KTS勝之玥英語丨奧巴馬支持拜登競選:他具備總統需要的一切品質

美國當地時間4月14日,就在特朗普公開宣佈斷供世界衛生組織,引起軒然大波的同時,美國前總統奧巴馬也公開發表了支持拜登入主白宮的講話,他在講話中稱:好的政府很重要,法治很重要,選舉很重要,相信“他能在黑暗時期‘治癒’美國”。


KTS勝之玥英語丨奧巴馬支持拜登競選:他具備總統需要的一切品質


而在14日,特朗普競選團隊回應奧巴馬支持拜登競選總統一事,稱拜登是一個糟糕的候選人,特朗普將摧毀他。


KTS勝之玥英語丨奧巴馬支持拜登競選:他具備總統需要的一切品質


16日,對於美國總統特朗普公佈的關於重新開放經濟的指導計劃,美國民主黨總統競選人拜登在節目中表示“我不認為那是一個計劃,他(特朗普)所做的事有點像是在下賭注”。


他稱特朗普所討論的這些階段並非是毫無道理,但這個計劃沒有任何硬性指導方針。


KTS勝之玥英語丨奧巴馬支持拜登競選:他具備總統需要的一切品質


這麼一看,美國的總統大戰真的不止我們想象中的激烈啊!!小K迫不及待想要看看特朗普究竟是連任還是拜登上位,畢竟他倆算是總統之位的“熱門選手”了。


但是在這之前,按照慣例,我們來看看奧巴馬支持拜登的這個視頻吧~


在這裡,由於篇幅原因,小K會節選演講裡比較精彩的片段進行講解。


在演講的開頭,奧巴馬錶示了對正在遭受疫情的廣大群眾表示了感謝和慰問。在感謝大眾的同時,重點強調了醫護人員和工人的作用。


他表示,互相關照的精神不能侷限於我們的家庭、工作場所、鄰里或我們的禮拜堂,這也必須反映在我們的政府中。那種以知識和經驗為指導的領導力,誠實和謙遜、同理心和恩典。



Hi, everybody. Let me start by saying the obvious these aren’t normal times. As we all manage our way through a pandemic unlike anything we have seen in a century, Michelle and I hope that you and your families are safe and well.


大家好。讓我從最明顯的現實開始——現在並不是正常的時期,我們都在努力應對一場百年不遇的大流行,首先米歇爾和我希望你和你的家人平安。


If you have lost somebody to this virus or someone in your life is sick, or if you are one of the millions suffering economic hardship, please know that you are in our prayers. Please know that you are not alone because now is the time for all of us to help where we can and to be there for each other as neighbors, as coworkers, and as fellow citizens. In fact, over the past weeks, we have seen plenty of examples of the kind of courage, kindness, and selflessness that we are going to need to get through one of the most difficult times in our history.


如果你因為這種病毒失去了某人,或者你生命中的親朋好友生病了,或者你是數百萬遭受經濟困難的人中的一員,請知道,我們在為你祈禱。請知道,你並不孤單。現在正是我們所有人盡己所能互相幫助的時候,是我們作為鄰居、同事和同胞,相互幫助的時候。事實上,在過去的幾周裡,我們已經看到了許許多多這樣的例子,這些例子展示了我們需要的勇氣、善良和無私,正是我們要度過這段史上最困難時期所最需要的精神。

✔ pandemic adj.(疾病)流行全國[全世界]的

Although swine flu seems to be spreading slowly, it is still progressing quickly enough to justify preparing for a pandemic.

雖然豬流感傳播好像緩慢,但它一直在快速進行中足以證明為大流行做準備的正確的。


但是——,他的筆鋒一轉,他認為政府也應該擁有這種優秀的品質,這也是他為什麼推薦拜登做總統的原因。接下來他談到了拜登的經歷:


拜登大兒子波•拜登2015年因腦癌去世,他在伊拉克服役一年。此前,1972年一次車禍中,拜登的第一任妻子奈麗雅和一歲的女兒耐奧米喪生,剛兩歲和三歲的兩個兒子受重傷。拜登此後一段時間擔當起單身父親,每天花費四個小時往返於華盛頓和家中,就是要確保每天晚上都能和兩個兒子在一起。


但他從未忘記父母言傳身教傳給他的價值觀和道德準則,正是這些價值觀和道德準則造就了今天的他。這就是他的信念堅如鋼鐵的原因——對上帝,對美國,對我們所有人。



That kind of leadership doesn't just belong in our state capitals and mayor's offices, it belongs in the White House, and that is why I am so proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States.


