英语演讲原文：奥巴马演讲 建设21世纪清洁能源经济5

英语演讲稿21日：总统呼吁改善美国经济大环境(中英lrc)Obama’s Weekly Address WEEKLY ADDRESS: Bringing our Workplace Policies into the 21st Century 奥巴马每周电视讲话:总统呼吁改善美国经济大环境Hi, everybody.大家好！As President, my top priority is rebuilding an economy where everybody who works hard has the chance to get ahead.作为总统，我最首要的职责就是重建一个让所有辛勤工作的人都能取得成功的经济环境。

That’s what I’ll spend some time talking about on Monday, at the White House Summit on Working Families.我将在周一举行的白宫工薪家庭峰会上就此话题谈论我的观点。

We’re bringing together business leaders and workers to talk about the challenges that working parents face every day, and how we can address them together.届时我将与众多企业领导和员工们汇聚一堂，共同探讨工薪父母们每天面对的挑战，并对此提出我们所能实现的解决办法。

Take paid family leave.带薪产假和探亲假。

Many jobs don’t offer adequate leave to care for a new baby or an ailing parent, so workers can’t afford to be there when their family needs them the most.多数岗位都不提供足够的假期让员工有时间去照顾新生婴儿或生病的父母，因此，员工无法在他们的家庭急需他们的时候及时到位，因为他们无法承受这一代价。

奥巴马关于太阳能与新能源的电视讲话：Over the past twenty months, we’ve been fighting not just to create more jobs today, but to rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation. Our future as a nation depends on making sure that the jobs and industries of the 21st century take root here in America. And there is perhaps no industry with more potential to create jobs now – and growth in the coming years – than clean energy.For decades, we’ve talked about the importance of ending our dependence on foreign oil and pursuing new kinds of energy, like wind and solar power. But for just as long, progress had been prevented at every turn by the special interests and their allies in Washington.So, year after year, our dependence on foreign oil grew. Families have been held hostage to spikes in gas prices. Good manufacturing jobs have gone overseas. And we’ve seen companies produce new energy technologies and high-skilled jobs not in America, but in countries like China, India and Germany.It was essential – for our economy, our security, and our planet – that we finally tackle this challenge. That is why, since we took office, my administration has made an historic commitment to promote clean energy technology. This will mean hundreds of thousands of new American jobs by 2012. Jobs for contractors toinstall energy-saving windows and insulation. Jobs for factory workers to build high-tech vehicle batteries, electric cars, and hybrid trucks. Jobs for engineers and construction crews to create wind farms and solar plants that are going to double the renewable energy we can generate in this country. These are jobs building the future.For example, I want share with you one new development, made possible by the clean energy incentives we have launched. This month, in the Mojave Desert, a company called BrightSource plans to break ground on a revolutionary new type of solar power plant. It’s going to put about a thousand people to work building a state-of-the-art facility. And when it’s complete, it will turn sunlight into the energy that will power up to 140,000 homes – the largest such plant in the world. Not in China. Not in India. But in California.With projects like this one, and others across this country, we are staking our claim to continued leadership in the new global economy. And we’re putting Americans to work producing clean, home-grown American energy that will help lower our reliance on foreign oil and protect our planet for future generations.Now there are some in Washington who want to shut them down. In fact, in the Pledge they recently released, the Republican leadership is promising to scrap all the incentives for clean energyprojects, including those currently underway – even with all the jobs and potential that they hold.This doesn’t make sense for our economy. It doesn’t make sense for Americans who are looking for jobs. And it doesn’t make sense for our future. To go backwards and scrap these plans means handing the competitive edge to China and other nations. It means that we’ll grow even more de pendent on foreign oil. And, at a time of economic hardship, it means forgoing jobs we desperately need. In fact, shutting down just this one project would cost about a thousand jobs.That’s what’s at stake in this debate. We can go back to the failed energy policies that profited the oil companies but weakened our country. We can go back to the days when promising industries got set up overseas. Or we can go after new jobs in growing industries. We can spur innovation and help make our economy more com petitive. We know the choice that’s right for America. We need to do what we’ve always done – put our ingenuity and can do spirit to work to fight for a brighter future.Thanks..环保！，经济，恐怖，党，解放，开放，教育，卫生，自然灾害，旅游，生活，会议，体育，战争，食品安全！。

