偶像勵志英語演講 第107期:美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬就職演說(3)

[00:00.22]In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, 在重申我們國家偉大精神的同時， [00:04.19]we understand that greatness is never a given. 我們懂得，偉大并非天成， [00:07.54]It must be earned. 而是必須贏得。 [00:10.08]Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. 我們的歷程從來不是走捷徑或退而求其次的歷程。 [00:14.16]It has not been the path for the faint-hearted- 它不是弱者的道路—— [00:17.17]for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. 它不屬于好逸惡勞或只圖名利享受的人; [00:23.55]Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things- 這條路屬于冒險者，實干家，創(chuàng)造者—— [00:28.32]some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, 有些人享有盛名，但大多數(shù)是默默無聞耕耘勞作的男女志士， [00:33.50]who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. 是他們帶我們走向通往繁榮和自由漫長的崎嶇之路。 [00:40.05]For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions 為了我們，他們打點起貧寒的行裝上路， [00:43.48]and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. 遠涉重洋，追求新生活。 [00:47.45]For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; 為了我們，他們在血汗工廠勞作，在西部原野拓荒， [00:52.01]endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth. 忍著鞭笞之痛在堅硬的土地上耕耘。 [00:56.50]For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sanh. 為了我們，他們奔赴疆場，英勇捐軀，長眠于康科德、葛底斯堡、諾曼底和溪山。 [01:05.56]Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. 為了我們能夠過上更好的生活，他們前赴后繼，歷盡艱辛，全力奉獻，不辭勞苦，直至雙手結(jié)起層層老繭。 [01:14.49]They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; 他們看到的美國超越了我們每一個人的雄心壯志， [01:19.15]greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction. 也超越了所有種族、財富或派系的差異。 [01:24.31]This is the journey we continue today. 今天，我們踏上了這一未完的旅程。 [01:27.59]We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. 我們依然是地球上最繁榮、最強大的國家。 [01:32.10]Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. 我們的勞動者的創(chuàng)造力并沒有因為眼前的這場危機而減弱。 [01:35.48]Our minds are no less inventive, 我們的頭腦依然像以往那樣善于發(fā)明創(chuàng)新。 [01:37.35]our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. 我們的產(chǎn)品與服務(wù)仍舊像上星期、上個月或去年一樣受人歡迎。 [01:44.23]Our capacity remains undiminished. 我們的能力絲毫無損。 [01:48.28]But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions-that time has surely passed. 但是，維持現(xiàn)狀、保護狹隘的利益集團、推遲困難的抉擇的時代無疑已成為過去。 [01:57.38]Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, 從今天開始，讓我們團結(jié)一致，振作精神， [02:02.30]and begin again the work of remaking America. 重新開啟再造美國的事業(yè)。

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