Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God.I ask that the Congress declare that s

Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to co

On Monday, an act of terror wounded dozens and killed three innocent people at the Boston Marathon.周一，一个恐怖行径在波士顿马拉松赛上造成三人遇难和几十人受伤。But in the days since, the world has witnessed one sure and steadfast truth:但是此后几天，全世界目睹了不容置疑的事实：Americans refuse to be terrorized.美国人民没有被吓倒。Ultimately, that&#39s what we

Good afternoon, everybody. As you know, this weekend, I traveled to Afghanistan to thank our men and women in uniform and our deployed civilians, on behalf of a grateful nation, for the extraordinary sacrifices they make on behalf of our security. I was also able to meet with our commanding General

Good evening, everybody. Please have a seat. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. This city, this house, has welcomed foreign envoys and leaders for more than two centuries. But never before have we hosted a dinner at the White House like this, with so many Presidents, so ma

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you. Please be seated. Well, good afternoon, everybody. To Mayor Bloomberg, thank you -- not only for the kind introduction, but to Bloomberg Philanthropies as our co-host, and for the great work that you’re doing across Africa to help create jobs, and promote

SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for your patience. In Washington a few moments ago, President Obama announced that we had reached an agreement to formally re-establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba and that we will reopen embassies in our respective countries.L

We&#39ve got basketball players who stand nearly seven feet tall and a gymnast who&#39s 4-foot-8.我们有近七英尺高的篮球球员和 4.8 英尺高的体操运动员。And Team USA spans generations: a few athletes who are almost as old as I am, and one born just a year before my younger daughter.美国队跨越几代人：一些运动员几乎与我同年出生，还有一位比我小女儿早一年出生。Our ro

Every four years, our nation&#39s attention turns to a competition that&#39s as heated as it is historic.每四年，我国的注意力转向一场历史性的激烈竞赛。People pack arenas and wave flags. Journalists judge every move and overanalyze every misstep.人们集聚运动场挥舞彩旗。记者们解说着每一个动作不会放过场上任何失误。Sometimes we&#39re let down, but more often

In our Olympians, we recognize that no one accomplishes greatness alone.奥运会让我们认识到，没有人单打独斗能成就伟大。Even solo athletes have a coach beside them and a country behind them.每个运动员身旁都有教练，还有他们身后的祖国。In a season of intense politics, let&#39s cherish this opportunity to come together around one flag.在激烈的政治季，让我们围绕

Ramadan in America美国的斋月America is a nation of 292 million people.美国有2.92亿人口。There are estimates that 6 million of them are Muslim.据估计，其中有600万人是伊斯兰教徒。The government does not ask people their religion,so it has no official numbers.由于政府没有要求民众提供其宗教信仰的信息，所以该方面也没有官方数据。But Islam is often described as a fas

Tax is an inevitable feature of reality.Whether you are your own boss or working for someone else,there are always different taxes waiting to be paid.税金是现实中一个无可避免的事。无论你是自己当老板还是为别人工作，总会有不同的况等着你去缴。If you sell things,the government gets sales taxes.What complicates things is that every state is differe

In America, courtroom proceedings are generally open to the public and can,within strict guidelines, be reported on in newspapers and on radio and television. We use the word “allegation” and its verb form “allege”to indicate that charges brought against a person have not been proven.Cameras are als

The Smallest State in America美国最小的州Rhode Island may be the smallest state in America,罗德岛也许是美国最小的州,but it has an exciting history.但它有一段很有意思的历史。A colonist named Roger Williams一个叫罗杰.威廉斯的殖民开拓者started the first permanent settlement there in 1636.于1636年在这里建立了第一个永久性殖民地。Like other early Americans,同其他早期移民一样,

The result has been the loss of numerous industries, the decimation of entire communities, and years of sluggish growth and flat wages.结果是众多行业的消失,整个社区的覆灭和数年里持平或者缓慢增长的工资。Throughout American history, our nation&#39s best leaders have believed in the importance of protecting our domestic industry.在美国历史

In the last couple of years, I have produced what I call &quotThe Dead Mall Series,&quot 32 short films and counting about dead malls.在过去的几年里，我制作了所谓的“废弃的商场系列”。32部关于废弃商场的短片，数量还在增加。Now, for those of you who are not familiar with what a dead mall is, it&#39s basically a shopping mall that has fallen in

And then there&#39s a guy standing next to her, with, like, an espresso cup, and he&#39s like...然后她旁边站着一个男人，拿着 一个咖啡杯，他就这样...And it says, &quotWhat brings you today?&quot然后照片还写着，“哪阵风把你吹来了？”I wanted to be scared and depressed. Thank you.我是想要觉得害怕压抑的好吗，拜托。So the comments just kept pouring in on the vide

