技制造业和高薪工作岗位的美国；一个我们掌握自身能源主动权，我们的安全与繁荣不再过度绑定世界动荡地区的未来；一个可持续发展的经济体系，在其中努力付出会有回报，负责任的行为会得到嘉奖。
We can do this. I know we can, because we’ve done it before. At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known. My grandfather, a veteran of Patton’s Army , got the chance to go to college on the GI Bill. My grandmother, who worked on a bomber assembly line, was part of a workforce that turned out the best products on Earth. The two of them shared the optimism of a nation that had triumphed over a depression and fascism. 我们能做到这一点。我知道我们可以，因为我们以前就做到过。二战结束时，另一代英雄从战场返乡，他们打造出了世界有史以来最强大的经济体和规模最大的中产阶级。我的祖父是巴顿将军部队的老兵，凭借《退伍军人权利法案》获得了上大学的机会。我的祖母曾在轰炸机装配线工作，是生产出全球最优质产品的劳动大军中的一员。他们两人都怀揣着这个国家在战胜大萧条和法西斯主义后特有的乐观精神。
They understood they were part of something larger; that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a chance to share -- the basic American promise that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement. 他们明白自己是一项更伟大事业的一部分，他们正在为每一个美国人都有机会共享的成功故事添砖加瓦——这就是美国的基本承诺：只要你努力工作，你就足以养家糊口，拥有自己的房子，送孩子上大学，还能存一点钱以备退休之用。
The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important. We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. What’s at stake aren’t Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. And we have to reclaim them. 我们这个时代的核心问题是如何让这一承诺继续兑现。没有什么挑战比这更紧迫，没有什么讨论比这更重要。我们要么接受一个少数人过得越来越好、而越来越多美国人勉强维持生计的国家，要么我们重建一套经济体系，让每个人都获得公平的机会，每个人都尽到自己应尽的责任，每个人都遵守同一套规则。眼下攸关的不是民主党或共和党的价值观，而是美国的价值观。我们必须重新夺回这些价值观。
Let’s remember how we got here. Long before the recession, jobs and manufacturing began leaving our shores. Technology made businesses more efficient, but also made some jobs obsolete. Folks at the top saw their incomes rise like never before, but most hardworking Americans struggled with costs that were growing, paychecks that weren’t, and personal debt that kept piling up. 让我们回想一下我们是怎么走到今天这一步的。早在经济衰退之前，就业岗位和制造业就开始流出美国。技术提高了企业的效率，但也导致部分岗位被淘汰。顶层人群的收入达到了前所未有的涨幅，但大多数辛勤工作的美国人却在不断上涨的生活成本、停滞不前的薪资和持续累积的个人债务中苦苦挣扎。
In 2008, the house of cards collapsed. We learned that mortgages had been sold to people who couldn’t afford or understand them. Banks had made huge bets and bonuses with other people’s money. Regulators had looked the other way, or didn’t have the authority to stop the bad behavior. 2008年，这座空中楼阁轰然倒塌。我们发现，抵押贷款被出售给了那些无力负担或是根本不了解其条款的人。银行用他人的资金下巨额赌注，发放高额奖金。监管机构要么视而不见，要么根本没有权力制止这种不良行为。
It was wrong. It was irresponsible. And it plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans holding the bag. In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly 4 million jobs. And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full effect. 这是错误的，是不负责任的。它让我们的经济陷入危机，数百万人失去工作，我们背上了更多债务，无辜辛勤的美国人民成了替罪羊。在我就职前的六个月里，我们损失了近400万个工作岗位。而在我们的政策全面生效之前，我们又损失了400万个岗位。
Those are the facts. But so are these: In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. 这些都是事实。但以下这些也同样是事实：在过去22个月里，企业创造了超过300万个工作岗位。
Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005. American manufacturers are hiring again, creating jobs for the first time since the late 1990s. Together, we’ve agreed to cut the deficit by more than 2 trillion dollars. And we’ve put in place new rules to hold Wall Street accountable, so a crisis like this never happens again. 去年，企业创造的工作岗位数量达到2005年以来的最高水平。美国制造业重新开始招人，这是上世纪90年代末以来首次实现岗位增长。我们已经共同同意削减超过2万亿美元的赤字。我们还制定了新的规则来追究华尔街的责任，防止类似危机再次发生。
The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we’ve come too far to turn back now. As long as I’m President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place. 我们的国情正在不断好转。我们已经走了这么远，现在绝不能走回头路。只要我还是总统，我就会和国会的每一位成员合作，在这一势头上继续推进。但我会用行动对抗阻挠，我会反对任何试图重回当初引发这场经济危机的旧政策的做法。
No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits. Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last -- an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. 不，我们绝不会回到那个被外包、坏账和虚假金融利润拖垮的经济体系中。今晚，我想谈谈我们该如何前进，为可持续发展的经济规划蓝图——这套经济将建立在美国制造业、美国能源、美国工人技能以及美国价值观复兴的基础之上。
Now, this blueprint begins with American manufacturing. 现在，这份蓝图的起点是美国制造业。
On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle their differences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today, General Motors is back on top as the world’s number-one automaker. Chrysler has grown faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford is investing billions in U.S. plants and factories. And together, the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs. 我就职当天，美国汽车工业正濒临崩溃。有些人甚至说我们应该任由它消亡。考虑到100万个工作岗位危在旦夕，我拒绝让这种情况发生。作为提供援助的交换条件，我们要求相关方承担责任。我们让工人和汽车制造商解决了彼此的分歧，让整个行业进行设备更新和结构重组。如今，通用汽车重新回到全球第一大汽车制造商的位置。克莱斯勒在美国的增长速度超过其他所有大型汽车企业。福特正在美国的工厂投入数十亿美元资金。整个汽车行业总共新增了近16万个工作岗位。
We bet on American workers. We bet on American ingenuity. And tonight, the American auto industry is back. 我们押注于美国工人，我们押注于美国的创造力。今晚，美国汽车工业已经回来了。
What’s happening in Detroit can happen in other industries. It can happen in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Raleigh. We can’t bring every job back that’s left our shore. But right now, it’s getting more expensive to do business in places like China. Meanwhile, America is more productive. A few weeks ago, the CEO of Master Lock told me that it now makes business sense for him to bring jobs back home. Today, for the first time in 15 years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity. 底特律的情况可以复制到其他行业，可以复制到克利夫兰、匹兹堡和罗利。我们没法把所有流出美国的工作岗位都迁回来，但现在，在中国等地开展业务的成本正在上升。与此同时，美国的生产效率更高了。几周前，玛斯特锁公司的首席执行官告诉我，现在把工作岗位迁回美国对他来说是划算的。如今，玛斯特锁位于密尔沃基的工会工厂15年来首次满负荷运转。
So we have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back. But we have to seize it. Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. 所以现在我们面临着让制造业回流的重大机遇，但我们必须抓住它。今晚，我想对企业领袖们说的话很简单：问问你们自己能为把工作岗位带回祖国做些什么，祖国会尽一切努力帮助你们取得成功。
