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美国总统奥巴马庆祝劳工节讲话 难度：适中 作者：沪江英语 来源：网络 评论：3 Weekly Address: Commemorating Labor Day 每周例行讲话：庆祝劳工节 August 31, 2013 2013年8月31日 Hi, everybody. This Labor Day weekend, as we gather with family and friends, we’ll also come together as a nation to honor some of our own – the working men and women of America who, across the generations, built this country up and helped make us who we are today. 大家好。在劳工节前的这个周末，当我们与亲朋好友团聚之时，我们也将作为一国人民向我们中间的一部分人致敬——美国的男女劳动者，他们世世代代地努力建立起这个国家并造就了我们的今天。 On Monday, we’ll celebrate that proud history. We’ll pay tribute to the values working Americans embody – hard work; responsibility; sacrifice; looking out for one another. And we’ll recommit ourselves to their cause; to securing for them a better bargain so that everyone who works hard in America has a chance to get ahead. 周一，我们将庆祝这段我们引以为豪的历史。我们还要赞扬美国的劳动者所体现的价值观——勤奋、负责任、乐于牺牲、互相帮助。我们自己将重新致力于劳动者的事业，为他们谋求更多福祉，使在美国努力工作的每个人都有机会获得成功。 See, over the past four and a half years, we’ve fought our way back from the worst recession of our lifetimes. And thanks to the grit and resilience of the American people, we’ve begun to lay a foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth. But as any working family will tell you, we’re not where we need to be. 过去四年半以来，我们一直努力从我们有生之年所经历的最严重的经济衰退中恢复。多亏美国人民坚韧不拔的毅力，我们现已开始奠定坚实的基础，将能够促使经济更强劲、更持久地增长。但任何一个工薪家庭都会告诉你，我们还没有实现应当实现的目标。 For over a decade, working Americans have seen their wages and incomes stagnate, even as corporate profits soar and the pay of a fortunate few explodes. For even longer than that, inequality has steadily risen; the journey of upward mobility has become harder. And in too many communities across this country, the shadow of poverty continues to cast a pall over our fellow citizens. 十余年来，尽管部分企业利润飙升，少数幸运者薪酬暴涨，但大多数美国劳动者的工资和收入僵固不变。甚至在更长的时间里，这种不平等现象一直日趋严重；提升地位之路愈加困难。在我们国家有太多的社区，那里贫困的阴影依然笼罩着我们的同胞。 Reversing that trend needs to be Washington’s highest priority. It’s certainly mine. That’s why, over the past month, I’ve traveled all across America