American Rhetoric: George W. Bush - 2002 State of the Union Address | stateoftheunion2002
First Presidential State of the Union Address
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Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, fellow citizens: As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers.
议长先生、切尼副总统、各位国会议员、尊敬的来宾、同胞们：当我们今晚聚集在一起时，我们的国家正处于战争之中，我们的经济陷入衰退，文明世界面临着前所未有的危险。
Yet the state of our Union has never been stronger.
然而，我们的联邦状况从未如此强大。
We last met in an hour of shock and suffering.
我们上次见面是在震惊和痛苦的一个小时里。
In four short months, our nation has comforted the victims, begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon, rallied a great coalition, captured, arrested, and rid the world of thousands of terrorists, destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, saved a people from starvation, and freed a country from brutal oppression.
在短短四个月的时间里，我们的国家安抚了受害者，开始重建纽约和五角大楼，召集了一个伟大的联盟，抓获、逮捕并清除了世界上成千上万的恐怖分子，摧毁了阿富汗的恐怖分子训练营，使人民免于饥饿，使一个国家摆脱了残酷的压迫。
The American flag flies again over our embassy in Kabul.
美国国旗再次飘扬在我们驻喀布尔大使馆上空。
Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay.
曾经占领阿富汗的恐怖分子现在占领了关塔那摩湾的牢房。
And terrorist leaders who urged followers to sacrifice their lives are running for their own.
那些敦促追随者牺牲生命的恐怖分子领导人正在为自己的生命而奔走。
America and Afghanistan are now allies against terror.
美国和阿富汗现在是反恐盟友。
We'll be partners in rebuilding that country.
我们将成为重建该国家的合作伙伴。
And this evening we welcome the distinguished interim leader of a liberated Afghanistan: Chairman Hamid Karzai.
今晚，我们欢迎解放后的阿富汗杰出的临时领导人：哈米德·卡尔扎伊主席。
The last time we met in this chamber, the mothers and daughters of Afghanistan were captives in their own homes, forbidden from working or going to school.
上次我们在这个会议厅见面时，阿富汗的母亲和女儿被囚禁在自己的家中，被禁止工作或上学。
Today women are free, and are part of Afghanistan's new government.
今天，妇女获得了自由，并且成为阿富汗新政府的一部分。
And we welcome the new Minister of Women's Affairs, Doctor Sima Samar.
我们欢迎新任妇女事务部长西玛·萨马尔博士。
Our progress is a tribute to the spirit of the Afghan people, to the resolve of our coalition, and to the might of the United States military.
我们的进步是对阿富汗人民精神、我们联盟决心和美国军队力量的致敬。
When I called our troops into action, I did so with complete confidence in their courage and skill.
当我号召我们的部队采取行动时，我对他们的勇气和技能充满信心。
And tonight, thanks to them, we are winning the war on terror.
今晚，感谢他们，我们正在赢得反恐战争。
The man and women of our Armed Forces have delivered a message now clear to every enemy of the United States: Even 7,000 miles away, across oceans and continents, on mountaintops and in caves -- you will not escape the justice of this nation.
我们武装部队的男男女女们现在已经向美国的每一个敌人传达了一个明确的信息：即使在 7,000 英里之外，跨越海洋和大陆，在山顶和洞穴中——你们也无法逃脱这个国家的正义。
For many Americans, these four months have brought sorrow, and pain that will never completely go away.
对于许多美国人来说，这四个月带来了悲伤和永远不会完全消失的痛苦。
Every day a retired firefighter returns to Ground Zero, to feel closer to his two sons who died there.
每天，一名退休消防员都会回到归零地，与死去的两个儿子走得更近。
At a memorial in New York, a little boy left his football with a note for his lost father: Dear Daddy, please take this to heaven.
在纽约的一个追悼会上，一个小男孩在他的足球上留下了一张纸条，写给他失去的父亲：亲爱的爸爸，请把它带到天堂。
I don't want to play football until I can play with you again some day.
我不想踢足球，除非有一天我能再次和你一起踢球。
Last month, at the grave of her husband, Michael, a CIA officer and Marine who died in Mazur-e-Sharif, Shannon Spann said these words of farewell: "Semper Fi, my love." Shannon is with us tonight.
上个月，香农·斯潘在她在马祖里沙里夫阵亡的丈夫、中央情报局官员和海军陆战队员迈克尔的坟墓前说了这样的告别话：“Semper Fi，我的爱人。”香农今晚和我们在一起。
Shannon, I assure you and all who have lost a loved one that our cause is just, and our country will never forget the debt we owe Michael and all who gave their lives for freedom.