We should start with our tax code. Right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas. Meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in America get hit with one of the highest tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and everyone knows it. So let’s change it. 我们应该从税法入手。现在，企业把工作岗位和利润转移到海外能获得税收减免，而选择留在美国的企业却要承担全球最高的税率之一。所有人都知道这不合理。所以我们要改变这种状况。
First, if you’re a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn’t get a tax deduction for doing it. That money should be used to cover moving expenses for companies like Master Lock that decide to bring jobs home. 首先，如果你的企业想要将岗位外包，你不该因此获得税收减免。这笔钱应当用于补贴玛斯特锁这类决定将岗位迁回国内的企业的搬迁费用。
Second, no American company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs and profits overseas. From now on, every multinational company should have to pay a basic minimum tax. And every penny should go towards lowering taxes for companies that choose to stay here and hire here in America. 其次，任何美国企业都不得通过将岗位和利润转移至海外的方式逃避缴纳其应承担的公平份额税款。从今往后，所有跨国企业都必须缴纳基本最低税，所得的每一分钱都将用于降低选择留在美国、在美国招聘员工的企业的税负。
Third, if you’re an American manufacturer, you should get a bigger tax cut. If you’re a high-tech manufacturer, we should double the tax deduction you get for making your products here. And if you want to relocate in a community that was hit hard when a factory left town, you should get help financing a new plant, equipment, or training for new workers. 第三，如果你是美国制造商，你将获得更大幅度的减税。如果你是高科技制造商，你因在本土生产产品可享受的税收减免额度将翻倍。如果你想要搬迁到此前因工厂搬离而遭受重创的社区，你将获得资金支持来新建厂房、购置设备，或是为新员工提供培训。
So my message is simple. It is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America. Send me these tax reforms, and I will sign them right away. 因此我要传递的信息很简单：是时候停止奖励那些将岗位转移到海外的企业，转而奖励那些就在美国本土创造就业的公司了。把这些税改法案提交给我，我会立刻签署。
We’re also making it easier for American businesses to sell products all over the world. Two years ago, I set a goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years. With the bipartisan trade agreements we signed into law, we’re on track to meet that goal ahead of schedule. And soon, there will be millions of new customers for American goods in Panama, Colombia, and South Korea. Soon, there will be new cars on the streets of Seoul imported from Detroit, and Toledo, and Chicago. 我们也在为美国企业向全球销售产品提供更多便利。两年前，我设定了五年内让美国出口额翻倍的目标。随着我们两党共同支持的贸易协议签署生效，我们正有望提前达成这一目标。很快，巴拿马、哥伦比亚和韩国将有数百万新消费者购买美国商品，首尔街头将出现从底特律、托莱多和芝加哥进口的新车。
I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don’t play by the rules. We’ve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last Administration -- and it’s made a difference. Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires. But we need to do more. It’s not right when another country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated. It’s not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours only because they’re heavily subsidized. 我愿意前往世界任何地方为美国产品开辟新市场，而当我们的竞争对手不遵守规则时，我绝不会袖手旁观。我们针对中国提起的贸易诉讼数量几乎是上届政府的两倍，这已经取得了成效：由于我们阻止了中国轮胎的大量涌入，如今有一千多名美国人拥有工作。但我们还需要做得更多：如果别国放任我们的电影、音乐和软件被盗版，这是不正当的；如果外国制造商仅仅因为获得高额补贴就比我们的制造商更具优势，这是不公平的。
Tonight, I’m announcing the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like China. There will be more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe goods from crossing our borders. And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an advantage over American manufacturing when it comes to accessing financing or new markets like Russia. Our workers are the most productive on Earth, and if the playing field is level, I promise you -- America will always win. 今晚，我宣布成立贸易执法部门，负责调查中国等国的不公平贸易行为。我们将加大检查力度，防止假冒或不安全商品进入我国边境。本届国会应当确保，在获取融资或是进入俄罗斯等新市场方面，任何外国企业都不会比美国制造商更有优势。我们的工人是全球生产力最高的，如果竞争环境公平，我向你们保证——美国永远会赢。
I also hear from many business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can’t find workers with the right skills. Growing industries in science and technology have twice as many openings as we have workers who can do the job. Think about that -- openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work. It’s inexcusable. And we know how to fix it. 我也听到许多企业负责人反映，他们想要在美国招聘员工，却找不到具备合适技能的工人。科技领域的成长型行业的岗位空缺数量是能够胜任这些工作的工人数量的两倍。想想看吧：一边有数百万美国人在找工作，一边却有大量岗位空缺，这是不可理喻的，而我们知道该如何解决这个问题。
Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College. The company helped the college design courses in laser and robotics training. It paid Jackie’s tuition, then hired her to help operate their plant. 杰基·布雷是来自北卡罗来纳州的单身母亲，她此前的机修工岗位被裁撤。后来西门子在夏洛特开设了一家燃气轮机工厂，还与中央皮德蒙特社区学院建立了合作关系。该公司协助学院设计了激光和机器人技术培训课程，支付了杰基的学费，随后雇佣她协助运营工厂。
I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did. Join me in a national commitment to train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. My Administration has already lined up more companies that want to help. Model partnerships between businesses like Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, and Orlando, and Louisville are up and running. 我希望每一位正在找工作的美国人都能拥有和杰基一样的机会。请和我一同作出这项全国性承诺，为200万美国人培训能够直接帮助他们就业的技能。本届政府已经联络到了更多愿意提供帮助的企业，西门子这类企业与夏洛特、奥兰多、路易斯维尔等地的社区学院建立的示范合作项目已经在顺利运作。
Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to become community career centers -- places that teach people skills that businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing. 现在，你们需要为更多社区学院提供所需资源，让它们转型为社区职业中心，这些中心会教授人们企业当下急需的技能，从数据管理到高科技制造技能不一而足。
And I want to cut through the maze of confusing training programs, so that from now on, people like Jackie have one program, one website, and one place to go for all the information and help that they need. It is time to turn our unemployment system into a reemployment system that puts people to work. 此外，我想要理清混乱庞杂的培训项目体系，从今往后，像杰基这样的人只需对接一个项目、访问一个网站、前往一个地点，就能获取所有他们需要的信息和帮助。是时候把我们的失业体系转变为帮助人们就业的再就业体系了。
