克林顿告别演说

1、克林顿告别演说I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. Andgrateful to Vice Preside nt Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years 同胞们，今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总

2、统，在口宫椭圆形办公 室向你们做最后一次演讲.我从心底深处感谢你们给了我两次机会和荣誉，为你们服务，为 你们工作，和你们一起为我们的国家进入21世纪做准备.这里，我 要感谢戈尔副总统，我的内阁部长们以及所有伴我度过过去8年的同 事们.This has been a time of dramatic trensformation, end you have risen to every new challenge. You have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more

3、 prosperous.You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.现在是一个极具变革的年代，你们为迎接新的挑战已经做好了准 备.是你们使我们的社会更加强大，我们的家庭更加健康和安全，我 们的人民更加富裕.同胞们，我们已经进入了全球信息化时代，这是美国复兴的伟大 时代.In all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, ever

4、y executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, Ive tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world作为总统，我所做的一切每一个决定，每一个行政命令，提议 和签

5、署的每一项法令，都是在努力为美国人民提供工具和创造条件， 来实现美国的梦想，建设美国的未来-一个美好的社会，繁荣的经济， 清洁的环境，进而实现一个更自由、更安全、更繁荣的世界.I have steered my course by our enduring values Opportunity for all. Resp on sibility from ell. A community of all America ns. I have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more ef

6、fective, full of ideas end policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the future借助我们永恒的价值，我驾驭了我的航程.机会属于每一个美国 公民；（我的）责任来自全体美国人民；所有美国人民组成了一个大家 庭.我一直在努力为美国创造一个新型的政府：更小、更现代化、更 有效率、面对新时代的挑战充满创意和思想、永远把人民的利益放在 第一位、永远而向未来.Working together, America has done well. O

7、ur economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home own ership ever; the Ion gest expansi on in history.我们在一起使美国变得更加美好.我们的经济正在破着一个又一 个的记录，向前发展.我们己创造了 2200万个新的工作岗位，我们 的失业率是30年来最低的，老百姓的购房率达到一个空前的高度， 我们经济繁荣的持续时间是历史上最长的.Our families e

8、nd communities are stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have used the family leave law. Eight million have moved off welfare Crime is at a 25-year low. Over 10 million Americans receive more college aid, end more people than ever are going to college Our schools are better - higher stendards, gre

9、ater accountability end larger in vestments have brought higher test scores, end higher graduatio n rates. 我们的家庭、我们的社会变得更加强大.3500万美国人曾经享受联 邦休假,800万人重新获得社会保障，犯罪率是20xx年来最低的，1000 多万美国人享受更多的入学贷款，更多的人接受大学教育.我们的学 校也在改善.更高的办学水平、更大的责任感和更多的投资使得我们 的学生取得更高的考试分数和毕业成绩.More than three million children have health

10、 insurance now, and more than 7 milli on Americans have bee n lifted out of povert y. In comes are rising across the board Our air and water are cleaner. Our food and drinking water are safer. And more of our precious lend has been preserved, in the contimental United States, than at any time in 100

11、 years.目前，已有300多万美国儿童在享受着医疗保险，700多万美国 人己经脱离了贫困线.全国人民的收入在大幅度提高.我们的空气和 水资源更加洁净，食品和饮用水更加安全.我们珍贵的土地资源也得 到了近百年来前所未有的保护.America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globeIm very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a

12、strong position to meet the challenges of the future美国己经成为地球上每个角落促进和平和繁荣的积极力量.我非 常高兴能于此时将领导权交给新任总统，强大的美国正面临未来的挑 战.Tonight, I want to leave you with three thoughts about our future. First, America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility Through our last four budgets, weve turned record defi

13、cits to record surpluses, and weve been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt free by the end of the decade for the first time since 1835.今晚，我希望大家能从以下3点审视我们的未来：第一，美国必 须保持它的良好财政状况.通过过去4个财政年度的努力，我们己经 把破纪录的财政赤字变为破纪录的盈余.并且，我们己经偿还了 6000 亿美元的国债，我们正向20xx年内彻底偿还国家债务的目标迈进， 这将

14、是2835年以来的第一次.Staying on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opport unity to meet our big challe nges .If we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, in vest more in our future and provide tax relief.只要这样做，就会带来更低的利率、更大的

15、经济繁荣，从而能够 迎接将来更大的挑战.如果我们做出明智的选择，我们就能偿还债务, 解决（二战后出生的）一大批人们的退休问题，对未来进行更多的投资, 并减轻税收.Second, because the world is more cormected every day in every way, Americas security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the world At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that eve

16、r before. Our allia nces are str on ger tha n ever. People all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and security. The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work end live and raise their families with

17、dignity.第二，世界各国的联系日益紧密.为了美国的安全与繁荣，我们 应继续融入世界.在这个特别的历史时刻，更多的美国人民享有前所 未有的自由.我们的盟国更加强大.全世界人民期望美国成为和平与 繁荣、自由与安全的力量.全球经济给予美国民众以及全世界人民更 多的机会去工作、生活，更体而地养活家庭.But the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, orga

18、nized crime end narco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons end disease, the degradation of the global environment.但是，这种世界融合的趋势一方面为我们创造了良好的机会，但 同时使得我们在全球范围内更容易遭致破坏性力量、恐怖主义、有组 织的犯罪、贩毒活动，致命性武器和疾病传播的威胁.The expansion of trade hasnt fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edg

19、e of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knifes edge of survival.尽管世界贸易不断扩大，但它没能缩小处于全球经济繁荣中的我 们同数十亿处于死亡边缘的人们之间的距离.This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our in d iff ere nee.In his fi

20、rst in augural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances But in our times, America cannot end must not disentangle itself from the world .If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility.要解决世界贫富两极分化需要的不是同情和怜悯，而是实际行 动.贫穷有可能被我们的漠不关心激化而成为火药桶.托

21、马斯-杰斐逊在他的就职演说中告诫我们结盟的危害.但是， 在我们这个时代，美国不能，也不可能使自己脱离这个世界.如果我 们想把我们共有的价值观赋了这个世界，我们必须共冋承担起这个责 任.If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace We

22、 must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word end deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade ben efits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world如果20世纪的历次战争，尤其是新近在科索沃地区和波斯尼亚 爆发的战争，能够让我们得到某种教训的话，我们从

23、中得到的启示应 是：由于捍卫了我们的价值观并领导了自由和和平的力量，我们才达 到了目标.我们必须坚定勇敢地拥抱这个信念和责任，在语言和行动 上与我们的同盟者们站在一起，领导他们按这条道路前进；循着在全 球经济中以人为木的观念，让不断发展的贸易能够使所有国家的所有 人受益，在全世界范围内提高他们的生活水平和实现他们的梦想.Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the

24、fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite aro und our comm on values end our comm on huma nity.第三，我们必须牢记如果我们不团结一致，美国就不能领先世 界.随着我们变得越来越多样化，我们必须更加努力地团结在共同价 值观和共同人性的旗帜下.We must work harder to overcome our differences .In our hearts and in our laws, we must trea

25、t all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders dreams我们要加倍努力地工作，克服生活中存在的种种分歧.于情于法, 我们都要让我们的人民受到公正的待遇，不论他是哪一个民族、信仰 何种宗教、什么性别或性倾向，或者何时来到这个国家.我们时时刻 刻都要为了实现先辈们建立高度团结的美利坚合众国的梦想而奋斗.Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his family and his administ