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　　THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
　　议长先生，副总统先生，国会议员，同胞们：
　　We are 15 years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicious recession spread across our nation and the world. It has been, and still is, a hard time for many.
　　我们跨入新世纪已经15年了。新世纪一开始，我们就遭受了恐怖袭击，新一代人就投入了两场旷日持久而又代价昂贵的战争，后来又发生了席卷全国乃至全球的恶性衰退。对很多人来说，那是一段，而且仍然是一段艰难的时期。
　　But tonight, we turn the page. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. (Applause.) Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before. More of our people are insured than ever before. (Applause.) And we are as free from the grip of foreign oil as we've been in almost 30 years. (Applause.)
　　但是今天晚上，我们将翻开新的一页。今晚，在美国取得了突破性进展的一年后，我们的经济在增长，就业在以1999年以来最快的步伐增长。我们现在的失业率甚至低于金融危机之前。从学校毕业的孩子人数超过以往，得到医疗保障的民众超过以往，我们像近30年来的情况一样不受外国石油的控制。
　　Tonight, for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in Afghanistan is over. (Applause.) Six years ago, nearly 180,000 American troops served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, fewer than 15,000 remain. And we salute the courage and sacrifice of every man and woman in this 9/11 Generation who has served to keep us safe. (Applause.) We are humbled and grateful for your service.
　　今晚，我们自911恐怖袭击以来终于结束了在阿富汗的战斗任务。 6年前，将近18万美国军人在阿富汗或是伊拉克服役，今天，留守那里的只有不到1万5000人。我们向911之后一代服役的男女军人所付出的牺牲和所展示的勇气表示敬意，因为他们的守护，我们得以安全。我们对你们的服务充满敬意和感激。
　　America, for all that we have endured; for all the grit and hard work required to come back; for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this: The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong. (Applause.)
　　鉴于我们所承受的一切，所需要的坚定和艰苦的努力，鉴于我们所面临的任务，请注意：危机的阴影已经过去，国情很好。
　　At this moment -- with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy production -- we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years and for decades to come.
　　此时此刻， 随着我们经济的发展、财政赤字的缩减、生机勃勃的工业、以及兴旺的能源生产， 我们摆脱了经济衰退，比地球上任何其他国家都更加自由地书写我们的未来。现在该由我们来选择我们希望未来十五年、乃至未来的几十年是什么样子。
　　Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort? (Applause.)
　　我们要接受一种只有极个别人做得出色的经济?还是应该致力于发展使每一个努力的人都能够增加收入、得到机会的经济?
　　Will we approach the world fearful and reactive, dragged into costly conflicts that strain our military and set back our standing? Or will we lead wisely, using all elements of our power to defeat new threats and protect our planet?
　　我们是否要以一种恐惧和被动的姿态来应对这个世界，被拖入昂贵的冲突，让我们的军队难以招架，并削弱我们的地位?还是要以一种明智的姿态来领导这个世界，尽我们的所能，击败这些新的威胁并保护我们的星球?
　　Will we allow ourselves to be sorted into factions and turned against one another? Or will we recapture the sense of common purpose that has always propelled America forward?
　　我们是否要允许自己卷入派别纷争，互相打击? 还是我们要重新找到让美国前行的共同目标?
　　In two weeks, I will send this Congress a budget filled with ideas that are practical, not partisan. And in the months ahead, I'll crisscross the country making a case for those ideas. So tonight, I want to focus less on a checklist of proposals, and focus more on the values at stake in the choices before us.
　　再过两个星期，我就要向国会递交预算。这个预算里都是现实的想法，并无党派之见。 接下来的几个月，我会遍访全国为这些想法争取支持。今天晚上，我不希望花费太多的时间列出这些议题，而是著重谈谈摆在我们面前的选择当中涉及的价值观。
　　It begins with our economy. Seven years ago, Rebekah and Ben Erler of Minneapolis were newlyweds. (Laughter.) She waited tables. He worked construction. Their first child, Jack, was on the way. They were young and in love in America. And it doesn't get much better than that. "If only we had known," Rebekah wrote to me last spring, "what was about to happen to the housing and construction market."
