【双语】奥巴马感恩节赦免火鸡仪式讲话

    每年11月的第四个星期四是感恩节，美国人每年在感恩节将吃掉大约4500万只火鸡。总统赦免火鸡便成为了感恩节的一个传统。这个传统始于1947年杜鲁门执政时期。自1989年以来，美国在任总统每年都要赦免火鸡，而总统也把“赦免火鸡”作为向美国人民祝福节日的机会。长沙新航道小编整理美国总统奥巴马2012年感恩节发言双语材料：
 

　　Tomorrow, in the company of friends and loved ones, we will celebrate a uniquely American holiday. And it’s a chance for us to spend time with the people we care about and to give thanks for the blessings that we enjoy; and to think about just how lucky we are to live in the greatest nation on Earth.
　　明天，我们将在亲友的陪伴下庆祝美国特有的一个节日。这是个良好的时机，让我们和自己关心的人好好相处，为我们能生活在地球上最伟大的国家而感恩。
　　But it’s also a time to remember those who are less fortunate -– and this year, that’s particularly true for our neighbors in the Northeast who have lost their homes and their possessions, and even their loved ones to Hurricane Sandy.
　　在这个时节也该想到那些不那么幸运的人们，尤其是今年东北部的居民们，他们被飓风桑迪夺走了房屋、家产甚至亲人。
　　In the last few weeks, I had a chance to visit both New Jersey and New York. And while I’ve seen entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and heartbreaking loss and devastation, I have yet to find a broken spirit.
　　最近几周，我才去过新泽西和纽约，尽管我见到很多社区满目疮痍、损失惨重，但大家的精神却没有倒下。
　　Countless stories of courage, and compassion, and resilience have emerged in the aftermath of the storm. But one that comes to mind today is about a tree on Staten Island. It’s a giant blue spruce that came crashing down in the front yard of Joseph Ingenito, whose home in New Dorp Beach flooded during the hurricane. Today, if you go to Joseph’s street, you’ll see a lot of damage and debris scattered all over the block. But you’ll also see the top of that tree, standing tall in front of his house, decorated with ornaments that survived the storm, along with anything else his neighbors could find including empty cups and surgical masks and safety goggles. It’s a Christmas tree, and it’s there to remind the neighborhood that there will still be holidays to celebrate, and happy moments to share, and life will go on. And we will rebuild.
　　风暴过后涌现了一篇篇用勇气、同情和不屈写就的事迹，但我今天具体想到的那个，是史坦顿岛的一棵树。一棵硕大的蓝叶云杉，倒在了Joseph Ingenito家的院子里，他在海滨新村的家在飓风中遭遇了洪灾。今天，如果你路过Joseph家门前那条街，仍会见到满眼的残埂瓦砾，但也会发现那棵树就屹立在他家的门前。树的上面，用暴风过后仅剩的装饰物点缀着，还有些邻居找来的各种物件，空杯子啦，医用口罩啦，防护镜啦。那是一棵圣诞树，它提醒着人们节日的喜庆将至，还要去共度美好的时光，人生还要向前走，我们定能重建家园。
　　And so tomorrow, we give thanks -– not only for the things that we have, or the people we love, but for the spirit that sees us through the toughest times, and holds us together as one American family, guided along our journey by the hope of a better day.
　　因此明天我们互相感恩之时，不仅因为我们所拥有的一切和我们爱的人感恩，也要感激那种帮助我们度过困苦的精神。它将美国人连成一家，指引我们满怀希望的踏上征程。
　　And I hope that over this holiday weekend, we’re also thinking about our extraordinary men and women overseas who are serving far away from home in harm’s way. But the reason they're there is because they give thanks too for the extraordinary life that have here in the United States of America.
　　我希望在本周末的节日中，别忘记在海外驻守的英雄士兵们。他们为报效祖国，远离家乡，以身犯险。他们之所以出征，正是因为他们也感恩，在美国人们能够过上这样美好的日子。
　　So may God bless those brave men and women in uniform who are away from their families this holiday season. May God bless the American people. May you all have a very happy Thanksgiving.
　　请上帝保佑这些在佳节之际仍远在他乡的英勇士兵们。上帝保佑美国人民。祝大家感恩节愉快。
　　And with that I think we are going to bestow the official pardon on -- wait, which -- is he Gobbler or Cobbler? Cobbler. Come on. All right, I’ve got to give the special dispensation. Congratulations, Cobbler. You have a great life.
　　那么现在我们该将这官方的赦免赐予——等等，这是哪只?咯咯哒还是唧唧喳?唧唧喳，来吧。好吧，我这就赐予你特别豁免权。恭喜你，唧唧喳，你的鸡生多么美好。
　　Everybody give Cobbler a big round of applause.