American Rhetoric: Governor Kathleen Blanco - Hurrican Katrina Speech to a Joint Session of the Louisiana State Legislature | kathleenblancokatrina

Address To A Joint Session of the Louisiana State Legislature

在路易斯安那州立法机构联席会议上的讲话

delivered 14 September 2005, Baton Rouge, LA

2005 年 9 月 14 日交付，路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日

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Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the House and Senate, clergy members, commanding officers, honored guests.

总统先生、议长先生、参众两院议员、神职人员、指挥官、各位嘉宾。

Tonight I speak to the brave and resilient people of Louisiana: those of us thankful to be here at home, those in Louisiana shelters, and those temporarily dispersed across the nation in shelters from Texas to Tennessee and in homes and hotels in faraway states.

今晚，我向路易斯安那州勇敢而坚韧的人民讲话：我们中的人们感谢自己能呆在家里，路易斯安那州避难所中的人们，以及暂时分散在全国各地从德克萨斯州到田纳西州的避难所中以及遥远各州的家庭和酒店中的人们。

I also speak for a grateful state to thank people across our nation and around the globe -- people who have uplifted Louisiana in our time of need, people whose generosity and support renews our faith in God and the human spirit.

我还代表一个感恩的州发言，感谢我们国家和全球各地的人们——在我们需要的时候提升了路易斯安那州的人们，他们的慷慨和支持使我们重新燃起了对上帝和人类精神的信心。

Nearly two weeks ago, Katrina tore across Southeast Louisiana leaving a path of physical destruction and human tragedy unprecedented in our nation's history.

大约两周前，卡特里娜飓风席卷了路易斯安那州东南部，留下了我们国家历史上前所未有的物质破坏和人类悲剧。

Tonight, foremost in our thoughts are the families who were literally ripped apart by the storm.

今晚，我们首先想到的是那些被风暴撕裂的家庭。

Over the past few days, I have met brothers separated from sisters, mothers and fathers searching for children, and children who have seen things no child should have to witness.

在过去的几天里，我遇到了失散的兄弟，遇到了寻找孩子的父母，以及看到了不该让孩子看到的事情的孩子。

As a mother, a sister, and a daughter, my heart goes out to every family.

作为母亲、姐妹和女儿，我的心与每个家庭同在。

And we all know that family stretches beyond blood to embrace the neighborhoods and communities that form the fabric of our lives.

我们都知道，家庭超越了血缘关系，涵盖了构成我们生活的邻里和社区。

To the displaced people of St. Tammany, Washington, Tangipahoa, St. Charles, Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes, your loss is our loss.

对于圣坦慕尼教区、华盛顿教区、坦吉帕霍亚教区、圣查尔斯教区、奥尔良教区、杰斐逊教区、圣伯纳德教区和普拉克明教区的流离失所者来说，你们的损失就是我们的损失。

As your Governor, I pledge that I will not rest until every Louisiana family and community is reunited.

作为你们的州长，我保证我不会休息，直到路易斯安那州的每个家庭和社区重新团聚。

The destruction is almost beyond comprehension: We've lost hundreds of our loved ones.

造成的破坏几乎难以理解：我们失去了数百名亲人。

Entire communities have been destroyed.

整个社区都被摧毁了。

Businesses, wiped off the map.

企业，从地图上消失了。

Families separated.

家人离散。

More than a million people displaced from their homes.

超过一百万人流离失所。

But even as we continue to recover from the worst natural disaster in our nation's history, the people of Louisiana stand tall, and I am proud to stand with you.

但是，即使我们继续从我国历史上最严重的自然灾害中恢复过来，路易斯安那州人民仍然挺身而出，我很自豪能与你们站在一起。

We all know that there were failures at every level of government: state, federal and local.

我们都知道，各级政府都存在失败：州、联邦和地方政府。

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again.

在州一级，我们必须仔细检查出了什么问题，并确保不再发生这种情况。

The buck stops here and, as your Governor, I take full responsibility.

责任到此为止，作为你们的州长，我承担全部责任。

Now, before I talk about the work ahead, I must offer thanks on behalf of a grateful state.

现在，在谈论未来的工作之前，我必须代表感恩的国家表示感谢。

When I called on the people of Louisiana to respond, they rallied in overwhelming numbers.

当我呼吁路易斯安那州人民做出回应时，他们以压倒性的数量集结起来。

First responders and ordinary citizens put aside concerns for their own safety and demonstrated a heroic courage.