奥巴马演讲开创清洁能源的未来WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama laid out his plans to address(处理，应对) rising gas prices over the short and the long term. While there is no silver bullet to bring down prices right away, there are a few things we can do. This week, the Attorney General launched a task force dedicated 1 to rooting out fraud or manipulations in the oil markets. The President called for finally ending the $4 billion in taxpayer 2 money that the oil and gas companies receive annually 3 . And, we need to continue safe, responsible production of oil at home. But in the long term, we need to invest in clean, renewable energy. That is why the President strongly disagrees with a proposal in Congress that cuts our investments in clean energy by 70 percent.The audio of the address is and video of the address will be available online at at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, April 23, 2011.Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly Address on Gas PricesSaturday, April 23, 2011Washington, DCThis is a time of year when people get together with family and friends to observe Passover（逾越节，犹太民族最古老的节日） and to celebrate Easter. It’s a chance to give thanks for our blessings 4 and reaffirm our faith, while spending time with the people we love. We all know how important that is – especially in hard times. And that’s what a lot of people are facing these days.Even though the economy is growing again and we’ve seen businesses adding jobs over the past year, many are still looking for work. And even if you haven’t faced a job loss, it’s still not easy out there.Your paycheck isn’t getting bigger, while the cost of everything from college for your kids to gas for your car keeps rising. That’s something on a lot of people’s minds right now, with gas prices at $4 a gallon. It’s just another burden when things were already pretty tough.Now, whenever gas prices shoot up, like clockwork, you see politicians racing 5 to the cameras, waving three-point plans for two dollar gas. You see people trying to grab headlines or score a few points. The truth is, there’s no silver bullet that can bring down gas prices right away.But there are a few things we can do. This includes safe and responsible production of oil at home, which we are pursuing. In fact, last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003. On Thursday, my Attorney General also launched a task force with just one job: rooting out cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices, including any illegal activity by traders and speculators. We’re going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain. And another step we need to take is to finally end the $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies 6 we give to the oil and gas companies each year. That’s $4 billion of your money going to these companies when they’re making record profits and you’re paying near record prices at the pump. It has to stop.Instead of subsidizing（补助，给津贴）yesterday’s energy sources, we need to invest in tomorrow’s. We need to invest in clean, renewable energy. In the long term, that’s the answer. That’s the key to helping 7 families at the pump and reducing our dependence 8 on foreign oil. We can see that promise already. Thanks to an historic agreement we secured with all the major auto 9 companies, we’re raising the fuel economy of cars and trucks in America, using hybrid 10 technology and other advances. As a result, if you buy a new car in the next few years, the better gas mileage 11 is going to save you about $3,000 at the pump.But we need to do more. We need to harness the potential I’ve seen at promising 12 start-ups and innovative 13 clean energy companies across America. And that’s at the heart of a debate we’re having right now in Washington about the budget.Both Democrats 14 and Republicans believe we need to reduce the deficit 15 . That’s where we agree. The question we’re debating is how we do it.I’ve proposed a balanced approach that cuts spending while still investing in things like education and clean energy that are so critical to creating jobs and opportunities for the middle class. It’s a simple idea: we need to live within our means while at the same time investing in our future.That’s why I disagree so strongly with a proposal in Congress that cuts our investments in clean energy by 70 percent. Yes, we have to get rid of wasteful 16 spending –and mak e no mistake, we’re going through every line of the budget scouring 17 for savings 18 . But we can do that without sacrificing our future. We can do that while still investing in the technologies that will create jobs and allow the United States to lead the world in new industries. That’s how we’ll not only reduce the deficit, but also lower our dependence on foreign oil, grow the economy, and leave for our children a safer planet. And that’s what our mission has to be.Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend.■文章重点单词注释：1dedicatedadj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的参考例句：He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。

学英语--奥巴马在联合国气候变化问题首脑会议上的讲话（5篇可选）第一篇：学英语--奥巴马在联合国气候变化问题首脑会议上的讲话奥巴马在联合国气候变化问题首脑会议上的讲话（中英对照）Thank you very much.Good morning.I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating.That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing.Our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it--boldly, swiftly, and together--we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe.多谢诸位。

早上好。

我对组织这次首脑会议的联合国秘书长以及在座的各位领导人表示感谢。

今天有如此众多的代表到会，这表明人们认识到气候变化构成的威胁有多么严重，认识到威胁迫在眉睫，也认识到威胁正日益增长。

我们这一代人应对这一挑战的行动将受到历史的检验，若不能大胆、迅速、齐心协力地应对挑战，就可能将一场无可挽救的灾难留给子孙后代。

No nation, however large or small, wealthy or poor, can escape the impact of climate change.Rising sea levels threaten every coastline.More powerful storms and floods threaten every continent.More frequent droughts and crop failures breed hunger and conflict in places where hunger and conflict already thrive.On shrinking islands, families are already being forced to flee their homes as climate refugees.The security and stability of each nation and all peoples--our prosperity, our health, and our safety--are in jeopardy.And the time we have to reverse this tide is running out.任何国家，不论大小，不论贫富，都无法摆脱气候变化的影响。

