Tuesday, March 17, 2009

美国总统就职演说语录 Inaugural Addresses of the US Presidents: Quotable Quotas

美国第四十四任总统奥巴马的就职典礼于2009年1月20日举行。奥巴马的就职典礼时自1981年雷根就职总统以来最多人观看的典礼。在美国东部时间早上10时到下午5时之间,17个电视台的观众有3千7百80万人,这还不包括互联网上观看的人数;虽然,电视观众比1981年观看雷根就职的人数的4千1百80万略少。
据说,奥巴马的就职演说时美国史上三个最伟大的就职演说之一。其他两个伟大的就职演说是1961年的肯尼迪与1933年的罗斯福。
以下是这三个伟大演说的语录:
奥巴马:2009年1月20日,星期二,面对美国金融大风暴
我们今日所要问的不是我们政府的组织大或小,而是它能不能运作,它能不能让我们的家庭找到像样薪金的工作,获得担当得起的照顾,过个有体面的退休生活。
肯尼迪:1961年1月20日,星期五,面对东西冷战大挑战
我的美国同胞们,不要问你的国家能为你做些什么,而是要问你能为你的国家做些什么。
罗斯福:1933年3月4日,星期三,面对世界经济大萧条
我们唯一恐惧的就是恐惧本身 - 莫名、无理、毫无根据的恐惧,它把人转退为进所需的种种努力化为泡影。
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The inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States took place on January 20, 2009. The Obama inaugural events were the most watched since the inaugural events of Ronald Reagan in 1981. Viewership for the Obama inaugural events achieved an average of 37.8 million viewers (not including online viewers who watched live streaming video of the event) across the 17 broadcast and cable channels as measured between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST. Television viewership was lower than that of the 1981 Reagan inaugural festivities, however, which averaged 41.8 million viewers.
The Obama’s inaugural address of said to be one of the three great addresses in the US history. The other two were delivered by John F. Kennedy in 1961 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Here are the quotable quotes from them:
Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 20, 2009,facing the US financial crisis
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
John F. Kennedy on Friday, January 20, 1961, facing the cold war crisis
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
Franklin D. Roosevelt on Saturday, March 4, 1933, facing the world economic recession
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

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