　　首先让我们谈谈经济。七年前，明尼阿波利斯的瑞贝卡和本-艾勒是一对新婚夫妇。瑞贝卡是饭店服务员，艾勒在建筑工地上班，他们当时即将迎来第一个孩子杰克。他们很年轻，在美国相爱，没有什么比这更好的了。瑞贝卡去年春天写信给我称：“如果我们当时知道住房和建筑市场将发生什么就好了。”
　　As the crisis worsened, Ben's business dried up, so he took what jobs he could find, even if they kept him on the road for long stretches of time. Rebekah took out student loans and enrolled in community college, and retrained for a new career. They sacrificed for each other. And slowly, it paid off. They bought their first home. They had a second son, Henry. Rebekah got a better job and then a raise. Ben is back in construction -- and home for dinner every night.
　　随着危机恶化，本的生意逐步消失，他只能做他能找到的工作，即便这些工作让他花非常多的时间在路上。瑞贝卡办理了学生贷款，在社区大学上学，为一份新的职业生涯培训。他们为彼此牺牲。慢慢地，他们的努力得到了回报，他们买了首套房子，他们有了第二个儿子亨利。瑞贝卡找到了一份更好的工作，还加了薪。本也重返建筑业，每天晚上能回家吃晚餐。
　　"It is amazing," Rebekah wrote, "what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times." We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.
　　瑞贝卡写道：“这是令人惊奇的，你在被迫的情况下东山再起，我们是一个强有力的、关系密切的家庭，我们一起熬过了一段非常非常艰难的时刻。”
　　America, Rebekah and Ben's story is our story. They represent the millions who have worked hard and scrimped, and sacrificed and retooled. You are the reason that I ran for this office. You are the people I was thinking of six years ago today, in the darkest months of the crisis, when I stood on the steps of this Capitol and promised we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation. And it has been your resilience, your effort that has made it possible for our country to emerge stronger.
　　美国同胞们，瑞贝卡和本的故事就是我们的故事，他们代表着那些努力工作，精打细算，作出牺牲，重新培训的数百万人。你们是我竞选总统职位的原因，你们是我六年前的那一天所想到的人们。在危机最黑暗的数个月里，当我站在国会山的台阶上，承诺我们将在一个新的基石上重建我们的经济。你们的努力和坚韧，使美国在危机过后更加强大成为可能。

　　We believed we could reverse the tide of outsourcing and draw new jobs to our shores. And over the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs. (Applause.)
　　我们相信，我们能够扭转外包的趋向，将新就业机会带回国内。在以往五年期间，我国企业创造了1100多万个新就业机会。
　　We believed we could reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect our planet. And today, America is number one in oil and gas. America is number one in wind power. Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. (Applause.) And thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save about $750 at the pump. (Applause.)
　　我们相信，我们能够降低对外国石油的依赖并保护我们这个星球。如今，美国的石油和天然气产量位居世界第一。美国的风力发电量位居世界首位。我国每三个星期并网的太阳能，就相当于2008年的总量。由于石油价格下跌和燃料标准提高，一般每个家庭今年会节省750美元油费。
　　We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. More Americans finish college than ever before. (Applause.)
　　我们相信，我们能够使我们的孩子们为面对一个更具有竞争性的世界做好准备。现在，我国年轻学生们的数学和阅读分数都达到了前所未有的水平。我国的高中生毕业率也达到历史新高。美国大学毕业生的人数超过了以往任何一个时期。
　　We believed that sensible regulations could prevent another crisis, shield families from ruin, and encourage fair competition. Today, we have new tools to stop taxpayer-funded bailouts, and a new consumer watchdog to protect us from predatory lending and abusive credit card practices. And in the past year alone, about 10 million uninsured Americans finally gained the security of health coverage. (Applause.)