奥巴马演讲美国的最高能源计划第一篇：奥巴马演讲美国的最高能源计划奥巴马演讲美国的最高能源计划Hello, everybody. In the State of the Union, I laid out three areas we need to focus on if we're going to build an economy that lasts: new American manufacturing, new skills and education for American workers, and new sources of American-made energy. These days, we're getting another painful reminder why developing new energy is so important to our future. Just like they did last year, gas prices are starting to climb. Only this time, it's happening earlier. And that hurts everyone – everyone who owns a car; everyone who owns a business. It means you have to stretch your paycheck（薪水） even further. Some folks have no choice but to drive a long way to work, and high gas prices are like a tax straight out of their paychecks. Now, some politicians always see this as a political opportunity. And since it's an election year, they're already dusting off（抹去灰尘） their three-point plans for $2 gas. I'll save you the suspense: Step one is drill, step two is drill, and step three is keep drilling. We hear the same thing every year. Well the American people aren't stupid. You know that's not a plan – especially since we're already drilling. It's a bumper sticker（车尾贴） . It's not a strategy to solve our energy challenge. It's a strategy to get politicians through an election. You know there are no quick fixes to this problem, and you know we can't just drill our way to lower gas prices. If we're going to take control of our energy future and avoid these gas price spikes down the line, then we need a sustained, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy –oil, gas, wind, solar, nuclear, biofuels, and more. Weneed to keep developing the technology that allows us to use less oil in our cars and trucks; in our buildings and plants. That's the strategy we're pursuing, and that's the only real solution to this challenge. Now, we absolutely need safe, responsible oil production here in America. That's why under my Administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. In 2010, our dependence on foreign oil was under 50% for the first time in more than a decade. And while there are no short-term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices, I've directed my administration to look for every single area where we can make an impact and help consumers in the months ahead, from permitting to delivery bottlenecks to what's going on in the oil markets. But over the long term, an all-of-the-above energy strategy means we have to do more. It means we have to make some choices. Here's one example. Right now, four billion of your tax dollars subsidize the oil industry every year. Four billion dollars. Imagine that. Maybe some of you are listening to this in your car right now, pulling into a gas station to fill up. As you watch those numbers rise, know that oil company profits have never been higher. Yet somehow, Congress is still giving those same companies another four billion dollars of your money. That's outrageous（粗暴的） . It's inexcusable（不可原谅的） . And it has to stop. A century of subsidies to the oil companies is long enough. It's time to end taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's never been more profitable, and use that money to reduce our deficit and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising. Because of the investments we've already made, the use of wind and solar energy in this country has nearly doubled –and thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. And because we put in place the toughest fueleconomy standards in history, our cars will average nearly 55 miles per gallon by the middle of the next decade – something that, over time, will save the typical family more than $8,000 at the pump. Now Congress needs to keep that momentum going by renewing the clean energy tax credits that will lead to more jobs and less dependence on foreign oil. Look, we know there's no silver bullet that will bring down gas prices or reduce our dependence on foreign oil overnight. But what we can do is get our priorities straight, and make a sustained, serious effort to tackle this problem. That's the commitment we need right now. And with your help, it's a commitment we can make. Thanks.第二篇：美国总统奥巴马电台的演讲WASHINGTON –In his weekly address, President Obama focused on Women’s History Month and paid homage to the accomplishments of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the effort to increase the role of women in government. Despite the important strides that have been made to create a more equal society, he emphasized his resolve to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act as an important step towards achieving egalitarian status for women.Prepared Remarks of PresidentBarack Obama Weekly AddressSaturday, March 5, 2011March is Women’s History Month, a time not only to celebrate the progress that women have made, but also the women throughout our history who have made that progress possible.One inspiring American who comes to mind is Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1961, the former First Lady was unhappy about the lack of women in government, so she marched up to PresidentKennedy and handed him a three-page list of women who were qualified for top posts in his administration. This led the President to select Mrs. Roosevelt as the head of a new commission to look at the status of women in America, and the unfairness they routinely faced in their lives.Though she passed away before the commission could finish its work, the report they released spurred action across the country. It helped galvanize a movement led by women that would help make our society a more equal place.It’s been almost fifty years since the Roosevelt commission published its findings – and there have been few similar efforts by the government in the decades that followed. That’s why, last week, here at the White House, we released a new comprehensive report on the status of women in the spirit on the one that was released half a century ago.There was a lot of positive news about th e strides we’ve made, even in recent years. For example, women have caught up with men in seeking higher education. In fact, women today are more likely than men to attend and graduate from college.Yet, there are also reminders of how much work remains to be done. Women are still more likely to live in poverty in this country. In education, there are areas like math and engineering where women are vastly outnumbered by their male counterparts. This is especially troubling, for we know that to compete with nations around the world, these are the fields in which we need to harness the talents of all our people. That’s how we’ll win the future.And, today, women still earn on average only about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns. That’s a huge discrepancy. And at a time when folks across this country are struggling to make endsmeet –and many families are just trying to get by on one paycheck after a job loss –it’s a reminder that achieving equal pay for equal work isn’t just a women’s issue. It’s a fami ly issue.In one of my first acts as President, I signed a law so that women who’ve been discriminated against in their salaries could have their day in court to make it right. But there are steps we should take to prevent that from happening in the first place. That’s why I was so disappointed when an important bill to give women more power to stop pay disparities –the Paycheck Fairness Act – was blocked by just two votes in the Senate. And that’s why I’m going to keep up the fight to pass the reforms in that bill.Achieving equality and opportunity for women isn’t just important to me as President. It’s something I care about deeply as the father of two daughters who wants to see his girls grow up in a world where there are no limits to what they can achieve.As I’ve traveled across the country, visiting schools and meeting young people, I’ve seen so many girls passionate about science and other subjects that were traditionally not as open to them. We even held a science fair at the White House, where I met a young woman named Amy Chyao. She was only 16 years old, but she was actually working on a treatment for cancer. She never thought, “Science isn’t for me.” She never thought, “Girls can’t do that.” She was just interested in solving a problem. And because someone was interested in giving her a chance, she has the potential to improve lives.That tells me how far we’ve come. But it also tells me we have to work even harder to close the gaps that still exist, and to uphold that simple American ideal: we are all equal anddeserving of the chance to pursue our own version of happiness. That’s what Eleanor Roosevelt was striving toward half a century ago. That’s why this report matters today. And that’s why, on behalf of all our daughters and our sons, we’ve got to keep making progress in the years ahead.第三篇：奥巴马对美国中学生的演讲奥巴马：:我们的教育我们的未来（2009年9月8日弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿威克菲尔德高中）大家好，大家今天都好吗？我现在是和弗吉尼亚州韦柯菲尔德高中的学生在一起。

