彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(6)
It was national news for a day or two Then came mass shootings in.
这是那一两天的全国性新闻然后大规模枪击事件又陆续发生在
Pittsburgh, Miami, Oakland, Tulsa, Seattle Wilmington, Aurora, Milwaukee, Texas A&M.
匹兹堡 迈阿密 奥克兰 塔尔萨 西雅图威明顿 奥罗拉 密尔沃基 德州农工
Minneapolis, Brookfield, Portland After each one, those in Washington just shrugged.
明尼阿波利斯 布鲁克菲尔德 波特兰每一起事件过后 华盛顿那些人都只是耸耸肩
Then, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut 20 children, 6 faculty members all gunned down.
然后康涅狄格州纽镇桑迪·胡克小学枪击案20位儿童 6位教职员工被枪杀
As a parent I can tell you it was just unthinkable if it happened to one of your children.
作为一名家长 我可以告诉你如果这发生在你的一个孩子身上 这简直无法想象
After Newtown, President Obama and some congressional leaders finally stood up and said: Something must be done.
纽镇事件之后 奥巴马总统和一些国会领袖终于站出来说 我们必须做点什么
I did everything I could to support them and to push Congress to act But our efforts so far have not been enough to pass a piece of legislation.
我尽一切努力支持他们 向国会施压不过我们的努力迄今还没有让任何相关法案通过
Requiring background checks for all gun purchases that 90 percent of Americans agree.
让所有枪械购买接受背景审查这是90%的美国人都赞同的
With including more than 80 percent of gun owners Why? Why do I tell you this?.
包括80%的枪械持有者为什么 我为什么讲这个
Number 1, this is one of the great tragedies happening in America and 2, because I believe it comes down to one word and that word is courage.
一是因为这是美国发生的重大悲剧之一二是因为我相信 这归结起来就是一个词 勇气
Too many members of Congress did not have the courage to stand up to the increasingly extremist view of the NRA's Washington lobbyists.
国会中太多议员没有站出来的勇气反对全国步枪协会游说者愈演愈烈的极端主义观点
Many of them feared that voting for a common sense policy would lead to someone challenging them in a party primary.
他们很多人害怕 投票赞成这种普遍意识会在党内预选中受到他人挑战
Or hurt their chances to win their party's nomination to higher office It's too big a price to pay for saving 30 odd thousand lives a year.
或是会影响他们获得政党高级官职的提名和一年3万多人的生命相比 这个代价实在太大
They would have done well however to remember the words of Kenyon's Rutherford B. Hayes.
他们本应该做得更好他们本应记住肯尼恩校友瑟福德·B·海斯的教诲
Who said at his inaugural "He serves his party best who serves his country best".
他在就职时曾说"只有尽最大努力为国家服务 才是对本党的最好服务"
Instead, we have a federal law that prohibits criminals and the mentally ill from buying guns.
相反 我们的联邦法律 禁止罪犯和精神病患者随意购买枪支
人物简介
本视频是纽约市长、彭博社创始人迈克尔·彭博在肯尼恩学院2013年毕业典礼上的演讲。
演讲中对学生和家长表示了祝贺，并提出了建议。彭博建议毕业生不要因为毕业而终止学习，做一辈子的学生；要敢于提问，不要怕难为情；要有勇于改变世界的勇气；要比任何人都更加努力，因为生命中没有任何东西能够替代努力。
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