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[00:00.41]Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated. 我承認，人們批評的人類情感淡漠和疏遠很多都是事實。 [00:08.51]But at bottom, that's a personal cop-out and a national peril. 但實際上，這只是個人托辭和國家危難。 [00:14.07]Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community. 政局最大限度地擴大了個人機會和個人要承擔的責任，同時也最大限度地擴大了社會機會和社會所要承擔的責任。 [00:22.05]America corps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions. 美國軍團和美國和平部隊因政治決策而存在。 [00:28.06]Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices. 我們的空氣、水、土地和食品因政治決策而安全衛(wèi)生。 [00:35.18]Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments. 以政治為導向的投資使醫(yī)療技術和網絡技術取得了新的發(fā)展。 [00:42.38]Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership. 政治領導結束了科索沃（南斯拉夫自治省名）的種族凈化。 [00:48.18]Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems. 你們的父母、祖父母能夠到此旅游得益于政府資助修建的交通運輸系統(tǒng)。 [00:55.00]Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college. 和我一樣，很多人在美國退伍軍人權利法案和政府貸款條例的幫助下完成了大學教育。 [01:02.16]Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, 現在，你們也許已經猜到，我會一直堅持下去。 [01:07.02]but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim. 而且我要強調一點，政府使我們的，每一代人都要響應它的號召。 [01:14.50]And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate. 作為其中的一份子，你們必須做出選擇，決定要不要參與其中。 [01:21.01]It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now. 這很艱難，卻能給民主社會帶來變革，尤其是現在。 [01:28.09]There's so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, 現代社會無形中使我們個人、 [01:32.40]to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations. 團體甚至國家放低眼光，縮小視野。

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Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated. But at bottom, that’s a personal cop-out and a national peril. Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community. America corps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions. Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices. Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments. Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership. Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems. Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college.

我承認，人們批評的人類情感淡漠和疏遠很多都是事實。但實際上，這只是個人托辭和國家危難。政局最大限度地擴大了個人機會和個人要承擔的責任，同時也最大限度地擴大了社會機會和社會所要承擔的責任。美國軍團和美國和平部隊因政治決策而存在。我們的空氣、水、土地和食品因政治決策而安全衛(wèi)生。以政治為導向的投資使醫(yī)療技術和網絡技術取得了新的發(fā)展。政治領導結束了科索沃(南斯拉夫自治省名)的種族凈化。你們的父母、祖父母能夠到此旅游得益于政府資助修建的交通運輸系統(tǒng)。和我一樣，很多人在美國退伍軍人權利法案和政府貸款條例的幫助下完成了大學教育。

Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim. And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate. It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now. There’s so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations.

現在，你們也許已經猜到，我會一直堅持下去。而且我要強調一點，政府使我們的，每一代人都要響應它的號召。作為其中的一份子，你們必須做出選擇，決定要不要參與其中。這很艱難，卻能給民主社會帶來變革，尤其是現在?，F代社會無形中使我們個人、團體甚至國家放低眼光，縮小視野。

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