奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在加州著名動畫公司＂夢工廠＂的英語演講稿

1、奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在加州著名動畫公司夢工廠的英語演講稿THE PRESIDENT: Hell, everybdy! (Applause.) h, it is gd t be in L.A.! (Applause.)It is clder in D.C.lder in Chicag, and 70-degree weather is smething tbethankful fr.And it is great t be atDreamWrks Animatin. I wuld like twrk here. (Laughter.) I haveasked Jeffrey. The nly cncern

2、 I had was the lights werekind f dim in the ffices and - (laughter) - Im pretty sure Id fallasleep. But theres a natural cnnectinbetween me andDreamWrks. I dnt knwif yu knw this, but my ears were ne f the inspiratins fr “Shrek.” (Laughter.) Thats true. True stry.Melldy was being very mdestwhen she s

3、aid she had a frnt-rw seat. Melldy was ne fmy earliest supprters baculdprnunce my name. And her and JhnRgers atArial Capital helped t c-chair sme f my first fundraisers. Andtheyd have t drag smestraggly grup in, kicking and screaming, and write acheck and listen t this yung senatrwh had a lt f ideas

4、 but ntnecessarily any realistic prspects t win. And she went thrugha lt f ups and dwns with me and my career and isjust a great, great friend. S I wanttthank her publicly fr all the supprt that shes given us. (Applause.)Weve gt sme flks here wh arefighting fr the peple f Suthern Califrnia every sin

5、gleday and I just wantt acknwledge them. Weve gt the Mayrf Glendale, Dave Weaver. (Applause.) Wevegt three f yur utstanding members f Cngress - Brad Sherman, AdamSchiff,Karen Bass. They are all ding a greatjb. (Applause.)I want t thank all f yu frbeing here. And I want t thank yurCE, Jeffrey Katzenb

6、erg,fr inviting me. (Applause.) Jeffrey, like Melldy, has been a friend and a supprterthrughthick and thin. And I think hisplace in the entertainment industry is legendary - I dnt needt puff him upt much. (Laughter.) He has a healthy sense f self. (Laughter.) But he is agreat friend and smebdy whse

7、cunsel and advice I value.And Im incredibly grateful t behere at this wnderful institutin that hehelped t buildAnd Ive cme here tday becausethis is ne f Americas ecnmic engines. Nt justDreamWrks, but this whle cluster f cmpanies thatgeneratins have grwn up knwing -Disney and Warner and Universal and

8、thers. When yu think abut it, whatfinance is t NewYrk, what the aut industry is t the Midwest, what technlgyis t Nrthern Califrnia,entertainment is t this part f the st f us have spent a ltf time thinking abut ur favrite mvies r TV shws, butwe dnt ftenthink abut the entire infrastructure and industr

9、y behind the scenes. Hundreds fthusands f middle-class jbs -theyre nt always n the marquee - jbs fr electricians, andcarpenters, andsund miers, and makeup artists, and designers, and animatrs depend nthisincredible industry here in suthern Califrnia.Entertainment is ne f Americasbiggest eprts. And e

10、very day, yu sella prduct thatsmade in America t the rest f the wrld. Every time smebdy buys mvie tickets, rDVDs, rdistributin rights t a film, sme f that mney ges back t thelcal ecnmy right here.And believe it r nt,entertainment is part f ur American diplmacy. Its part f whatmakes us eceptinal, par

11、tf what makes us such a wrld pwer. Yucan g anywhere n theplanet and yull see a kid wearing a “Madagascar”T-shirt. (Laughter.) Yu can say, “MaytheFrce be with yu” - they knw what yure talking abut. (Laughter.)Hundreds f millins f peplemay never set ft in the United States, but thanks t yu,theyve eper

12、ienceda small part f what makes ur cuntry special. Theyve learned smethingabut ur values. We have shaped a wrld culture thrugh yu.And the stries that we telltransmit values and ideals abut tlerance and diversity andvercmingadversity, and creativity that are part f ur DNA. And as a cnsequence f whaty

