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[00:00.34]These are the ideals that were at the core of our founding over 220 years ago. 這些就是220年前美國立國的核心理想。 [00:08.07]These are the ideas that led us across our continent and onto the world stage. 這些理想指引我們跨越美洲大陸，走向世界舞臺。 [00:15.14]These are the ideals that Americans cherish today. 這些仍然是美國人民今天珍視的理想。 [00:21.09]As I said in my press conference with President Jiang, we have an ongoing quest ourselves to live up to those ideals. 正如我在和江主席舉行的記者招待會上所說，我們美國人民正在不斷尋求實現(xiàn)這些理想。 [00:31.41]The people who framed our Constitution understood that we would never achieve perfection. 美國憲法的制定者了解，我們不可能做到盡善盡美。 [00:38.09]They said that the mission of America would always be "to form a more perfect union" 他們說，美國的使命始終是要“建設(shè)一個更為完美的聯(lián)邦?！? [00:46.40]—in other words,that we would never be perfect, but we had to keep trying to do better. 換言之，我們永遠(yuǎn)不可能盡善盡美，但我們必須不斷改進(jìn)。 [00:54.02]The darkest moments in our history have come when we abandoned the effort to do better, 每當(dāng)我們放棄不斷改進(jìn)的努力，每當(dāng)我們由于種族或宗教原因、 [01:00.08]when we denied freedom to our people because of their race or their religion, 由于是新移民，或者由于有人持不受歡迎的意見， [01:07.05]because there were new immigrants or because they held unpopular opinions. 而剝奪我們?nèi)嗣竦淖杂桑覀兊臍v史就出現(xiàn)最黑暗的時刻。 [01:12.52]The best moments in our history have come when we protected the freedom of people who held unpopular opinion, 每當(dāng)我們保護(hù)持不受歡迎的意見者的自由， [01:22.58]or extended rights enjoyed by the many to the few who had previously been denied them, making, 或者將大多數(shù)人享受的權(quán)利給予以前被剝奪權(quán)利的人們， [01:31.45]therefore, the promises of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution more than faded words on old parchment. 從而實踐《獨(dú)立宣言》和《憲法》的諾言，而不是使其成為一紙空文，我們的歷史就出現(xiàn)最光明的時刻。

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These are the ideals that were at the core of our founding over 220 years ago. These are the ideas that led us across our continent and onto the world stage. These are the ideals that Americans cherish today.

這些就是220年前美國立國的核心理想。這些理想指引我們跨越美洲大陸，走向世界舞臺。這些仍然是美國人民今天珍視的理想。

As I said in my press conference with President Jiang, we have an ongoing quest ourselves to live up to those ideals. The people who framed our Constitution understood that we would never achieve perfection. They said that the mission of America would always be "to form a more perfect union"—in other words, that we would never be perfect, but we had to keep trying to do better.

正如我在和江主席舉行的記者招待會上所說，我們美國人民正在不斷尋求實現(xiàn)這些理想。美國憲法的制定者了解，我們不可能做到盡善盡美。他們說，美國的使命始終是要“建設(shè)一個更為完美的聯(lián)邦。”換言之，我們永遠(yuǎn)不可能盡善盡美，但我們必須不斷改進(jìn)。

The darkest moments in our history have come when we abandoned the effort to do better,when we denied freedom to our people because of their race or their religion, because there were new immigrants or because they held unpopular opinions. The best moments in our history have come when we protected the freedom of people who held unpopular opinion, or extended rights enjoyed by the many to the few who had previously been denied them,making, therefore, the promises of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution more than faded words on old parchment.

每當(dāng)我們放棄不斷改進(jìn)的努力，每當(dāng)我們由于種族或宗教原因、由于是新移民，或者由于有人持不受歡迎的意見，而剝奪我們?nèi)嗣竦淖杂?，我們的歷史就出現(xiàn)最黑暗的時刻。每當(dāng)我們保護(hù)持不受歡迎的意見者的自由，或者將大多數(shù)人享受的權(quán)利給予以前被剝奪權(quán)利的人們，從而實踐《獨(dú)立宣言》和《憲法》的諾言，而不是使其成為一紙空文，我們的歷史就出現(xiàn)最光明的時刻。

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