奥巴马告别演讲中英对照原文(共30页).doc

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上中英对照原文：Hello Skybrook!Its good to be home!Thank you, everybody!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Its good to be home.Thank you.你好，芝加哥！回家的感觉真好！谢谢，谢谢大家！（省略N个谢谢）Were on live TV here, Ive got to move.我们正在电视直播呢，我要开始演讲了现场观众非常热情，掌声不停啊You can tell that Im a lame duck, because nobody is following instructions.你们叫我“跛脚鸭”总统好了，都没有人听从我的指示掌声依然停不下来Everybody have a seat.大家都坐下吧求你们了My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes weve received over the past few weeks. But tonight its my turn to say thanks. Whether weve seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the American people -- in living rooms and schools; at farms and on factory floors; at diners and on distant outposts -- are what have kept me honest, kept me inspired, and kept me going. Every day, I learned from you. You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.我的美国同胞们，最近几周，米歇尔和我收到了无数令人感动的祝福，今晚轮到我来表达谢意了。

不管我们曾经意见相合还是相左，各位美国同胞，我同你们的每一次对话，不管是在会客厅还是在学校，在农场还是工厂车间，在餐桌上还是在遥远的边哨，这些交流都让我保持真诚，充满斗志，勇往直前每一天，我都从你们身上学到东西是你们让我成为一个更好的总统，一个更好的人I first came to Chicago when I was in my early twenties, still trying to figure out who I was; still searching for a purpose to my life. It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I began working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. It was on these streets where I witnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss. This is where I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it.我第一次来到芝加哥的时候，还是一个20岁出头的小伙子，试图寻找自我定位，寻找生活的目标。

我最初就是在这附近的街区，在一个被关闭的钢厂旁，和教会团体一起工作我就是在这里的街道上见证了信仰的力量，见证了这些靠双手吃饭的人面对生活的挣扎和失利时展现出的那种安静的尊严观众：连任！连任！连任！）我不能这样观众：连任！连任！连任！）就是在这里，我了解到只有普通民众都参与进来，热情投入，变革才会发生，只有我们的力量联合起来，社会才会进步After eight years as your President, I still believe that. And its not just my belief. Its the beating heart of our American idea -- our bold experiment in self-government.现在八年时间过去了，我仍然坚信这一点我相信，这不只是我自己的一个信念，也是我们整个美国思想的核心所在——对自治进行大胆地尝试Its the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.我们的信念一直是，生来平等，造物者赋予我们一些不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生命、自由以及对幸福的追求。

Its the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executing; that We, the People, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union.这些权利，虽然人人都有，但并不能自动实现我们，每一个公民，必须通过民主的工具，来创建一个更加完美的国家This is the great gift our Founders gave us. The freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat, toil, and imagination -- and the imperative to strive together as well, to achieve a greater good.这是造物者赐予我们的礼物，我们拥有用汗水、辛劳和想象力去追逐我们的个人梦想和自由，以及共同奋斗、实现更伟大共同利益的责任For 240 years, our nations call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation. Its what led patriots to choose republic over tyranny, pioneers to trek west, slaves to brave that makeshift railroad to freedom. Its what pulled immigrants and refugees across oceans and the Rio Grande, pushed women to reach for the ballot, powered workers to organize. Its why GIs gave their lives at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima; Iraq and Afghanistan -- and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well.240年以来，我们国家对公民使命的召唤使得每一代人都有每一代人的工作和目标。

正是这一召唤引领着爱国者推翻暴政、选择共和，引领着西进运动，引领着勇敢的奴隶们建造通向自由的地下铁路它也吸引着大批移民和难民越过大洋、越过格兰德河（位于美墨之间）来到这片土地，鼓动女性走向投票站，给工人们以团结的动力这是为什么美国大兵在奥马哈海滩（译者注：奥马哈海滩为二战诺曼底战役中盟军主要登陆点之一的代号）、硫磺岛战役（译者注：硫磺岛战役为二战太平洋战争中最激烈的战斗之一）、伊拉克和阿富汗中挥洒鲜血，为什么从塞尔玛（译者注：1965年马丁路德金在塞尔玛领导争取黑人权益的抗议游行）到格林尼治石墙（译者注：1969年美国同性恋者在格林尼治石墙酒吧进行暴力示威，争取权利）的男男女女也都准备好了，要献出他们的生命So thats what we mean when we say America is exceptional. Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow.这就是为什么我们说美国是独一无二的。

我们的国家并不是一开始就是完美无瑕，而是我们有能力做出改变，让追随美国梦的人拥有更好的生活Yes, our progress has been uneven. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.是的，我们取得的进步并不对每个人来说都是公平的，民主的事业总是艰难的、充满争议的，有时甚至是血腥的每向前迈两步，给人的感觉却是我们退后了一步但是美国在漫长的发展过程中，我们一直锐意进取，不断拓宽我们的信条，去拥抱所有人，而不仅仅是其中一部分人If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history...if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Irans nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11...if I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens -- you mi。