13、uve dne, yuhelped shape the wrlds culture in a way that has made the wrld better.They might nt knw theGettysburg Address, but if theyre watching sme ld mvie,maybe “Guess WhsCming t Dinner,” r “The Mary Tyler Mre Shw,” r “Will and Grace”and“Mdern Family,” theyve had a frnt-rw seat t ur march twards p

14、rgress,even if theirwn natins havent made that prgress yet. And yung peple in cuntries all arund thewrldsuddenly make a cnnectin and have an affinity t peple wh dnt lklike them and mayberiginally they might have been fearful f, and nwsuddenly they say, h, this persn is likeme - which is ne f the pwe

15、rs fart, but thats what yu transmit.And that is a remarkablelegacy. Nw, its als a bigrespnsibility. When it cmes tissueslike gun vilence, weve gt t make sure that were nt glrifying it, becausethe striesyu tell shape ur childrens utlk and their lives. Earlier this year, leaders frm this twnsatdwn wit

16、h Vice President Biden t talk abut what Hllywd culd d t helpkeep ur kidssafe. This was in the wakef Sandy Hk. And thse cnversatinsneed t cntinue. The strieswe tellmatter. And yu tell stries mrepwerfully than anybdy else n the Earth.But I want t make clear, even aswe think lng and hard abut the messa

17、ges we send, weshuld never waver frmur cmmitment t the freedm that allws us t tell thse striesswell. Prtecting ur First Amendmentrights are vital t wh we are. And itsals gdbusiness, because in the glbal race fr jbs and industries, thething we d better thananybdy else is creativity. Thats smething th

18、at cant be cpied. Its ne f the reasns whyeven with newmarkets and new technlgies, theres still n better place t make mviesandtelevisin and music than right here in the United States.Entertainment is ne f thebright spts f ur ecnmy. The gapbetween what we can dand what ther cuntries can d is enrmus.AU

19、DIENCE MEMBER: W!THE PRESIDENT: Yes, thats wrth cheering fr. (Applause.) And that means that wevegt td what it takes t make sure that this industry, and every great Americanindustry, keepsthat cmpetitive edge s that mre flks can find career pathslike many f yu have, and getgd middle-class jbs that a

20、llw yu t supprta family and get ahead.Nthing is mre imprtant thanthat right nw. And as Melldymentined, when I came intffice, we were ging thrugh a severe crisis. Five years later, America has largely fughturway back. Weve made the tughchices required nt just t help the ecnmy recver, but trebuild it

21、n anew fundatin fr strnger, mre durable ecnmic grwth.We refcused n manufacturing andeprts, and tday, ur businesses sell mre gds andservices made in thiscuntry t the rest f the wrld than ever befre. ur manufacturers areadding jbs fr thefirst time since the 1990s, led by an American aut industry thats

22、cmeraring back. American cars are reallygd nw. (Laughter.)We decided t reverse urdependence n freign il. S tday, wegenerate mre renewableenergy than ever - dubled ur renewable energy -mre natural gas than anybdy. Fr thefirsttime in nearly 20 years, America nw prduces mre f ur wn il than webuy frm th

23、ercuntries. Its gdnews. (Applause.)When I tk ffice, Americainvested far less than cuntries like China did in wirelessinfrastructure andweve nw narrwed that gap, and wpanies unleash jbsandinnvatin and becme a bming app ecnmy thats created hundreds fthusands fjbs. Si years ag, nly 5percent f the wrlds

24、 smartphnes ran n American peratingsre than 80 percent d. (Applause.)And, yes, we decided t fi abrken health care system. (Applause.) And its interesting- Iwas talking t sme f the studi eecs here, and I said, lk, therllut f the new health caremarketplace was rugh and nbdy was mrefrustrated abut the

25、prblems with ur websitethan I am. And yet, here in Suthern Califrnia and hereacrss this state, there are thusandsf peple every single day wh are gettinghealth care fr the first time - fr the first time -because f this. (Applause.) And, by the way, the website is cntinually wrking better, scheck itut

