奥巴马每周电视演讲20160101：总统呼吁将美国打造的更为安全(中英mp3+lrc)

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[00:00.16]	标题：奥巴马每周电视讲话：总统呼吁将美国打造的更为安全 
[00:01.20]Happy New Year, everybody. 	大家新年快乐！ 
[00:02.29]I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. 	我满怀期待的心情迎接我们共同的新年。 
[00:05.25]That's because of what we've accomplished together over the past seven. 	因为过去七年里我们共同取得了巨大的成就。 
[00:09.23]Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month. 	七年前,我们的企业一个月就有80万人失业。 
[00:14.43]They've now created jobs for 69 straight months, driving the unemployment rate from a high of 10% down to 5%. 	而今,他们已经连续69个月实现就业增长,将失业率从最高的10%降低到5%。 
[00:22.75]Seven years ago, too many Americans went without health insurance. 	七年前,大量的美国人没有医疗保险。 
[00:26.37]We've now covered more than 17 million people, dropping the rate of the uninsured below 10% for the very first time. 	而今,我们的保险覆盖了1700多万人,使得未参保率第一次下降到10%以下。 
[00:34.75]Seven years ago, we were addicted to foreign oil. 	七年前,我们严重依赖海外石油。 
[00:39.20]Now our oil imports have plummeted, our clean energy industry is booming, 	而今,我们的石油进口量直线下降,清洁能源产业欣欣向荣,
[00:43.58]and America is a global leader in the fight against climate change. 	美国已经成为全球抗击气候变化的领导者。 
[00:47.93]Seven years ago, there were only two states in America with marriage equality. And now there are 50. 	七年前,全国只有两个州承认同性婚姻合法,而今50个州都认可了。 
[00:54.53]All of this progress is because of you. 	所有这些成绩的取得都离不开大家的付出。 
[00:56.38]And we've got so much more to do. 	当然我们还有更多的事情要做。 
[00:58.36]So my New Year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as I can. 	因此,我的新年愿景就是继续奋勇前行,尽我所能完成未竟的事业。 
[01:03.75]And I'll be more frequently asking for your help. 	我将经常性地寻求大家的帮助。 
[01:06.64]That's what this American project is all about. 	因为这是关系到所有美国人民的事业。 
[01:09.86]That's especially true for one piece of unfinished business, that's our epidemic of gun violence. 	对于这样一件事而言尤为如此,那就是当前枪支暴力泛滥的问题。 
[01:16.10]Last month, we remembered the third anniversary of Newtown.  	上个月,我们还举行了新城惨案三周年纪念活动。 
[01:19.92]This Friday, I'll be thinking about my friend Gabby Giffords, 	本周五,我也会去看望嘉碧・吉福兹,
[01:23.63]five years into her recovery from the shooting in Tucson. 	她度过了图森惨案后五年时间的漫长恢复期。 
[01:27.29]And all across America, survivors of gun violence 	全美各地的枪支暴力案件的幸存者以及
[01:30.43]and those who lost a child, a parent, a spouse to gun violence are forced to mark such awful anniversaries every single day. 	那些在枪支暴力事件中失去孩子、父母、配偶的人们,每一天,都不得不面对这种持续的痛苦。 
[01:39.67]And yet Congress still hasn't done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families. 	而现在国会却依然无动于衷,没有做出任何行动来防止此类事件发生在其他家庭身上。 
[01:47.25]Three years ago, 	三年前,
[01:47.91]a bipartisan, commonsense bill would have required background checks for virtually everyone who buys a gun. 	一份两党联合的基本法案本来要求对几乎所有枪支购买人员进行背景审查的。 
[01:54.44]Keep in mind, this policy was supported by some 90% of the American people. 	请大家记住,这份法案当时得到了90%的美国民众的支持
[01:59.57]It was supported by a majority of NRA households. 	,而且也得到了美国步枪协会大部分会员的支持。 
[02:03.81]But the gun lobby mobilized against it.	但是,枪支游说团体强烈反对。 
[02:06.21]And the Senate blocked it. 	最后在参议院未获通过。 
[02:08.35]Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed down by gun violence. 	自那时起,成千上万的美国同胞因枪支暴力惨遭杀害。 
[02:13.21]Tens of thousands. 	成千上万的人啊。 
[02:15.30]Each time, we're told that commonsense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre, 	而每一次事件之后,他们总是会说,背景审查之类的普通改革并不一定能阻止这种屠杀事件的发生,
[02:20.91]or the one before that, so we shouldn't do anything. 	也阻止不了以前的事件发生,因此,我们也不必要做任何事情。 
[02:24.47]We know that we can't stop every act of violence. 	我们都知道,我们是不能阻止每一起暴力事件。 
[02:27.49]But what if we tried to stop even one?  	但哪怕我们能成功阻止一件呢？ 
[02:30.19]What if Congress did something-anything-to protect our kids from gun violence? 	哪怕国会做点什么,保护我们的孩子免受枪支暴力威胁,做什么都行。 
[02:35.10]A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence. 	几个月前,我指示白宫的团队去研究,看看可以采用什么新的策略来降低枪支暴力的威胁。 
[02:42.37]And on Monday, I'll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options. 	下周一,我将会见司法部长洛丽塔・林奇,与她讨论我们的方案。 
[02:47.49]Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing. 	因为,我收到了大量的来信,有父母写的,老师写的,孩子写的,我不能坐视不管。 
[02:55.38]I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; 	我还收到一些有责任心的拥有枪支的人们的来信,他们说每次的惨案发生他们都深感悲痛。 
[03:00.74]who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to bear arms; 	他们有着与我同样的信念,《第二修正案》确保大家有权拥有武器,
[03:04.19]and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale. 	但同时他们也坚信,我们可以让不负责任、危险的极少数人不能再继续制造屠杀制造杀害,同时保护大家享有这一权利。

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奥巴马每周电视演讲20160101：总统呼吁将美国打造的更为安全(中英mp3+lrc)