香农，我向你们和所有失去亲人的人保证，我们的事业是正义的，我们的国家永远不会忘记我们欠迈克尔和所有为自由献出生命的人的债务。
Our cause is just, and it continues.
我们的事业是正义的，并将继续下去。
Our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed our worst fears, and showed us the true scope of the task ahead.
我们在阿富汗的发现证实了我们最担心的事情，并向我们展示了未来任务的真正范围。
We have seen the depth of our enemies' hatred in videos, where they laugh about the loss of innocent life.
我们在视频中看到了敌人的仇恨之深，他们嘲笑无辜者的生命损失。
And the depth of their hatred is equaled by the madness of the destruction they design.
他们仇恨的深度与他们设计的破坏的疯狂程度相当。
We have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants and public water facilities, detailed instructions for making chemical weapons, surveillance maps of American cities, and thorough descriptions of landmarks in America and throughout the world.
我们找到了美国核电站和公共供水设施的图表、制造化学武器的详细说明、美国城市的监视地图以及对美国和世界各地地标的详尽描述。
What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that, far from ending there, our war against terror is only beginning.
我们在阿富汗的发现证实，我们的反恐战争远未结束，而才刚刚开始。
Most of the 19 men who hijacked planes on September the 11th were trained in Afghanistan's camps, and so were tens of thousands of others.
9 月 11 日劫持飞机的 19 名男子中的大多数都在阿富汗营地接受过训练，其他数万人也是如此。
Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world like ticking time bombs, set to go off without warning.
数以千计的危险杀手接受了谋杀方法的训练，并经常得到非法政权的支持，现在他们像定时炸弹一样遍布世界各地，随时可能在没有任何警告的情况下爆炸。
Thanks to the work of our law enforcement officials and coalition partners, hundreds of terrorists have been arrested.
感谢我们的执法官员和联盟伙伴的努力，数百名恐怖分子已被逮捕。
Yet, tens of thousands of trained terrorists are still at large.
然而，数万名训练有素的恐怖分子仍然逍遥法外。
These enemies view the entire world as a battlefield, and we must pursue them wherever they are.
这些敌人将整个世界视为战场，无论他们在哪里，我们都必须追击他们。
So long as training camps operate, so long as nations harbor terrorists, freedom is at risk.
只要训练营还在运作，只要国家窝藏恐怖分子，自由就会受到威胁。
And America and our allies must not, and will not, allow it.
美国和我们的盟友决不能也不会允许这种情况发生。
Our nation will continue to be steadfast and patient and persistent in the pursuit of two great objectives.
我们的国家将继续坚定、耐心、坚持不懈地追求两个伟大目标。
First, we will shut down terrorist camps, disrupt terrorist plans, and bring terrorists to justice.
第一，关闭恐怖分子营地，破坏恐怖分子计划，将恐怖分子绳之以法。
And, second, we must prevent the terrorists and regimes who seek chemical, biological or nuclear weapons from threatening the United States and the world.
其次，我们必须防止恐怖分子和寻求化学、生物或核武器的政权威胁美国和世界。
Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan out of business, yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries.
我们的军队已经让阿富汗的恐怖训练营停业，但至少有十几个国家仍然存在恐怖训练营。
A terrorist underworld -- including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Jaish-i-Mohammed -- operates in remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities.
恐怖主义黑社会——包括哈马斯、真主党、伊斯兰圣战组织、穆罕默德军等组织——在偏远的丛林和沙漠中活动，并隐藏在大城市的中心。
While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere.
虽然最明显的军事行动是在阿富汗，但美国也在其他地方采取行动。
We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country's armed forces to go after terrorist cells that have executed an American, and still hold hostages.
我们现在在菲律宾驻有部队，帮助训练该国武装部队追捕已处决一名美国人并仍扣押人质的恐怖组织。
Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who were plotting to bomb our embassy.
我们的士兵与波斯尼亚政府合作，抓获了密谋轰炸我们大使馆的恐怖分子。
Our Navy is patrolling the coast of Africa to block the shipment of weapons and the establishment of terrorist camps in Somalia.
我们的海军正在非洲海岸巡逻，阻止武器运输和在索马里建立恐怖分子营地。
My hope is that all nations will heed our call, and eliminate the terrorist parasites who threaten their countries and our own.
我希望所有国家都能听从我们的号召，消灭威胁他们国家和我们国家的恐怖主义寄生虫。
Many nations are acting forcefully.
