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美国总统奥巴马2013年就职演说（第一部分）
Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief justice,Members of the United States Congre, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president;
we bear witne to the enduring strength of our Constitution.
We affirm the promise of our democracy.We recall that what binds the nation
副总统拜登、首席法官、美国国会议员、
尊敬的客人和美国同胞们： 每次聚在一起举行总统就职仪式时，
我们总能见证到宪法经久不衰的力量。
我们肯定民主的承诺。
我们回忆起，团结这个国家的力量不是皮肤的
together is not the color of our skin, or the 颜色、tenets of our faith, or the origins of our names.
所信奉的教条或名字的起源。
What makes us exceptional, what makes
让我们与众不同、成为美国人的
us American, is our allegiance to an idea,
是源自对一个理念的效忠，
articulated in a declaration made more than
它早在2个多世纪前就在一份宣言中有过明确
two centuries ago.
表述：
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
“我们认为这一真理是不言自明的：
that all men are created equal, that they are
人人生而平等，并由造物主赋予了某些不可剥
endowed by their Creator with certain
夺的权利，
unalienable rights, that among these are life,
其中包括生命、自由和追求幸福的权利。”
liberty, and the pursuit of happine.Today we continue a never-ending journey
今天，为了缩小这些文字意义与当今现实间的差to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.
For history tells us that while these truths
距，我们将继续这场没有尽头的旅程。
因为历史告诉我们，虽然这些真理也许不言自明，
may be self-evident, they have never been 但它们从不会自动生效；self-executing;
that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secure by His people here on earth.
The patriots of 1776 did not fight to of a few or the rule of a mob.
They gave to us a Republic, a government generation to keep safe our founding creed.
For more than two hundred years, we have.
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虽然自由是来自上帝的礼物， 但它必须由地球上的子民们去争取。
1776年的爱国者们不是为了用少数人的特权或乌
replace the tyranny of a king with the privilege 合之众的法则取代国王的暴政而战斗。
他们给予我们的是一个共和国,一个民有、民治、念。
两百多年来，我们一直如此。
of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each 民享的政府,并委托每一代人去捍卫我们的建国理
