奥巴马总统在美国国会黑人同盟晚宴上英语演讲稿Word下载.docx

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Thankyou,Chaka,forthatintroduction.Thankstoallofyouforhavingmeherethisevening.IwanttoacknowledgethemembersoftheCongressionalBlackCaucusandChairwomanMarciaFudgefortheiroutstandingwork.（Applause.）Thankyou,ShuaniseWashington,andtheCBCFoundationfordoingsomuchtohelpouryoungpeopleaimhighandreachtheirpotential.

Tonight,Iwanttobeginbypayingspecialtributetoamanwithwhomallofyouhaveworkedcloselywith;

someonewhoservedhiscountryfornearly40yearsasaprosecutor,asajudge,andasAttorneyGeneraloftheUnitedStates:

Mr.EricHolder.（Applause.）Throughouthislongcareerinpublicservice,Erichasbuiltapowerfullegacyofmakingsurethatequaljusticeunderthelawactuallymeanssomething;

thatitappliestoeverybody--regardlessofrace,orgender,orreligion,orcolor,creed,disability,sexualorientation.Hehasbeena

greatfriendofmine.HehasbeenafaithfulservantoftheAmericanpeople.Wewillmisshimbadly.（Applause.）

Thisyear,we'

vebeenmarkingthe50thanniversaryoftheCivilRightsAct.WehonorgiantslikeJohnLewis--（applause）;

unsungheroineslikeEvelynLowery.WehonorthecountlessAmericans,somewhoareinthisroom--black,white,students,scholars,preachers,housekeepers,patriotsall,who,withtheirbarehands,reachedintothewellofournation'

sfoundingidealsandhelpedtonurtureamoreperfectunion.We'

veremindedourselvesthatprogressisnotjustabsorbingwhathasbeendone--it'

sadvancingwhat'

sleftundone.

EvenbeforePresidentJohnsonsignedtheCivilRightsActintolaw,evenasthedebatedraggedonintheSenate,hewasalreadychallengingAmericatodomoreandmarchfurther,tobuildaGreatSociety--one,Johnsonsaid,“wherenochildwillgounfed,andnoyoungsterwillgounschooled.Wherenomanwhowantsworkwillfailtofindit.Wherenocitizenwillbebarredfromanydoorbecauseofhisbirthplaceorhiscolororhischurch.Wherepeaceandsecurityiscommonamongneighborsandpossibleamongnations.”“Thisistheworldthatwaitsforyou,”hesaid.“Reachoutforitnow.Jointhefighttofinishtheunfinishedwork.”Tofinishtheunfinishedwork.

Americahasmadestunningprogresssincethattime,overthepast50years--evenoverthepastfiveyears.Butitistheunfinishedworkthatdrivesusforward.

Someofourunfinishedworkliesbeyondourborders.

AmericaisleadingtheefforttorallytheworldagainstRussianaggressioninUkraine.AmericaisleadingthefighttocontainandcombatEbolainAfrica.AmericaisbuildingandleadingthecoalitionthatwilldegradeandultimatelydestroytheterroristgroupknownasISIL.AsAmericans,weareleading,andwedon'

tshyawayfromtheseresponsibilities;

wewelcomethem.（Applause.）That'

swhatAmericadoes.Andwearegratefultothemenandwomeninuniformwhoputthemselvesinharm'

swayinserviceofthecountrythatwealllove.（Applause.）

Sowe'

vegotunfinishedworkoverseas,butwe'

vegotsomeunfinishedworkrighthereathome.（Applause.）AftertheworsteconomiccrisissincetheGreatDepression,ourbusinesseshavenowcreated10millionnewjobsoverthelast54months.Thisisthelongestuninterruptedstretchofjobgrowthinourhistory.（Applause.）Inourhistory.Butweunderstandourworkisnotdoneuntilwegetthekindofjobcreationthatmeanseverybodywhowantsworkcanafindjob.

We'

vedonesomeworkonhealthcare,too.Idon'

tknow

ifyou'

venoticed.ThankstotheAffordableCareAct,we'

ve

seena26percentdeclineintheuninsuredrateinAmerica.（Applause.）AfricanAmericanshaveseena30percentdecline.And,bytheway,thecostofhealthcareisn'

tgoingupasfastanymoreeither.Everybodywaspredictingthiswasallgoingtobesoexpensive.We'

vesaved$800billion--（applause）-inMedicarebecauseoftheworkthatwe'

vedone--slowingthecost,improvingquality,andimprovingaccess.Despiteunyieldingopposition,thischangehashappenedjustinthelastcoupleyears.

Butweknowourworkisnotyetdoneuntilwegetintomorecommunities,helpmoreuninsuredfolksgetcovered,especiallyinthosestateswherethegovernorsaren'

tbeingquiteascooperativeaswe'

dlikethemtobe.（Applause.）Youknowwhoyouare.Italwayspuzzlesmewhenyoudecidetotakeastandtomakesurepoorfolksinyourstatecan'

tgethealthinsuranceeventhoughitdoesn'

tcostyouadime.Thatdoesn'

tmakemuchsensetome,butIwon'

tgoononthattopic.（Applause.）We'

vegotmoreworktodo.

It'

seasytotakeastandwhenyou'

vegothealthinsurance.（Laughterandapplause.）I'

mgoingoffscriptnow,but-（laug