许多国家正在采取强有力的行动。
Pakistan is now cracking down on terror, and I admire the strong leadership of President Musharraf.
巴基斯坦现在正在打击恐怖主义，我钦佩穆沙拉夫总统的坚强领导。
But some governments will be timid in the face of terror.
但一些政府在恐怖面前会胆怯。
And make no mistake about it: If they do not act, America will.
毫无疑问：如果他们不采取行动，美国就会采取行动。
Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction.
我们的第二个目标是防止支持恐怖主义的政权用大规模杀伤性武器威胁美国或我们的朋友和盟友。
Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th.
其中一些政权自 9 月 11 日以来一直相当安静。
But we know their true nature.
但我们知道他们的真实本质。
North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.
朝鲜是一个拥有导弹和大规模杀伤性武器、却让其公民挨饿的政权。
Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom.
伊朗积极追求这些武器并输出恐怖，而少数未经选举产生的人则压制伊朗人民对自由的希望。
Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror.
伊拉克继续标榜其对美国的敌意并支持恐怖活动。
The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade.
十多年来，伊拉克政权一直密谋开发炭疽、神经毒气和核武器。
This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens -- leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children.
这个政权已经使用毒气谋杀了数千名本国公民，让母亲的尸体蜷缩在死去的孩子身上。
This is a regime that agreed to international inspections -- then kicked out the inspectors.
这是一个同意国际检查的政权，然后驱逐了检查人员。
This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world.
这是一个对文明世界有所隐瞒的政权。
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.
这些国家及其恐怖主义盟友构成了邪恶轴心，武装起来威胁世界和平。
By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.
这些政权寻求大规模毁灭性武器，造成了严重且日益严重的危险。
They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred.
他们可以向恐怖分子提供这些武器，为他们提供满足仇恨的手段。
They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States.
他们可能攻击我们的盟友或试图勒索美国。
In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
在任何一种情况下，漠不关心的代价都将是灾难性的。
We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction.
我们将与我们的联盟密切合作，阻止恐怖分子及其支持者获得制造和运载大规模杀伤性武器的材料、技术和专业知识。
We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack.
我们将开发和部署有效的导弹防御系统，以保护美国和我们的盟友免受突然袭击。
And all nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security.
所有国家都应该知道：美国将采取必要措施来确保我们国家的安全。
We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side.
我们会深思熟虑，但时间不站在我们这边。
I will not wait on events, while dangers gather.
当危险聚集时，我不会等待事态的发展。
I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer.
当危险越来越近时，我不会袖手旁观。
The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.
美利坚合众国不会允许世界上最危险的政权用世界上最具破坏性的武器威胁我们。
Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun.
我们的反恐战争已经开始，但才刚刚开始。
This campaign may not be finished on our watch -- yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch.
这场运动可能不会在我们的监督下完成——但它必须完成，而且它将在我们的监督下进行。
We can't stop short.
我们不能停下来。
If we stop now -- leaving terror camps intact and terror states unchecked -- our sense of security would be false and temporary.
如果我们现在停止——让恐怖营地完好无损、恐怖国家不受控制——我们的安全感将是虚假的和暂时的。
History has called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility and our privilege to fight freedom's fight.
历史要求美国和我们的盟友采取行动，为自由而战既是我们的责任，也是我们的特权。
Our first priority must always be the security of our nation, and that will be reflected in the budget I send to Congress.
我们的首要任务必须始终是我们国家的安全，这将反映在我提交给国会的预算中。
My budget supports three great goals for America: We will win this war; we'll protect our homeland; and we will revive our economy.
我的预算支持美国的三个伟大目标：我们将赢得这场战争；我们将保卫我们的祖国；我们将重振我们的经济。
September the 11th brought out the best in America, and the best in this Congress.
9 月 11 日展示了美国最好的，以及本届国会中最好的。
And I join the American people in applauding your unity and resolve.
我与美国人民一起赞扬你们的团结和决心。
Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home.
现在，美国人应该以同样的精神来解决国内的问题。
I'm a proud member of my party -- yet as we act to win the war, protect our people, and create jobs in America, we must act, first and foremost, not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.
我是我的政党的一名自豪的成员——然而，当我们采取行动赢得战争、保护我们的人民并在美国创造就业机会时，我们首先必须以美国人的身份而不是共和党人、民主党人的身份采取行动。
It costs a lot to fight this war.
打这场战争要付出很大的代价。
We have spent more than a billion dollars a month -- over $30 million a day -- and we must be prepared for future operations.
