Happy New Year, everybody. I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. That's because of what we've accomplished together over the past seven. 大家新年快乐。我对摆在我们面前的这一年充满热情。这是因为我们在过去七年里共同取得了成就。
Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month. They've now created jobs for 69 straight months, driving the unemployment rate from a high of 10% down to 5%. 七年前，我们的企业每个月流失八十万个工作岗位。如今它们已经连续六十九个月创造就业，将失业率从最高的百分之十降至百分之五。
Seven years ago, too many Americans went without health insurance. We've now covered more than 17 million people, dropping the rate of the uninsured below 10% for the very first time. 七年前，太多美国人没有医疗保险。如今我们已经让超过一千七百万人获得了医保，未参保率首次降至百分之十以下。
Seven years ago, we were addicted to foreign oil. Now our oil imports have plummeted, our clean energy industry is booming, and America is a global leader in the fight against climate change. 七年前，我们严重依赖外国石油。如今我们的石油进口大幅下降，清洁能源产业蓬勃发展，美国在应对气候变化方面走在全球前列。
Seven years ago, there were only two states in America with marriage equality. And now there are 50. 七年前，美国只有两个州实现了婚姻平等。而现在五十个州全部实现了。
All of this progress is because of you. And we've got so much more to do. So my New Year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as I can. And I'll be more frequently asking for your help. That's what this American project is all about. 所有这些进步都归功于你们。而我们还有更多的事情要做。所以我的新年决心是，尽我所能推进我们未竟的事业。我也会更频繁地寻求你们的帮助。这就是这项美国事业的意义所在。
That's especially true for one piece of unfinished business, that's our epidemic of gun violence. 对于一项未竟的事业来说尤其如此，那就是我们泛滥成灾的枪支暴力问题。
Last month, we remembered the third anniversary Newtown. This Friday, I'll be thinking about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery from the shooting in Tucson. And all across America, survivors of gun violence and those who lost a child, a parent, a spouse to gun violence are forced to mark such awful anniversaries every single day. 上个月，我们纪念了纽敦枪击案三周年。这个周五，我会想起我的朋友加比·吉福兹，她在图森枪击案中受伤，至今已走过五年的康复之路。而在全美各地，枪支暴力的幸存者，以及那些因枪支暴力失去孩子、父母或配偶的人们，每一天都被迫铭记这些惨痛的周年纪念日。
And yet Congress still hasn't done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families. Three years ago, a bipartisan, commonsense bill would have required background checks for virtually everyone who buys a gun. Keep in mind, this policy was supported by some 90% of the American people. It was supported by a majority of NRA households. But the gun lobby mobilized against it. And the Senate blocked it. 然而国会仍然没有采取任何行动，来阻止发生在他们身上的悲剧降临到其他家庭。三年前，一项跨党派的常识性法案本可以要求几乎所有购枪者都接受背景调查。请记住，这项政策得到了约百分之九十美国民众的支持。它也得到了大多数全国步枪协会成员家庭的支持。但枪支游说团体动员起来反对它，参议院最终否决了这项法案。
Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed down by gun violence. Tens of thousands. Each time, we're told that commonsense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre, or the one before that, so we shouldn't do anything. 从那以后，数以万计的美国同胞倒在了枪支暴力之下。数以万计。每一次，我们都被告知，背景调查之类的常识性改革可能无法阻止上一次大屠杀，也阻止不了上上次，所以我们什么都不应该做。
We know that we can't stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one? What if Congress did something -- anything -- to protect our kids from gun violence? 我们知道我们无法阻止每一起暴力行为。但如果我们哪怕只试图阻止一起呢？如果国会愿意做点什么——任何事——来保护我们的孩子免受枪支暴力之害呢？
A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence. And on Monday, I'll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options. Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing. 几个月前，我指示白宫团队研究我可以采取哪些新措施来帮助减少枪支暴力。周一，我将与司法部长洛雷塔·林奇会面，讨论我们的选择。因为我收到了太多来自父母、老师和孩子们的来信，不能坐视不管、无所作为。
I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to bear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale. 我也收到了负责任的持枪者的来信，他们每次悲剧发生时都与我们一同悲痛；他们和我一样相信第二修正案保障了持有武器的权利；他们也和我一样相信，我们可以在保护这项权利的同时，防止少数不负责任的危险分子造成大规模伤害。
So I know there are a bunch of us who care about this. If you are one of them, I need your help. 所以我知道我们中有很多人关心这个问题。如果你也是其中一员，我需要你的帮助。
Change, as always, is going to take all of us. 改变，一如既往，需要我们所有人的努力。
The gun lobby is loud and well organized in its defense of effortlessly available guns for anyone. The rest of us are going to have to be just as passionate and well organized in our defense of our kids. That's the work of citizenship -- to stand up and fight for the change that we seek. 枪支游说团体声音响亮、组织严密，为任何人都能轻易获得枪支辩护。我们其他人也必须以同样的热情和同样的组织性来保护我们的孩子。这就是公民的责任——挺身而出，为我们所追求的改变而奋斗。
I hope you'll join me in making America safer for all of our children. 我希望你们能和我一起，让美国对我们所有的孩子来说都更加安全。
Thanks, everybody. 谢谢大家。
