WEEKLY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT
TO THE NATION
February 14, 2009
This week, I spent some time with Americans across the country who are hurting because of our economic crisis. People closing the businesses they scrimped and saved to start. Families losing the homes that were their stake in the American Dream. Folks who have given up trying to get ahead, and given in to the stark reality of just trying to get by.
Be hurting 处于困境，受苦，遭殃 scrimp and save 节俭
TO THE NATION
February 14, 2009
This week, I spent some time with Americans across the country who are hurting because of our economic crisis. People closing the businesses they scrimped and saved to start. Families losing the homes that were their stake in the American Dream. Folks who have given up trying to get ahead, and given in to the stark reality of just trying to get by.
Be hurting 处于困境，受苦，遭殃 scrimp and save 节俭
get ahead 取得成功，取得进步，走在前面，stark 完全的，荒凉的
get by 通过，过活，过得去
They’ve been looking to those they sent to Washington for some hope at a time when they need it most.
They’ve been looking to those they sent to Washington for some hope at a time when they need it most.
looking to 指望
This morning, I’m pleased to say that after a lively debate full of healthy difference of opinion, we have delivered real and tangible progress for the American people.
a lively debate 热烈的争论real and tangible progress 切实的进展
Congress has passed my economic recovery plan – an ambitious plan at a time we badly need it. It will save or create more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two years, ignite spending by business and consumers alike, and lay a new foundation for our lasting economic growth and prosperity.
an ambitious plan 雄心勃勃的计划ignite spending 刺激消费
This is a major milestone on our road to recovery, and I want to thank the Members of Congress who came together in common purpose to make it happen. Because they did, I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we’ll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done.
a major milestone重要的里程碑Members of Congress 国会成员
This morning, I’m pleased to say that after a lively debate full of healthy difference of opinion, we have delivered real and tangible progress for the American people.
a lively debate 热烈的争论real and tangible progress 切实的进展
Congress has passed my economic recovery plan – an ambitious plan at a time we badly need it. It will save or create more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two years, ignite spending by business and consumers alike, and lay a new foundation for our lasting economic growth and prosperity.
an ambitious plan 雄心勃勃的计划ignite spending 刺激消费
This is a major milestone on our road to recovery, and I want to thank the Members of Congress who came together in common purpose to make it happen. Because they did, I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we’ll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done.
a major milestone重要的里程碑Members of Congress 国会成员
sign this legislation into law 签署这一法案使成为法律
The work of modernizing our health care system, saving billions of dollars and countless lives; and upgrading classrooms, libraries, and labs in our children’s schools across America.
upgrading 提高品位
The work of building wind turbines and solar panels and the smart grid necessary to transport the clean energy they create; and laying broadband internet lines to connect rural homes, schools, and businesses to the information superhighway.
wind turbines and solar panels 风力发电机以及太阳能电池板
upgrading 提高品位
The work of building wind turbines and solar panels and the smart grid necessary to transport the clean energy they create; and laying broadband internet lines to connect rural homes, schools, and businesses to the information superhighway.
wind turbines and solar panels 风力发电机以及太阳能电池板
smart grid 智能电网broadband internet lines 宽带互联网线路
information superhighway 信息高速公路
The work of repairing our crumbling roads and bridges, and our dangerously deficient dams and levees.
crumbling roads and bridges 年久失修的道路以及桥梁
And we’ll help folks who’ve lost their jobs through no fault of their own by providing the une
The work of repairing our crumbling roads and bridges, and our dangerously deficient dams and levees.
crumbling roads and bridges 年久失修的道路以及桥梁
And we’ll help folks who’ve lost their jobs through no fault of their own by providing the une
mployment benefits they need and protecting the health care they count on.
unemployment benefits 失业津贴
Now, some fear we won’t be able to effectively implement a plan of this size and scope, and I understand their skepticism. Washington hasn’t set a very good example in recent years. And with so much on the line, it’s time to begin doing things differently.
