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A cry for survival comes from the planet itself.
生存的呐喊来自于这个星球自身，
A cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear.
这一呐喊从未像现在这样迫切，或者如此清晰。
And now, a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat.
政治极端主义、白人至上、国内恐怖主义兴起，我们必须与之斗争，并且我们会战胜他们。
To overcome these challenges – to restore the soul and secure the future of America – requires so much more than words.
为了克服这些挑战，重塑（美国）灵魂，守卫美国的未来，我们需要的不仅仅是语言，
It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy:
我们需要民主中最难以捉摸的东西，
Unity.
那就是团结。
Unity.
团结。
In another January, on New Year’s Day 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
在1863年新年的那天，亚伯拉罕·林肯签署了《解放黑奴宣言》。
When he put pen to paper, the President said and I quote, “If my name ever goes down into history it will be for this act and my whole soul is in it.”
当他把笔放在纸上的那一刻，林肯总统说道，“如果我的名字能在历史上留下，那将是因为这一举动而留下。我全部的灵魂都在这件事上。”
My whole soul is in it.
我全部的灵魂也在今天，
Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this:
今天，在一月的这一天，我全部的灵魂都在这件事上。
Bringing America together. Uniting our people, uniting our nation.
让美国团结起来，团结起我们的人民，团结起我们的国家。
And I ask every American to join me in this cause.
我要求所有美国人在这项事业上加入我。
Uniting to fight the foes we face:
团结起来对抗我们面临的敌人，
Anger, resentment and hatred.
对抗愤怒、怨恨和仇恨，
Extremism, lawlessness, violence.
以及极端主义、违法、暴力、
Disease, joblessness and hopelessness.
疾病、失业和绝望。
With unity, we can do great things, important things.
有了团结，我们可以做伟大的事情，重要的事情。
We can right wrongs.
我们可以更正错误，
We can put people to work in good jobs.
我们可以让人们有好工作，
We can teach our children in safe schools.
我们可以在安全的学校里面教育我们的孩子，
We can overcome the deadly virus.
我们可以战胜致命的病毒，
We can reward work, rebuild the middle class, and make health care secure for all.
我们可以恢复我们的工作，我们可以重振中产阶级，让工作有保障，
We can deliver racial justice and we can make America, once again, the leading force for good in the world.
我们可以确保种族正义，我们可以让美国重新成为世界正义的领导力量。
I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days.
我知道，现在谈论团结可能听起来像是愚蠢的幻想。
I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real.
我知道分裂我们的力量很深厚，而且是真实存在的。
But I also know they are not new.
但我也知道它们并不新鲜。
Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, and demonization have long torn us apart.
我们的历史是一场持续不断的斗争，一方面是我们生来平等的美国理想，另一方面是我们被种族主义、本土主义和恐惧撕裂的残酷而丑陋的现实。
The battle is perennial and victory is never assured.
这场战斗是长期的，而且胜负难料。
Through Civil War, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setbacks, our “better angels” have always prevailed.
经历了内战、大萧条、世界大战、9·11事件，经历了斗争、牺牲和挫折，我们本性中更善良的天使总是占上风。
In each of these moments, enough of us enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward.
在我们的每一个时刻，都有足够的人团结在一起，带领我们所有人向前，
And, we can do that now.
我们现在就能做到。
History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity.
历史、信仰和理性为我们指明道路。（那是）团结之路。
We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors.
我们可以把彼此视为邻居，而不是对手。
We can treat each other with dignity and respect.
我们可以有尊严地相互尊重。
We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature.
我们可以联合起来，停止喊叫，减少愤怒。
For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.
因为没有团结就没有和平，只有痛苦和愤怒，
No progress, only exhausting outrage.
没有进步，只有令人精疲力竭的愤怒。
No nation, only a state of chaos.
没有国家，只有混乱的状态。
This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.
这是我们面临危机和挑战的历史性时刻。团结是前进的道路。