奥巴马演讲掌控我们的能源未来Hi, everybody. Earlier this week, I spent some time with the hardworking men and women of the American auto industry, who are busy writing a new chapter in America's story.Just a few years ago, their industry was shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs. Two of the Big Three – GM and Chrysler – were on the brink of failure. If we had let this great American industry collapse – if we had let Detroit go bankrupt – more than one million Americans would have lost their jobs in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression.I refused to let that happen. These jobs are worth more than just a paycheck – they're a source of pride and a ticket to the middle class. These companies are worth more than just the cars they build – they're a symbol of American innovation and a source of our manufacturing might.So in exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got the companies to retool（重组）and restructure. Everyone sacrificed. And three years later, the American auto industry is back.Today, GM is the number one automaker in the world. Chrysler is growing faster in America than any other car company. Ford is investing billions in American plants and factories, and plans to bring thousands of jobs back home. All told, the entire industry has added more than 200,000 new jobs over the past two and a half years.And they're not just building cars again – they're building better cars. Thanks to new fuel efficiency standards we put in place, they're building cars that will average nearly 55 miles per gallon by the middle of the next decade. That's almost double what they get today. That means folks will be able to fill up every two weeks instead of every week, saving the typical family more than $8,000 at the pump over time. That's a big deal, especially as families are yet again feeling the pinch（感到经济拮据）from rising gas prices.So what's happening in Detroit will make a difference. But it won't solve everything. There's no silver bullet for avoiding spikes in gas prices every year. There's no shortcut to taking control of our energy future. We have to pursue an all-of-the-above strategy that helps develop every source of American energy. And we have to do it now.The good news is, we've been making progress. Take a look at this chart. Six years ago, 60% of the oil we used was imported. Since I took office, America's dependence on foreign oil has decreased every single year. In fact, in 2010, for the first time in thirteen years, less than half the petroleum we consumed was imported. Part of that is because we're producing more oil here at home than at any time in the last eight years.But we can't just drill our way out of this problem. While we consume 20 percent of the world's oil, we only have 2 percent of the world's oil reserves. We've got to develop new technology that will help us use new forms of energy. That's been a priority of mine as President. And because of the investments we've made, our use of clean, renewable energy has nearly doubled – and thousands of Americans have jobs because of it.Now we need to keep at it. And to do that, we need to make the right choices.Here's one we can make right now. Every year, $4 billion of your tax dollars go to subsidizing the oil industry. These are the same companies making record profits – tens of billions of dollars a year. I don't think oil companies need more corporate welfare. Congress should end this taxpayer giveaway. If you agree with me, I'm asking you to e-mail, call, or Tweet your representative. Tell them to stop fighting for oilcompanies. Tell them to start fighting for working families. Tell them to fight for the clean energy future that's within our reach. Because the sooner we all get started, the sooner we'll get there together. Thanks and have a great weekend.。