　　我们相信，明智的规章能够避免另一场危机，使家庭免于被毁，并鼓励公平竞争。如今，我们拥有新手段，不再使用纳税人的钱来救助企业;我们拥有新的消费者监管机构，保护我们免受掠夺性借贷和信用卡违规行为之害。仅在去年一年，就有大约一千万没有医保的美国人终于得到医疗保险。
　　At every step, we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious; that we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead, we've seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled, and health care inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. (Applause.) This is good news, people. (Laughter and applause.)
　　在我们采取每个步骤时，我们曾被警告：我们的目标被误导，或者过于雄心壮志，我们将破坏就业或使赤字大幅增长。但与这些观点相反的是，我们看到了过去十年最快的经济增长，我们的赤字减少了三分之二，股市市值翻了一倍，医疗通货膨胀率是过去50年来最低的。
　　So the verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics don't get in the way. We can't slow down businesses or put our economy at risk with government shutdowns or fiscal showdowns. We can't put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past battles on immigration when we've got to fix a broken system. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, I will veto it. It will have earned my veto. (Applause.)
　　因此，结论是明确的。中产阶级经济行之有效。扩大机会行之有效。只要政治权术不予掣肘，这些政策就将继续行之有效。我们不能允许政府机构关闭或财政摊牌迫使企业活动放缓，或使我国经济面临危险。我们不能让家庭的安全面临危险，所以我们不能剥夺家庭的医保，不能取消针对华尔街的新规则，不能在我们拥有解决机制的情况下再为移民问题争执不休。如果试图做以上任何一件事的议案送交我签署，我将予以否决。
　　Today, thanks to a growing economy, the recovery is touching more and more lives. Wages are finally starting to rise again. We know that more small business owners plan to raise their employees' pay than at any time since 2007. But here's the thing: Those of us here tonight, we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn't screw things up; that government doesn't halt the progress we're making. We need to do more than just do no harm. Tonight, together, let's do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every American. (Applause.)
　　现在，由于经济不断增长，越来越多的人感受到经济振兴的作用。工资水平终于开始再次上升。我们知道，自2007年以来，从未有任何一个时期比现在有更多的小企业主计划提高雇员的工资。但需要注意一点，今晚在座诸位需要把眼光放得更远，不能仅仅确保政府不去阻碍我们正在取得的进步。我们需要做得更多，而不仅是不造成损害。今晚，让我们共同采取更多措施，重建努力工作与每个美国人获得更多机会之间的纽带。
　　Because families like Rebekah's still need our help. She and Ben are working as hard as ever, but they've had to forego vacations and a new car so that they can pay off student loans and save for retirement. Friday night pizza, that's a big splurge. Basic childcare for Jack and Henry costs more than their mortgage, and almost as much as a year at the University of Minnesota. Like millions of hardworking Americans, Rebekah isn't asking for a handout, but she is asking that we look for more ways to help families get ahead.
　　因为，像瑞贝卡这样的家庭仍需要我们的帮助。她和本比任何时候都要努力工作，但不得不放弃休假和购买新车，以支付贷款和为退休存钱。杰克和亨利的基本儿童护理费用超出了房贷费用，几乎相当于明尼苏达州立大学一年的学费。与数百万努力工作的美国人一样，瑞贝卡并不是在讨要施舍，但她在要求我们找到更多帮助改善家庭生活的方法。
　　And in fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave our citizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the Internet -- tools they needed to go as far as their effort and their dreams will take them.
　　实际上，在我国历史上的每个经济变化时刻，美国都采取果敢行动以适应新环境，确保每个人都得到公平的机会。我们采取了工人保护、社保、医保以及医疗救助等措施，保护我们免于陷入最困难的处境。我们为我国公民提供了基础教育和高等教育、基础设施和互联网，他们需要这些手段使自己的努力获得最大成果。

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