急救人员和普通民众放下对自身安全的担忧，表现出了英雄般的勇气。

It is impossible to name every group involved, but tonight we have a few representatives with us and I'd like them to stand: police officers, firefighters, doctors and nurses, member of the National Guard, Coast Guardsmen, helicopter pilots and wildlife agents.

不可能说出每个参与团体的名字，但今晚我们有一些代表，我希望他们能站起来：警察、消防员、医生和护士、国民警卫队成员、海岸警卫队成员、直升机飞行员和野生动物特工。

These are our heroes.

这些是我们的英雄。

We thank you.

我们谢谢你。

They were joined by an unprecedented brigade of ordinary citizens who drove a fleet of school buses we commandeered, and they steered hundreds of private boats down flooded streets and toiled without pause to rescue at least 70,000 people.

前所未有的普通公民大队加入了他们的行列，他们驾驶着我们征用的校车车队，驾驶着数百艘私人船只沿着被洪水淹没的街道，马不停蹄地营救了至少 70,000 人。

We have those people standing with us also.

我们也有那些人与我们站在一起。

Would some of you please stand.

请你们中的一些人起立。

And there are thousands more who have come from across the nation: guardsmen and active-duty soldiers, rescue workers and police officers, doctors and nurses, Red Cross volunteers, and just plain folks who drove to Louisiana in trucks laden with food, laden with water, and especially laden with love.

还有成千上万的人从全国各地赶来：警卫和现役士兵、救援人员和警察、医生和护士、红十字会志愿者，以及开着满载食物、水、特别是满载爱的卡车前往路易斯安那的普通民众。

And finally, I offer our profound thanks to all the people and communities all around this world who have opened your homes, your hospitals, your classrooms, your wallets and your hearts to our people.

最后，我向世界各地向我们的人民开放家园、医院、教室、钱包和心灵的所有人民和社区致以深切的谢意。

So long -- So long as the Mississippi River flows to the sea, we will never forget your generosity.

只要密西西比河还流向大海，我们就永远不会忘记您的慷慨。

We all know that there are lessons to be learned from this tragedy.

我们都知道，从这场悲剧中可以吸取教训。

One thing I know, in order to rebuild this state, all levels of government must work together, as never before, with one purpose -- the well-being of our people.

我知道一件事，为了重建这个国家，各级政府必须前所未有地共同努力，只有一个目标——我们人民的福祉。

To the legislators here tonight -- and some of you have lost your homes -- I ask you to join me in this endeavor.

对于今晚在座的立法者们——你们中的一些人失去了家园——我请求你们和我一起努力。

We need your courage and your energy to rebuild, restore, and reinvigorate our damaged communities and economies.

我们需要你们的勇气和精力来重建、恢复和重振我们受损的社区和经济。

Many of you, as I said, have lost your homes, and we will worry with you.

正如我所说，你们中的许多人失去了家园，我们会为你们担心。

Please know that together we will all transform despair into hope and show the world the true meaning of determination.

请知道，我们将齐心协力，将绝望转化为希望，向世界展示决心的真正含义。

Bluntly put, New Orleans and the surrounding parishes may be ravaged but our spirit remains intact.

坦率地说，新奥尔良和周边教区可能会遭到破坏，但我们的精神完好无损。

To anyone who even suggests that this great city should not be rebuilt, hear this and hear it well: We will rebuild.

对于任何建议不应该重建这座伟大城市的人，请听清楚：我们将重建。

Americans rebuilt Washington after the British burned it to the ground.

在英国人将华盛顿夷为平地后，美国人重建了它。

We rebuilt Chicago after the great fire.

大火过后我们重建了芝加哥。

We rebuilt San Francisco after the earthquake.

地震后我们重建了旧金山。

And we are rebuilding New York City after 9/11.

9/11 之后我们正在重建纽约市。

We will rebuild New Orleans and the surrounding parishes, because that is what Americans do.

我们将重建新奥尔良和周边教区，因为这就是美国人所做的。

We will drain the water from our neighborhoods.

我们将排干我们社区的水。

We will clean up the debris and contamination.

我们将清理碎片和污染物。

We will rebuild our levees, roads and bridges and we will recreate our communities.