奥巴马演讲词中英文互译以下是小编为大家搜集整理的，欢迎借鉴与阅读!奥巴马演讲词中英文互译PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. It is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of you. I"d like to thank Fudan University"s President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious welcome. I"d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our nations. I don"t know what he said, but I hope it was good. (Laughter.) 奥巴马总统：你们好。

能够有机会在上海跟你们大家交谈，我深感荣幸。

我要感谢复旦大学的杨校长，感谢他的款待和热情的欢迎。

我还要感谢我们出色的大使洪博培，他代表了我们两国之间的深远联系和相互尊重。

我不知道他刚才说什么，但是希望他说得不错。

(笑声)What I"d like to do is to make some opening comments, and then what I"m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we"ve received questions online, which will be asked by some of the students who are here in the audience, as well as by Ambassador Huntsman. AndI am very sorry that my Chinese is not as good as your English, but I am looking forward to this chance to have a dialogue.我今天准备先做一个开场白，但我真正希望做的是回答问题，不但回答在座的学生提出的问题，同时也回答从网上提出的一些问题，这些问题由在座的一些学生和洪博培大使代为提出。

奥巴马演讲建设21世纪清洁能源经济1THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat, have a seat.Hello, Fairless Hills! Hello, Gamesa! It is good to be here. I was here three years ago. I was then a candidate -- how many folks were here at the time? Anybody remember? (Applause.) We had a good visit. I signed a blade, I think, while I was here. I didn’t have as much gray hair back then. (Laughter.) You guys still look great. I’m a little worn down.It is great to be back, and I love visiting places where people are actually making stuff, because that’s what America is about. Everybody here, you are helping 1 to build towers that are going to stand 400 feet in the air and generate enough electricity to power 600 homes. And the blades alone are 140 feet long, so these aren’t your father’s windmills（风车） . These are wind turbines. You guys are not messing around. This is the future of American energy.So I wanted to come back partly because over the last two years since I’ve been President, just as I promised when I was here as a candidate, I have been promoting and boosting clean energy. I think it’s absolutely critical for our future. And it’s also nice to be next to cool products.I think that what you do here is a glimpse of the future, and it’s a future where America is less dependent on foreign oil, more reliant（依赖的，可靠的） on clean energy produced by workers like you. And I know that this is -- this whole issue of energy is on the minds of a lot of people right now, partly because you’re paying more at the pump. Anybody notice that? You noticed that a little bit.The fact is, for a lot of folks, money was already tight before gas prices started climbing, especially for some families where the husband or the wife had been out of work or you’ve had to get by with fewer customers or hours on thejob. Having high gas prices is just one more added burden.But I want everybody to remember, every time gases go up, we see the same pattern. Washington gets all worked up, just like clockwork. Republicans and Democrats 2 both start making a lot of speeches. Usually the Democrats blame the Republicans; the Republicans blame theDemocrats. Everybody is going in front of the cameras and they’ve got som e new three-point plan to promise two-dollar-a-gallon gas. And then nothing happens. And then gas prices go down, and then suddenly it’s not in the news anymore and everybody forgets about it until the next time gas prices go back up again.That’s what was happening when I was running three years ago. You remember “Drill, baby, drill”? That was because the economy was overheated, gas prices were skyrocketing, and everybody made a lot of speeches but not much happened. And I said then that we can’t afford to continue this kind of being in shock when gas prices go up and then suddenly being in a trance when things go back downagain. We’ve got to have a sustained energy policy that is consistent, that recognizes that there’s no magic formula to dri ving gas prices down; it’s a steady improvement in terms of how we use energy and where we get energy from -- that’s what’s going to make a difference.That’s how we’re going to secure our energy future.So last week I laid out a vision of how we could do this. It’s a plan that says we’re not going to play the usual Washington politics that have prevented progress on energy for decades. Instead, what we’re going to do is we’re going to take every good idea out there. Whether you’re Republican or Democrat 3 , whatever the idea. From environmentalists. From oil men like T. Boone Pickens. I want to have a comprehensive energy strategy that can help us move forward. And that means we’ve got to pursue every breakthrough, every renewable resource, every technology, every