我们每个月花费超过 10 亿美元——每天超过 3000 万美元——我们必须为未来的运营做好准备。
Afghanistan proved that expensive precision weapons defeat the enemy and spare innocent lives, and we need more of them.
阿富汗证明，昂贵的精确武器可以击败敌人并挽救无辜者的生命，我们需要更多此类武器。
We need to replace aging aircraft and make our military more agile, to put our troops anywhere in the world quickly and safely.
我们需要更换老化的飞机，使我们的军队更加敏捷，以便将我们的部队快速、安全地派往世界任何地方。
Our men and women in uniform deserve the best weapons, the best equipment, the best training -- and they also deserve another pay raise.
我们的军人应该得到最好的武器、最好的装备、最好的训练——他们也应该再次加薪。
My budget includes the largest increase in defense spending in two decades -- because while the price of freedom and security is high, it is never too high.
我的预算包括二十年来最大的国防开支增长——因为虽然自由和安全的代价很高，但永远不会太高。
Whatever it costs to defend our country, we will pay.
无论保卫我们的国家付出什么代价，我们都会付出代价。
The next priority of my budget is to do everything possible to protect our citizens and strengthen our nation against the ongoing threat of another attack.
我的预算的下一个优先事项是尽一切可能保护我们的公民并加强我们的国家抵御另一次袭击的持续威胁。
Time and distance from the events of September the 11th will not make us safer unless we act on its lessons.
距离 9 月 11 日事件的时间和距离不会让我们变得更安全，除非我们按照教训采取行动。
America is no longer protected by vast oceans.
美国不再受到广阔海洋的保护。
We are protected from attack only by vigorous action abroad, and increased vigilance at home.
只有在国外采取积极行动并在国内提高警惕，我们才能免受攻击。
My budget nearly doubles funding for a sustained strategy of homeland security, focused on four key areas: bioterrorism, emergency response, airport and border security, and improved intelligence.
我的预算几乎使国土安全持续战略的资金增加了一倍，重点关注四个关键领域：生物恐怖主义、应急响应、机场和边境安全以及改进情报。
We will develop vaccines to fight anthrax and other deadly diseases.
我们将开发疫苗来对抗炭疽和其他致命疾病。
We'll increase funding to help states and communities train and equip our heroic police and firefighters.
我们将增加资金，帮助各州和社区培训和装备我们英勇的警察和消防员。
We will improve intelligence collection and sharing, expand patrols at our borders, strengthen the security of air travel, and use technology to track the arrivals and departures of visitors to the United States.
我们将改善情报收集和共享，扩大边境巡逻，加强航空旅行安全，并利用技术追踪前往美国的游客的抵达和离开。
Homeland security will make America not only stronger, but, in many ways, better.
国土安全不仅会让美国变得更强大，而且在很多方面都会变得更好。
Knowledge gained from bioterrorism research will improve public health.
从生物恐怖主义研究中获得的知识将改善公众健康。
Stronger police and fire departments will mean safer neighborhoods.
更强大的警察和消防部门将意味着更安全的社区。
Stricter border enforcement will help combat illegal drugs.
更严格的边境执法将有助于打击非法毒品。
And as government works to better secure our homeland, America will continue to depend on the eyes and ears of alert citizens.
随着政府努力更好地保护我们的祖国，美国将继续依赖警惕的公民的眼睛和耳朵。
A few days before Christmas, an airline flight attendant spotted a passenger lighting a match.
圣诞节前几天，一名航空公司空乘人员发现一名乘客点燃了火柴。
The crew and passengers quickly subdued the man, who had been trained by al Qaeda and was armed with explosives.
机组人员和乘客很快制服了这名受过基地组织训练并携带炸药的男子。
The people on that plane were alert and, as a result, likely saved nearly 200 lives.
那架飞机上的人很警惕，因此很可能挽救了近 200 人的生命。
And tonight we welcome and thank flight attendants Hermis Moutardier and Christina Jones.
今晚，我们欢迎并感谢空乘人员赫米斯·穆塔迪尔 (Hermis Moutardier) 和克里斯蒂娜·琼斯 (Christina Jones)。
Once we have funded our national security and our homeland security, the final great priority of my budget is economic security for the American people.
一旦我们为我们的国家安全和国土安全提供了资金，我的预算的最后一个重中之重就是美国人民的经济安全。
To achieve these great national objectives -- to win the war, protect the homeland, and revitalize our economy -- our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term, so long as Congress restrains spending and acts in a fiscally responsible manner.
