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Patriotism. There's a word thrown around a lot.
“愛國心”，這是個被用到泛濫成災的字
It inspires passionate debate and is worn like a badge of honor. And with good reason.
它會引發充滿激情的討論，也會被視為榮譽徽章一般來別在身上。是有些好理由。
Because it means love and devotion for one's country.
因為它代表了對自己國家的衷心熱愛與忠誠奉獻。
Love. For a word designed to unite, it can also be pretty divisive.
愛。身為一個被設計來“使人結合”的單字，不過同樣能造成分裂
You see, there's more to patriotism than flag sequined onesies, and rodeos, and quadruple cheeseburgers.
你知道，愛國心不僅僅是國旗、西部牛仔和四層干酪漢堡
Patriotism is love for a country, not just pride in it.
“愛國心”是對于國家有愛，而不光只有驕傲
But what really makes up this country of ours? What is it we love?
但什么才真正組成了我們的國家？我們愛的到底是什么？
It's more than a huge rock full of animals like cougars and eagles, right?
它絕對不只是一塊充滿動物的大石頭，比如說美洲豹和老鷹，對吧？
It's the people. Do me a favor and close your eyes for a second. I want to try something out.
我們愛的是人。幫我個忙，閉上眼睛幾秒鐘。我想做個測試。
Picture the average U.S. citizen.
想象一個美國公民
Think about it. How old are they? What's their hair like?
想象一下，他們幾歲？他們有什么樣的頭發？
How much can they bench? Got one? Ok.
他們可以舉起幾磅？想出來了嗎？很好
So, the chances are the person you're picturing right now looks a little different to the real average American.
所以，你想象出來的這個人很有可能跟真正的“美國公民”有段差距
There are 319 million U.S. citizens. 51% are female.
有三億一千九百萬美國公民，51%是女性。
So, first off, the average American is a woman. Cool huh. Is that what you pictured?
所以首先標準美國人應該是一名女子，酷吧，這跟你想象的符合嗎？
54 million are Latino. 40 million are senior citizens. 27 million are disabled. 18 million are Asian.
五千四百萬拉丁裔，四千萬高齡公民。兩千七百萬殘障人士，一千八百萬亞裔。
That's more people in the U.S. than play football and baseball combined.
比所有在美國玩美式足球與棒球的人加起來都多
9 million are lesbian, gay, bi, or transgender.
九百萬的女同志、男同志、雙性戀與跨性別者。
More than the entire amount of people that live in the state of Virginia.
比所有住在弗吉尼亞州的人還要多。
Around 10 million are redheaded. 5.1 million play Ultimate Frisbee. And 3 and a half million are Muslim.
一千萬的人是紅頭發。五百一十萬人玩極限飛盤，三百五十萬穆斯林。
Triple the number of people currently serving in the United States military.
比現在在美軍服役的人多出三倍。
Almost half the country belongs to minority groups.
整個國家大概有一半的人都屬于少數族群
People who are lesbian. African American. And bi. And transgender. And Native American.
女同志、非裔美國人、雙性戀、跨性別者以及美國原住民。
And proud of it! We know that labels don't devalue us, they help define us:
并且為此驕傲！我們都知道標簽并不能夠貶低我們的價值
keeping us dialed in to our cultures, and our beliefs, and who we are. As Americans.
他們讓我們定義自己是誰：幫助我們深深浸濡在我們的文化以及信仰，和“我們究竟是誰”之中，以美國人的身份。
After all, what's more American than the freedom to celebrate the things that make us us?
畢竟，還有什么比“能自由慶祝我們之所以為我們”更有美國風格呢？
I mean, it's stitched into the stars and stripes of this country,
我是說，它已經鑲嵌在這個國家的星星以及條紋上了，
from the Constitution to Gettysburg, to our motto, "E Pluribus Unum", from many, one.
從美國憲法到蓋茨堡，再到我們的箴言“合眾為一”，自紛亂分歧，合而為一。
It's even in our country's name – the UNITED States.
它甚至深植在我們的國名當中：美利堅“合眾”國
This year patriotism shouldn't just be about pride of country. It should be about love.
就在今年，“愛國心”不該再只是以我們的國家為榮。更該是愛我們的國家。
Love beyond age, disability, sexuality, race, religion, and any other labels.
超越年齡、身體殘疾、性傾向、種族、信仰以及任何其他標簽的愛
Because the second any of us judge people based on those labels, we're not really being patriotic, are we?
因為在以標簽來批判別人時，我們就不是真正的愛國了，對吧？
So let's try this one more time. Close your eyes, picture that average Joe or Joan, or Juan, or Jean-Luc.
所以，讓我們再試一遍，閉上眼睛，然后想象一個喬或喬安，或是一個胡安或約翰路克
The real people who make America America.
也就是那些讓美國之所以為美國的人。
And this year, whenever you feel the urge to don star spangled shorts,
而今年，不論你是超想買些有著閃亮小星星的短褲，
or set off fireworks the size of my biceps, to show love for our country,
或放個跟我二頭肌一樣大的煙火來慶祝對于我們國家的愛，
remember that to love America is to love all Americans. Because love has no labels.
切記，愛美國，就是要愛所有的美國人。因為真正的愛，沒有成見。
