奥巴马演讲 Creating a Green Impact Zone 2
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All told, we expect energy investments alone to generate 700,000 jobs over the next few years.  And this is not just going to boost our economy in the short term; this is going to lay a platform for the future.  It’s going to create opportunities year after year after year, decade after decade after decade, as companies like Smith, that start small, begin to expand.  And I was just talking to your CEO, and he says he wants to open up 20 of these all across the country, so that in each region you’re able to service -- Smith is able to service its customers, and they’re going to have a reliable(可靠的,可信赖的) sense that Smith is always going to be there for them, making sure that customer satisfaction and performance is high.

I’ll give you another example.  Just a few years ago, America had the capacity to build only about 2 percent of the world’s advanced batteries for electric and hybrid1 vehicles(混合动力汽车) like Smith’s -- 2 percent, that was it.  We account for 25 percent of the world’s economy and we were only making 2 percent of the world’s advanced batteries.

But thanks to our new focus on clean energy and the work that’s taking place in plants like this one, we could have as much as 40 percent of the world’s market by 2015 -- five years.  That means jobs.  But that also means we’re going to have an expertise2(专门知识,专门技术) in a sector3 that’s just going to keep on growing all around the world for years to come.  So all these efforts taken together are making a difference.

A year and a half ago, our economy was shrinking at 6 percent a year; now it’s growing.  The economy was bleeding jobs.  We’ve now created private sector jobs, added private sector jobs, for six consecutive4 months.

Now, obviously the progress we’ve made isn’t nearly enough to undo5 all the damage that was done as a consequence of the economic crisis.  There are still five unemployed6 workers for every vacancy7(空缺,空位) .  There’s still too many empty storefronts on Main Street all across America.  And I’ve said since I took office that my administration will not rest until every American who is able and ready and willing to work can find a job, and a job that pays a decent wage and has decent benefits to support a family.

We’re not there yet.  We’ve got a long way to go.  But what is absolutely clear is we’re moving in the right direction.  We are headed in the right direction.  And that’s -- the surest way out of this storm is to go forward, not to go backwards8.  There are some people who argue that we should abandon some of these efforts -- some people who make the political calculation that it’s better to just say no to everything than to lend a hand to clean up the mess that we’ve been in.

But my answer to those who don’t have confidence in our future, who want to stop -- my answer is come right here to Kansas City.  Come see what’s going on at Smith Electric.  I think they’re going to be hard-pressed to tell you that you’re not better off than you would be if we hadn’t made the investments in this plant.

For the naysayers(否定者,拒绝者) , they ought to travel all across America and meet the people that I’ve met at places like Navistar in Indiana, where folks are being hired to build new electric trucks; or Siemens Wind Power in Iowa, where they’re making wind turbines in a factory that used to be empty just like this one; or Celgard, which is a battery technology company in North Carolina that hired more than 50 people because of the investments we made; or Poet Biorefinery here in Missouri that’s putting people to work harvesting homegrown energy.

While they’re at it, they ought to talk to all the small business owners who’ve gotten tax breaks to pay for their health plans and new SBA loans to expand or keep their doors open -- and that includes tens of millions of dollars in loans for companies right here in Kansas City.

Or they ought to talk to the crews that are rebuilding all the highways and laying tracks for new rail lines -- including road projects that are putting hundreds of people to work in this area.  They ought to talk to the scientists who are toiling9 day and night to develop the technologies and the cures with the potential to improve our economy and our health and our well-being10.

And they might want to talk to the teachers who didn’t get laid off because of the budget help that we gave the state of Missouri -- who are then going to be teaching our kids and they’re being incentivized to reform how they do business so we’ve got the best education system in the world and we’ve got the highest number of folks who are going to community colleges or four-year colleges than anyplace in the world.

That’s how we’re going to take charge of our destiny.  That’s how we create jobs and create lasting11 growth.  That’s how we ensure that America doesn’t just limp along, maybe recover to where we were before, but instead that we’re prospering12 -- that this nation leads the industries of the future.

I mean, this has been a difficult time for America right now:  two years of brutal13 recession, a decade of economic insecurity.  And there are going to be some hard days ahead.  That’s the truth.  It’s going to take a while for us to dig ourselves out of this hole.  But what you are proving here -- each and every one of you who work here at Smith Electric -- is the promise of a brighter future.  What you’re proving is that if we hold fast to that spirit of entrepreneurship(企业家精神) and innovation that’s always defined America, we’re not just going to emerge from this period of turmoil14(混乱,骚动) , we’re going to emerge stronger than we were before.

You’re proving that as long as we keep on moving forward, nobody can stop us.  And for that I want to thank you.  You are setting a model for what we need to be doing all across the country.

So congratulations.  Thank you very much.  (Applause.)
                  
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1 hybrid pcBzu     
n.(动,植)杂种,混合物
参考例句:
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
2 expertise fmTx0     
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长
参考例句:
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
3 sector yjczYn     
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
参考例句:
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
4 consecutive DpPz0     
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
参考例句:
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
5 undo Ok5wj     
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销
参考例句:
  • His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
  • I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
6 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
参考例句:
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
7 vacancy EHpy7     
n.(旅馆的)空位,空房,(职务的)空缺
参考例句:
  • Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
  • The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。
8 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
9 toiling 9e6f5a89c05478ce0b1205d063d361e5     
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉
参考例句:
  • The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
  • She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎,心中涌满愤恨。
10 well-being Fe3zbn     
n.安康,安乐,幸福
参考例句:
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
11 lasting IpCz02     
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
参考例句:
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
12 prospering b1bc062044f12a5281fbe25a1132df04     
成功,兴旺( prosper的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Our country is thriving and prospering day by day. 祖国日益繁荣昌盛。
  • His business is prospering. 他生意兴隆。
13 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
参考例句:
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
14 turmoil CKJzj     
n.骚乱,混乱,动乱
参考例句:
  • His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
  • The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
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