這種領導力不只屬於我們的州議會和市長辦公室,它必須也屬於白宮。這就是為什麼我如此自豪地支持喬·拜登成為美國總統。


Choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend, and I believe Joe has all of the qualities we need in a president right now. He is someone who's own life has taught him how to persevere, how to bounce back when you have been knocked down.


選擇喬做副總統是我做過的最好的決定之一,他成了我的好朋友。我相信喬具備了我們現在所需要的總統的所有品質。他自己的生活教會了他如何堅持,當你被打倒的時候要如何堅定地站起來。

✔ vice prep.副;代替


✔knocked down 打倒;拆除;拆卸

Cats can also be used electroporation to knock down, generally speaking, the role of the cat was a shock, after never went to bed.

也可用電擊法將貓擊倒,一般來說,貓受到一次電擊作用後,再也不會上床了。


接下來,他會議起拜登和他共事的日子。在大蕭條中,在甲型流感肆意橫行時,是拜登幫助他控制了局勢。奧巴馬和拜登並非在所有問題上都意見一致,但他們始終有一個共同的信念,那就是必須讓美國成為一個更公平、更公正、更合理的社會。


他講到了美國社會里更加本質的問題——經濟所造成的巨大不平等,必須依靠經濟的增長來解決。



You know I could not be prouder of the incredible progress that we made together during my presidency, but if I were running today, I wouldn't run the same race or have the same platform as I did in 2008. The world is different; there's too much unfinished business for us to just look backwards. We have to look to the future. Bernie understands that, and Joe understands that.


要知道,我對自己擔任總統期間,美國人民共同取得的驚人進步感到無比自豪。但是,如果我今天參選,就不會像2008年那樣去競選,也不會有同樣的政綱。世界已經不一樣了,我們有太多未完成的事情,不能只向後看。我們必須著眼於未來,伯尼明白這一點,而喬也明白這一點。


It is one of the reasons that Joe already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history. Because even before the pandemic turned the world upside down, it was already clear that we needed real structural change. The vast inequalities created by the new economy are easier to see now, but they existed long before this pandemic hit. Health professionals, teachers, delivery drivers, grocery clerks, cleaners, the people who truly make our economy run they have always been essential, and for years too many of the people who do the essential work of this country have been underpaid, financially stressed and given too little support, and that applies to the next generation of Americans young people graduating into unprecedented unemployment. They are going to need economic policies that give them faith in the future and give them relief from crushing student loan debt.


這也是為什麼喬已經擁有了美國曆史上所有主要政黨候選人中最進步的政綱,因為在大流行把世界顛倒之前,我們就已經清楚地認識到,我們需要真正的結構性變革。現在經濟所造成的巨大不平等很容易看到,但在這場大流行病發生之前,這些不平等早就存在了。衛生專業人員、教師、送貨司機、雜貨店店員、清潔工,這些真正使我們的經濟運行的人,一直是不可或缺的。多年來,有太多的人從事這個國家的基本工作,他們的工資不足,經濟壓力巨大,得到的支持太少。下一代美國人、那些即將畢業的年輕人,面臨著同樣的困境,他們將面臨前所未有的失業窘況。他們需要經濟政策帶給他們對未來的信心,並幫助他們從沉重的學生貸款債務中解脫出來。

✔ presidency n.總統(或主席)的職位;總統(或主席)任期


✔ nominee n.被提名人;候選人

The president did not formally endorse McCain, but did say he was willing to campaign on behalf of the eventual Republican nominee.


布什總統沒有正式表態支持麥凱恩,但是他說,他願意為最後將贏得共和黨提名的侯選人競選。


奧巴馬談到美國對於世界環保的影響——必須讓美國迴歸到《巴黎協定》裡去。他們必須贏得這次的選舉,才能使這個變為可能。



We have to return the U.S. to the Paris Agreement and lead the world in reducing the pollution that causes climate change, but science tells us we have to go much further and it is time for us to accelerate progress on bold new green initiatives that make our economy a clean energy innovator, save us money and secure our children's future.


