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At the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society, to unleash the limitless potential of all our people, and, yes, to form a more perfect union.
在二十一世紀的曙光來臨之際，一個自由的民族現(xiàn)在必須做出選擇，去打造信息時代和全球一體化的力量，去釋放全民無盡的潛能，并且，去成就一個更完美的聯(lián)邦國家。
When last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our nation.
上次我們在此相聚時，我們向這個新未來的進軍似乎沒有今天這么明確，我們那時曾宣誓確立新的道路，復興我們的國家。
In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement. America stands alone as the world s in dispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are safer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to work.
在這四年中，悲劇使我們動容，挑戰(zhàn)使我們興奮，成就使我們強大。美國作為世界不可缺少的國家巍然挺立。再一次，我們的經(jīng)濟是世界上最強大的；再一次，我們建設著更牢固的家庭，繁榮的社區(qū)，更好的教育機會，更清潔的環(huán)境。曾經(jīng)似乎注定要惡化的問題現(xiàn)在也屈服于我們的努力：我們的街道更安全，參加工作不再領(lǐng)取社會福利的公民人數(shù)比任何時候都多。
And once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of government. Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution.
再一次，我們解決了當前關(guān)于政府角色問題的巨大爭論。今天我們可以宣告：政府不是問題的產(chǎn)生者，政府也不是問題的解決者。
