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What is true and the reason that a lot of Americans feel anxious is that the economy has been changing in profound ways, changes that started long before the Great Recession hit and changes that have not let up.
實際情況——同時也是許多美國人感到焦慮的原因——是美國經(jīng)濟(jì)正在經(jīng)歷巨大變革，而且這變革早在大蕭條發(fā)生之前就已經(jīng)開始，到現(xiàn)在還沒有結(jié)束。
Today, technology doesn't just replace jobs on the assembly line, but any job where work can be automated.
今天，能夠被高科技取代的工作崗位并不僅限于生產(chǎn)線，還包括任何可以實現(xiàn)自動化的崗位。
Companies in a global economy can locate anywhere, and face tougher competition.
在經(jīng)濟(jì)全球化中，公司可以落戶于世界任何地方，也會面臨更加激烈的競爭。
As a result, workers have less leverage for a raise.
其結(jié)果是，雇員要求加薪的籌碼變少。
Companies have less loyalty to their communities.
公司對其所在群體的忠誠度更低。
And more and more wealth and income is concentrated at the very top.
同時，越來越多的財富和收入積聚到社會頂層階級手中。
All these trends have squeezed workers, even when they have jobs; even when the economy is growing.
這些變化趨勢擠壓了雇員的生存空間，即使他們擁有工作，即使美國經(jīng)濟(jì)一直在增長。
It's made it harder for a hardworking family to pull itself out of poverty, harder for young people to start on their careers, and tougher for workers to retire when they want to.
工薪家庭想要通過努力工作，擺脫貧困，年輕人想要開創(chuàng)自己的事業(yè)，雇員想要適時退休，都已經(jīng)不太容易。
And although none of these trends are unique to America, they do offend our uniquely American belief that everybody who works hard should get a fair shot.
雖然面臨這些變革的不只有美國，但是這些的確違背了獨(dú)有的美國式信念，那就是，任何努力工作的人都應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)玫焦酱觥?/p>
For the past seven years, our goal has been a growing economy that also works better for everybody.
在過去的七年中，我們的目標(biāo)一直都是，保持經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，以造福每一個人。
We've made progress. But we need to make more.
我們已經(jīng)取得了一些進(jìn)步。但是，我們需要繼續(xù)努力。
And despite all the political arguments we've had these past few years, there are some areas where Americans broadly agree.
盡管在過去的一些年中，我們有過許多政治上的爭論，但是在一些領(lǐng)域，我們?nèi)〉昧似毡榈墓沧R。
We agree that real opportunity requires every American to get the education and training they need to land a good-paying job.
我們一致認(rèn)為，真正的機(jī)會在于每一個美國人都能獲得能夠必要的教育及培訓(xùn)，讓他們能夠勝任一份收入理想的工作。