These reforms will help people get jobs that are open today. But to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, our commitment to skills and education has to start earlier. 这些改革将帮助人们获得目前正在招聘的岗位，但为了应对未来的就业需求，我们对技能培训和教育的投入必须更早启动。
For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we’ve convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning -- the first time that’s happened in a generation. 我们仅用了不到全国每年教育支出1%的资金，就说服了几乎全美所有州提高教学标准，这是一代人以来首次实现这样的成果。
But challenges remain. And we know how to solve them. 但挑战依然存在，而我们知道该如何应对这些挑战。
At a time when other countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced states to lay off thousands of teachers. We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over 250,000 dollars. A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives. Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies -- just to make a difference. 在其他国家不断加大教育投入的当下，预算紧张迫使各州裁掉了数千名教师。我们知道，一名好老师能让一整个班级的学生的终身收入总和增加25万美元以上，一名优秀的老师能帮助那些不甘于自身处境、心怀梦想的孩子摆脱贫困。这个会场里的每一个人都能说出一位曾改变了自己人生轨迹的老师的名字。绝大多数老师薪资不高，却不知疲倦地工作，有时甚至会自掏腰包购买教学用品，只为能带来一点改变。
Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. And in return, grant schools flexibility: to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn. That’s a bargain worth making. 教师至关重要。因此我们不要抨击他们，也不要固守现状，不如给学校提供一个方案：给他们提供资源，留住好老师，奖励最优秀的教师。作为回报，赋予学校更多灵活性：让他们可以富有创造力和热情地开展教学，不再为应付考试而教学，并且可以换掉那些无法帮助孩子学习的教师。这是一笔值得做的交易。
We also know that when students don’t walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma. When students are not allowed to drop out, they do better. So tonight, I am proposing that every state -- every state -- requires that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18. 我们也清楚，只要学生不放弃学业，就会有更多人最终走上台领取毕业证书。如果不允许学生辍学，他们的表现会更好。因此今晚，我提议每一个州——每一个州——都要要求所有学生留在高中就读，直到毕业或是年满18岁。
When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college. At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. 当孩子们顺利毕业后，最大的挑战可能就是大学学费了。目前美国人所欠的学费贷款总额已经超过了信用卡债务总额，在这种情况下，本届国会必须阻止学生贷款利率在7月翻倍。
Extend the tuition tax credit we started that saves millions of middle-class families thousands of dollars, and give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years. 延长我们推出的学费税收减免政策，这项政策已经为数百万中产阶级家庭节省了数千美元；同时在未来五年内将勤工俭学岗位数量翻倍，让更多年轻人有机会靠自己的收入读完大学。
Of course, it’s not enough for us to increase student aid. We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money. States also need to do their part, by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets. And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down. 当然，仅仅增加学生资助是不够的，我们不能一直补贴飞涨的学费，那样我们的钱迟早会花光。各州也需要尽到自己的责任，在预算中优先保障高等教育投入。各大专院校也需要尽到自己的责任，努力降低办学成本。
Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who’ve done just that. Some schools redesign courses to help students finish more quickly. Some use better technology. The point is, it’s possible. So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can’t be a luxury -- it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford. 最近，我与一批已经做到这一点的大学校长进行了交谈。部分学校重新设计课程帮助学生更快完成学业，部分学校采用了更先进的技术。关键在于，这是完全可行的。所以我在此向各类高等院校发出警告：如果你们无法阻止学费上涨，你们获得的纳税人资助将会削减。高等教育不能是奢侈品——它是每一个美国家庭都应当负担得起的经济刚需。
Let’s also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face another challenge: the fact that they aren’t yet American citizens. Many were brought here as small children, are American through and through, yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others came more recently, to study business and science and engineering, but as soon as they get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else. 我们还要记住，这个国家数十万才华横溢、勤奋上进的学生面临着另一项挑战：他们尚未获得美国公民身份。很多人在幼年时就被带到这里，彻彻底底是美国人，却每天都面临被驱逐的风险。还有一些人是近期来美国学习商科、理科和工科的，但他们一拿到学位，我们就把他们送回国，让他们去别的国家发明新产品、创造新就业岗位。
That doesn’t make sense. 这毫无道理。
I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. That’s why my Administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. That’s why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office. The opponents of action are out of excuses. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. 我和以往一样坚定地认为，我们必须解决非法移民问题。这就是为什么本届政府在边境部署的执法人员比以往任何时候都多，这也是为什么非法越境的人数比我上任时有所下降。反对采取行动的人已经没有任何借口。我们现在就应当推进全面移民改革。
But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, defend this country. Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away. 但如果选举年的政治运作导致国会无法就全面方案采取行动，我们至少要达成共识：停止驱逐那些有责任心的年轻人，他们想要进入我们的实验室工作、创办新企业、保卫这个国家。请把一份赋予他们机会争取公民身份的法案提交给我，我会立刻签署。
You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means we should support everyone who’s willing to work, and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next Steve Jobs. 要知道，可持续的经济会鼓励这个国家每一个人的天赋和创造力。这意味着女性应当同工同酬，意味着我们应当支持每一个愿意工作的人，支持每一个渴望成为下一个史蒂夫·乔布斯的冒险者和创业者。
After all, innovation is what America has always been about. Most new jobs are created in start-ups and small businesses. So let’s pass an agenda that helps them succeed. Tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow. Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year. 毕竟，创新一直是美国的立身之本。大部分新增就业岗位都是初创企业和小企业创造的。所以我们要通过一项助力它们成功的议程：取消那些阻碍有抱负的创业者获得发展资金的监管规定，为正在提高工资、创造优质岗位的小企业扩大税收减免力度。两党在这些理念上立场一致，所以把这些内容整合到法案中，今年就送到我的办公桌上。
Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet. Don’t gut these investments in our budget. Don’t let other countries win the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new American jobs and new American industries. 创新也离不开基础研究。如今，我们联邦资助的实验室和大学中正在取得的研究成果，可能会催生出只杀死癌细胞而不损伤健康细胞的新疗法，能为警察和士兵提供可抵挡任何子弹的新型轻质防弹背心。不要在预算中削减这些投资，不要让其他国家赢得未来的竞赛。要支持同类的研究与创新，正是这些研究创新催生了计算机芯片和互联网，带来了美国的新增就业岗位和全新产业。
And nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now -- right now -- American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years. That’s right -- eight years. Not only that -- last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past 16 years. 创新的前景没有任何领域能比美国本土能源产业更广阔。过去三年，我们已开放数百万英亩新土地用于油气勘探，今晚我正指示本届政府开放超过75%的潜在近海油气资源。此时此刻——就在此时此刻——美国石油产量处于八年来的最高水平。没错，八年。不仅如此，去年我们对外国石油的依赖度是过去16年里的最低水平。
But with only 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs. 但我国石油储量仅占全球的2%，仅靠石油远远不够。美国需要一项全面、覆盖所有能源类型的战略，开发每一种可利用的美国能源。这项战略要更清洁、成本更低，还能创造大量新就业岗位。
We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years. And my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I’m requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. Because America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk. 我们拥有可供美国使用近100年的天然气储量。本届政府将采取一切可行措施安全开发这种能源。专家认为，到本十年末，天然气产业将支撑超过60万个就业岗位。我还要求所有在公共土地上开采天然气的企业公开其使用的化学物质。因为美国在开发这一资源的过程中，绝不会将公民的健康与安全置于风险之中。
The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of 30 years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock –- reminding us that government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground. 天然气开发不仅能创造就业，还能为卡车和工厂提供更清洁、更廉价的动力，这证明我们无需在环境和经济之间做取舍。顺便一提，正是过去30年的公共研究资金，助力研发出了从页岩中开采这些天然气的技术——这提醒我们，政府支持对于帮助企业将新能源构想落地至关重要。
Now, what’s true for natural gas is just as true for clean energy. In three years, our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world’s leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries. Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled, and thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. 适用于天然气的规律，同样适用于清洁能源。三年来，我们与私营部门的合作已让美国有望成为全球领先的高科技电池制造国。得益于联邦投资，可再生能源使用量几乎翻了一番，成千上万的美国人因此获得了工作。
When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second chance. But he found work at Energetx, a wind turbine manufacturer in Michigan. Before the recession, the factory only made luxury yachts. Today, it’s hiring workers like Bryan, who said, “I’m proud to be working in the industry of the future.” 布莱恩·里特比之前从家具制造岗位失业时，曾担心自己已经55岁，没人会再给他第二次机会。但他在密歇根州的风力涡轮机制造商Energetx找到了工作。经济衰退前，这家工厂只生产豪华游艇。如今，它正在雇佣布莱恩这样的工人，布莱恩说：“能在未来产业工作，我感到非常自豪。”
Our experience with shale gas, our experience with natural gas, shows us that the payoffs on these public investments don’t always come right away. Some technologies don’t pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. I will not walk away from workers like Bryan. I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here. 我们在页岩气、天然气领域的经验表明，这些公共投资的回报往往不会立刻显现。有些技术研发不会成功，有些企业会倒闭。但我绝不会放弃清洁能源的发展前景。我绝不会抛弃布莱恩这样的工人。我绝不会因为我们拒绝在国内做出同等投入，就把风能、太阳能或电池产业拱手让给中国或德国。
We’ve subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that never has been more promising. Pass clean energy tax credits. Create these jobs. 我们对石油企业的补贴已经持续了一个世纪。这时间已经足够久了。是时候停止把纳税人的资金送给这个利润处于历史高位的行业，转而加倍投入前景前所未有的清洁能源产业。通过清洁能源税收抵免法案。创造这些就业岗位。
We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there’s no reason why Congress shouldn’t at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation. So far, you haven’t acted. Well, tonight, I will. I’m directing my Administration to allow the development of clean energy on enough public land to power 3 million homes. 我们还可以通过新的激励措施推动能源创新。目前国会两院的分歧可能过大，无法通过应对气候变化的全面方案。但国会完全没有理由连最低限度的清洁能源标准都不设立，这类标准能为创新创造市场。到目前为止，诸位尚未采取行动。那好，今晚我将付诸行动。我正指示本届政府开放充足的公共土地发展清洁能源，足以供应300万户家庭的用电需求。
And I’m proud to announce that the Department of Defense, working with us, the world’s largest consumer of energy, will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history -- with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year. 我还要荣幸地宣布，作为全球最大的能源消费主体，美国国防部正与我们协同，将作出史上规模最大的清洁能源承诺之一——美国海军每年采购的清洁能源容量足以供应25万户家庭的用电需求。
Of course, the easiest way to save money is to waste less energy. So here’s a proposal: Help manufacturers eliminate energy waste in their factories and give businesses incentives to upgrade their buildings. Their energy bills will be 100 billion dollars lower over the next decade, and America will have less pollution, more manufacturing, more jobs for construction workers who need them. Send me a bill that creates these jobs. 当然，省钱最简便的方法就是减少能源浪费。因此我提出如下提案：帮助制造企业消除工厂内的能源浪费，同时为企业提供激励以升级其楼宇设施。未来十年，它们的能源账单总共将减少1000亿美元，美国的污染会更少，制造业会更发达，还能为有需求的建筑工人创造更多就业岗位。请国会把创造这些就业岗位的法案提交给我。
Building this new energy future should be just one part of a broader agenda to repair America’s infrastructure. So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges; a power grid that wastes too much energy; an incomplete high-speed broadband network that prevents a small business owner in rural America from selling her products all over the world. 打造这一新能源未来，应当只是美国基础设施修复更宏大议程的一部分。美国有太多地方需要重建：我们的道路桥梁摇摇欲坠，电网能源浪费严重，高速宽带网络覆盖不全，导致美国农村地区的小企业主无法把产品销往全球各地。
During the Great Depression, America built the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge. After World War II, we connected our states with a system of highways. Democratic and Republican Administrations invested in great projects that benefited everybody, from the workers who built them to the businesses that still use them today. 大萧条时期，美国建造了胡佛水坝和金门大桥。二战结束后，我们用高速公路系统连通了全美各州。历届民主党和共和党政府都曾投资大型项目，惠及所有群体，既包括参与建设的工人，也包括至今仍在使用这些设施的企业。
In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many construction projects. But you need to fund these projects. Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home. 未来几周内，我将签署一项行政令，清除拖慢大量建设项目进度的繁文缛节。但诸位需要为这些项目提供资金。把我们不再用于战争的经费拿出来，一半用于偿还债务，剩下的全部用于美国本土的国家建设。
There’s never been a better time to build, especially since the construction industry was one of the hardest hit when the housing bubble burst. Of course, construction workers weren’t the only ones who were hurt. So were millions of innocent Americans who’ve seen their home values decline. And while government can’t fix the problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn’t have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief. 当下是开展建设的最佳时机，尤其是建筑业是房地产泡沫破裂时受冲击最严重的行业之一。当然，受损害的不只是建筑工人，数百万无辜的美国民众也深受其害，他们眼睁睁看着自己的房屋价值下跌。虽然政府无法独自解决这个问题，但负责任的房主不应只能坐等房地产市场触底才能获得纾困。