我们将重建我们的堤坝、道路和桥梁，我们将重建我们的社区。

To do this, I've asked the federal government to cover 100 percent of what Louisiana will spend on this disaster -- just as was done after 9/11.

为此，我要求联邦政府 100% 承担路易斯安那州应对这场灾难的支出——就像 9/11 事件之后所做的那样。

I want the people of Louisiana to know that we have a friend and a partner in President George W.

我想让路易斯安那州人民知道，乔治·W·布什总统是我们的朋友和合作伙伴。

Bush.

布什。

I thank you, Mr. President, and I thank the Congress for your initial investment in our immediate recovery and relief.

总统先生，我感谢你，也感谢国会为我们的立即恢复和救济所做的初步投资。

We can not rebuild without you.

没有你，我们就无法重建。

I assure the Congress and every American taxpayer that every nickel will be properly spent.

我向国会和每一位美国纳税人保证，每一分钱都会得到妥善利用。

I will appoint an outside financial accountability advisor, someone of unquestioned character and reputation, to work with our Inspector General, Legislative Auditor, and Commissioner of Administration to safeguard this investment.

我将任命一名外部财务责任顾问，一位具有无可争议的品格和声誉的人，与我们的监察长、立法审计员和行政专员合作，以保护这项投资。

I'm also issuing an executive order directing state agencies to limit spending and allowing them to put state employees to the best possible use in this recovery.

我还发布了一项行政命令，指示国家机构限制支出，并允许他们在这次复苏中充分利用国家雇员。

I'm confident in our unified Congressional delegation led by Senators Landrieu and Vitter.

我对兰德里厄参议员和维特参议员领导的团结的国会代表团充满信心。

I know they will champion a significant economic package, a long-term investment to create jobs, to rebuild housing and restore communities.

我知道他们将支持一项重要的经济计划，一项创造就业机会、重建住房和恢复社区的长期投资。

I am requesting that Congress finally give Louisiana our fair share of federal energy revenues so that we can properly protect ourselves with stronger levees and a restored coastline.

我请求国会最终给予路易斯安那州公平的联邦能源收入份额，以便我们能够通过更坚固的堤坝和恢复的海岸线来适当地保护自己。

I'm also working with our delegation to bring immediate help for our citizens, including significant financial help to rebuild homes and return our families, tax relief and loans to keep our businesses afloat, and an extension of unemployment benefits.

我还与我国代表团合作，为我们的公民提供即时帮助，包括为重建家园和让家人返回家园提供大量财政援助、减税和贷款以维持我们的企业生存，以及延长失业救济金。

This package will help us reach our top goal -- bringing our people home.

该计划将帮助我们实现我们的首要目标——让我们的人民回家。

Katrina scattered more than one million Louisianans across our state and the nation.

卡特里娜飓风将超过一百万路易斯安那人驱散到我们州和全国各地。

I am telling each and every one of you: We want you back home.

我告诉你们每一个人：我们希望你们回家。

To come home, our people must have jobs.

为了回家，我们的人民必须有工作。

We can't rebuild communities without jobs for the people in them.

如果社区中的人们没有工作机会，我们就无法重建社区。

We want to reunite Louisiana people with their Louisiana jobs.

我们希望路易斯安那州人民能够重新找到工作。

This is why we're putting temporary housing in refinery parking lots to bring our workers back to their jobs.

这就是为什么我们在炼油厂停车场安置临时住房，让我们的工人重返工作岗位。

A breadwinner earning a paycheck can afford to bring his family home.

一个靠工资养家糊口的人有能力带家人回家。

As families return, communities will grow and the businesses that serve them will thrive once more.

随着家庭回归，社区将会发展，为他们服务的企业将再次蓬勃发展。

Until then, we must keep those businesses part of our recovery effort.

在那之前，我们必须让这些业务成为我们复苏工作的一部分。

These businesses have an urgent need for cash to stay afloat, pay their workers and begin down the path towards long-term stability.

这些企业迫切需要现金来维持生计、支付工人工资并开始走上长期稳定的道路。

We must first put Louisiana people and Louisiana firms to work rebuilding Louisiana.

我们必须首先让路易斯安那州人民和路易斯安那州公司致力于重建路易斯安那州。

I've told FEMA -- I've told FEMA to give priority to Louisiana companies and Louisiana workers.

