奥巴马每周电视演讲20150919：总统祝福人民感恩节快乐(中英mp3+lrc)

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Weekly Address: It's Time for Congress To Pass a Responsible Budget (September 19, 2015)	奥巴马每周电视演讲：奥巴马敦促国会及时通过新年度的预算
[00:00.62]Hi, everybody.    	大家好。  
[00:02.40]It's hard to believe, but it was seven years ago this week that one of Wall Street's biggest investment banks went bankrupt, triggering a meltdown on Wall Street and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.   	往事不堪回首,正是七年前的这个时候,华尔街最大的投资银行之一宣布破产,引发了整个华尔街的崩溃和自大萧条以来最严重的经济危机。  
[00:14.41] And in the months that followed, millions of Americans lost their jobs, their homes, and the savings they'd worked so hard to build.  	在随后的时间里,数百万美国人失去工作、失去家园、失去了辛辛苦苦积攒下来的积蓄。  
[00:22.53]Today's a different story.   	今天,一切都大不一样了。  
[00:24.68] Over the past five and a half years, our businesses have created more than 13 million new jobs.    	过去的五年半时间里,我们的企业共创造了1300多万个就业岗位。  
[00:30.54] The unemployment rate is lower than it's been in over seven years.   	失业率也降低到七年来的最低水平。  
[00:34.61]  Manufacturing is growing.   Housing is bouncing back.   	制造业开始增长,房地产业也触底反弹；
[00:38.57]  We've reduced our deficits by two-thirds.    	我们的财政赤字也减少了2/3；
[00:41.62]  And 16 million more Americans now know the security of health insurance.  	1600多万美国人获得医疗保险带来的保障。  
[00:46.70]This is your progress.   	这是大家的成就。  
[00:48.81] It's because of your hard work and sacrifice that America has come back from crisis faster than almost every other advanced nation on Earth.    	因为有了大家的辛勤付出和牺牲,美国从危机中复苏的速度比世界上其它任何发达国家都快。  
[00:57.54] We remain the safest, strongest bet in the world.  	我们依然是全世界最安全、最强大的国家。  
[01:01.82]Of course, you might not know all that if you only listened to the bluster of political season,	当然,如果你只听大选季的政治宣传,你可能无法了解实情,
[01:06.32] when it's in the interest of some politicians to paint America as dark and depressing as possible.   	那些政客为了某些政治利益,把美国描绘的要多黑暗就有多黑暗。  
[01:13.40] But I don't see it that way.    	但我不这么认为。  
[01:15.50]I've met too many Americans who prove, day in and day out, that this is a place where anything is possible.    	我遇到了太多的美国人,他们坚强勇敢、早出晚归,是因为这是一片充满机遇的土地。  
[01:22.30]Yes, we have a lot of work to do to rebuild a middle class that's had the odds stacked against it now for decades.   	是的,我们在重新打造一个坚强的中产阶层,几十年来,这件事上我们积压了太多的问题。  
[01:28.23] That's the thing about America C our work is never finished.   	这是美国永远的任务,我们的工作永远不会结束。  
[01:31.96]  We always strive to be better C to perfect ourselves.  	我们会一直为更美好的生活、更完美的自己而奋斗。  
[01:35.68]We just have to make the right choices.    	我们要做的就是做出正确的选择。  
[01:37.96]And if Republicans want to help, they can choose, right now, to pass a budget that helps us grow our economy even faster,	如果共和党人愿意帮忙,他们现在就可以做出选择,通过预算方案,帮助我们的经济实现更快增长,
[01:45.74] create jobs even faster, lift people's incomes and prospects even faster.   	更快创造更多就业岗位,更快提升人民收入,增强人们对美好未来的期待。  
[01:51.48] But they've only got until the end of the month to do it C or they'll shut down our government for the second time in two years.  	但他们拥有的时间仅仅是这个月剩下的这几天了,否则,他们就会让政府在两年内再次关门。  
[01:59.30]Democrats are ready to sit down and negotiate with Republicans right now.  	民主党人已经做好准备跟共和党人坐下来好好商谈。  
[02:03.48] But it should be over legitimate issues like how much do we invest in education, job training, and infrastructure C 	但交流的范畴应该限定在法定议题以内,例如我们在教育、职业培训、基础设施建设等领域投入多少资金,
[02:10.84] not unrelated ideological issues like Planned Parenthood.   	而不是一些像计划生育一类的无关痛痒的意识形态议题。  
[02:14.45]  We need to set our sights higher than that.    	我们需要把眼光放的更高远一点。  
[02:16.88] We need to reverse harmful cuts to middle-class economic priorities, close loopholes that benefit only a fortunate few at the top, and invest more in the things that help our entire economy grow.  	我们需要扭转危害中产阶级发展壮大的局面,不再削减重点经济领域的预算,消除那些只为少数顶层富裕人士有利的漏洞,在实现整个经济增长有利的领域加大投资。  
[02:29.58]There's nothing principled about the idea of another government shutdown.   	让政府第二次关门并没有什么原则性的问题。  
[02:33.80] There's nothing patriotic about denying the progress you've worked so hard to make.   	否认你们辛勤付出取得的发展成就也跟爱国与否无关。  
[02:39.50]  America is great right now C not because of our government, or our wealth, or our power, but because of everyone who works hard every day to move this country forward.   	美国现在之所以伟大,不是因为我们的政府、财富或者是我们的军力,而是因为我们每个人每天都在辛勤付出,推动这个国家向前发展。  
[02:50.44]  Now Congress needs to work as hard as you do.  	现在,国会也应该向大家学习,努力工作。  
[02:53.71]Thanks, and have a great weekend.  	谢谢大家！  祝周末愉快！

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奥巴马每周电视演讲20150919：总统祝福人民感恩节快乐(中英mp3+lrc)