为了实现这些伟大的国家目标——赢得战争、保护祖国和振兴我们的经济——只要国会限制支出并以对财政负责的方式行事，我们的预算就会出现小额和短期的赤字。
We have clear priorities and we must act at home with the same purpose and resolve we have shown overseas: We'll prevail in the war, and we will defeat this recession.
我们有明确的优先事项，我们必须以与在海外表现出的同样的目标和决心在国内采取行动：我们将在战争中获胜，我们将战胜这场衰退。
Americans who have lost their jobs need our help and I support extending unemployment benefits and direct assistance for health care coverage.
失业的美国人需要我们的帮助，我支持扩大失业救济金和医疗保险的直接援助。
Yet, American workers want more than unemployment checks -- they want a steady paycheck.
然而，美国工人想要的不仅仅是失业救济金——他们想要稳定的薪水。
When America works, America prospers, so my economic security plan can be summed up in one word: jobs.
当美国运转时，美国就会繁荣，所以我的经济安全计划可以用一个词来概括：就业。
Good jobs begin with good schools, and here we've made a fine start.
好工作始于好学校，在这里我们已经有了一个良好的开端。
Republicans and Democrats worked together to achieve historic education reform so that no child is left behind.
共和党和民主党共同努力实现历史性的教育改革，不让任何一个孩子掉队。
I was proud to work with members of both parties: Chairman John Boehner and Congressman George Miller.
我很自豪能够与两党成员共事：主席约翰·博纳和国会议员乔治·米勒。
Senator Judd Gregg.
参议员贾德·格雷格。
And I was so proud of our work, I even had nice things to say about my friend, Ted Kennedy.
我为我们的工作感到非常自豪，我什至对我的朋友特德·肯尼迪说了一些好话。
I know the folks at the Crawford coffee shop couldn't believe I'd say such a thing -- but our work on this bill shows what is possible if we set aside posturing and focus on results.
我知道克劳福德咖啡店的人们不敢相信我会说出这样的话——但我们在这项法案上的工作表明，如果我们抛开故作姿态，专注于结果，一切皆有可能。
There is more to do.
还有更多事情要做。
We need to prepare our children to read and succeed in school with improved Head Start and early childhood development programs.
我们需要通过改进启蒙计划和儿童早期发展计划，让孩子们做好阅读并在学校取得成功的准备。
We must upgrade our teacher colleges and teacher training and launch a major recruiting drive with a great goal for America: a quality teacher in every classroom.
我们必须升级我们的师范学院和教师培训，并启动一项重大的招聘活动，以实现美国的伟大目标：每个教室都有优质教师。
Good jobs also depend on reliable and affordable energy.
好工作还取决于可靠且负担得起的能源。
This Congress must act to encourage conservation, promote technology, build infrastructure, and it must act to increase energy production at home so America is less dependent on foreign oil.
本届国会必须采取行动鼓励节约、推广技术、建设基础设施，并且必须采取行动增加国内能源生产，以便美国减少对外国石油的依赖。
Good jobs depend on expanded trade.
良好的就业机会取决于扩大的贸易。
Selling into new markets creates new jobs, so I ask Congress to finally approve trade promotion authority.
向新市场销售可以创造新的就业机会，因此我请求国会最终批准贸易促进授权。
On these two key issues, trade and energy, the House of Representatives has acted to create jobs, and I urge the Senate to pass this legislation.
在贸易和能源这两个关键问题上，众议院已采取行动创造就业机会，我敦促参议院通过这项立法。
Good jobs depend on sound tax policy.
良好的就业机会取决于健全的税收政策。
Last year, some in this hall thought my tax relief plan was too small; some thought it was too big.
去年，这个大厅里的一些人认为我的税收减免计划太小；有些人认为它太大了。
But when the checks arrived in the mail, most Americans thought tax relief was just about right.
但当支票寄到时，大多数美国人认为减税是正确的。
Congress listened to the people and responded by reducing tax rates, doubling the child credit, and ending the death tax.
国会听取了人民的意见，并通过降低税率、将儿童信贷加倍和终止死亡税来做出回应。
For the sake of long-term growth and to help Americans plan for the future, let's make these tax cuts permanent.
为了长期增长并帮助美国人规划未来，让我们永久实施这些减税措施。
The way out of this recession, the way to create jobs, is to grow the economy by encouraging investment in factories and equipment, and by speeding up tax relief so people have more money to spend.