我已经告诉联邦紧急事务管理局——我已经告诉联邦紧急事务管理局优先考虑路易斯安那州的公司和路易斯安那州的工人。

I want to see Louisiana's engineers designing reconstruction projects, Louisiana's bankers financing them, Louisiana's contractors building them, and Louisiana's workers on the job.

我希望看到路易斯安那州的工程师设计重建项目，路易斯安那州的银行家为这些项目提供资金，路易斯安那州的承包商建造这些项目，以及路易斯安那州的工人在工作。

I have called upon FEMA to not only look first at Louisiana's businesses, but to put -- to pay them in a timely fashion and not force them to wait the usual six months.

我呼吁联邦应急管理局不仅要首先关注路易斯安那州的企业，还要及时向他们付款，而不是强迫他们像往常一样等待六个月。

They will not survive without this consideration.

如果没有这种考虑，他们将无法生存。

State government will train Louisiana workers for the recovery and reconstruction.

州政府将为路易斯安那州工人提供恢复和重建培训。

I have called on the federal government to do the same.

我已呼吁联邦政府也这样做。

The resurrection of Southeast Louisiana is progressing: Lights are coming on in the Central Business District of New Orleans.

路易斯安那州东南部的复兴正在取得进展：新奥尔良中央商务区灯火通明。

Banks are opening in Jefferson Parish.

杰斐逊教区的银行正在开业。

Yesterday, Louis Armstrong International Airport reopened to passengers.

昨天，路易斯阿姆斯特朗国际机场重新向乘客开放。

This week, the Port of New Orleans received its first ship.

本周，新奥尔良港接收了第一艘船。

Each of these successes is about jobs.

这些成功都与就业有关。

It takes workers to load the ships, to service the planes, and to staff the banks.

装船、维修飞机和为银行配备工作人员都需要工人。

These workers need places to stay.

这些工人需要住宿的地方。

New Orleans hotels are filling up with the men and women cleaning up the city and rebuilding its infrastructure.

新奥尔良的酒店里挤满了清理城市和重建基础设施的男男女女。

Cruise ships are here to house them.

游轮在这里安置他们。

This is temporary and only a start.

这是暂时的，只是一个开始。

America has never confronted a housing crisis of this magnitude.

美国从未面临过如此严重的住房危机。

The task may look daunting but we're finding innovative solutions.

这项任务可能看起来很艰巨，但我们正在寻找创新的解决方案。

We are creating communities in shelters, making them more than just places to sleep and eat.

我们正在避难所中创建社区，使它们不仅仅是睡觉和吃饭的地方。

I look forward to visiting our first community shelter located in Monroe, a facility that includes a library, a post office, a bank, child care, and more.

我期待着参观我们位于门罗的第一个社区收容所，该收容所包括图书馆、邮局、银行、儿童保育设施等。

I asked the Red Cross and FEMA to embrace this concept for other shelters that will be opening in Louisiana and they have agreed.

我要求红十字会和联邦应急管理局在路易斯安那州即将开设的其他避难所中采用这一概念，他们已经同意了。

Further, I have directed the state Department of Labor to invest millions to employ residents to run the shelters where they live.

此外，我已指示州劳工部投资数百万美元，雇用居民来管理他们居住的庇护所。

We will create similar communities and similar opportunities for our people as they move from shelters to the temporary housing that we are building.

当我们的人民从避难所搬到我们正在建造的临时住房时，我们将为他们创造类似的社区和类似的机会。

The final step is to return our people to their rebuilt homes, to their restored communities.

最后一步是让我们的人民返回重建的家园、恢复的社区。

We must rebuild our communities.

我们必须重建我们的社区。

We have to build them stronger than ever before.

我们必须让它们比以往任何时候都更强大。

Any good architect will tell you that you don't restore a structure without correcting its flaws, but you restore it in a way that improves the original design while preserving it's unique character and its spirit.

任何优秀的建筑师都会告诉您，您不会在不纠正其缺陷的情况下修复结构，而是以改进原始设计的方式修复它，同时保留其独特的特征和精神。

We're not going to simply recreate the schools of New Orleans the way they were.

我们不会简单地按照原样重建新奥尔良的学校。

Tonight, I'm calling on all Louisianans and all Americans to join an historic effort to build a world-class, quality system of public education in New Orleans.

今晚，我呼吁所有路易斯安那人和所有美国人共同努力，在新奥尔良建立世界一流的优质公共教育体系。

Our children -- Our children who have weathered this storm deserve no less.