That&#39s by an artist named Disconscious from an album he did called &quotHologram Plaza.&quot这是一位名叫Disconscious的艺术家制作的，在他的专辑《全息广场》中收录。So if you look that up, you can hear more of those tunes. Vaporwave is more than an art form.如果你搜索一下，会听到更多的这种曲调。蒸汽波不仅是一种艺术形式，它更像是一场运动。It&#39s like a movement. It&#3

The last thing I want to say is that I had a lot of good fortune in the mentors and people who have played an important role in my life.最后我还想说，我非常幸运能遇见很多很好的导师和人，他们在我生命中扮演了非常重要的角色。From the Marines, from Ohio State, from Yale, from other places,在海军陆战队，在俄亥俄州，在耶鲁大学，在其他地方，people have really stepped in an

Well, one thing that happened is that my grandparents, the same grandparents of setting someone on fire fame,首先是我的外公外婆，就是尝试在人身上点火的外公外婆，they really shaped up by the time I came around. They provided me a stable home, a stable family.在我出生之后改过自新了。他们给了我一个稳定的家，稳定的家庭。They made sure that when my parents we

James Garfield said of our nation&#39s manufacturers: &quotTo them the country owes the splendor of the position it holds before the world.&quot詹姆斯.加菲尔德向我们的制造商说:&quot对他们来说,国家欠他们在世界面前的光辉形象。&quotWilliam McKinley believed that when America protects our workers and industries, we &quotopen up a higher a

So I didn&#39t have access to that information because the social networks around me didn&#39t have access to that information.我之前不了解这方面的信息，是因为我周围的圈子都不知道这些信息。I learned from my community how to shoot a gun, how to shoot it well.我从社区学到的是如何开枪，如何打得准。I learned how to make a damn good biscuit recipe.我学到的是

I had a very front-row seat to that struggle.而我正是这种感受的亲历者。My family has been part of that struggle for a very long time.我的家庭长期以来一直经历着这种彷徨挣扎。I come from a family that doesn&#39t have a whole lot of money.我生于一个不甚富裕的家庭。The addiction that plagued my community also plagued my family, and even, sadly, my

In between these low-paying retail jobs, I did what any normal teenager did in the 1990s.在这些薪水低廉的销售工作中，我做了90年代每一个正常的青少年都会做的事。I shoplifted. I&#39m just kidding. I hung out with my friends at the mall.我偷东西了。我开玩笑的。我和我的朋友在商场里逛。Everyone&#39s like, &quotOh my God, what kind of talk is this?&quot你们可能觉得，“我的

Instead, we will follow two simple but very crucial rules反而,我们将遵循两条简单并且非常关键的规则We will buy American and we will hire American.我们将购买美国的商品,我们将雇佣美国的员工。Already, we have created over a million new jobs this year - and doing even better than anticipated.今年以来,我们已经创造了一百多万的新岗位--比预计的还要更好。We are just getting st

So if you think about what do you do when you grow up in that world, you can respond in a couple of ways.想象一下，成长在那样的环境中你该怎么办，可能应对方法有很多种。One, you can say, &quotI&#39m not going to work hard, because no matter how hard I work, it&#39s not going to matter.&quot第一种，你可以说，“我才不会努力奋斗，因为无论怎样努力，结果都一样。”Another

And we think of these things as especially rare,我们可能会认为这只是个别现象，but a study by the Wisconsin Children&#39s Trust Fund found that 40 percent of low-income kids face multiple instances of childhood trauma,但威斯康辛儿童信托基金的研究表明，低收入家庭的孩子遭受多种童年创伤的几率为40%，compared to only 29 percent for upper-income kids. And th

So when I started producing &quotThe Dead Mall Series,&quot I put the videos up onto YouTube,当我开始制作“废弃的商场系列”时，我把这些视频放在了YouTube上，and while I thought they were interesting, frankly I didn&#39t think others would share the enthusiasm for such a drab and depressing topic.当时我觉得它们很有趣，可是说实话，我不觉得别人对于一个如此单调而

So why is that happening? So one reason is obviously economic or structural. So you think of these areas.为什么会这样呢？一个原因显然是跟经济或结构有关。看看这些地区。They&#39re beset by these terrible economic trends, built around industries like coal and steel that make it harder for folks to get ahead.它们的经济趋势很不好，当年依靠煤炭和钢铁起家，这些

My fellow Americans,我的美国同胞们,On Monday, I signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring this to be &quotMade in America Week&quot.周一,我签署了总统公告,宣布本周是&quot美国制造周。&quotWe believe that our country is stronger, safer, and more prosperous when we make more of our goods and our products right here in the USA.我