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1、奥巴马演讲录英文版本书聚集了美国新任总统奥巴马的60多篇演讲，其中包括今天1月20日发表的就职演说，“Victory Night，是奥巴马经过54轮辩论，最终获得民主党总统提名后在芝加哥发表的演讲；“A World that Stands As One，是奥巴马在柏林面对20玩群众发表的演讲，“A More Perfect Union，是关于奥巴马关于种族问题的演讲。另外演讲还涉及教育、医疗、伊拉克战争、妇女参政、退伍军人等问题。这些演讲极为精彩，至今为普通美国人津津乐道。第一局部Best Speeches OF US President Barack Obama PART 1Obama In
2、augural AddressJanuary 20, 2021 My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has sho
3、wn throughout this transition. Forty?four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried
4、 on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well
5、 understood. Our nation is at war, against a far?reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; j
6、obs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no le
7、ss profound is a sapping of confidence across our landa nagging fear that Americas decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights. Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of
8、 time. But know this, Americathey will be met. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long h
9、ave strangled our politics. We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to gen
10、eration: the God?given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short?cuts or settling f
11、or less. It has not been the path for the faint?heartedfor those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk?takers, the doers, the makers of thingssome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us u
12、p the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth. For us, they fought and die
13、d, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn. Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences
14、 of birth or wealth or faction. This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last mont
15、h or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisionsthat time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. For everywhere
16、 we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will actnot only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technologys wonders to