我們必須讓美國迴歸到《巴黎協定》中去,在減少導致氣候變化導致的環境問題方面引領世界。科學也告訴我們,必須走得更遠。所以現在是時候了,我們要加快推進大膽的綠色新舉措,使我們的經濟成為清潔能源創新者,為我們節省資金,讓我們的孩子有更好的未來。


Of course, Democrats may not always agree on every detail of the best way to bring about each and every one of these changes, but we do agree that they are needed and that only happens if we win this election because one thing everybody has learned by now is that the Republicans occupying the White House and running the U.S. Senate are not interested in progress.


當然,對實現這些變化的最佳方式的每一個細節,民主黨人可能並不是總有共識。但我們確實同意這些變化是需要的,所以,我們必須贏得這次選舉,讓這些變化發生。

✔ Paris Agreement 巴黎協定


奧巴馬在最後表示,特朗普所在的共和黨對進步不感興趣,他們只對權力感興趣。但是疫情正好是一個時機,讓大家審視和直面一個問題——


“我們究竟需要一個什麼樣的政府。”



They are interested in power. They have shown themselves willing to kick millions off their health insurance and eliminate pre-existing condition protections for millions more even in the middle of this public health crisis, even as they are willing to spend $1 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy. They have given polluters unlimited power to poison our air and their water and deny the science of climate change just as they denied the science of pandemics. Repeatedly they have disregarded American principles of rule of law and voting rights and transparency, basic norms that previous administrations observed regardless of party, principles that are the bedrock of our democracy.


因為現在大家都知道了一件事,佔據白宮和參議院的共和黨人對進步不感興趣,他們只對權力感興趣,他們很樂意將數百萬人拒之醫療保險大門之外,並取消數百萬人的健康保險,而與此同時,就在眼前這場公共健康危機中,他們寧願花一萬億美元為富人減稅。他們給予汙染製造者無限的權力來毒害我們的空氣和水,並否認氣候變化是科學,就像他們否認大流行是科學一樣。他們一再無視美國的法治、投票權和透明度等建國原則,而這些基本準則是前幾屆政府不分黨派都遵守的,這些原則是我們民主的基石。


Right now we need Americans of goodwill to unite in a great awakening against a politics that too often has been characterized by corruption, carelessness, self-dealing, disinformation, ignorance and just plain meanness and to change that we need Americans of all political stripes to get involved in our politics and our public life like never before. For those of us who believe in building a more just, more generous, more democratic America where everybody has a fair shot at opportunity, for those of us who believe in a government that cares about the many and not just the few, for those of us who love this country and are willing to do our part to make sure it lives up to its highest ideals now is the time to fight for what we believe in.


但是,大流行正好是一個機會,可以衝破很多噪音和漩渦,提醒我們什麼才是真實的,什麼才是重要的。這次危機提醒了我們,政府很重要,好的政府很重要。事實和科學很重要,法治很重要。必須有一位見多識廣、誠實可靠的領導者,他會設法把美國人團結起來,而不是讓他們分裂——這樣的領導者很重要。換句話說,選舉很重要。現在,我們需要有著良好意願的美國人團結起來,一起覺醒,來反對那種經常以腐敗、粗心、自私、謠言、無知和卑鄙為特徵的政治。為了改變這種狀況,我們需要所有政治派別的美國人,以前所未有的姿態參與到我們的政治和公共生活中來。對於我們這些相信,應該努力建設一個更公正、更慷慨、更民主、每個人都有公平機會的美國的人來說。對於我們這些相信,政府應該關心大多數人而不是少數人的美國的人來說。對於我們這些熱愛這個國家、願意儘自己的一份力量確保其實現其最高理想的人來說,現在是為我們的信仰而奮鬥的時候了。

✔ transparency n.透明度;透明性;幻燈片


✔ self-dealing 自利交易;假公濟私


最後的最後,奧巴馬號召大家加入支持拜登的隊伍中去,希望大家繼續相信會有一個更美好世界的可能性。



So join us. Join Joe. Go to JoeBiden.com right now. Make a plan for how you are going to get involved. Keep taking care of yourself and your families and each other. Keep believing in the possibilities of a better world, and I will see you on the campaign trail as soon as I can. Thanks.


所以請加入我們,加入喬,馬上去JoeBiden.com(注,拜登的競選網站)制定一個如何參與的計劃。繼續照顧好自己,照顧好家人,照顧好彼此。繼續相信會有一個更美好世界的可能性,我會盡快在競選路上見到你們的。謝謝你。


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