26、. (Laughter.)But as a cuntry, were nwpised tverage fr millins f Americans,starting n January1st, and that includes mre than 350,000 here in Califrnia wh havealreadysigned up. And thanks in part t theAffrdable Care Act, health care csts are grwing atthe slwest rate in 50years. Emplyer-based health ca

27、re cstsare grwing at abut ne-third therate f a decade ag. And that means that if the studis here ryur emplyers arent havingt spend as much n health care, they can hiremre flks and reinvest mre in the business,and cme up with thse cltechnlgies that - I dnt eactly understand hw they wrk, but-(laughter

28、) - were really neat t lk at. (Laughter.)And, by the way, weve dne allthis while bringing dwn ur deficits. (Applause.) After yearsftrillin-dllar deficits, we reined in spending. Yu wuld think smetimes listening t flksinWashingtn that we havent made any prgress n that frnt. We wund dwn tw wars. Wecha

29、nged a ta cde that was t skewedtwards the wealthiest Americans at the epense f themiddle class. Yu add it all up, weve cut ur deficits bymre than half, and they cntinue t gdwn faster than any time since WrldWar II. (Applause.)S all tld, ur businessescreated 7.8 millin new jbs ver the past 44 mnths.

30、Americahas gne farther, recvered fasterthan mst ther industrialized natins. But, as Melldy said,weve gt mre wrk t d. The stck market is ding great, crprateprfits saring, but tmany Americans arent sharing in that success. And everybdy here wh wrks at DreamWrks-a really gd place t wrk. Im gingt ask Je

31、ff if maybe I can wrk here. (Applause.) But allf yu havefriends and family and neighbrs wh arent as lucky. And yu knw there are still alt f flkswh are struggling ut there. And my tp pririty is making sure that thiscuntryremains a cuntry where everybdy wh is willing t wrk hard can getahead.And wed be

32、 a lt further alngwithut sme f the dysfunctin and bstructin weveseen in Washingtn. (Applause.) We wuld be a lt further alng if we culd just get flks t actwithsme sense - (laughter) - if we didnt have ne wing f ne party that was alittle lessbsessed with repealing health care fr 40 mrecncerned with ma

33、king surethe law wrks. If they hadnt spent 40 vtes trying t repeal the Affrdable Care Act,theymight have actually taken sme vtes n rebuilding ur infrastructure, rinstituting earlychildhd educatin fr yung peple acrss this cuntry, rinvesting mre mney in basicresearch that helps t create the amazingtec

34、hnlgies that many f yu utilize. Any f theserius prpsals Ive put frward that wuld be creatingjbs right nw, they culd have beentaking vtes n that.Instead f rting fr failure,r refighting ld battles, Republicans in Cngress need t wrkwith us timprve thse things abut the Affrdable Care Act that arent wrki

35、ng as wellas theyshuld, and implement plicies t strengthen the middle class andcreate jbs. (Auple f weeks ag, HuseRepublican leaders handed ut a piece f paper t theirmembers and n the tpit said, “Agenda 2019年.” Im nt makingthis up. Belw that, it wasblank. (Laughter.) It was a blank sheet f paper - n

36、thing t create jbs r grw theecnmyr strengthen the middle class.And Ive put frward my plans tcreate new jbs and even the dds fr the middle class.And Ive put frward plans that gives smeRepublicans sme f the things that they want inechange fr ideas that willcreate gd jbs right nw. And s far,they wnt cn

37、sider them.Sme peple have heard me say mylist f tp five mvies - “The Gdfather,” ne and tw,have t be n it. But it turns ut Marln Brand had it easy,because when it cmes t Cngress,theres n such thing as an “ffer they cantrefuse.” (Laughter.) I mean, I just keep n cmingback. (Laughter.) Im ging t keep n

38、 trying, thugh. (Laughter.) I am, because wevegt nchice. (Applause.)The American peple agree with usthat jbs, grwing the ecnmy shuld be ur number-ne pririty. And weve gt t make sme investments tmake that happen. And weve gt tgivea better bargain t the middle class and everybdy wh is wrking t jin the

