奥巴马每周电视讲话：总统呼吁采取措施防控寨卡病毒（04）

I agree. We need more Republicans to act that way because this is more important than politics.

说得好。我们需要更多的共和党议员用这种思维行事，因为这比政治更重要。

It's about young mothers like Ashley. Today, her new baby Savannah is healthy and happy.

它事关像阿什利这样的年轻妈妈。今天她新生的孩子萨凡纳健康快乐。

That's gonna be a priority number one.

这是最优先的。

And that's why Republicans in Congress should treat Zika like the threat that it is

因此国会中的共和党议员应该把寨卡病毒的威胁

and make this their first order of business when they come back to Washington after Labor¹ Day.

列入第一要务，他们劳动节后回到华盛顿就要着手。

That means working in a bipartisan way to fully² fund our Zika response.

这意味着在一个两党合作的方式全力资助寨卡病毒的应急响应。

A fraction of the funding won't get the job done.

只用部分资金无法承担重任。

You can't solve a fraction of a disease.

你不能解决一小部分疾病。

Our experts know what they're doing.

我们的专家们知道他们在做什么。

They just need the resources to do it.

他们需要的只是资源。

So to all Americans out there; make your voices heard.

所以全体美国人，请发出你们的诉求。

And as long as I'm President, we'll keep doing everything we can to slow the spread of this virus, and put our children's futures³ first.

只要我仍是总统，我们将尽一切努力减缓这种病毒的传播，并把我们孩子的未来放在首位。

Thanks everybody.

谢谢大家。

1 labor   

n.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。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。