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THE VICE1 PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  I’m Joe Biden -- I’ll Jill Biden’s husband -- (laughter) -- which is how I’m getting to be known around here.  You’re about to -- we decided2 to bring in the second team now to talk to you all.  (Laughter.)    Folks, welcome back to the White House.  And for those of you who -- this is your first visit as governor, welcome and congratulations on your elections.
 
You know, over the last two years the new governors -- the older governors will tell you, or at least the ones who’ve been around for two years, will tell you they probably got tired of hearing from me.  I was on the phone with you all so often during the Recovery Act.  I know none of you liked the Recovery Act much.  (Laughter.)
 
But I just want to start off(出发,开始) by thanking the governors who’ve been here for the last two years for the way in which you implemented3(实施,执行) it.  I just wanted to give you a little fact.  There were over 75,000 individual projects that went on in your states and a total of 250,000 awards, meaning a check had to be cut to 250,000 different entities4.  And a group of IGs and outside examiners pointed5 out there’s less than 1/100th of 1 percent of fraud in the entire operation.  And that’s because of you.  That’s because of all of you.  (Applause.)  And it’s because of the mayors.
 
The new governors, although there’s no Recovery Act, there will a be continued relationship between the federal and state and local government, and we plan on trying to use that as a template(模板,样板) as to how to move forward so we save taxpayers6 money.
 
The recovery is underway, although I’m sure a lot of you, having to cut your budgets, don’t feel it.  It’s a very difficult time for you all.  And I just want you to know that I think we probably can all agree on the major initiatives.  We may have a different prioritization, but we all know we have to do something about the long-term debt.  We all know that we have to do something about preparing ourselves to compete in the future in terms of education, innovation and infrastructure7.
 
But I want to remind you all that -- I know you all know but sometimes our constituents8(成分) , you look at some of the polling, they think we’ve already lost the future to China.  They think we’ve already lost the future to India.  They already think we are behind the eight ball.
 
We are still better positioned than any country in the world -- any country in the world -- to own the 21st century economically.  Our GDP is bigger than that of China, Japan and Germany combined.  We’re in a situation where here in the United States of America the median income is close to $50,000.  In China, it’s $4,500.  We wish them better.  But just to put this in perspective, it’s important to know where we stand now, the platform from which we now operate, and why if we do the right things we have an overwhelming prospect9 -- an overwhelming prospect -- of not only recovery here in the United States but leading the world in the 21st century.
 
The man I’m about to introduce to you shares your view.  Americans have never settled for number two -- literally10.  This is not hyperbole(夸张法) .  It’s not one of these chauvinistic11(盲目爱国的) things.  We want other nations to do well.  We’ll do better if they do well.  But we are not -- we not -- prepared, nor are you, to settle for being number two in anything.
 
And so, folks, that's why we’ve laid out -- the President has laid out in his State of the Union speech the need for us to innovate12.  We have the most innovative13 economy in the world.  We have the freest of free-enterprise systems.  We know what we’re doing.  We want to unleash14(发动,解除) the free-enterprise system.
 
We also know that we cannot rank tied with five nations for number nine in the world in the percentage of people we graduate from our universities.  It’s not acceptable.  It’s simply not acceptable.  That's why by 2020, we will, in fact, be once again leading the world as we did in the past.  That is a goal, a goal we will meet.  As my wife you just heard from, a community college teacher, would say, any nation that out-educates us is going to out-compete us.  It’s as simple and as basic as that.
 
And thirdly, we cannot have a 20th century infrastructure for the 21st century -- a 20th century infrastructure, as all of you know, that in fact is already in some areas teetering on needing major, major repairs.  And by infrastructure, we not only mean ports, road, airports; we also mean modern infrastructure from broadband to the new changes that are going to have to take place for what reason -- to make American business more competitive, to make American employees more hire-able, if you will.  There’s no such word, but able to be hired.  (Laughter.)  But the neighborhood I come from people understand what I say.  (Laughter.)
 
And so, folks, look, I just want to introduce you to the guy who -- as I said, we’ll disagree in the details, but I’m sure you share this man’s view, there is no -- no, no, no -- acceptable rationale for America being anything other than number one in the world.
 
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States of America.  (Applause.)
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Well, thank you, Joe.  Thank you to the members of my Cabinet and my administration who are here.  Thank you, Governor Gregoire and Governor Heineman, for your outstanding leadership.  And I also want to acknowledge Ray Scheppach.  Where’s Ray?  There he is -- who’s been NGA’s executive director for 28 years, and this is his final meeting.  So, Ray, thank you for your extraordinary service.  (Applause.)  Thank you.
 
So I hope everybody had fun last night.  I know that you had a wonderful time listening to Michelle and Jill.  Joe’s main function is to provide a buffer15(缓冲) between me and them so that I don’t have to follow them immediately -- (laughter) -- because they are really good and care deeply about what’s happening with military families.
 
I hope today, all of you, feel free to make yourselves at home.  For those of you with a particular interest in the next election, I don’t mean that literally.  (Laughter.)
 
We meet at a moment when all of us -- Democrats16 and Republicans, leaders at the national and the state levels -- face some very big challenges.  Our country has come through a long and wrenching17 recession.  And as we recover, the question we’re going to have to answer is:  Where will the new jobs come from?  What will the new sources of economic growth be?  And how can we make sure that the American Dream remains18 a reality into the 21st century?



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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
参考例句:
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 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。
3 implemented a0211e5272f6fc75ac06e2d62558aff0     
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
参考例句:
  • This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革,经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句
4 entities 07214c6750d983a32e0a33da225c4efd     
实体对像; 实体,独立存在体,实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
  • The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
5 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
6 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
7 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
8 constituents 63f0b2072b2db2b8525e6eff0c90b33b     
n.选民( constituent的名词复数 );成分;构成部分;要素
参考例句:
  • She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
  • Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
10 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
11 chauvinistic ef9ba01a378069215f9fcf9e738c2ab7     
a.沙文主义(者)的
参考例句:
  • The tribe has been forced to modify its chauvinistic attitudes. 部族不得不改变它的沙文主义姿态。
  • And seeing others' suffering when considering your chauvinistic interests of great America. 在考虑大美沙文利益的时候想想世界的福祉。
12 innovate p62xr     
v.革新,变革,创始
参考例句:
  • We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
  • It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。
13 innovative D6Vxq     
adj.革新的,新颖的,富有革新精神的
参考例句:
  • Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
  • He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
14 unleash bjewz     
vt.发泄,发出;解带子放开
参考例句:
  • They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
  • Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今,大坝不时地改变水位,从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。
15 buffer IxYz0B     
n.起缓冲作用的人(或物),缓冲器;vt.缓冲
参考例句:
  • A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时,很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
  • Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
16 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 wrenching 30892474a599ed7ca0cbef49ded6c26b     
n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛
参考例句:
  • China has been through a wrenching series of changes and experiments. 中国经历了一系列艰苦的变革和试验。 来自辞典例句
  • A cold gust swept across her exposed breast, wrenching her back to reality. 一股寒气打击她的敞开的胸膛,把她从梦幻的境地中带了回来。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
18 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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