approach to change the way we produce and use energy.And through this plan, what we want to do is promote allkinds of homegrown energy. That’s what’s going to help us secure our energy future. That’s what’s going to help us win the future.Now, first of all, what I want to do is, in a decade, I want us to have cut by one-third the amount of oil that we imported when I was elected to this office. I want to cut our energy imports by a third.Now, understand why th at’s so important, because when you see what happens in the Middle East, and suddenly the world oil markets get spooked, even if the supply is there, your gas prices are going to go up. The less we import, the more control we have over what happens at the pump.Second, through sources like wind energy, produced in part by your turbines（涡轮） , I want us to double the amount of electricity that we draw from clean sources. I want us to double it. And that means by 2035, 80 percent of ourelectricity will come from renewables like wind and solar, as well as efficient natural gas, clean coal, nuclear power. We can do that.And by the way, that would make a huge difference here at Gamesa. This is an approach that says we’re not going to pick one energy source over another. What we do is we set a target, an achievable goal, and then we give industry the flexibility 4 to achieve it. We say to the utilities, you’ve got to get this much energy from renewable sources, and then wind is competing with solar is competing with natural gas. And there’s a healthy competition out there, and everybody starts getting better at what they do because you’re producing more and you know you’ve got a reliable customer for it.So we’re cutting oil imports by a third. We’re going to get 80 percent of our electricity from clean sources. And if we follow through on this, if we actually tackle this challenge, here’s what will happen. Our economy will be less vulnerable to wild swings in oil prices. Our nation will nolonger be beholden to the countries that we now rely on for oil imports. We won’t be sending billions of dollars a day to the Middle East. We can potentially keep some of that invested right here at home.We’ll reduce the pollution that’s disrupting our climate and threatening the planet that we leave for our children and our grandchildren. We’ll become more energy independent. And we’ll spark innovation and entrepreneurship across America. We will be more likely to win the global competition for new jobs and new industries -- because I don’t know about you, I don’t want China to be the world’s leading wind power manufacturer. I want the United States to be the leading manufacturer of wind power. I want it made right here in the U.S. of A. (Applause.)Same thing goes with solar, same thing goes -- whatever energy source, I want us to be the best. That’s how we’ll win the future. But we’re going to have to out-innovate the world. And this plant is a good example. For decades, this was part of steel country. Thousands went to work in the oldbuildings that lined these streets, forging the metal that built our trains and our ships and our cars and our skyscrapers 5 （摩天大楼） .But you know the story. The economy changed. Those jobs vanished. A lot of empty factories started lining 6 these same streets.But this company brought jobs back to thesefloors. Buildings that were dark, they’re now humming again. We got more than 250 people on the job at these plants and 800 workers across the state. And Gamesa has partnered with Bucks 7 County Community College to create a Green Jobs Academy that serves as a pipeline 8 for new workers as the company expands. And there are other companies pursuing clean energy along these streets as well.This has made a difference in this community. It’s made a difference for folks like Jim Bauer. Is Jim around? Where’sJim? There’s Jim right there. (Applause.) Hey, Jim! See, I heard about Jim because he lost his job when the mills closed, but then he’d be pretty soon working again in the shadow of where he spent 25 years in the steel industry. Now he’s here.And there was a quote that we got from Jim. He said, “I was forced into retirement 9 ” -- "after I was forced into retirement, nobody would hire me for any kind of decent money. Then I saw an ad looking for steelworkers to join Gamesa, and now I’m happy to contribute to something that’s important.” (Applause.)And that -- there are a lot of folks out there like Jim who are hardworking, have great skills, but maybe haven’t gotten a chance. And there’s no reason why they can’t be working in a place that’s doing some important things.■文章重点单词注释：1helpingn.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的参考例句：The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。

