奥巴马2015国情咨文演讲全文（双语）

2015-02-03 15:16:00来源：网络

　　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. 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.

　　大家知道，仅仅是在十年之前，我在波士顿发表了一篇讲演，我在讲演中称不存在自由派美国或者保守派美国，黑人的美国或者白人的美国，只有一个美国。我说这样的话是因为我在自己的生活中看到这一点，在这样一个给了像我这样的人一个机会的国家，因为我在夏威夷长大，那是种族和风俗的熔炉。因为我在伊利诺斯州安家，那是一个由小型城镇、富有的农场、世界最伟大城市之一组成的州。它是民主党人、共和党人、独立派人士、各种民族和信仰的好人共享的一些坚定价值观的微观世界。

　　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, na?ve, 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，所谓的智者不止一次指出，我的总统任期并没能实现那一愿景。他们称，我们的政治看上去更加分裂，这是多么具有讽刺性。它还被当作不仅仅是我个人缺点的一个证据，我有许多缺点，还被当作这样的愿景本身是被误导的、天真的证据，华盛顿有太多人事实上从两党之争和僵局中获利，而非为之做些什么。

　　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. (Applause.)

　　我知道这样的愤世嫉俗主义是多么诱人，但我认为这些愤世嫉俗者是错的。我仍相信我们是一个民族，我仍相信，我们一起可以做伟大的事情，即便机会很渺茫。

　　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. 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. (Applause.)

　　我相信这一点，因为我在任的六年里，我多次看到美国最好的时刻。我看到了从纽约至加州的年轻毕业生充满希望的脸，我们在西点军校、安纳波利斯、科多拉多州斯伯林斯、新伦敦新军官充满希望的脸。我在图桑市、纽顿镇、波士顿、威斯特西弗吉尼州等地和悲痛的家人们一起哀悼。我看到美国人从墨西哥海湾至北美大平原，从中西部的组装线到中大西洋海床击退灾难。我看到像同性恋婚姻这样原先使我们分裂的议题转变成我们国家各地自由的故事，同性恋者现在已能够在十分之七的美国各州合法结婚。

　　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，我深知美国人民的善良、乐观和慷慨，他们每天都以我们是我们兄弟姐妹的守护者的观念生活。我知道，他们希望在这里服务的我们能够树立一个更好的榜样。

　　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.

　　所以，今晚在这里的人们的问题是，我们，我们所有人如何更好地反映美国的希望，我曾与你们中的许多人一起在国会服务。我熟悉你们中的许多人，民主和共和两党议员中都有许多好人。你们中的许多人曾告诉我，这不是你所竞选时所想要的东西，在有线电视节目上争吵，不停地筹款，总是小心翼翼地观察基础选民对每个决定所作的反应。

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