我们的孩子们——我们经受住了这场风暴的孩子们理应得到同样的待遇。

We're not simply going to recreate our health care system.

我们不仅仅是要重建我们的医疗保健系统。

We're going to give people access to primary care in their neighborhoods.

我们将为人们提供社区内的初级保健服务。

Mental health services will be critical because of the trauma our children and families have lived through.

由于我们的孩子和家庭所经历的创伤，心理健康服务至关重要。

I'm committed to seeing that our people receive the health services they need to fully recover.

我致力于确保我们的人民获得完全康复所需的医疗服务。

We're not simply going to rebuild the same infrastructure.

我们不会简单地重建相同的基础设施。

We will re-engineer and rebuild better and stronger levees, highways, and bridges.

我们将重新设计和重建更好更强的堤坝、公路和桥梁。

I hired former FEMA Director James Lee Witt to cut through the red tape and help our mayors and parish presidents get access to what their people need to recover and rebuild.

我聘请了前联邦应急管理局局长詹姆斯·李·维特来消除繁文缛节，帮助我们的市长和教区主席获得人民恢复和重建所需的资源。

I've asked James Lee to work closely with Admiral Thad Allen who is managing the federal recovery effort.

我已要求詹姆斯·李与负责联邦恢复工作的海军上将萨德·艾伦密切合作。

I'm glad both are here tonight.

我很高兴今晚两人都在这里。

Let me -- Let me ask them to stand.

让我——让我请他们起立。

Would you please stand, Admiral Allen and James Lee.

艾伦海军上将和詹姆斯·李，请起立。

Let me pause here to thank local and parish leaders for their tireless work to help their own citizens and to thank those who have pitched in, from opening shelters to sending aid.

让我在此暂停一下，感谢当地和教区领导人为帮助自己的公民所做的不懈努力，并感谢那些从开设避难所到提供援助的人们。

It is not often that a state is faced with so many challenges -- such difficult challenges that lie before us, but we will rise to meet them.

一个国家面临如此多的挑战的情况并不常见——如此艰巨的挑战摆在我们面前，但我们将奋起应对。

In this time of challenge, we draw strength from the wellspring of our faith, and the power of those who lift us in prayer from all corners of the earth.

在这个充满挑战的时刻，我们从信仰的源泉中汲取力量，从世界各地通过祈祷提升我们的人们的力量中汲取力量。

And the loved ones we lost will always be in our prayers, as we honor their lives by creating a better state.

我们将永远为我们失去的亲人祈祷，因为我们通过创造更好的国家来尊重他们的生命。

A passage from the Book of Job reminds us that we can and will prevail:

《约伯记》中的一段话提醒我们，我们能够而且一定会获胜：

You will be secure, and will not fear.

你会很安全，不会害怕。

You will forget your misery.

你会忘记你的痛苦。

You will remember it as waters that have passed away.

你会记得它就像逝去的水一样。

And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

你的生活将比正午更明亮；它的黑暗将像早晨一样。

And you will have confidence, because there is hope.

你会有信心，因为有希望。

You will be protected and take your rest in safety.

您将受到保护并安全休息。

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Dear God, please bless the people of the state of Louisiana, and bring all of our sons and daughters safely home.

亲爱的上帝，请保佑路易斯安那州的人民，带我们所有的儿女安全回家。

Book/CDs by Michael E.

Michael E. 的书籍/CD

Eidenmuller, Published by McGraw-Hill (2008) 1 Job 11: 15-18 Research Note : Audio provided by Joseph Slife, Emmanuel College Communication Dept.

Eidenmuller，McGraw-Hill 出版 (2008) 1 Job 11: 15-18 研究笔记：音频由伊曼纽尔学院传播部 Joseph Slife 提供。

(Franklin Springs, GA.) Also in this database : Mitch Landrieu - Katrina 5 Commemoration Address Page Updated : 3/19/22 U.S. Copyright Status : Text and Audio = Uncertain.

（乔治亚州富兰克林斯普林斯。）此数据库中还有：Mitch Landrieu - 卡特里娜 5 号纪念地址页面更新日期：22 年 3 月 19 日美国版权状态：文本和音频 = 不确定。

� Copyright 2001-Present American Rhetoric.

� 版权所有 2001 年至今美国修辞学。

HTML transcription by Michael E.

HTML 转录由 Michael E.

Eidenmuller.

艾登米勒。