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10月9日，挪威诺贝尔和平奖委员会将2009年诺贝尔和平奖授予美国总统奥巴马，以下是奥巴马在白宫发表的获得诺贝尔和平奖后的讲话：
Remarks by the President on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Rose Garden
October 9, 2009
美国总统奥巴马就荣获诺贝尔和平奖发表的讲话
玫瑰园
2009年10月9日
Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy,you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it’s good to have kids to keep things in perspective。
早上好。我没有料到今早醒来是这样。在我接到消息后，玛莉娅(Malia)走进来说：“爸爸，你获诺贝尔奖了，而今天是波(Bo，小狗的名字—译注)的生日!” 萨夏(Sasha)接着说：“还有，我们就要过三天长周末了。”所以，有孩子帮助保持清醒是好事。
I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations。
诺贝尔奖委员会的决定令我既惊讶又深受感动。我要说明：我不认为这是表彰我个人的成就，而是对为实现所有国家人民的愿望发挥美国带头作用的肯定。
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative
figures who’ve been honored by this prize -- men and women who’veinspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace。
坦率地说，我认为自己没有资格跻身于获此殊荣的众多变革者之列——是那些男女志士对和平的勇敢追求激励了我和整个世界。
But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build -- a world thatgives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel
Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it’s also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action -- a call forall nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century。
但我也知道，这个奖反映出这些男女志士及全体美国人民都想建立的那种世界——一个将我国建国纲领的承诺变为现实的世界。我知道，诺贝尔和平奖在历史上从来不是仅用来表彰具体的成就，而是也被作为一种给一系列事业增添动力的手段。因此，我将把接受这个奖视为行动的召唤——一个呼吁所有国家迎接21世纪共同挑战的行动召唤。
These challenges can’t be met by any one leaderor any one nation. And that’s why my administration has worked toestablish a new era of engagement in which all nations must take responsibility for the world we seek. We cannot tolerate a world inwhich nuclear weapons spread to more nations and in which the terror ofa nuclear holocaust endangers more people. And that’s why we’ve begunto take concrete steps to pursue a world without nuclear weapons,because all nations have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear power,but all nations have the responsibility to demonstrate their peaceful intentions。
这些挑战无法由任何一位领袖或任何一个国家应对。因此，本届政府致力于创建一个交往接触的新时代——一个所有国家必须为我们所向往的世界承担责任的时代。我们不能容忍一个核武器向更多国家扩散的世界，不能容忍一个核武大屠杀的恐怖危及更多人民的世界。正因为如此，我们已经开始为争取实现没有核武器世界而采取具体步骤，因为，虽然所有国家都有和平利用核能的权利，但所有国家也都有责任表明他们的和平意图。
We cannot accept the growing threat posed by climate change, which could forever damage
the world that we pass on to our children -- sowing conflict andfamine; destroying coastlines and emptying cities. And that’s why all nations must now accept their share of responsibility for transformingthe way that we use energy。
我们不能让气候变化构成的威胁日益增长——埋下冲突与饥荒的祸种，摧毁海岸线，城市萧疏——给我们将传予子孙后代的世界造成永久性破坏。因此，我们所有国家必须承担各自的责任，改变我们使用能源的方式。
We can’t allow the differences between peoples to define the waythat we see one another, and that’s why we must pursue a new beginning among people of different faiths and races and religions; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect。
我们不能让民族间的差异来界定看待彼此的方式，因此，我们必须在不同信仰、种族和宗教的人民之间谋求一个新开端，一个以互利和互尊为基础的开端。
And we must all do our part to resolve those conflicts that have caused so much pain and hardship
over so many years, and that effort must include an unwavering commitment that finally realizes that the rights of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security in nations of their own。 |
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