在这个艰难的冬天 In This Winter of Our Hardship（1/2）
巴拉克·胡赛因·奥巴马（1961—），生于美国夏威夷，父亲是来自肯尼亚的黑人，穆斯林，母亲是堪萨斯州的白人。美国第四十四任总统，也是美国历史上第一任非洲裔总统。
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Uand these new words before you read this article.
1.proci [pr?klei] v.正式宣布
2.fat-hearted [fethɑ:tid] adj.胆怯的，怯懦的
3.abition [?bi??n] n.抱负，雄心，野心；渴望得到的东西
4.legacy [li:g?,?z] n.遗产，遗赠物；遗留之物
5.deteration [di,t?:ei??n] n.决心；果断；坚定；决定
My fellow citizens,
I staoday hubled by the task before , grateful for the trt you have bestowed, dful of the sacrifices borne by our aors.I thank President Bh for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and operation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Aris have now taken the presidential oath.The words have been spoken durg risg tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so ofteh is taken aidst gatherg clouds and ragg stors.At these onts, Arica has carried on not siply becae of the skill or vision of thosehigh office, but becae We the People have reaed faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our foundg dots.
So it has been.So it t be with this geion of Aris.
That we arethe idst of crisis is now well uood.Our nation is at war, agast a far-reachg work of violend hatred.Our enoy is badly weakened, a nsequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of so, but also our llective faire to ake hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.Hos have been lost; jobs shed; besses shuttered.Our health care is too stly; our schools fail too any; and each day brgs further evidehat the ways we e energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our p.
These are the dicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less asurable but no less profound is a sappg of nfidence across our nd—a naggg fear that Arica’ s decle is evitable, that thegeion t lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real.They are serio and they are any.They will not be t easily ora short span of ti.But know this, Arica—they will be t.
On this day, we gather becae we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over nflid disrd.On this day, we e to pro end to the petty grievances and false proises, the recriations and worn-out dogas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We rea a young nation, butthe words of Scripture, the ti has e to set aside childish thgs.The ti has e to reaffir our endurg spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precio gift, that noble idea, passed eion to geion: the God-given proise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a ce to pursue their full asure of happess.
In reaffirg the greatness of our nation, we uand that greatness is never a given.It t be earned.Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settlg for less.It has not beeh for the fat-hearted—for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fa.Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the akers of thgs—so celebrated but ore often n and won obscuretheir bor, who have carriedup the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedo.
Ti and aga these n and won struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we ight live a better life.They saw Arica as bigger than the su of our dividual abitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or fa.
This is the journey we oday.We rea the ost prospero, powerful nation oh.Our workers are no less productive thahis crisis began.Our ds are no less ventive, oods and servio less han they were st week or st onth or st year.Our capacity reas undiished.But our ti of standg pat, of protearrow terests and puttg off unpleasant decisions—that ti has surely passed.Startg today, we t pick ourselves up, dt ourselves off, and beg aga the workArica.
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