演讲文本

Just to take one example much of federally-funded research on diseases focused solely on their effects on men.

及其他女性进入国会前联邦资助的大部分疾病研究主要侧重于疾病对男性的影响

It wasn't until women like Patsy Mink and Edith Green got to Congress and passed Title IX 40 years ago this year.

40年前的今天帕齐.明克和伊迪丝.格林等女性进入国会并通过教育法修正案《第九条》

That we declared women, too should be allowed to compete and win on America's playing fields Until a woman named Lilly Ledbetter showed up at her office.

从而宣布女性也有资格在美国的运动场上参与竞赛并取胜一个名叫莉莉.莱德贝特的女性

And had the courage to step up and say you know what, this isn't right women weren't being treated fairly.

来到她的办公室 勇敢地而明确地说你们知道吗 这不对女性没有得到公正待遇

We lacked some of the tools we needed to uphold the basic principle of equal pay for equal work

我们缺乏一些必要的手段扞卫同工同酬的基本原则

So don't accept somebody else's construction of the way things ought to be It's up to you to right wrongs It's up to you to point out injustice.

所以不要接受别人对于事情理当如何的看法你应当来纠正错误做法你应当来指出不公不义

It's up to you to hold the system accountable and sometimes upend it entirely It's up to you to stand up and to be heard.

你应当来督促社会体制负起责任有时需要全盘改变你应当挺身而出 发表意见

To write and to lobby to march, to organize, to vote Don't be content to just sit back and watch.

撰文游说游行示威 组织民众 投票表决不要满足于袖手旁观

Those who oppose change those who benefit from an unjust status quo have always bet on the public's cynicism or the public's complacency.

那些反对变革受益于不公平现状的人总是赌定公众要不是愤世嫉俗就是洋洋自得

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

本视频是奥巴马在哥伦比亚大学给2012届的毕业生做出的毕业演讲。

奥巴马讲述了自己在大学时期的经历，以及工作之后的各种经历，激励即将走入社会的年轻人要勇于面对未来，勇于担当社会责任；奥巴马还给毕业生们分析了美国的现状，通过回顾历史，鼓励大家为自己的权利奋斗。