奥巴马演讲建设21世纪清洁能源经济4 All right. Young lady right here.Q Mr. President, I want to thank you for going to Latin America a couple weeks ago. And this is a great story where Ex-Im Bank and Gamesa worked together to supply over 50 turbines to Honduras, for example.THE PRESIDENT: Right.Q If you could elaborate more on your National Export Initiative, I think that that would be an amazing thing to talk about.THE PRESIDENT: Well, that’s a good point. You guys are selling some of your turbines overseas, partly becausewhat’s called the Export-Import Bank -- which is a government agency that helps businesses market to overseas markets -- hooked up with Gamesa and saw -- discovered this way where they could get into that market.Now, one of the ways that we got in trouble before the recession was we were borrowing a lot of money to buy a lot of stuff from somebody else. Right? I mean, basically, what happened was we ran up our credit cards, we took out home equity 2 loans, and we bought a lot of flat-screen TVs, and we bought a lot of whatever you all buy. (Laughter.) I didn’t want to get personal in terms of all the things that you might have purchased. But a lot of it was made somewhere else. And that was great for China. That was great for some of these other countries that are exporting to the United States, but it wasn’t very good for U.S. industry.The way countries succeed over the long term is by making stuff and selling it to somebody else. (Applause.) So what -- my -- I set a goal. I said I want to double our exports. I want to double our exports over the next five years and we can doit. We’ve already increased our exports by 18 percent. Now that’s a good start, but that means we got another 80 percent to go. And that’s where using something like the Export-Import Bank can be really important, because a lot of these other countries give a big advantage to their exporters. They help give them financing. They help them find markets. They negotiate deals for them. And my attitude is, well, if they’re doin g it for their companies I want to make sure we’re doing it for our companies. And I want to make sure that goods that we’re producing here in the United States get sold other places.We’ve got the best technology.We’ve got the best workers in the world. But we are such a big market that a lot of times we’ve been focused more internally than thinking about how can we sell to other countries. And we can’t be afraid of competition. We’ve got to go after it. All right?Young lady right there. Yes, you.Q Hi, my name is Singaza Bell (ph). Yes, my question is in light of what you just said. What of corporate 3 tax incentives 4 and R&D tax incentives that will make companies like Gamesa do their manufacturinghere? Because it’s o ne thing to have the knowledge base in the United States, but we really need manufacturing back here.THE PRESIDENT: You’re right, and the reason that companies locate in different places is complicated. A lot of it has to do with the fact that labor 1 costs may be lower in some of these other countries, but a lot of it has to do with our tax code, which is kind of screwy（扭曲的，古怪的） .On paper, we’ve got the highest tax -- one of the highest tax codes for corporations in the world -- on paper. But here’s the catch, we have so many loopholes that it turns out you’ve got a whole bunch of companies who are paying no axes or barely paying taxes, or they keep their money in offshore 5 accounts and it doesn’t get reinvested back herein the United States of America.So this is one of the reasons why I’ve said that I think it would make sense for us to reform our tax code, simplify it, lower the rate for corporations, but eliminate a bunch of the loopholes（漏洞，枪眼） so that everybody is paying the same and it’s fair.Because what you pay in taxes should not depend on how good your lawyer is, or how good your accountant is. If you make a certain amount of money, that’s what you should pay. And I think that same principle, by the way, we can apply to individuals as well. So one of the things I’m interested in is looking at tax reform. Ninety percent of you shouldn’t even have to probably file a return.The way electronics works these days, you should be able to -- with your W-2, it gets plugged in. It’s on a computer somewhere. Here’s your refund 6 . You sign somethingelectronically. It gets done.Most people don’t itemize（逐条列记） . If you don’t itemize, sending in some complicated return is just a waste of paperwork. And even if you do itemize, most of you probably it’s your mortgage on your house -- interest payments on your mortgage and a couple other things. It shouldn’t be some two-week ordeal 7 （折磨） .And by the way, because sometimes folks will say, well, you don’t have to do your taxes.Look, it’s true, I don’t do my taxes anymore. I’ve got other stuff that I’ve got to do. But it wasn’t that long ago when I did do my taxes. I remember. It was terrible. (Laughter.) Just like I remember pumping gas. I don’t pump gas anymore, but I remember what it was like when you filled it up and it turned out you didn’t have as much money as you thought.So I think we can actually simplify it. But on manufacturing,tax reform on the corporate side could make a difference. The other thing, though, is in terms of encouraging manufacturing, we’ve got to understand what our advantage is. See, we’ll never compete in terms of low wages; there’s always going to be someplace that has lower wages than we do. W e’re a wealthy country.So if a company just wants to make plastic toys, we’re just not going to be able to keep up with that. But when it comes to high-end, high-skilled jobs, those are the kind of manufacturing jobs we have to go after. And that’s where research, innovation is so important. That’s where on something like clean energy, making sure that there’s a market for that clean energy is so important. That’s what’s going to produce manufacturing jobs -- making sure we’ve got a good smart grid 8 . Those are the kinds of things that are going to make sure that we have the high-end manufacturing here in our country.And I just want to introduce -- there’s a guy right here, this guy, I’m going to embarrass him. His name is RonBloom. Ron is actually the guy who helped us save the auto 9 industry. He helped to design our program to make sure that G.M. and Chrysler did not get liquidated 10 and did not go under. And by the way, I don’t know if you guys heard, a couple weeks back G.M. said it was now going to hire back every single worker that had been laid off. Every single worker that had been laid off. (Applause.)So Ron is now working to develop manufacturing strategies for every industry around the country, and he’s doing great work. And I’m sure he’s going to be talking to the folks here at Gamesa and others in terms of finding ways that we can increase manufacturing here in the United States all across the country.All right, gentleman right here.Q David Campbell (ph). My question is in regards to the ITC and the PTC -- the investment tax credit and the productiontax credit, renewable energy. It’s somewhat known that the large energy developers act somewhat volatile 11 （挥发性的，不稳定的） depending on the looming 12 deadlines in some of the provisions in those tax credits. And they have been known, and they’ve been spoken on in the industry as being helpful. Can you just speak on how your administration plans to support that or plans to continue to support it becauseyou already are?THE PRESIDENT: We want to make them permanent so that people aren’t looking every few years to try to figure out is this investment going to be there for us. (Applause.)I want to kick-start this industry. I wa nt to make sure we’ve got good customers, and I want to make sure that there’s the financing there so that we can meet that demand. And there’s no reason why we can’t do both, but it does require us getting past some of these political arguments.I don’t understand why some folks think that if you promote clean energy that somehow you’re some pointy-headed, environmentalist type, but if you’re all about just drilling and getting more oil, then you’re a tough guy.If oil is what you’ve got and it works for you, then there’s nothing wrong with oil. But when you only have 2, 3 percent of the world’s oil reserves, why wouldn’t you want to develop alternative sources of energy that are cleaner and more efficient and that produce manufacturing jobs like are being produced right here.Sometimes people say, well, what about coal? Look, coal -- we are the Saudi Arabia of coal. We’ve got a whole lot of coal, but the fact of the matter is, coal -- if we don’t have clean coal technologies to catch the particles that are sent up in the air, it causes serious pollution that increases the rates of asthma 13 and is contributing to weather patterns changing. So we should work on technologies to make coal cleaner. But that doesn’t mean that it’s an either/or; it’s a both/and.We can use oil, use coal. We’re going to need those for a while. But let’s also develop these new energies, these cleaner energies, that can really make a difference. We’re going to need bipartisan（两党连立的） support forthat. That’s what I’m hoping we’re going to be able to get.■文章重点单词注释：1laborn.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦参考例句：We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。