skepticism 怀疑态度
That’s why our goal must be to spend these precious dollars with unprecedented accountability, responsibility, and transparency. I’ve tasked my cabinet and staff to set up the kind of management, oversight, and disclosure that will help ensure that, and I will challenge state and local governments to do the same.
unprecedented 空前的，无前例的cabinet and staff 内阁成员与参谋
Once the plan is put into action, a new website – Recovery DOT gov – will allow any American to watch where the money goes and weigh in with comments and questions – and I encourage every American to do so. Ultimately, this is your money, and you deserve to know where it’s going and how it’s spent.
unemployment benefits 失业津贴
Now, some fear we won’t be able to effectively implement a plan of this size and scope, and I understand their skepticism. Washington hasn’t set a very good example in recent years. And with so much on the line, it’s time to begin doing things differently.
skepticism 怀疑态度
That’s why our goal must be to spend these precious dollars with unprecedented accountability, responsibility, and transparency. I’ve tasked my cabinet and staff to set up the kind of management, oversight, and disclosure that will help ensure that, and I will challenge state and local governments to do the same.
unprecedented 空前的，无前例的cabinet and staff 内阁成员与参谋
Once the plan is put into action, a new website – Recovery DOT gov – will allow any American to watch where the money goes and weigh in with comments and questions – and I encourage every American to do so. Ultimately, this is your money, and you deserve to know where it’s going and how it’s spent.
weigh in 称体重，参加辩论
This historic step won’t be the end of what we do to turn our economy around, but the beginning. The problems that led us into this crisis are deep and widespread. Our response must be equal to the task.
historic step 历史性的一步
For our plan to succeed, we must stabilize, repair, and reform our banking system, and get credit flowing again to families and businesses.
credit flowing 信贷流通
We must write and enforce new rules of the road, to stop unscrupulous speculators from undermining our economy ever again.
enforce new rules执行新的法规
This historic step won’t be the end of what we do to turn our economy around, but the beginning. The problems that led us into this crisis are deep and widespread. Our response must be equal to the task.
historic step 历史性的一步
For our plan to succeed, we must stabilize, repair, and reform our banking system, and get credit flowing again to families and businesses.
credit flowing 信贷流通
We must write and enforce new rules of the road, to stop unscrupulous speculators from undermining our economy ever again.
enforce new rules执行新的法规
unscrupulous speculators肆无忌惮的投机者
We must stem the spread of foreclosures and do everything we can to help responsible homeowners stay in their homes.
weigh翻译stem 阻止foreclosures 取消抵押品赎回权
We must stem the spread of foreclosures and do everything we can to help responsible homeowners stay in their homes.
weigh翻译stem 阻止foreclosures 取消抵押品赎回权
And in the weeks ahead, I will submit a proposal for the federal budget that will begin to restore the discipline these challenging times demand. Our debt has doubled over the past eight years, and we’ve inherited a trillion-dollar deficit – which we must add to in the short term in order to jumpstart our sick economy. But our long-term economic growth demands that we tame our burgeoning federal deficit; that we invest in the things we need, and dispense with the things we don’t. This is a challenging agenda, but one we can and will achieve.
submit 提交federal budget 联邦预算discipline纪律
submit 提交federal budget 联邦预算discipline纪律
dollar deficit美元逆差jumpstart安装，引进，发动
tame制服，burgeoning增长迅速的 生机勃勃的
federal deficit联邦赤字dispense with无需，免除，省掉
This morning, I’m reminded of words President Kennedy spoke in another time of uncertainty. "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."
This morning, I’m reminded of words President Kennedy spoke in another time of uncertainty. "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."
remind of 使想起
America, we will prove equal to this task. It will take time, and it will take effort, but working together, we will turn this crisis into opportunity and emerge from our painful present into a brighter future. After a week spent with the fundamentally decent men and women of this nation, I have never been more certain of that. Thank you.
America, we will prove equal to this task. It will take time, and it will take effort, but working together, we will turn this crisis into opportunity and emerge from our painful present into a brighter future. After a week spent with the fundamentally decent men and women of this nation, I have never been more certain of that. Thank you.
emerge from从。。显露decent 得体的，正派的，相当好的
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