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1、PresidentObama'sStateoftheUnionaddressaspreparedfordeliveryonJan.20,2015:Mr.Speaker,Mr.VicePresident,MembersofCongress,myfellowAmericans:Wearefifteenyearsintothisnewcentury.Fifteenyearsthatdawnedwithterrortouchingourshores;thatunfoldedwithanewgenerationfightingtwolongandcostlywars;thatsawavicio
2、usrecessionspreadacrossournationandtheworld.Ithasbeen,andstillis,ahardtimeformany.Buttonight,weturnthepage.Tonight,afterabreakthroughyearforAmerica,oureconomyisgrowingandcreatingjobsatthefastestpacesince1999.Ourunemploymentrateisnowlowerthanitwasbeforethefinancialcrisis.Moreofourkidsaregraduati
3、ngthaneverbefore;moreofourpeopleareinsuredthaneverbefore;weareasfreefromthegripofforeignoilaswe'vebeeninalmost30years.Tonight,forthefirsttimesince9/11,ourcombatmissioninAfghanistanisover.Sixyearsago,nearly180,000AmericantroopsservedinIraqandAfghanistan.Today,fewerthan15,000remain.Andwesalutethe
4、courageandsacrificeofeverymanandwomaninthis9/11Generationwhohasservedtokeepussafe.Wearehumbledandgratefulforyourservice.America,forallthatwe'veendured;forallthegritandhardworkrequiredtocomeback;forallthetasksthatlieahead,knowthis:Theshadowofcrisishaspassed,andtheStateoftheUnionisstrong.Atthismo
5、ment–withagrowingeconomy,shrinkingdeficits,bustlingindustry,andboomingenergyproduction–wehaverisenfromrecessionfreertowriteourownfuturethananyothernationonEarth.It'snowuptoustochoosewhowewanttobeoverthenextfifteenyears,andfordecadestocome.Willweacceptaneconomywhereonlyafewofusdospectacularlywel
6、l?Orwillwecommitourselvestoaneconomythatgeneratesrisingincomesandchancesforeveryonewhomakestheeffort?Willweapproachtheworldfearfulandreactive,draggedintocostlyconflictsthatstrainourmilitaryandsetbackourstanding?Orwillweleadwisely,usingallelementsofourpowertodefeatnewthreatsandprotectourplanet?W
7、illweallowourselvestobesortedintofactionsandturnedagainstoneanother–orwillwerecapturethesenseofcommonpurposethathasalwayspropelledAmericaforward?Intwoweeks,IwillsendthisCongressabudgetfilledwithideasthatarepractical,notpartisan.An