39、middle class.And that means building nthse crnerstnes f what makes fr a strng middle class - gdjbs, a gdeducatin, a hme f yur wn, health care when yu get sick, a secureretirementeven if yure nt rich. Swe can help manufacturers bring mre jbs back t America byinvesting inAmerican clean-energy technlgy

40、, and putting peple t wrk building radsandbridges and schls and high-speed bradband netwrks that attract businessesfrm arundthe wrld.We can prepare ur children andur wrkers fpetitin that theyll face -epandinghigh-quality preschl educatin, redesigning ur high schls, investingincmmunity clleges and jb

41、 training, and tackling sts, s thatyung peplecan affrd it. We can helprespnsible hmewners affrd a mrtgage r refinancing at tdayslw rates,help build a rck-slid husing system fr decades t cme, instead f bm andbust.We can bring the prmise f asecure retirement back t reach fr middle-class families,findi

42、ng new ways tmake it easier fr wrkers t save, and strengthening Scial Security,andgetting immigratin refrm dne s that undcumented wrkers are paying theirfair sharef taes, but theyre nt living in the shadws - (applause) - andwere attracting the best andthe brightest frm all arund the wrld.As I was ge

43、tting a tur fDreamWrks, I didnt ask, but just lking at faces, I culd tellthere weresme flks wh are here nt because they were brn here, but because they wanttbe here and they bring etrardinary talents t the United States. And thats part f whatmakes Americaspecial. And thats part f what, by theway, ma

44、kes Califrnia special, because itsalways been this magnet f dreamersand strivers.ing frmevery directinsaying t themselves, yu knw, if I wrk hard there I can havemy piece f the AmericanDream.Were ging t cntinue t makeprgress n all thse frnts. And, yes,we are ging tcntinue t implement the health care

45、law. The prduct is gd. Peple want it. And we shuldnt live in a cuntry wherepeple are ging bankrupt just because they get sick. And anybdywh is ging t keep n pushingagainst that, they will meet my resistance, because I amwilling t fi anyprblems that there are, but Im nt ging t abandn peple t make sur

46、ethattheyve gt health insurance in this cuntry. That is nt smething were ging t d. (Applause.) And the gd news is,as I said, thusands f Califrnians are already signing up.I read a really pwerful stryver the weekend I just want t mentin abut uninsured flksin Kentucky whare signing up in drves in ne f

47、 the prest cunties in the cuntry. Sme fthem cant imagine what having healthinsurance wuld be like. And yu read thesestries andyu realize hw imprtant it is fr flks in Kentucky - a state,by the way, that did nt vte frme - (laughter) - and if Kentucky can dit, than every state shuld be able t d it.We s

48、huld be able t epandMedicaid all acrss the cuntry. There are millins f peplewh, right nw,even under the law, may nt get health care that they deserve becausetheirgvernrs have refused t d it just fr plitical reasns - epandingMedicaid. Frtunately,Califrnia,bviusly, is nt ne f them. But thisis a fight

49、that were ging t keep fighting,because its wrth fighting. And thats what Melldy referred t.Its true. Im nt an idelgical guy, but there aresme things I really believe in. Andpart fwhat I believe in is that the essence f this cuntry, what makes thisplace special, is this ideathat Hllywd is glrified an

50、d held up, but Iactually think its true that here, mre thananyplace else, n matter what yulk like, where yu cme frm, what yur last name is, whyu lve, yushuld be able t make it if yure willing t wrk hard. Thats what I believe. (Applause.)And theres certain values thatmake that a reality. I have my cr

51、itics,bviusly, but sincewere here in Hllywd, I want t think abut smethingthat the late, great Chicag film critic,Rbert Rger Ebert said - and Iwas frtunate t get t knw Rger Ebert and was alwaysinspired by hw hehandled sme really tugh stuff. “Kindness,” he wrte, “cvers all f myplitical beliefs.” Kindness cvers all f my plitical beliefs.And when I think abut what Imfighting fr, what gets me up every single day, thatcaptures it just abut asmuch as anything. Kindness; empathy -that sense that I have astake in yur success; that Im ging t make sure,just because Malia and Sas