奧巴馬20xx就職演講(中英對照)(編輯修改稿)

　

【文章內容簡介】 如果我們真正是生而平等的，那么我們對彼此的愛也應該是平等的。我們的征途沒有結束，直到沒有公民需要等待數個小時去行使投票權。我們的征途不會結束，直到我們找到更好的方法迎接努力、有憧憬的移民，他們依舊視美國是一塊充滿機會的土地。直到聰穎年輕的學生 和工程師為我們所用，而不是被逐出美國。我們的征途不會結束，直到我們所有的兒童，從底特律的街道到阿巴拉契亞的山嶺，再到康涅狄格州紐鎮安靜的小巷，直到他們得到關心和珍視，永遠避免受到傷害。That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life。it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to does not pel us to settle centurieslong debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our ——讓生存、自由和追求幸福的言語、權力和價值切實體現在每個美國人的身上。我們的立國根本沒有要求我們將每個人的生活一致化。這并不意味著，我們會以完全一樣的方式去定義自由，沿著同樣的道路通向幸福。進步不會終止幾個世紀以來一直糾結的關于政府角色的爭論，但這要求我們現在就采取行動。For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat namecalling as reasoned must act, knowing that our work will be must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia ，我們不能拖延。我們不能將絕對主義當作原則，或者以表象代替政治，或將中傷視作理性的辯論。我們必須行動，要意識到我們的工作并不完美。我們必須行動，意識到今天的勝利是并不完全的。這些將有賴于未來4年、40年或是400年致力于這項事業的人，去推進當年在費城制憲會議大廳傳承給我們的永恒精神。My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with ，我今天在你們面前宣讀的誓詞，如同在國會山服務的其他人曾宣讀過的誓詞一樣，是對上帝和國家的誓詞，不是對黨派或是派別的，我們必須在任期 內忠實地履行這些承諾。但我今天宣讀的誓詞與士兵報名參軍或者是移民實現夢想時所宣讀的誓詞沒有多少差別。我的誓詞與我們所有的人向我們頭頂飄揚的、讓我們心懷自豪的國旗所表達的誓言沒有多大差別。They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest ，代表著我們最偉大的希望。You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s ，作為公民，都有為這個國家設定道路的權力。You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ，作為公民，有義務塑造我們時代的辯題，不僅是通過我們的選票，而且要為捍衛悠久的價值觀和持久的理想發聲。Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting mon effort and mon purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of ，懷著莊嚴的職責和無比的快樂，這是我們永恒的與生俱來的權利。有共同的努力和共同的目標，用熱情與奉獻，讓我們回應歷史的召喚，將珍貴的自由之光帶入并不確定的未來。Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of ，上帝保佑你們，愿上帝永遠保佑美利堅合眾國。第二篇：奧巴馬就職演講 中英對照: Thank you so President Biden, Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:謝謝，非常感謝大家。拜登副總統、首席大法官先生、國會議員們、尊敬的各位嘉賓、親愛的公民們。Each time we gather to inaugurate（開創。創始）a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our affirm（斷言；肯定；證實）the promise of our recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets(信條；教義；教條)of our faith or the origins of our makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance（忠誠；擁護）to an idea, articulated（清晰闡述）in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:每一次我們集會慶祝總統就職都是在見證美國憲法的持久力量。我們都是在肯定美國民主的承諾。我們重申，將這個國家緊密聯系在一起的不是我們的膚色，也不是 我們信仰的教條，更不是我們名字的來源。讓我們與眾不同，讓我們成為美國人的是我們對于一種理念的恪守。200多年前，這一理念在一篇宣言中被清晰闡述：“We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed（捐贈；使天生具有）by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”“我們認為下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。造物主賦予他們若干不可剝奪的權利，包括生存、自由和追求幸福的權利。”Today we continue a neverending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our history tells us that while these truths may be selfevident, they have never been selfexecuting。that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on patriots(愛國者)of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding ，我們繼續著這一未竟的征程，架起這些理念與我們時代現實之間的橋梁。因為歷史告訴我們，即便這些真理是不言而喻的，它們也從來不會自動生效。因為雖然自由是上帝賦予的禮物，但仍需要世間的子民去捍衛。1776年，美國的愛國先驅們不是只為了推翻國王的暴政而戰，也不是為贏得少數人的特權，建立暴民的統治。先驅們留給我們一個共和國，一個民有、民治、民享的政府。他們委托每一代美國人捍衛我們的建國信條。For more than two hundred years, we ，我們做到了。Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive halfslave and made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward ，建立在自由與平等原則之上的聯邦不能永遠維持半奴隸和半自由的狀態。我們贏得了新生，誓言共同前進。Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and merce。schools and colleges to train our workers。我們共同努力，建立起現代的經濟體系。架設鐵路與高速公路，加速了旅行和商業交流。建立學校與大學，培訓我們的工人。Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure petition and fair ，自由市場的繁榮只能建立在保障競爭與公平競爭的原則之上。Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable(易受攻擊的), and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and ，保護她的人民不受生命威脅和不幸的侵擾。Through it all, we have never relinquished（放棄；交出）our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed（屈服；不抵抗）to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government celebration of initiative（主動權）and enterprise。our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our ，我們從未放棄對集權的質疑。我們同樣不屈服于這一謊言：一切的社會弊端都能夠只靠政府來解決。我們對積極向上與奮發進取的贊揚，我們對努力工作與個人責任的堅持，這些都是美國精神的基本要義。But we have always understood that when times change, so must we。that fidelity（逼真）to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges。that pres