And that’s why I’m sending this Congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about 3,000 dollars a year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically low rates. No more red tape. No more runaround from the banks. A small fee on the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won’t add to the deficit and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust. 正因为如此，我将向国会提交一项计划，让每一位负责任的房主都有机会通过历史最低利率进行再融资，每年可节省约3000美元的按揭贷款还款。不再有繁文缛节，不再受银行推诿搪塞。我们将向大型金融机构征收一小笔费用，确保该计划不会增加赤字，同时也让那些曾获得纳税人救助的银行有机会弥补信任赤字。
Let’s never forget: Millions of Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a government and a financial system that do the same. It’s time to apply the same rules from top to bottom. No bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts. An America built to last insists on responsibility from everybody. 我们永远不能忘记：数百万每天辛勤劳作、遵规守矩的美国人，理应拥有同样恪守规则的政府和金融体系。现在是时候自上而下执行统一规则了。不搞纾困，不发救济，不允许逃避责任。一个追求基业长青的美国要求每个人都承担责任。
We’ve all paid the price for lenders who sold mortgages to people who couldn’t afford them, and buyers who knew they couldn’t afford them. That’s why we need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior. Rules to prevent financial fraud or toxic dumping or faulty medical devices -- these don’t destroy the free market. They make the free market work better. 我们都为那些向无力偿还的人出售抵押贷款的放贷机构，以及明知自己负担不起仍申请贷款的购房者付出了代价。这就是我们需要合理监管来防范不负责任行为的原因。防范金融欺诈、有毒废弃物倾倒、不合格医疗设备的规定并不会破坏自由市场，反而会让自由市场运转得更好。
There’s no question that some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly. In fact, I’ve approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his. I’ve ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don’t make sense. We’ve already announced over 500 reforms, and just a fraction of them will save business and citizens more than 10 billion dollars over the next five years. 毫无疑问，部分监管规定已经过时、毫无必要，或是成本过高。事实上，我在总统任期前三年批准的监管规定数量，比我的共和党前任同期批准的还要少。我已下令所有联邦机构废除不合理的规则。我们已经公布了500多项改革措施，仅其中一小部分就能在未来五年为企业和民众节省超过100亿美元。
We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago that could have forced some dairy farmers to spend 10,000 dollars a year proving that they could contain a spill -- because milk was somehow classified as an oil. With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk. 我们废除了一项40年前的规定，这项规定原本可能迫使部分奶农每年花费1万美元证明他们能够控制泄漏事件——因为不知为何牛奶被归类为油类。有这样的规定，我觉得为洒掉的牛奶哭泣还真是值得的。
Now, I’m confident a farmer can contain a milk spill without a federal agency looking over his shoulder. Absolutely. But I will not back down from making sure an oil company can contain the kind of oil spill we saw in the Gulf two years ago . I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury poisoning, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean. I will not go back to the days when health insurance companies had unchecked power to cancel your policy, deny your coverage, or charge women differently than men. 现在，我相信奶农不需要联邦机构监督，也能处理好牛奶泄漏的情况。这一点毋庸置疑。但我绝不会在要求石油公司有能力应对我们两年前在墨西哥湾看到的那种石油泄漏问题上让步。我绝不会在保护儿童免受汞中毒、保障食品安全和饮用水清洁的问题上让步。我不会回到过去的日子：医疗保险公司拥有不受约束的权力，可以取消你的保单、拒绝承保，或是对女性收取比男性更高的保费。
And I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules. The new rules we passed restore what should be any financial system’s core purpose: Getting funding to entrepreneurs with the best ideas, and getting loans to responsible families who want to buy a home, or start a business, or send their kids to college. 我也不会回到允许华尔街按照自己的一套规则行事的日子。我们通过的新规则恢复了所有金融体系本应具备的核心目标：为拥有最优创意的创业者提供资金，为想要买房、创业或送孩子上大学的负责任家庭提供贷款。
So if you are a big bank or financial institution, you’re no longer allowed to make risky bets with your customers’ deposits. You’re required to write out a “living will” that details exactly how you’ll pay the bills if you fail -- because the rest of us are not bailing you out ever again. And if you’re a mortgage lender or a payday lender or a credit card company, the days of signing people up for products they can’t afford with confusing forms and deceptive practices -- those days are over. 所以如果你是大型银行或金融机构，你再也不能用客户的存款进行高风险投注。你需要起草一份“生前遗嘱”，详细说明如果你破产时将如何清偿债务——因为我们其他人绝不会再为你纾困。如果你是抵押贷款机构、发薪日贷款机构或是信用卡公司，那些用令人费解的表格和欺诈手段诱使人们购买他们负担不起的产品的日子，已经一去不复返了。
Today, American consumers finally have a watchdog in Richard Cordray with one job: to look out for them. 如今，美国消费者终于有了理查德·科德雷担任监管人，他只有一项职责：维护消费者的利益。
We’ll also establish a Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud and protect people’s investments. Some financial firms violate major anti-fraud laws because there’s no real penalty for being a repeat offender. That’s bad for consumers, and it’s bad for the vast majority of bankers and financial service professionals who do the right thing. So pass legislation that makes the penalties for fraud count. 我们还将设立一个由训练有素的调查人员组成的金融犯罪部门，打击大规模欺诈行为，保护民众的投资。一些金融公司违反重大反欺诈法律，是因为屡犯不会受到真正的惩罚。这对消费者不利，也对绝大多数守法的银行家和金融服务从业者不利。因此请通过立法，让针对欺诈行为的惩罚切实有力。
And tonight, I’m asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorney general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans. 今晚，我要求司法部长成立一个由联邦检察官和各州首席总检察长组成的特别工作组，扩大对引发住房危机的滥用贷款行为和高风险抵押贷款打包行为的调查。这个新工作组将追究违法者的责任，加快向房主提供援助，帮助我们翻过那个伤害了无数美国人的鲁莽行事的时代。
Now, a return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility will help protect our people and our economy. But it should also guide us as we look to pay down our debt and invest in our future. 现在，回归公平竞争、共担责任的美国价值观，有助于保护我们的民众和经济。而在我们着手偿还债务、投资未来时，这一价值观也应当作为我们的指引。
