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This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed-why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
這就是我們的自由和我們堅守的信條具有的意義——說明了為什么各種族、各類信仰的男女老少能在這個雄偉的大草坪上歡聚一堂，也說明了為什么今天有人能站在這里進行最莊嚴(yán)的宣誓，但他的父親在不到60年前在當(dāng)?shù)氐牟宛^還不能受到接待。
So let us mark this day with remembrance of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
為此，讓我們記住這一天，記住我們是什么樣的人，記住我們已經(jīng)走過了多長的路。在美利堅誕生的年月，在那些最寒冷的日子里，為數(shù)不多的愛國者聚集在一條冰河的岸邊，身旁的篝火即將熄滅，首都已經(jīng)撤防，敵人正在進攻，雪地沾滿了斑斑血跡。在我們的革命何去何從，結(jié)局最難以估計的時刻，我國的開國元勛決定向人民宣讀以下這段話：
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
“讓我們昭告未來的世界，在這個酷寒的冬季，萬物蕭蘇，只有希望和美德堅韌不拔。這個城市和這個國家，受到共同危難的召喚，挺身而出，奮起迎戰(zhàn)。”
America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
美利堅，在我們面臨共同危難之際，在我們遇到艱難險阻的冬日，讓我們牢記這些永恒的話語。心懷希望和美德，讓我們再一次不懼嚴(yán)寒，勇作中流砥柱，不論什么風(fēng)暴來襲，我們都將堅不可摧。今后，讓我們的后代子孫如此評說：我們在遇到考驗的時候沒有半途而廢，沒有退縮不前，也沒有絲毫動搖。讓我們?nèi)褙炞ⅲ哒斑h(yuǎn)矚，感謝上帝對我們的恩典，繼承自由這個寶貴的傳統(tǒng)，平穩(wěn)地世代相傳。
Thank you. God bless you. God bless United States of America.
謝謝你們！上帝保佑你們，保佑美國！
