2016年奧巴馬國情咨文演講 (中英雙語) 2016年奧巴馬國情咨文演講 (中英雙語)

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:

議長先生、副總統(tǒng)先生、各位國會議員和美國同胞們：

Tonight marks the eighth year I’ve come here to report on the State of the Union. And for this final one, I’m going to try to make it shorter. I know some of you are antsy to get back to Iowa.

今晚是我在這里做國情咨文的第八個年頭，也是最后一次。我將盡量簡而言之。我知道你們中有些人急著回愛荷華州(譯者注：兩黨黨內(nèi)預(yù)選進行地)。

I also understand that because it’s an election season, expectations for what we’ll achieve this year are low. Still, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the constructive approach you and the other leaders took at the end of last year to pass a budget and make tax cuts permanent for working families. So I hope we can work together this year on bipartisan priorities like criminal justice reform, and helping people who are battling prescription drug abuse. We just might surprise the cynics again.

我也理解此時正當(dāng)大選之季，因此公眾對我們今年成就的期望并不高。但是，議長先生，您以及其他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人去年年末通過了建設(shè)性的預(yù)算決議，使得工薪家庭減稅計劃能夠長久實施下去，我對此深表感激。因此我衷心希望今年兩黨能夠在一些重要事務(wù)上同心協(xié)作，比如，推行刑事司法改革，幫助那些與處方藥濫用行為抗?fàn)幍娜藗?。我們很可能會讓質(zhì)疑者們再次大吃一驚。

But tonight, I want to go easy on the traditional list of proposals for the year ahead. Don’t worry, I’ve got plenty, from helping students learn to write computer code to personalizing medical treatments for patients. And I’ll keep pushing for progress on the work that still needs doing. Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.

但在今晚，我打算少談些像往年那樣的發(fā)展計劃。別擔(dān)心，我還是有很多計劃要談，比如，幫助學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)編寫計算機代碼，以及對病人進行個性化治療。我將繼續(xù)推動這些未竟事業(yè)的進步。完善有漏洞的移民體系。保護我們的孩子們免遭槍械暴力。繼續(xù)推行同工同酬及帶薪休假，并提高最低工資水平。所有的這一切對于努力工作的家庭們來說依然至關(guān)重要;這些仍是我們要做的對的事情。我絕不會放松這些工作，直至他們完成為止。