Right now, our most immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans while the recovery is still fragile. People cannot afford losing 40 dollars out of each paycheck this year. There are plenty of ways to get this done. So let’s agree right here, right now: No side issues. No drama. Pass the payroll tax cut without delay. Let’s get it done. 当前，在经济复苏仍然脆弱的情况下，我们最紧迫的优先事项是阻止对1.6亿美国工薪阶层加税。民众承受不起今年每张薪水支票少40美元的损失。实现这一目标的方法有很多。所以我们此时此地就达成共识吧：不要旁枝末节，不要作秀扯皮。立即通过工资税减税法案，把这件事办好。
When it comes to the deficit, we’ve already agreed to more than 2 trillion dollars in cuts and savings. But we need to do more, and that means making choices. Right now, we’re poised to spend nearly 1 trillion dollars more on what was supposed to be a temporary tax break for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Right now, because of loopholes and shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle-class households. Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. 在赤字问题上，我们已经就超过2万亿美元的削减和节约措施达成一致。但我们需要采取更多行动，这意味着要做出选择。当前，我们即将额外支出近1万亿美元，用于本应是针对最富裕的2%美国人的临时税收减免。如今，由于税法中的漏洞和避税手段，四分之一的百万富翁缴纳的税率比数百万中产家庭还要低。沃伦·巴菲特的纳税税率比他的秘书还要低。
Do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? Or do we want to keep our investments in everything else -- like education and medical research; a strong military and care for our veterans? Because if we’re serious about paying down our debt, we can’t do both. 我们是要保留针对美国最富裕人群的这些减税措施？还是要保留我们在其他所有领域的投资——比如教育和医学研究、强大的军队以及对退伍军人的照料？因为如果我们真的想要偿还债务，我们不可能两者兼得。
The American people know what the right choice is. So do I. As I told the Speaker this summer, I’m prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long-term costs of Medicare and Medicaid, and strengthen Social Security, so long as those programs remain a guarantee of security for seniors. 美国人民知道正确的选择是什么，我也知道。正如我今年夏天与众议院议长说过的，我准备推进更多改革，控制联邦医疗保险和联邦医疗补助的长期成本，同时强化社会保障体系，只要这些项目仍能为老年人提供安全保障。
But in return, we need to change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of members of Congress, pay our fair share of taxes. 但作为交换，我们需要修改税法，让像我这样的人，以及许许多多国会议员，缴纳我们应承担的公平份额的税款。
Tax reform should follow the Buffett Rule. If you make more than 1 million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes. And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right: Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires. In fact, if you’re earning a million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions. On the other hand, if you make under 250,000 dollars a year, like 98 percent of American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up. You’re the ones struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages. You’re the ones who need relief. 税制改革应遵循巴菲特规则。如果你年收入超过100万美元，你缴纳的税率就不应低于30%。我的共和党朋友汤姆·科伯恩说得没错：华盛顿应当停止向百万富翁提供补贴。事实上，如果你年收入达到100万美元，你就不该获得特殊税收补贴或扣除项。另一方面，如果你年收入低于25万美元，就像98%的美国家庭那样，你的税负就不应该上涨。你们正饱受生活成本上升、工资停滞不前的困扰，你们才是需要减负的群体。
Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense. 现在，你大可以把这称作阶级斗争。但要求一位亿万富翁缴纳的税款至少和他的秘书一样多？大多数美国人会认为这是常识。
We don’t begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it. When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the rich. It’s because they understand that when I get a tax break I don’t need and the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference -- like a senior on a fixed income, or a student trying to get through school, or a family trying to make ends meet. That’s not right. Americans know that’s not right. 我们这个国家不会眼红他人在经济上取得的成功，我们敬佩这种成功。当美国人谈论我这类人应该缴纳公平份额的税款时，并不是因为他们嫉妒富人，而是因为他们明白，如果我获得了自己不需要、国家也负担不起的税收减免，那要么会增加赤字，要么就得有其他人来补上这个缺口——比如靠固定收入生活的老年人、努力完成学业的学生，或是勉强维持生计的普通家庭。这是不对的，美国人都知道这不对。
They know that this generation’s success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other, and to the future of their country, and they know our way of life will only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility. That’s how we’ll reduce our deficit. That’s an America built to last. 他们知道，我们这一代人能取得成功，完全是因为前辈们对彼此、对国家的未来抱有责任感。他们也知道，只有我们怀有同样的共同责任感，我们的生活方式才能延续下去。这就是我们削减赤字的方式，这才是能够持久发展的美国。
Now, I recognize that people watching tonight have differing views about taxes and debt, energy and health care. But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right about now: Nothing will get done in Washington this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken. 我知道，今晚收看讲话的民众在税收与债务、能源与医保问题上持有不同观点。但无论他们属于哪个党派，我敢打赌大多数美国人此刻都有同样的想法：今年、明年，甚至后年，华盛顿都办不成任何事，因为华盛顿已经机能失调。
Can you blame them for feeling a little cynical? 你能怪他们抱有几分愤世嫉俗的态度吗？
The greatest blow to our confidence in our economy last year didn’t come from events beyond our control. It came from a debate in Washington over whether the United States would pay its bills or not. Who benefited from that fiasco? 去年，对我们经济信心的最大打击并非来自我们无法控制的事件，而是来自华盛顿围绕美国是否会偿还其债务展开的争论。那场闹剧到底让谁获益了？
I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and the rest of the country is at least as bad -- and it seems to get worse every year. 今晚我已经谈到了主街与华尔街之间的信任赤字。但华盛顿与美国其他地区之间的隔阂至少同样严重，而且这种隔阂似乎每年都在加深。
Some of this has to do with the corrosive influence of money in politics. So together, let’s take some steps to fix that. Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit any elected official from owning stocks in industries they impact. Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa -- an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington. 这其中部分问题与金钱对政治的腐蚀作用有关。因此，让我们共同采取措施加以解决。请向我提交一份禁止国会议员进行内幕交易的法案，我明天就会签署。我们要限制所有民选官员持有他们所监管行业的股票。我们要确保为国会筹集竞选捐款的人不能游说国会，反之亦然——这一构想至少在华盛顿之外获得了两党支持。