摆脱这场衰退的出路，创造就业机会，就是通过鼓励对工厂和设备的投资以及加快减税以使人们有更多的钱来消费来增长经济。
For the sake of American workers, let's pass a stimulus package.
为了美国工人的利益，让我们通过一项经济刺激计划。
Good jobs must be the aim of welfare reform.
良好的就业必须成为福利改革的目标。
As we reauthorize these important reforms, we must always remember the goal is to reduce dependency on government and offer every American the dignity of a job.
当我们重新授权这些重要改革时，我们必须始终记住，我们的目标是减少对政府的依赖，并为每个美国人提供有尊严的工作。
Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security.
美国人知道，如果没有健康保障，经济安全可能会瞬间消失。
I ask Congress to join me this year to enact a patients' bill of rights -- to give uninsured workers credits to help buy health coverage -- to approve an historic increase in the spending for veterans' health -- and to give seniors a sound and modern Medicare system that includes coverage for prescription drugs.
我请求国会今年与我一起制定一项患者权利法案，为未参保的工人提供信贷以帮助他们购买医疗保险，批准历史性地增加退伍军人健康支出，并为老年人提供健全和现代化的医疗保险制度，其中包括处方药的保险。
A good job should lead to security in retirement.
一份好工作应该会给退休生活带来保障。
I ask Congress to enact new safeguards for 401K and pension plans.
我要求国会为 401K 和养老金计划制定新的保障措施。
Employees who have worked hard and saved all their lives should not have to risk losing everything if their company fails.
如果公司倒闭，辛辛苦苦工作、攒了一辈子钱的员工不应该冒着失去一切的风险。
Through stricter accounting standards and tougher disclosure requirements, corporate America must be made more accountable to employees and shareholders and held to the highest standards of conduct.
通过更严格的会计标准和更严格的披露要求，美国企业界必须对员工和股东更加负责，并遵守最高的行为标准。
Retirement security also depends upon keeping the commitments of Social Security, and we will.
退休保障还取决于履行社会保障的承诺，我们会这样做。
We must make Social Security financially stable and allow personal retirement accounts for younger workers who choose them.
我们必须确保社会保障的财务稳定，并允许为选择个人退休账户的年轻工人开设个人退休账户。
Members, you and I will work together in the months ahead on other issues: productive farm policy -- a cleaner environment -- broader home ownership, especially among minorities -- and ways to encourage the good work of charities and faith-based groups.
各位成员，你和我将在未来几个月在其他问题上共同努力：生产性农业政策、更清洁的环境、更广泛的住房所有权，特别是少数族裔的住房所有权，以及鼓励慈善机构和信仰团体做好工作的方法。
I ask you to join me on these important domestic issues in the same spirit of cooperation we've applied to our war against terrorism.
我请求你们本着我们在反恐战争中所运用的同样的合作精神，与我一起解决这些重要的国内问题。
During these last few months, I've been humbled and privileged to see the true character of this country in a time of testing.
在过去的几个月里，我很荣幸也很荣幸地看到了这个国家在考验时期的真实面貌。
Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness.
我们的敌人认为美国软弱且物质至上，我们会因恐惧和自私而分裂。
They were as wrong as they are evil.
他们既错误又邪恶。
The American people have responded magnificently, with courage and compassion, strength and resolve.
美国人民以勇气和同情心、力量和决心做出了出色的反应。
As I have met the heroes, hugged the families, and looked into the tired faces of rescuers, I have stood in awe of the American people.
当我见到英雄、拥抱他们的家人、看着救援人员疲惫的面孔时，我对美国人民感到敬畏。
And I hope you will join me -- I hope you will join me in expressing thanks to one American for the strength and calm and comfort she brings to our nation in crisis, our First Lady, Laura Bush.
我希望你们能和我一起向一位美国人表示感谢，她是我们的第一夫人劳拉·布什，她在危机中给我们的国家带来了力量、平静和安慰。
None of us would ever wish the evil that was done on September the 11th.
我们谁都不会希望 9 月 11 日发生同样的事情。
Yet after America was attacked, it was as if our entire country looked into a mirror and saw our better selves.
然而，在美国遭到袭击后，我们整个国家就像照镜子，看到了更好的自己。
We were reminded that we are citizens, with obligations to each other, to our country, and to history.
我们被提醒，我们是公民，对彼此、对我们的国家和历史负有义务。
We began to think less of the goods we can accumulate, and more about the good we can do.
