奥巴马讲话 将美国打造的更为安全
Happy New Year, everybody. I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. That's because of what we've accomplished1 together over the past seven.

Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month. They've now created jobs for 69 straight months, driving the unemployment rate from a high of 10% down to 5%. Seven years ago, too many Americans went without health insurance. We've now covered more than 17 million people, dropping the rate of the uninsured below 10% for the very first time. Seven years ago, we were addicted2 to foreign oil. Now our oil imports have plummeted3, our clean energy industry is booming, and America is a global leader in the fight against climate change. Seven years ago, there were only two states in America with marriage equality. And now there are 50.

All of this progress is because of you. And we've got so much more to do. So my New Year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as I can. And I'll be more frequently asking for your help. That's what this American project is all about. <a hReF=htTps://WWw.EuZw.nEt/miNiform.html>家长推荐的苏州吴中作文辅导班</a>

That's especially true for one piece of unfinished business, that's our epidemic4 of gun violence. Last month, we remembered the third anniversary of Newtown. This Friday, I'll be thinking about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery from the shooting in Tucson. And all across America, survivors5 of gun violence and those who lost a child, a parent, a spouse6 to gun violence are forced to mark such awful anniversaries every single day.

And yet Congress still hasn't done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families. Three years ago, a bipartisan, commonsense7 bill would have required background checks for virtually everyone who buys a gun. Keep in mind, this policy was supported by some 90% of the American people. It was supported by a majority of NRA households. But the gun lobby mobilized against it. And the Senate blocked it.

Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed8 down by gun violence. Tens of thousands. Each time, we're told that commonsense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre9, or the one before that, so we shouldn't do anything.
We know that we can't stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one? What if Congress did something-anything-to protect our kids from gun violence?

A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence. And on Monday, I'll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options. Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing. I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment10 guarantees a right to bear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting11 harm on a massive scale.





1 accomplished

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：


Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。 Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。



2 addicted

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：


He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。 She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。



3 plummeted

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：


Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。 A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》



4 epidemic

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：


That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。 The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。



5 survivors

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：


The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者



6 spouse

n.配偶(指夫或妻)

参考例句：


Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。 What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法 是什么？



7 commonsense

adj.有常识的；明白事理的；注重实际的

参考例句：


It is commonsense to carry an umbrella in this weather.这种天气带把伞是很自然的。 These results are no more than a vindication of commonsense analysis.这些结果只不过是按常理分析得出的事实。



8 mowed

v.刈，割( mow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：


The enemy were mowed down with machine-gun fire. 敌人被机枪的火力扫倒。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. 人们割了大片草地的草，然后在上面播种。 来自辞典例句



9 massacre

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：


There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！



10 amendment

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：


The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。 The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。



11 inflicting

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：


He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。 It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物 遭点罪是不可能的。
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