Some of what’s broken has to do with the way Congress does its business these days. A simple majority is no longer enough to get anything -- even routine business -- passed through the Senate. Neither party has been blameless in these tactics. Now both parties should put an end to it. For starters, I ask the Senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. 当前部分失灵问题与国会如今的运作方式有关。即便是常规事务，要在参议院获得通过也不再只需要简单多数票。两党在使用这些策略方面都难辞其咎，现在双方都应该停止这种做法。首先，我要求参议院通过一项简单规则：所有司法和公共服务提名必须在90天内进行简单的赞成或反对投票。
The executive branch also needs to change. Too often, it’s inefficient, outdated and remote. That’s why I’ve asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy, so that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the American people. 行政部门也需要改革。它往往效率低下、过时僵化、脱离民众。这就是为什么我已要求本届国会授予我整合联邦官僚机构的权力，从而让我们的政府更精简、更高效，能更好地响应美国人民的需求。
Finally, none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. We need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction; that politics is about clinging to rigid ideologies instead of building consensus around common-sense ideas. 最后，如果我们不给华盛顿这座城市降降温，上述所有举措都无法实现。我们要摒弃这样的观念：两党必须永远陷入相互摧毁的竞选战中，政治就是要固守僵化的意识形态，而非围绕务实的想法建立共识。
I’m a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more. That’s why my education reform offers more competition, and more control for schools and states. That’s why we’re getting rid of regulations that don’t work. That’s why our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program. 我是民主党人。但我认同共和党人亚伯拉罕·林肯的理念：政府应该只做人民自己无法做得更好的事，绝不多干预。这就是为什么我的教育改革方案引入了更多竞争，也赋予学校和各州更多自主权。这就是为什么我们正在废除无效的监管规定。这就是为什么我们的医保法案依托的是改革后的私人市场，而非政府项目。
On the other hand, even my Republican friends who complain the most about government spending have supported federally financed roads, and clean energy projects, and federal offices for the folks back home. 另一方面，就连那些对政府支出抱怨最多的共和党友人，也支持联邦出资修建道路、发展清洁能源项目，以及为家乡民众建造联邦办公楼。
The point is, we should all want a smarter, more effective government. And while we may not be able to bridge our biggest philosophical differences this year, we can make real progress. With or without this Congress, I will keep taking actions that help the economy grow. But I can do a whole lot more with your help. Because when we act together, there’s nothing the United States of America can’t achieve. That’s the lesson we’ve learned from our actions abroad over the last few years. 关键在于，我们都应该希望拥有一个更智能、更高效的政府。虽然我们今年或许无法弥合最重大的理念分歧，但我们可以取得切实的进展。无论本届国会是否配合，我都会继续采取行动助力经济增长。但如果有你们的帮助，我能推进的工作会多得多。因为当我们共同行动时，美利坚合众国没有实现不了的目标。这是我们过去几年在海外行动中学到的经验。
Ending the Iraq war has allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies. From Pakistan to Yemen, the al Qaeda operatives who remain are scrambling, knowing that they can’t escape the reach of the United States of America. 结束伊拉克战争让我们能够对敌人予以决定性打击。从巴基斯坦到也门，残存的基地组织成员惶惶不安，他们清楚自己逃不出美利坚合众国的打击范围。
From this position of strength, we’ve begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. Ten thousand of our troops have come home. Twenty-three thousand more will leave by the end of this summer. This transition to Afghan lead will continue, and we will build an enduring partnership with Afghanistan, so that it is never again a source of attacks against America. 凭借这一优势地位，我们已开始逐步结束阿富汗战争。我军已有1万名士兵返回国内，另有2.3万人将于今年夏末前撤离。这种向阿富汗主导权过渡的进程将持续下去，我们还将与阿富汗建立持久的伙伴关系，确保阿富汗永远不再成为针对美国发动袭击的策源地。
As the tide of war recedes, a wave of change has washed across the Middle East and North Africa, from Tunis to Cairo; from Sana’a to Tripoli. A year ago, Qaddafi was one of the world’s longest-serving dictators -- a murderer with American blood on his hands. Today, he is gone. And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed, and that human dignity cannot be denied. 随着战争浪潮退去，变革的浪潮席卷了中东和北非，从突尼斯到开罗，从萨那到的黎波里。一年前，卡扎菲还是世界上在位时间最长的独裁者之一，是一个双手沾满美国人鲜血的杀人凶手。如今他已经下台。而在叙利亚，我毫不怀疑阿萨德政权很快就会发现，变革的力量不可逆转，人类的尊严不容剥夺。
How this incredible transformation will end remains uncertain. But we have a huge stake in the outcome. And while it’s ultimately up to the people of the region to decide their fate, we will advocate for those values that have served our own country so well. We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings -- men and women; Christians, Muslims and Jews. We will support policies that lead to strong and stable democracies and open markets, because tyranny is no match for liberty. 这场惊人的变革将走向何方仍未可知，但我们的利益与最终结果密切相关。尽管该地区人民的命运最终要由他们自己决定，但我们将倡导那些曾让我们国家受益匪浅的价值观。我们反对暴力和恐吓，我们支持所有人类的权利与尊严——无论男女，无论基督徒、穆斯林还是犹太人。我们将支持有助于建立强大、稳定的民主制度和开放市场的政策，因为暴政敌不过自由。
And we will safeguard America’s own security against those who threaten our citizens, our friends, and our interests. Look at Iran. Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program now stands as one. The regime is more isolated than ever before; its leaders are faced with crippling sanctions, and as long as they shirk their responsibilities, this pressure will not relent. 我们还将保护美国自身的安全，抵御那些威胁我国公民、盟友及国家利益的势力。以伊朗为例，通过我们的外交努力，全世界曾在如何应对伊朗核计划的问题上存在分歧，现在已达成统一立场。伊朗政权比以往任何时候都更加孤立，其领导人面临着极严厉的制裁，只要他们继续逃避责任，这种压力就不会减轻。
Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal. 毋庸置疑：美国决意阻止伊朗获得核武器，为实现这一目标，我不会排除任何选项。
But a peaceful resolution of this issue is still possible, and far better, and if Iran changes course and meets its obligations, it can rejoin the community of nations. 但和平解决这一问题仍然是可能的，而且是好得多的选择。如果伊朗改弦易辙，履行其义务，就可以重新融入国际社会。
The renewal of American leadership can be felt across the globe. Our oldest alliances in Europe and Asia are stronger than ever. Our ties to the Americas are deeper. Our ironclad commitment -- and I mean ironclad -- to Israel’s security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history. 美国领导力的复苏在全球各地都有目共睹。我们在欧洲和亚洲的老牌同盟关系比以往任何时候都更加牢固，我们与美洲国家的联系也更为深厚。我们对以色列的安全作出了铁一般的承诺——我强调是铁一般的承诺，这让两国实现了有史以来最紧密的军事合作。
