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Hi,?everybody.?大家好！ Restoring?the?idea?of?opportunity?for?all?requires?a?year?of?action?from?all?of?us.??Wherever?I?can?acton?my?own,?I?will?–?and?whenever?I?can?ask?more?Americans?to?help,?I’ll?do?that?too.为所有人恢复机会的想法，需要我们大家在今年做出不懈努力，在我能独自采取行动的地方，我会毫不犹豫地这样去做——在我可以请求美国人民帮助的时候，我也会毫不迟疑地发出声音。 In?my?State?of?the?Union?Address,?for?example,?I?asked?more?business?leaders?to?take?action?toraise?their?employees’?wages.??Because?even?though?our?economy?is?growing,?and?our?businesseshave?created?about?eight?and?a?half?million?new?jobs?over?the?past?four?years,?average?wages?havebarely?budged.例如，在国情咨文中，我请求更多的企业领袖采取行动，提高员工工资。因为，尽管我们的经济正在增长，过去四年中，我们的企业已创造了八百五十万个新工作，可我们的平均工资却几乎没有增加。 So?it’s?good?news?that,?earlier?this?week,?one?of?America’s?largest?retailers,?The?Gap,?decided?to?raisewages?for?its?employees?beginning?this?year.??Their?decision?will?benefit?about?65,000?workers?in?theU.S.??That?means?more?families?will?be?able?to?raise?their?kids,?finish?their?studies,?or?keep?up?on?theirbills?with?a?little?less?financial?stress?and?strain.?所以，本周早些时候，美国最大零售商之一盖普公司决定，今年开始为员工提高工资，这是个好消息。他们的决定将惠及约65,000名美国工人。这意味着更多的家庭，将能以更小的财政压力和负担，抚养孩子、完成学业或支付账单。 Gap’s?CEO?explained?their?decision?simply?–?he?said, “[It’s]?right?for?our?brands,?good?for?ourpeople,?and?beneficial?to?our?customers.”??And?he’s?right?–?raising?Americans’?wages?isn’t?just?agood?deed;?it’s?good?business?and?good?for?our?economy.??It?helps?reduce?turnover,?it?boostsproductivity,?and?it?gives?folks?some?more?money?to?spend?at?local?businesses.盖普的首席执行官简单解释了他们的决定——他表示：“[这一决定]对我们的品牌是合适的，对我们的员工是有帮助的，对我们的客户也是有益的。”他是正确的——提高美国人民的工资，不只是件善事；它是件好事，有益于我们的经济。它帮助减少人员流动率、它提高生产力，它给人们更多的钱可以花到当地企业身上。 And?as?a?chief?executive?myself,?that’s?why?I?took?action?last?week?to?lift?more?workers’?wages?byrequiring?federal?contractors?to?pay?their?employees?a?fair?wage?of?at?least?$10.10?an?hour.正是出于这一理由，作为美国总统，我上周采取行动，要求联邦承包商支付员工每小时至少10.10美元的合理工资，以此提高更多工人的工资。 In?the?year?since?I?first?asked?Congress?to?raise?the?minimum?wage,?six?states?have