奥巴马演讲 在费尔法克斯一家私人庭院的演讲1
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THE PRESIDENT:  I want to say a special thanks to John and Nicole.  Trevor and Olivia are back there.

MS. ARMSTRONG:  They’re turning the A/C unit off.

THE PRESIDENT:  Yes, exactly.  That’s all right.  But I'm so grateful for their hospitality(好客,殷勤) .  They are just a wonderful family, and for them to open up their backyard for us is just terrific.  So this is really -- oh, I’ve got a mic.  So thank you to the entire family for opening up -- and thanks to all of you for taking the time to be here.  Because I want to -- I was telling John and Nicole that a lot of times, when you're in Washington, you're busy, you’ve got a lot of stuff to do, and you're in a bubble when you're President.  And sometimes you just don't have the opportunity to have the kinds of interactions(交互,相互作用) that I used to have even when I was a senator.

And so these kinds of formats1 are terrific for me.  And my hope is, is that despite all these people who are here with cameras and microphones and all that stuff, that people won't be shy -- because the whole point of this is for me to hear directly from you and to answer your questions, hear about your concerns, hear about your hopes, and hopefully that will translate itself into some of the things that we're doing at the White House.

I obviously want to make some introductions that -- I think all of you know that you’ve got some members of Congress who are working very hard here in Northern Virginia, and I want to acknowledge them.  First of all, Congressman2 Jim Moran, who’s been doing great work for a very long time.  (Applause.)  Congressman Gerry Connolly has been doing terrific work here locally and now on Capitol Hill.  (Applause.)  We've got Sharon Bulova, who is the chairwoman of the Fairfax County Board of Commissioners3.  (Applause.)

And we've also got a couple of small business owners, because one of the things I want to talk about is how we can grow the economy and get people back to work, and so who better to hear from than a couple of small business owners.  Don't worry, I'm not going to call on you, but I'm just glad you're here.

First of all, we've got Cherrelle Hurt, who is the owner of As We Grow Learning Center.  Hey, Cherrelle.  Thanks for being here.  (Applause.)  And Larry Poltavtsev -- did I say that right, Larry? -- who is the CEO of Target Labs, Inc.  (Applause.)  And so we're glad that you guys could join us.

Now, I'm only going to say a few things at the top.  And I want to talk a little bit about why I decided4 to run for President in the first place, back in 2007-2008.

Having served as a state senator, having then served as a United States senator, I had had a chance to see how economic policies were having an effect on working-class families and middle-class families for a long time.  And my wife and I, we came out of hardworking families who didn’t have a lot, but because the economy was growing, because there was an emphasis on what was good for the middle class, we were able to get a great education, we were able to get scholarships.  Michelle’s dad worked as a blue-collar worker, but just on that one salary he was able to provide for his family and make sure that they always had enough and the kids had opportunities.

And what it seemed like was, for about a decade there, middle-class families were losing more and more ground.  And some of that had to do with changes in the global economy and greater competition from around the world.  But a lot of it had to do with the policies that had been put in place, which really boiled down to cutting taxes, especially for millionaires and billionaires; cutting regulations -- that made consumers and workers more vulnerable(易受伤害的) ; failing to make investments that were so critical in growing our middle class over the long term.

And so when I ran for President, my goal was to make sure that we get a set of economic policies in place that would lay the foundation for long-term growth in the 21st century so that the 21st century would be an American Century, just like the 20th century had been.

And that's what we've tried to do over the last 19 months, in the midst of the worst financial crisis that we've seen since the Great Depression.  The first thing we had to do was just stop the bleeding, stabilize5 the financial system and make sure we didn’t trip into a Great Depression.  And we have done that.

So when I was sworn in on that very cold day in January -- some of you may remember -- we lost 750,000 jobs in that month alone.  Now we've seen eight consecutive6 months of private sector7(私营部门) job growth because of the policies we’ve put in place.

We were on the verge8 of financial meltdown.  Anybody who was involved in business at that time remembers banks were not lending at all.  You couldn’t even get an auto9 loan or a consumer loan.  And now the financial systems have stabilized10, although they’re not completely where we need them to be.  The economy was shrinking at a pace of -- an astounding11(令人震惊的) pace of about 6 percent annually12.  And now the economy has been growing.

So we stopped the bleeding, stabilized the economy, but the fact of the matter is, is that the pace of improvement has not been where it needs to be.  And the hole that we had dug ourselves in was enormous.  I mean, we lost 4 million jobs in the last six months of 2008, when I was still running -- we lost 4 million jobs.  And all told, we’ve lost 8 million jobs.  And so even though we’ve grown jobs this year, we haven’t been able to yet make up for those 8 million jobs that had been lost.  And that’s an enormous challenge.

Now, the second part of the challenge, though, is to make sure that even as we’re digging ourselves out of this hole, we start making some better decisions so that, long term, we don’t find ourselves in the circumstance again, and we start creating the kind of economy that’s working for middle-class families.

So a couple of things that we did on that front:  We cut taxes for middle-class families because we understand that people’s incomes and wages have not gone up, have not kept pace with increases in health care, increases in college, and so forth13.

The second thing that we felt was very important was to start creating some rules of the road again.  So in financial services, for example, we passed a financial regulatory(管理的,控制的) bill that makes sure that we’re not going to have taxpayer14 bailouts, makes sure that banks have to operate a little bit more responsibly and take less risks with the money that they’re investing.  And we also made sure that consumers are treated more fairly -- because part of what happened in this financial crisis was people were getting mortgages that they didn't understand.  Suddenly, the bottom fell out of the housing market and banks found themselves in a crisis situation.



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1 formats 57e77c4c0b351cea2abb4e8b0042b074     
n.(出版物的)版式( format的名词复数 );[电视]电视节目的总安排(或计划)
参考例句:
  • They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网
2 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.(美)国会议员
参考例句:
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
3 commissioners 304cc42c45d99acb49028bf8a344cda3     
n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 );长官;委员;政府部门的长官
参考例句:
  • The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有5名委员,是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
4 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 stabilize PvuwZ     
vt.(使)稳定,使稳固,使稳定平衡;vi.稳定
参考例句:
  • They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
  • His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。
6 consecutive DpPz0     
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
参考例句:
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
7 sector yjczYn     
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
参考例句:
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
8 verge gUtzQ     
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
9 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句:
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
10 stabilized 02f3efdac3635abcf70576f3b5d20e56     
v.(使)稳定, (使)稳固( stabilize的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
  • His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
11 astounding QyKzns     
adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊,使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)
参考例句:
  • There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
  • The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊,所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 annually VzYzNO     
adv.一年一次,每年
参考例句:
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
13 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
14 taxpayer ig5zjJ     
n.纳税人
参考例句:
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
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