We’ve made it clear that America is a Pacific power, and a new beginning in Burma has lit a new hope. From the coalitions we’ve built to secure nuclear materials, to the missions we’ve led against hunger and disease; from the blows we’ve dealt to our enemies, to the enduring power of our moral example, America is back. 我们已经明确表示，美国是一个太平洋大国，缅甸的新开端也点燃了新的希望。从我们为保障核材料安全建立的联盟，到我们领导的抗击饥饿与疾病的行动；从我们给敌人造成的沉重打击，到我们道德榜样的持久力量，美国已经回来了。
Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about. 任何持相反观点的人，任何声称美国正在衰落、我们的影响力已经减弱的人，都完全不清楚自己在说什么。
That’s not the message we get from leaders around the world who are eager to work with us. That’s not how people feel from Tokyo to Berlin, from Cape Town to Rio, where opinions of America are higher than they’ve been in years. Yes, the world is changing. No, we can’t control every event. But America remains the one indispensable nation in world affairs -- and as long as I’m President, I intend to keep it that way. 这不是我们从全球各地渴望与我们合作的领导人那里得到的信号。从东京到柏林，从开普敦到里约，民众的看法也并非如此，这些地区对美国的好感度达到了多年来的最高水平。没错，世界在不断变化。的确，我们无法控制每一起事件。但美国仍然是全球事务中唯一不可或缺的国家——只要我还担任总统一职，我就会一直保持这一地位。
That’s why, working with our military leaders, I’ve proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we maintain the finest military in the world, while saving nearly half a trillion dollars in our budget. To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I’ve already sent this Congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing dangers of cyber-threats. 正因为如此，我与军方领导人共同提出了一项新的国防战略，既能确保我们保有世界上最精良的军队，同时还能为预算节省近5000亿美元。为了始终领先对手一步，我已经向本届国会提交了相关立法，保护我国免受日益严峻的网络威胁侵害。
Above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it. As they come home, we must serve them as well as they’ve served us. That includes giving them the care and the benefits they have earned -- which is why we’ve increased annual VA spending every year I’ve been President. And it means enlisting our veterans in the work of rebuilding our nation. 最重要的是，我们的自由能够存续，离不开身着军装保家卫国的男女将士。当他们退伍返乡时，我们必须像他们服务国家那样服务他们。这包括为他们提供应得的医疗保障和福利——这也是我就任总统以来每年都提高退伍军人事务部年度支出的原因。同时，这还意味着要动员我们的退伍军人参与到国家重建的工作中来。
With the bipartisan support of this Congress, we’re providing new tax credits to companies that hire vets. Michelle and Jill Biden have worked with American businesses to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families. And tonight, I’m proposing a Veterans Jobs Corps that will help our communities hire veterans as cops and firefighters, so that America is as strong as those who defend her. 在本届国会两党的共同支持下，我们正在为雇用退伍军人的企业提供新的税收抵免。米歇尔和吉尔·拜登与美国企业通力合作，成功争取到为退伍军人及其家属提供13.5万个工作岗位的承诺。今晚，我提议设立退伍军人就业团，帮助各地社区聘用退伍军人担任警察和消防员，让美国能和保卫它的勇士们一样强大。
Which brings me back to where I began. Those of us who’ve been sent here to serve can learn a thing or two from the service of our troops. When you put on that uniform, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white; Asian, Latino, Native American; conservative, liberal; rich, poor; gay, straight. When you’re marching into battle, you look out for the person next to you, or the mission fails. When you’re in the thick of the fight, you rise or fall as one unit, serving one nation, leaving no one behind. 这就让我回到了演讲最开始的话题。我们这些被选派到这里履职的人，可以从军队的服役精神中学到很多东西。当你穿上那身军装时，你是黑人还是白人，是亚裔、拉丁裔还是美国原住民，是保守派还是自由派，是富裕还是贫穷，是同性恋还是异性恋，这些都不重要。当你奔赴战场时，你必须照应身边的战友，否则任务就会失败。当你身处激战中时，整个部队共进退，为同一个国家效力，绝不抛下任何一个人。
One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on the mission to get bin Laden. On it are each of their names. Some may be Democrats. Some may be Republicans. But that doesn’t matter. Just like it didn’t matter that day in the Situation Room, when I sat next to Bob Gates -- a man who was George Bush’s defense secretary -- and Hillary Clinton -- a woman who ran against me for President. 我最引以为傲的私人物品之一，是海豹突击队在击毙本·拉登的任务中携带的那面旗帜。旗帜上印着他们每一个人的名字。其中有些人可能是民主党人，有些人可能是共和党人，但这无关紧要。就像行动当天在战情室里的情况一样，党派身份毫不重要：当时我坐在鲍勃·盖茨——他曾是乔治·布什政府的国防部长——和希拉里·克林顿——她曾在总统选举中与我角逐——的身边。
All that mattered that day was the mission. No one thought about politics. No one thought about themselves. One of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he didn’t deserve credit for the mission. It only succeeded, he said, because every single member of that unit did their job -- the pilot who landed the helicopter that spun out of control; the translator who kept others from entering the compound; the troops who separated the women and children from the fight; the SEALs who charged up the stairs. 那天最重要的只有任务。没有人考虑政治因素，没有人考虑个人得失。参与那次突袭行动的一名年轻人后来告诉我，他不配独享这次任务的功劳。他说，任务之所以能够成功，完全是因为部队的每一名成员都完成了自己的职责：让失控直升机安全降落的飞行员，阻止无关人员进入院落的翻译，将妇女儿童带离交火区的士兵，还有冲上楼的海豹突击队员。
More than that, the mission only succeeded because every member of that unit trusted each other -- because you can’t charge up those stairs, into darkness and danger, unless you know that there’s somebody behind you, watching your back. 不仅如此，本次任务之所以能够成功，全赖该部队的每一名成员彼此信任——你不可能冲上那些台阶、冲入黑暗与险境，除非你清楚身后有人为你殿后、护你周全。
So it is with America. Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is great because we worked as a team. This nation is great because we get each other’s backs. And if we hold fast to that truth, in this moment of trial, there is no challenge too great; no mission too hard. 美国也是如此。每次我凝望那面国旗，都会意识到我们的命运如同那50颗星和13道条纹般交织相连。没有人能仅凭一己之力建成这个国家。这个国家之所以伟大，是我们共同建设的成果；之所以伟大，是因为我们齐心协力；之所以伟大，是因为我们彼此撑腰、互为后盾。只要我们坚守这一真理，在这一考验时刻，就没有克服不了的挑战，没有完成不了的任务。
As long as we are joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, and our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union will always be strong. 只要我们为共同目标团结一心，只要我们秉持共同决心，我们的征程就会不断向前，我们的未来就充满希望，合众国的国力就将始终强盛。
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. 谢谢大家，愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
