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The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity not a guarantee, but a real opportunity -- to build better lives.
新政府的主要任務是給予每名公民機遇，而不是保證，而是真正過上好日子的機會。
Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us.
除此之外，同胞們，未來掌握在我們手里。
Our founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship.
開國元勛告誡我們，自由和團結依靠的是負責人的公民。
And we need a new sense of responsibility for a new century.
新世紀需要新責任感。
There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read; hiring people off welfare rolls;
我們任重道遠，但單靠政府無法完成，教授兒童讀寫，增加就業，減少低保人員；
coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime; taking time out of our own lives to serve others.
擺脫毒品犯罪等枷鎖；貢獻自己服務他人。
Each and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal responsibility not only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation.
我們每個人，都能夠通過自己的方式來承擔責任，不僅是對自己和家庭，還有我們的鄰里，以及整個國家。
Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of community for a new century.
我們最大的責任就是建設新世紀的新團體精神。
For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one America.
對于每個人的勝利，我們需要先讓美國勝利。
The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future will we be one nation, one people, with one common destiny, or not?
曾經的挑戰仍是未來的挑戰，我們是否要以一個國家，一個民族，一個目標而前行？
Will we all come together, or come apart?
是團結合作還是分崩離析？
The divide of race has been America's constant curse.
種族問題一直是美國的長期問題。
And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices.
每次移民潮都會對舊偏見帶來沖擊。
Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.
帶著宗教或政治面具的偏見和輕蔑也都是一丘之貉。
These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us still.
這些差點摧毀了美國。他們依然纏繞著我們。
