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I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision
我肯定，同胞們都期待我在就任總統(tǒng)時(shí)，會(huì)像我國(guó)目前形勢(shì)所要求的那樣，
which the present situation of our Nation impels.
坦率而果斷地向他們講話。
This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.
現(xiàn)在正是但白、勇敢地說(shuō)出實(shí)話，說(shuō)出全部實(shí)話的最好時(shí)刻，
Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.
我們不必畏首畏尾，不著老實(shí)實(shí)面對(duì)我國(guó)今天的情況，
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
這個(gè)偉大的國(guó)家會(huì)一如既住地堅(jiān)持下去，它會(huì)復(fù)興和繁榮起來(lái)。
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself
因此，讓我首先表明我的堅(jiān)定信念：我們唯一下得不害怕的就是害怕本身
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
一種莫明其妙的、喪失理智的、毫無(wú)根據(jù)的恐懼，它會(huì)把轉(zhuǎn)退為進(jìn)所需的種種努力化為泡影。
In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.
凡在我國(guó)生活陰云密布的時(shí)刻，坦率而有活力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都得到過(guò)人民的理解和支持，從而為勝利準(zhǔn)備了必不可少的條件。
I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
我相信，在目前危急時(shí)刻，大家會(huì)再次給予同樣的支持。
In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties.
我和你們都要以這種槽神，來(lái)面對(duì)我們共同的困難。
They concern, thank God, only material things.
感謝上帝，這些困難只是物質(zhì)方面的。
Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen;
價(jià)值難以想象地貶縮了；課稅增加了，我們的支付能力下降了；
government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income;
各級(jí)政府面臨著嚴(yán)重的收入短缺；
the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side;
交換手段在貿(mào)易過(guò)程中遭到了凍結(jié)；工業(yè)企業(yè)枯萎的落葉到處可見(jiàn)；
farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.
農(nóng)場(chǎng)主的產(chǎn)品找不到銷路；千家萬(wàn)戶多年的積蓄付之東流。
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return.
更重要的是，大批失業(yè)公民正面臨嚴(yán)峻的生育問(wèn)題，還有大批公民正以艱辛的勞動(dòng)換取微薄的報(bào)酬。
Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
只有愚蠢的樂(lè)天派會(huì)否認(rèn)當(dāng)前這些陰暗的現(xiàn)實(shí)。
Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts.
但是，我們的苦惱決不是因?yàn)槿狈ξ镔Y。我們沒(méi)有遭到什么蝗蟲災(zāi)害。
Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for.
我們的先輩曾以信念和無(wú)畏一次次轉(zhuǎn)危為安，比起他們經(jīng)歷過(guò)的險(xiǎn)阻，我們?nèi)源罂筛械叫牢俊?/div>
Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it.
大自然仍在給予我們恩惠，人類的努力已使之倍增。
