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Happy New Year, everybody.I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us.That's because of what we've accomplished together over the past seven.
大家新年快樂！我滿懷期待的心情迎接我們共同的新年。因為過去七年里我們共同取得了巨大的成就。
Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month.They've now created jobs for 69 straight months, driving the unemployment rate from a high of 10% down to 5%.
七年前，我們的企業一個月就有80萬人失業。而今，他們已經連續69個月實現就業增長，將失業率從最高的10%降低到5%。
Seven years ago, too many Americans went without health insurance.We've now covered more than 17 million people, dropping the rate of the uninsured below 10% for the very first time.
七年前，大量的美國人沒有醫療保險。而今，我們的保險覆蓋了1700多萬人，使得未參保率第一次下降到10%以下。
Seven years ago, we were addicted to foreign oil.Now our oil imports have plummeted, our clean energy industry is booming, and America is a global leader in the fight against climate change.
七年前，我們嚴重依賴海外石油。而今，我們的石油進口量直線下降，清潔能源產業欣欣向榮，美國已經成為全球抗擊氣候變化的領導者。
Seven years ago, there were only two states in America with marriage equality.And now there are 50.
七年前，全國只有兩個州承認同性婚姻合法，而今50個州都認可了。
All of this progress is because of you.And we've got so much more to do.So my New Year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as I can.And I'll be more frequently asking for your help.That's what this American project is all about.
所有這些成績的取得都離不開大家的付出。當然我們還有更多的事情要做。因此，我的新年愿景就是繼續奮勇前行，盡我所能完成未竟的事業。我將經常性地尋求大家的幫助。因為這是關系到所有美國人民的事業。
That's especially true for one piece of unfinished business, that's our epidemic of gun violence.
對于這樣一件事而言尤為如此，那就是當前槍支暴力泛濫的問題。
Last month, we remembered the third anniversary of Newtown.This Friday, I'll be thinking about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery from the shooting in Tucson.And all across America, survivors of gun violence and those who lost a child, a parent, a spouse to gun violence are forced to mark such awful anniversaries every single day.
上個月，我們還舉行了新城慘案三周年紀念活動。本周五，我也會去看望嘉碧·吉福茲，她度過了圖森慘案后五年時間的漫長恢復期。全美各地的槍支暴力案件的幸存者以及那些在槍支暴力事件中失去孩子、父母、配偶的人們，每一天，都不得不面對這種持續的痛苦。
And yet Congress still hasn't done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families.Three years ago, a bipartisan, commonsense bill would have required background checks for virtually everyone who buys a gun.Keep in mind, this policy was supported by some 90% of the American people.It was supported by a majority of NRA households.But the gun lobby mobilized against it.And the Senate blocked it.
而現在國會卻依然無動于衷，沒有做出任何行動來防止此類事件發生在其他家庭身上。三年前，一份兩黨聯合的基本法案本來要求對幾乎所有槍支購買人員進行背景審查的。請大家記住，這份法案當時得到了90%的美國民眾的支持，而且也得到了美國步槍協會大部分會員的支持。但是，槍支游說團體強烈反對。最后在參議院未獲通過。
Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed down by gun violence.Tens of thousands.Each time, we're told that commonsense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre, or the one before that, so we shouldn't do anything.
自那時起，成千上萬的美國同胞因槍支暴力慘遭殺害。成千上萬的人啊。而每一次事件之后，他們總是會說，背景審查之類的普通改革并不一定能阻止這種屠殺事件的發生，也阻止不了以前的事件發生，因此，我們也不必要做任何事情。
We know that we can't stop every act of violence.But what if we tried to stop even one? What if Congress did something-anything-to protect our kids from gun violence?
我們都知道，我們是不能阻止每一起暴力事件。但哪怕我們能成功阻止一件呢？哪怕國會做點什么，保護我們的孩子免受槍支暴力威脅，做什么都行。
A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence.And on Monday, I'll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options.Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing.I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to bear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale.
幾個月前，我指示白宮的團隊去研究，看看可以采用什么新的策略來降低槍支暴力的威脅。下周一，我將會見司法部長洛麗塔·林奇，與她討論我們的方案。因為，我收到了大量的來信，有父母寫的，老師寫的，孩子寫的，我不能坐視不管。我還收到一些有責任心的擁有槍支的人們的來信，他們說每次的慘案發生他們都深感悲痛。他們有著與我同樣的信念，《第二修正案》確保大家有權擁有武器，但同時他們也堅信，我們可以讓不負責任、危險的極少數人不能再繼續制造屠殺制造殺害，同時保護大家享有這一權利。
