英语演讲原文奥巴马演讲 建设21世纪清洁能源经济1.docx

1、英语演讲原文奥巴马演讲 建设21世纪清洁能源经济1奥巴马演讲 建设21世纪清洁能源经济1THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat, have a seat. Hello, Fairless Hills! Hello, Gamesa! It is good to be here. I was here three years ago. I was then a candidate - how many folks were here at the time? Anybody remember? (Applaus

2、e.) We had a good visit. I signed a blade, I think, while I was here. I didnt have as much gray hair back then. (Laughter.) You guys still look great. Im a little worn down. It is great to be back, and I love visiting places where people are actually making stuff, because thats what America is about

3、. Everybody here, you are helping 1 to build towers that are going to stand 400 feet in the air and generate enough electricity to power 600 homes. And the blades alone are 140 feet long, so these arent your fathers windmills（风车） . These are wind turbines. You guys are not messing around. This is th

4、e future of American energy. So I wanted to come back partly because over the last two years since Ive been President, just as I promised when I was here as a candidate, I have been promoting and boosting clean energy. I think its absolutely critical for our future. And its also nice to be next to c

5、ool products. I think that what you do here is a glimpse of the future, and its a future where America is less dependent on foreign oil, more reliant（依赖的，可靠的） on clean energy produced by workers like you. And I know that this is - this whole issue of energy is on the minds of a lot of people right n

6、ow, partly because youre paying more at the pump. Anybody notice that? You noticed that a little bit. The fact is, for a lot of folks, money was already tight before gas prices started climbing, especially for some families where the husband or the wife had been out of work or youve had to get by wi

7、th fewer customers or hours on the job. Having high gas prices is just one more added burden. But I want everybody to remember, every time gases go up, we see the same pattern. Washington gets all worked up, just like clockwork. Republicans and Democrats 2 both start making a lot of speeches. Usuall

8、y the Democrats blame the Republicans; the Republicans blame the Democrats. Everybody is going in front of the cameras and theyve got some new three-point plan to promise two-dollar-a-gallon gas. And then nothing happens. And then gas prices go down, and then suddenly its not in the news anymore and

9、 everybody forgets about it until the next time gas prices go back up again. Thats what was happening when I was running three years ago. You remember “Drill, baby, drill”? That was because the economy was overheated, gas prices were skyrocketing, and everybody made a lot of speeches but not much ha

10、ppened. And I said then that we cant afford to continue this kind of being in shock when gas prices go up and then suddenly being in a trance when things go back down again. Weve got to have a sustained energy policy that is consistent, that recognizes that theres no magic formula to driving gas pri

11、ces down; its a steady improvement in terms of how we use energy and where we get energy from - thats whats going to make a difference. Thats how were going to secure our energy future. So last week I laid out a vision of how we could do this. Its a plan that says were not going to play the usual Wa

12、shington politics that have prevented progress on energy for decades. Instead, what were going to do is were going to take every good idea out there. Whether youre Republican or Democrat 3 , whatever the idea. From environmentalists. From oil men like T. Boone Pickens. I want to have a comprehensive

13、 energy strategy that can help us move forward. And that means weve got to pursue every breakthrough, every renewable resource, every technology, every approach to change the way we produce and use energy. And through this plan, what we want to do is promote all kinds of homegrown energy. Thats what

14、s going to help us secure our energy future. Thats whats going to help us win the future. Now, first of all, what I want to do is, in a decade, I want us to have cut by one-third the amount of oil that we imported when I was elected to this office. I want to cut our energy imports by a third. Now, u

15、nderstand why thats so important, because when you see what happens in the Middle East, and suddenly the world oil markets get spooked, even if the supply is there, your gas prices are going to go up. The less we import, the more control we have over what happens at the pump. Second, through sources

16、 like wind energy, produced in part by your turbines（涡轮） , I want us to double the amount of electricity that we draw from clean sources. I want us to double it. And that means by 2035, 80 percent of our electricity will come from renewables like wind and solar, as well as efficient natural gas, cle

17、an coal, nuclear power. We can do that. And by the way, that would make a huge difference here at Gamesa. This is an approach that says were not going to pick one energy source over another. What we do is we set a target, an achievable goal, and then we give industry the flexibility 4 to achieve it.

18、 We say to the utilities, youve got to get this much energy from renewable sources, and then wind is competing with solar is competing with natural gas. And theres a healthy competition out there, and everybody starts getting better at what they do because youre producing more and you know youve got

19、 a reliable customer for it. So were cutting oil imports by a third. Were going to get 80 percent of our electricity from clean sources. And if we follow through on this, if we actually tackle this challenge, heres what will happen. Our economy will be less vulnerable to wild swings in oil prices. O

20、ur nation will no longer be beholden to the countries that we now rely on for oil imports. We wont be sending billions of dollars a day to the Middle East. We can potentially keep some of that invested right here at home. Well reduce the pollution thats disrupting our climate and threatening the pla

21、net that we leave for our children and our grandchildren. Well become more energy independent. And well spark innovation and entrepreneurship across America. We will be more likely to win the global competition for new jobs and new industries - because I dont know about you, I dont want China to be

22、the worlds leading wind power manufacturer. I want the United States to be the leading manufacturer of wind power. I want it made right here in the U.S. of A. (Applause.) Same thing goes with solar, same thing goes - whatever energy source, I want us to be the best. Thats how well win the future. Bu

23、t were going to have to out-innovate the world. And this plant is a good example. For decades, this was part of steel country. Thousands went to work in the old buildings that lined these streets, forging the metal that built our trains and our ships and our cars and our skyscrapers 5 （摩天大楼） . But y

24、ou know the story. The economy changed. Those jobs vanished. A lot of empty factories started lining 6 these same streets. But this company brought jobs back to these floors. Buildings that were dark, theyre now humming again. We got more than 250 people on the job at these plants and 800 workers ac

25、ross the state. And Gamesa has partnered with Bucks 7 County Community College to create a Green Jobs Academy that serves as a pipeline 8 for new workers as the company expands. And there are other companies pursuing clean energy along these streets as well. This has made a difference in this commun

26、ity. Its made a difference for folks like Jim Bauer. Is Jim around? Wheres Jim? Theres Jim right there. (Applause.) Hey, Jim! See, I heard about Jim because he lost his job when the mills closed, but then hed be pretty soon working again in the shadow of where he spent 25 years in the steel industry

27、. Now hes here. And there was a quote that we got from Jim. He said, “I was forced into retirement 9 ” - after I was forced into retirement, nobody would hire me for any kind of decent money. Then I saw an ad looking for steelworkers to join Gamesa, and now Im happy to contribute to something thats

28、important.” (Applause.) And that - there are a lot of folks out there like Jim who are hardworking, have great skills, but maybe havent gotten a chance. And theres no reason why they cant be working in a place thats doing some important things. 文章重点单词注释： 1 helpingn.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的参考例句： The poor c

29、hildren regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。2 democratsn.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

30、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3 democratn.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员参考例句： The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。4 flexibilityn.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性参考例句： Her

31、 great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。The flexibility of a mans muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。5 skyscrapersn.摩天大楼参考例句： A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。 On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。 6 liningn.衬里，衬料参考例句： The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。7 bucksn.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃参考例句： Th