公众人物毕业演讲第389期:奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(7)

 　　When women are treated fairly and equally in every aspect of American life whether it's the salary you earn.

　　如果妇女在国家生活的方方面面都能得到公平与平等的对待无论是你的薪金所得还是你所作的健康决定

　　Or the health decisions you make We know these things to be true.

　　我们的日子会过得更好我们知道这些都是实实在在的道理

　　We know that our challenges are eminently¹ solvable The question is whether together we can muster² the will in our own lives.

　　我们知道我们面临的挑战显然都是可以解决的问题是 我们是否能够拧成一股绳拿出意志力 在我们自己的生活中

　　In our common institutions in our politics to bring about the changes we need.

　　在我们共同的体制中在我们的政治事务中实现我们所需的变革

　　And I'm convinced your generation possesses that will And I believe that the women of this generation that all of you will help lead the way.

　　我坚信 你们这一代具有这种意志力我相信 这一代女性你们所有的人将会在这条道路上走在前面

　　Now, I recognize that's a cheap applause³ line when you're giving a commencement at Barnard.

　　我承认 这是不用费力就能在巴纳德学院的毕业典礼上赢得鼓掌喝彩的一句话

　　It's the easy thing to say But it's true It is… In part.

　　说这样的话很容易但事实确实如此这是……在某种程度上

　　It is simple math Today, women are not just half this country you're half its workforce⁴.

　　这是简单的数学题今天 妇女不仅占这个国家总人口的一半你们还是这个国家劳动力的一半

　　More and more women are out-earning their husbands You're more than half of our college graduates and master's graduates, and phds.

　　越来越多的女性收入超过了她们的丈夫你们在我们的大学毕业生中 在拥有硕士学位和博士学位的毕业生中占了一半以上

1 eminently   

adv.突出地；显著地；不寻常地

参考例句：

• She seems eminently suitable for the job. 她看来非常适合这个工作。
• It was an eminently respectable boarding school. 这是所非常好的寄宿学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

3 applause   

n.鼓掌，喝彩，赞许

参考例句：

• His appearance on the platform was greeted with a burst of applause.他一登上台就博得了一阵热烈的掌声。
• His speech won round after round of enthusiastic applause.他的演讲博得了一阵又一阵的热烈掌声。

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。