我们开始少考虑我们可以积累的货物，而更多地考虑我们可以做的善事。
For too long our culture has said, "If it feels good, do it." Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: "Let's roll." In the sacrifice of soldiers, the fierce brotherhood of firefighters, and the bravery and generosity of ordinary citizens, we have glimpsed what a new culture of responsibility could look like.
长期以来，我们的文化一直在说：“如果感觉不错，就去做。”现在美国正在拥抱一种新的道德和新的信条：“让我们滚吧”。在士兵的牺牲、消防员的兄弟情谊以及普通公民的勇敢和慷慨中，我们看到了新的责任文化的样子。
We want to be a nation that serves goals larger than self.
我们希望成为一个服务于超越自我的目标的国家。
We've been offered a unique opportunity, and we must not let this moment pass.
我们获得了一个独特的机会，我们决不能错过这一刻。
My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years -- 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime -- to the service of your neighbors and your nation.
今晚我呼吁每个美国人至少投入两年时间——在余生中投入 4,000 个小时——为邻国和国家服务。
Many are already serving, and I thank you.
许多人已经在服役，我谢谢你们。
If you aren't sure how to help, I've got a good place to start.
如果您不确定如何提供帮助，我有一个很好的起点。
To sustain and extend the best that has emerged in America, I invite you to join the new USA Freedom Corps.
为了维持和扩展美国已经出现的最好的状态，我邀请您加入新的美国自由军团。
The Freedom Corps will focus on three areas of need: responding in case of crisis at home; rebuilding our communities; and extending American compassion throughout the world.
自由军团将重点关注三个需求领域：应对国内危机；重建我们的社区；并将美国的同情心延伸到全世界。
One purpose of the USA Freedom Corps will be homeland security.
美国自由军团的目的之一是国土安全。
America needs retired doctors and nurses who can be mobilized in major emergencies; volunteers to help police and fire departments; transportation and utility workers well-trained in spotting danger.
美国需要能够在重大紧急情况下动员起来的退休医生和护士；帮助警察和消防部门的志愿者；运输和公用事业工人在发现危险方面训练有素。
Our country also needs citizens working to rebuild our communities.
我们的国家还需要公民努力重建我们的社区。
We need mentors to love children, especially children whose parents are in prison.
我们需要导师来爱孩子，尤其是那些父母在监狱里的孩子。
And we need more talented teachers in troubled schools.
我们需要在陷入困境的学校提供更多有才华的教师。
USA Freedom Corps will expand and improve the good efforts of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to recruit more than 200,000 new volunteers.
美国自由军团将扩大和改进美国军团和高级军团的良好努力，招募超过 20 万名新志愿者。
And America needs citizens to extend the compassion of our country to every part of the world.
美国需要公民将我们国家的同情心延伸到世界各地。
So we will renew the promise of the Peace Corps, double its volunteers over the next five years -- and ask it to join a new effort to encourage development and education and opportunity in the Islamic world.
因此，我们将重申和平队的承诺，在未来五年内将其志愿者人数增加一倍，并要求其加入一项新的努力，以鼓励伊斯兰世界的发展、教育和机会。
This time of adversity offers a unique moment of opportunity -- a moment we must seize to change our culture.
这个逆境提供了一个独特的机会——我们必须抓住这个机会来改变我们的文化。
Through the gathering momentum of millions of acts of service and decency and kindness, I know we can overcome evil with greater good.
通过数以百万计的服务、正派和善良行为的聚集势头，我知道我们可以用更大的善来战胜邪恶。
And we have a great opportunity during this time of war to lead the world toward the values that will bring lasting peace.
在这个战争时期，我们有一个很好的机会来引导世界走向能够带来持久和平的价值观。
All fathers and mothers, in all societies, want their children to be educated, and live free from poverty and violence.
所有社会的所有父亲和母亲都希望自己的孩子能够接受教育，过上没有贫困和暴力的生活。
No people on Earth yearn to be oppressed, or aspire to servitude, or eagerly await the midnight knock of the secret police.
地球上没有人渴望被压迫，或渴望被奴役，或热切地等待秘密警察的午夜敲门。
If anyone doubts this, let them look to Afghanistan, where the Islamic "street" greeted the fall of tyranny with song and celebration.
如果有人对此表示怀疑，让他们看看阿富汗，那里的伊斯兰“街道”用歌声和庆祝活动迎接暴政的垮台。
Let the skeptics look to Islam's own rich history, with its centuries of learning, and tolerance and progress.
让怀疑论者看看伊斯兰教本身丰富的历史，及其几个世纪的学习、宽容和进步。
America will lead by defending liberty and justice because they are right and true and unchanging for all people everywhere.
