美国国家公共电台 NPR 拜登宣誓就任美国总统 就职演讲呼吁团结

America has a new president.

美国新任总统就职。

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JOHN ROBERTS: So help you God.

约翰·罗伯茨：愿上帝保佑你。

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: So help me God.

总统乔·拜登：愿上帝保佑我。

ROBERTS: Congratulations, Mr. President.

罗伯茨：祝贺你，总统先生。

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SHAPIRO: At noon Eastern Time, Joe Biden became the oldest president ever to hold the office after 81 million Americans voted for him last November, the most of any candidate in history.

夏皮罗：美国东部时间中午时分，乔·拜登成为有史以来年龄最长的总统，去年11月有8100万美国人投票支持他，使他成为历史上获得选票最多的候选人。

In some ways, it was a traditional inauguration¹. In others, it was totally unlike any we have ever seen. Normally, the lawns of the Capitol and the National Mall would be swarmed² with people. Instead, Biden delivered his inaugural³ address to a Mall filled with hundreds of thousands of flags and a reflecting pool lined with 400 lights, each representing a thousand Americans who have died of COVID-19.

在某些方面，这是一个传统的就职典礼。但在其他方面，这又完全不同于我们所见过的任何一场就职典礼。通常，国会大厦和国家广场的草坪上都会挤满人。但今年取而代之的是，拜登在国家广场发表了就职演说，广场上插满数十万面国旗，倒影池中摆满400盏灯，每盏灯代表1000名死于新冠肺炎的美国人。

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BIDEN: And my first act as president, I'd like to ask you to join me in a moment of silent prayer. Remember all those who we lost this past year to the pandemic, those 400,000 fellow Americans — moms, dads, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, friends, neighbors and co-workers. We'll honor them by becoming the people and the nation we know we can and should be. So I ask you, let's say a silent prayer for those who've lost their lives and those left behind and for our country. Amen.

拜登：作为我担任总统后的而第一件事，我想请您与我一起默哀片刻，以缅怀去年疫情而丧生的所有人。这40万美国人中，有母亲和父亲、丈夫和妻子、儿子和女儿，有朋友、邻居和同事。我们将成为我们能够且应该成为的民众和国家，并以此向他们致敬。让我们为那些去世的人、那些还在的人和我们的国家默默祈祷。阿门。

SHAPIRO: The new president spoke⁴ from the West Steps of the U.S. Capitol, the exact spot where, two weeks ago, thousands of violent rioters swarmed, hoping to overturn his election, damaging and defacing the building and stage, killing⁵ a police officer and leaving four of the extremists dead.

夏皮罗：新任总统发表讲话的地点是美国国会大厦西台阶，这里正是两周前数千暴徒聚集的地方，他们希望推翻他的选举结果，破坏和污损大楼和舞台，这起事件导致一名警察和4名极端分子死亡。

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BIDEN: And here we stand, just days after a riotous⁶ mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen. It will never happen — not today, not tomorrow, not ever — not ever.

拜登：我们站立的地方，同样也是暴民暴乱的地方，几天前，他们以为可以利用暴力压制民众的意愿，阻止我们的民主事业，把我们从这片神圣的土地上赶走；几天后，我们就站在这里。那没有发生，永远不会发生。今天不会，明天不会，永远不会。

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SHAPIRO: Four years ago, former President Trump⁷ decried⁸ American carnage in his inaugural address. Today, President Biden spoke of unity⁹ and healing. He asked Americans to pull together to get through what he called a time of testing.

夏皮罗：四年前，前总统特朗普在就职演说中谴责了“美国大屠杀”。今天，拜登总统谈到的是团结和康复。他要求美国人齐心协力，度过他所谓的考验时期。

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BIDEN: We face an attack on our democracy and untruth — a raging virus, growing inequity, the sting of systemic racism¹⁰, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world — any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways, but the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with one of the gravest responsibilities we've had. Now we're going to be tested. Are we going to step up — all of us?

拜登：我们面临着对民主和真理的攻击、病毒的肆虐、不平等的加剧、系统种族主义的刺痛、气候危机、美国在世界上的角色（危机）。这些中的任何一项都足以深刻地挑战我们。但事实是，我们同时面对所有这些问题，让这个国家承担起我们所肩负的最大责任之一。现在我们将经受考验。我们会向前一步吗，我们所有人？

1 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

2 swarmed   

密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• When the bell rang, the children swarmed out of the school. 铃声一响，孩子们蜂拥而出离开了学校。
• When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel. 雨一开始下，人群就蜂拥回了旅社。

3 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 riotous   

adj.骚乱的；狂欢的

参考例句：

• Summer is in riotous profusion.盛夏的大地热闹纷繁。
• We spent a riotous night at Christmas.我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 decried   

v.公开反对，谴责( decry的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The measures were decried as useless. 这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。
• The old poet decried the mediocrity of today's writing. 老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

10 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。