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1、Let me begin with something General Eisenhower said in his 1952 presidential campaign.Quote,"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of militarystrength is economic strength," end quote.让我以艾森豪威尔将军在1952年总统竞选时说过的一句话开始："我们必须获得安全和财务偿还能力。事实上，军事实力的基础就是经济实力。"With t
2、hat in mind, the first lead question.在脑中记住这个，让我们开始第一个引导问题。Gentlemen, at this very moment tonight, where do you stand on the financial recovery plan?先生们，在今晚这个特别的时刻，你们在金融拯救计划中站在哪里？First response to you, Senator Obama. You have two minutes.第一个回答问题的是你，议员奥巴马。你有两分钟时间。OBAMA: Well, thank you v
3、ery much, Jim, and thanks to the commission and the University ofMississippi, Ole Miss, for hosting us tonight. I can't think of a more important time for us to talkabout the future of the country.奥巴马：好的，非常感谢你，吉姆，也感谢（总统竞选辩论）委员会，感谢密西西比大学今晚容纳我们。我无法想象我们还有比今晚讨论这个国家的未来的更重要的时刻了。You know, we
4、are at a defining moment in our history. Our nation is involved in two wars, andwe are going through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.你们知道，我们现在正处于我们历史上的一个决定性时刻。我们的民族被涉入两场战争（注：伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争），而我们正在经历自经济大萧条（注：1929年）以来最糟糕的金融危机。And although we've heard a lot about Wall St
5、reet, those of you on Main Street I think havebeen struggling for a while, and you recognize that this could have an impact on all sectors ofthe economy.尽管我们听说了相当多关于华尔街的事情，但你们那些在城镇主街上的人们（注：这里指美国城镇和乡村的典型居民）已经在（艰难地）努力了一段时间。你们都知道这（金融危机）也许会影响到经济的方方面面。And you're wondering, how's it going to
6、 affect me? How's it going to affect my job? How's itgoing to affect my house? How's it going to affect my retirement savings or my ability to sendmy children to college?你们想要知道，它（金融危机）如何影响到我？如何影响到我的工作？如何影响到我的住宅？如何影响到我的退休金储蓄或者是送我孩子上大学的能力？So we have to move swiftly, and we have to move w
7、isely. And I've put forward a series ofproposals that make sure that we protect taxpayers as we engage in this important rescueeffort.所以我们必须得即刻就行动了，而且我们得要明智地行动。我已经提出一系列的建议，以确保当我们从事这项重要的（金融）拯救行动时，纳税人（的权益）得到保护。Number one, we've got to make sure that we've got oversight over this whole