美国将通过捍卫自由和正义来发挥领导作用，因为它们对于世界各地的所有人来说都是正确的、真实的且不变的。
No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them.
没有一个国家有这些愿望，也没有一个国家可以免受这些愿望的影响。
We have no intention of imposing our culture.
我们无意强加我们的文化。
But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private property; free speech; equal justice; and religious tolerance.
但美国将始终坚定地支持人类尊严的不可谈判的要求：法治；对国家权力的限制；尊重妇女；私有财产；言论自由；平等正义；和宗教宽容。
America will take the side of brave men and women who advocate these values around the world, including the Islamic world, because we have a greater objective than eliminating threats and containing resentment.
美国将站在包括伊斯兰世界在内的世界各地倡导这些价值观的勇敢男女一边，因为我们有一个比消除威胁和遏制怨恨更伟大的目标。
We seek a just and peaceful world beyond the war on terror.
我们寻求一个超越反恐战争的公正与和平的世界。
In this moment of opportunity, a common danger is erasing old rivalries.
在这个充满机遇的时刻，一个常见的危险是消除旧有的竞争。
America is working with Russia and China and India, in ways we have never before, to achieve peace and prosperity.
美国正在以前所未有的方式与俄罗斯、中国和印度合作，以实现和平与繁荣。
In every region, free markets and free trade and free societies are proving their power to lift lives.
在每个地区，自由市场、自由贸易和自由社会都在证明它们改善生活的力量。
Together with friends and allies from Europe to Asia, and Africa to Latin America, we will demonstrate that the forces of terror cannot stop the momentum of freedom.
我们将与从欧洲到亚洲、从非洲到拉丁美洲的朋友和盟友一起，证明恐怖势力无法阻止自由的势头。
The last time I spoke here, I expressed the hope that life would return to normal.
上次我在这里讲话时，我表示希望生活能够恢复正常。
In some ways, it has.
在某些方面，确实如此。
In others, it never will.
在其他情况下，它永远不会。
Those of us who have lived through these challenging times have been changed by them.
我们这些经历过这些充满挑战的时代的人已经被它们改变了。
We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.
我们已经知道了我们永远不会质疑的真理：邪恶是真实存在的，必须予以反对。
Beyond all differences of race or creed, we are one country, mourning together and facing danger together.
超越所有种族或信仰的差异，我们是一个国家，共同哀悼，共同面对危险。
Deep in the American character, there is honor, and it is stronger than cynicism.
在美国人性格的深处，有一种荣誉感，它比愤世嫉俗更强烈。
And many have discovered again that even in tragedy -- especially in tragedy -- God is near.
许多人再次发现，即使在悲剧中——尤其是在悲剧中——上帝就在附近。
In a single instant, we realized that this will be a decisive decade in the history of liberty, that we've been called to a unique role in human events.
在那一瞬间，我们意识到这将是自由史上决定性的十年，我们被要求在人类事件中发挥独特的作用。
Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or consequential.
世界很少面临如此明确或重要的选择。
Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder.
我们的敌人派别人的孩子去执行自杀和谋杀的任务。
They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed.
他们将暴政和死亡视为事业和信条。
We stand for a different choice, made long ago, on the day of our founding.
我们代表很久以前，在我们成立之日做出的不同选择。
We affirm it again today.
今天我们再次确认这一点。
We choose freedom and the dignity of every life.
我们选择每个生命的自由和尊严。
Steadfast in our purpose, we now press on.
坚定我们的目标，我们现在继续前进。
We have known freedom's price.
我们知道自由的代价。
We have shown freedom's power.
我们已经展示了自由的力量。
And in this great conflict, my fellow Americans, we will see freedom's victory.
在这场伟大的冲突中，我的美国同胞们，我们将看到自由的胜利。
Book/CDs by Michael E.
Michael E. 的书籍/CD
Eidenmuller, Published by McGraw-Hill (2008) Also in this database : 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 2009 , 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 State of the Union Addresses
Eidenmuller，由 McGraw-Hill 出版 (2008) 此数据库中还包括： 2001 、 2003 、 2004 、 2005 、 2006 、 2007 、 2008 2009 、 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 年国情咨文演讲
U.S. Copyright Status : Text, Audio, Images = Public domain.
美国版权状态：文本、音频、图像 = 公共领域。
� Copyright 2001-Present.
� 版权所有 2001 年至今。
American Rhetoric.
美国修辞学。