奥巴马在YouTube上发表首次全国讲话

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美国当选总统奥巴马将通过视频和广播发表每周例行讲话，最为关键的地方是所有的视频讲话都将放到世界上最大的网络视频门户YouTube上，这些视频同时也将在奥巴马过渡班子的官方网站change.gov上发布。今天第一个视频讲话已经发布。

值得关注的是人们现在可以通过电脑、电视（Apple TV的YouTube频道）或者手机（iPhone的YouTube应用）来收看奥巴马的讲话，而且讲话的内容也不错。显然，游戏规则已经改变。

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今天，20国集团的领导人正在华盛顿聚首，试图找到调控仍在持续动荡的金融市场的措施。20国集团是一个包括全球主要经济体国家的组织，我很高兴布什总统召集此次会议，因为全球金融危机需要各国协调一致共同应对。

　　不过，在我们与其它国家协调采取行动之时，美国也必须在国内采取迅速行动以解决美国自身的经济危机。一周以来，美国金融市场持续动荡，我们还获悉，申请失业保险人数已上升至2001年9月11日以来的最高水平。在过去十个月里，美国新增工作岗位始终呈现下降态势，今年同比减少了120万工作岗位，特别是处于困境的汽车工业表现明显。数以百万计的美国公民每天晚上半夜惊醒，为未来能够支付起帐单、保住房子、顺利获得退休金感到忧心忡忡。

　　毫无疑问，此次经济危机是美国经济在新世纪所遇到的最严重挑战。然而尽管前途漫漫，道路艰险，但我知道我们能够战胜这场危机，因为美国总是能在最危险的时刻崛起。不管多么艰难，我比任何时候都更相信美国将再次崛起。

　　但我们必须立刻采取行动。下周，国会将举行会议以应对金融危机蔓延。我呼吁他们至少通过新救市计划的预付定金预算，这将有助于创造工作岗位、缓解家庭经济压力、帮助经济再次增长。尤其重要的是，我们应当立刻向那些明年将无法再领取失业金的一百多万美国人提供帮助。如果国会无法通过促进经济发展的救市计划，那么我将把这件事作为上任后首要事务。

　　即使我们正努力摆脱经济衰退带来的影响，我们也应该认识到，这场经济危机同样存在机会，有助于创造新工作岗位、强化中产阶级地位、使美国经济在21世纪保持竞争能力。

　　下一步我们将开始实施那些曾被长久忽视的经济政策，包括招募二百万民众重建年久失修的道路、桥梁和学校；投资1500亿美元建设美国绿色能源经济，创造5百万个新工作岗位；同时让我们国家不再依赖于外国石油，为下一代挽救我们的星球；所有应享受医疗保障的人能支付起医疗费用，在需要时都能享有医保；削减生产成本，降低小型企业负担；让每个孩子都能接受世界水准的教育，以便他们能与来自世界各地的同龄人竞争。

　　做到这一切不仅需要制定新政策，而且需要服务和牺牲精神。我们所有的人应下定决心参与其中，更努力地工作，不仅是为自己而且为彼此。如果说这场金融危机教会了我们什么的话，那就是华尔街不可能在实体经济处于困境时保持繁荣。在这个国度，我们作为同胞，同甘共苦。这就是我们将如何应对我们时代的挑战，团结起来应对挑战，谢谢。(萧熙)

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----Thx Coredump~Here a relevant script is also rendered for language learning purposes.



Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama

November 15, 2008

Today, the leaders of the G-20 countries -- a group that includes the world's largest economies -- are gathering in Washington to seek solutions to the ongoing turmoil in our financial markets. I'm glad President Bush has initiated this process -- because our global economic crisis requires a coordinated global response.

And yet, as we act in concert with other nations, we must also act immediately here at home to address America's own economic crisis. This week, amid continued volatility in our markets, we learned that unemployment insurance claims rose to their highest levels since September 11, 2001. We've lost jobs for ten straight months -- nearly 1.2 million jobs this year, many of them in our struggling auto industry. And millions of our fellow citizens lie awake each night wondering how they're going to pay their bills, stay in their homes, and save for retirement.

Make no mistake: this is the greatest economic challenge of our time. And while the road ahead will be long, and the work will be hard, I know that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis -- because here in America we always rise to the moment, no matter how hard. And I am more hopeful than ever before that America will rise once again.

But we must act right now. Next week, Congress will meet to address the spreading impact of the economic crisis. I urge them to pass at least a down-payment on a rescue plan that will create jobs, relieve the squeeze on families, and help get the economy growing again. In particular, we cannot afford to delay providing help for the more than one million Americans who will have exhausted their unemployment insurance by the end of this year. If Congress does not pass an immediate plan that gives the economy the boost it needs, I will make it my first order of business as President.

Even as we dig ourselves out of this recession, we must also recognize that out of this economic crisis comes an opportunity to create new jobs, strengthen our middle class, and keep our economy competitive in the 21st century.
That starts with the kinds of long-term investments that we've neglected for too long. That means putting two million Americans to work rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges, and schools. It means investing $150 billion to build an American green energy economy that will create five million new jobs, while freeing our nation from the tyranny of foreign oil, and saving our planet for our children. It means making health care affordable for anyone who has it, accessible for anyone who wants it, and reducing costs for small businesses. And it also means giving every child the world-class education they need to compete with any worker, anywhere in the world.

Doing all this will require not just new policies, but a new spirit of service and sacrifice, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. If this financial crisis has taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers -- in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people. And that is how we will meet the challenges of our time -- together. Thank you.