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奥巴马电台演讲 9月-10月【美国总统演讲】2015-09-04(双语)Weekly?Address:?This?Labor?Day,?Lets?Talk?About?theBudget每周电视讲话：劳动节谈预算WASHINGTON,?DC?—?In?this?weeks?address,?the?Presidentrecognized?Labor?Day?by?highlighting?the?economic?progressour?country?has?made,?and?underlining?what?needs?to?be?doneto?continue?that?growth.?Our?businesses?have?created?13.1million?new?jobs?over?the?past?five?and?a?half?years,?theunemployment?rate?is?the?lowest?it’s?been?in?seven?years,?and?seventeen?states?across?the?countryhave?raised?the?minimum?wage.?The?President?stressed?that?to?continue?this?progress,?Congressneeds?to?avoid?a?government?shutdown?that?would?hurt?middle-class?Americans?and?pass?aresponsible?budget?before?the?end?of?September.?The?President?emphasized?that?Congress?shouldnot?play?games?with?our?economy,?and?instead?pass?a?budget?that?invests?in?our?middle-class?andhelps?those?who?work?hard?and?play?by?the?rules?to?get?ahead.华盛顿：在本周的讲话中，奥巴马总统通过介绍全国取得的经济发展成就来纪念劳动节，并指出为继续保持经济增长所应该做的事情。企业在过去的5年半时间里共创造了1310万个就业岗位，失业率也降到7年来的最低水平，全国有17个州提高了最低工资标准。总统强调，为继续保持这样的发展态势，国会应该避免政府再次关门，以免对中产阶级造成伤害，国会应该在9月底以前通过一份负责任的预算方案。总统强调国会不能把经济发展当儿戏，应该通过预算，加大对中产阶级的投入，帮助那些辛勤工作、遵守规则的人们取得成功。Hello,?everybody.??I?hope?most?of?you?are?gearing?up?for?a?long?weekend?with?family?and?friends?–maybe?some?barbeques,?road?trips,?or?fantasy?drafts.??But?I?wanted?to?take?a?moment?to?talk?toyou?about?the?real?meaning?of?Labor?Day?–?a?day?we?set?aside?every?year?to?honor?thehardworking?men?and?women?who?fought?for?so?many?of?the?rights?that?we?take?for?grantedtoday.大家好！我相信很多人都在准备与家人朋友一起度过小长假了，也许是去烧烤、旅行或者开怀畅饮。但我希望花点时间与大家谈谈劳动节的真正含义，我们设立这个节日，是为了每年的这个时候向所有辛勤劳动，努力奋斗的人们致敬，正是他们的付出换来了我们今天享有的诸多权利。The?eight-hour?workday, 40-hour?workweek,?weekends.??Overtime?and?the?minimumwage.??Safer?workplaces.??Health?insurance,?Social?Security,?Medicare,?and?retirement?plans.??All?ofthose?gains?were?fought?for?and?won?by?the?labor?movement?–?folks?who?were?working?not?justfor?a?bigger?paycheck?for?themselves,?but?for?more?security?and?prosperity?for?the?