奥巴马每周电视演讲20160213：总统谈论美国政治局势(中英mp3+lrc)

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	标题：奥巴马每周电视讲话：总统谈论美国政治局势 
[00:00.30]Hi, everybody. 	大家好！
[00:00.61]I'm speaking to you today from Springfield, Illinois.	今天,我在伊利诺伊州斯普林费尔德市向大家演讲。
[00:04.98]I spent eight years in the state senate here. 	在这里,我在州参议院度过了8年时间。
[00:07.70]It was a place where, for all our surface differences in a state as diverse as Illinois, my colleagues and I actually shared a lot in common. 	在这里,我们国家所有表面上的差异与伊利诺伊州一样纷繁复杂,但我和我的同僚们有很多共同点。
[00:15.75]We fought for our principles, and voted against each other,	我们会为了原则争论,在投票上彼此互不相让,
[00:17.94] but because we assumed the best in one another, not the worst, 	但因为我们认为彼此都是最好的,而不是最坏的,所以,我们为政治进步找到了空间。
[00:23.63] we found room for progress. We bridged differences to get things done.	我们在彼此的差异之间寻求共同点,把事情做好。
[00:29.29]In my travels through this state, I saw most Americans do the same. 	在我行走在这里的路途上,我看到大部分美国人民也是这么做的。
[00:34.16]Folks know that issues are complicated, and that people with different ideas might have a point. 	人们知道,事情总是复杂的,拥有不同观点的人们还是能找到共同点的。
[00:39.69]It convinced me that if we just approached our politics the same way we approach our daily lives, with common sense, 	这也让我想到,如果我们对待政治也像我们对待日常生活一样,
[00:46.87]a commitment to fairness, and the belief that we're all in this together, there's nothing we can't do.	相信最基本的常识、坚持对公平的承诺、以及我们是一家人的信念,就没有我们做不到的事情。
[00:52.91]That's why I announced, right here, in Springfield that I was running for President. 	因此,我在这里宣布,在斯普林费尔德参选总统。
[00:57.79]And my faith in the generosity and fundamental goodness of the American people is rewarded every day.	我相信,慷慨大方、心地善良的美国人民每一天都应该得到回报。
[01:05.22]But I'll be the first to admit that the tone of our politics hasn't gotten better, but worse.	但我也许是第一个承认我们的政治环境没有改善,反而正在恶化的人。
[01:10.64] Too many people feel like the system is rigged, and their voices don't matter. 	有太多的人觉得这个系统被人操控了,人们的意见变得无关紧要。
[01:15.21] And when good people are pushed away from participating in our public life, more powerful and extreme voices will fill the void.	当好人被排挤在外,不再参与政治生活,更多的强权和极端力量则会趁虚而入。
[01:22.99] They'll be the ones who gain control over decisions that could send a young soldier to war, or allow another economic crisis, or roll back the rights that generations of Americans have fought to secure.	他们掌控决策的控制权之后,就会将年轻人送上战场,或是引发另一场经济危机,或是毁掉几代美国人民努力保护的各种公民权利。
[01:35.52]The good news is there's also a lot we can do about this, from reducing the influence of money in our politics, 	好消息是,在这方面我们还可以做很多事情,这包括减少金钱对政治的影响,
[01:41.98]to changing the way we draw congressional districts, to simply changing the way we treat each other. 	改变国会选区的划定,直接改变对待彼此的方式。
[01:47.50]That's what I came back here to talk about this week. 	这就是我本周回到这里,发表演讲要说的内容。
[01:50.39]And I hope you check out my full speech at WhiteHouse.gov.	我希望你们访问白宫官网（WhiteHouse。gov）,回顾我全部的演讲内容。
[01:54.18]One thing I focused on, for example, was how we can make voting easier, not harder, and modernize it for the way we live now. 	例如,我关注的一件事就是,如何让投票更容易,而不是更困难,并让投票与我们的生活一样现代化。
[02:01.46]Here in Illinois, a new law allows citizens to register and vote at the polls on Election Day. 	在伊利诺伊州,一部新法律实施,允许公民在选举日当天在投票站注册投票,
[02:07.70]It also expands early voting, which makes it much easier for working folks and busy parents. 	该法延长了提前投票时间,这为工薪人士和忙着带孩子的父母们提供了方便。
[02:12.78]We're also considering automatic voter registration for every citizen when they apply for a driver's license.	我们还考虑让每个公民在申请驾照的时候可以自动获得选民登记。
[02:18.53] And I'm calling on more states to adopt steps like these. 	我也呼吁更多的州采取同样的措施。
[02:22.19] Because when more of us vote, the less captive our politics will be to narrow interests C 	因为只有我们参与投票的人更多了,我们的政治被少数既得利益团体把控的几率才能更小,
[02:27.41] and the better our democracy will be for our children.	我们也才能给我们的后代留下更好的民主制度。
[02:31.58]Nine years after I first announced for this office, I still believe in a politics of hope. 	从我发表声明参选总统已经过去9年了,我依然对未来的政治充满希望。
[02:37.50]And for all the challenges of a changing world; for all the imperfections of our democracy;	面对不断变化的世界的各种挑战,面对我们民主政治中的不完美,
[02:42.77] choosing a politics of hope is something that's entirely up to each of us.	选择一个充满未来的政治,从某种程度上来说完全取决于我们每个人自身。
[02:47.68]Thanks, everybody.	谢谢大家！

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