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Hi, everybody. One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change.We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record - and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When I took office, I said this was something we couldn't kick down the road any longer -that our children's future depended on our action. So we got to work, and over the past seven-and-a-half years, we've made ambitious investments in clean energy, and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions1.We've multiplied wind power threefold. We've multiplied solar power more than thirtyfold. In parts of America, these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. And carbon pollution from our energy sector2 is at its lowest level in 25 years, even as we're continuing to grow our economy.We've invested in energy efficiency, and we're slashing3 carbon emissions from appliances, homes, and businesses - saving families money on their energy bills. We're reforming how we manage federal coal resources, which supply roughly 40% of America's coal. We've set the first-ever national standards limiting the amount of carbon pollution power plants can release into the sky. We also set standards to increase the distance our cars and light trucks can go on a gallon of gas every year through 2025. And they're working. At a time when we've seen auto4 sales surge, manufacturers are innovating5 and bringing new technology to market faster than expected.Over 100 cars, SUVs, and pick-up trucks on the market today already meet our vehicles standards ahead of schedule. And we've seen a boom in the plug-in electric vehicle market - with more models, lower battery costs, and more than 16,000 charging stations.But we're not done yet. In the weeks and months ahead, we'll release a second round of fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles. We'll take steps to meet the goal we set with Canada and Mexico to achieve 50 percent clean power across North America by 2025. And we'll continue to protect our lands and waters so that our kids and grandkids can enjoy our most beautiful spaces for generations.There's still much more to do. But there's no doubt that America has become a global leader in the fight against climate change. Last year, that leadership helped us bring nearly 200 nations together in Paris around the most ambitious agreement in history to save the one planet we've got. That's not something to tear up - it's something to build upon.And if we keep pushing, and leading the world in the right direction, there's no doubt that, together, we can leave a better, cleaner, safer future for our children.Thanks, everybody. Have a great weekend.。