Hi, everybody.  Sunday is Father’s Day.  If you haven’t got Dad a gift yet, there’s still time.  Just barely. But the truth is, what we give our fathers can never match what our fathers give us.
大家好。周日是父親節(jié)。如果你還沒(méi)有給爸爸準(zhǔn)備禮物，現(xiàn)在還來(lái)得及。大大方方地。但是事實(shí)上，我們給父親們的永遠(yuǎn)比不上父親們給我們的。

I know how important it is to have a dad in your life, because I grew up without my father around.  I felt the weight of his absence.  So for Michelle and our girls, I try every day to be the husband and father my family didn’t have when I was young.  And every chance I get, I encourage fathers to get more involved in their children’s lives, because what makes you a man isn’t the ability to have a child – it’s the courage to raise one.
我深知你們一生中有個(gè)父親是何等重要，因?yàn)槲覐男〉酱鬀](méi)有父親。我深知沒(méi)有他我們的艱難。所以對(duì)米切爾和我們的兩個(gè)女兒，我每天都努力做一個(gè)好丈夫和好爸爸，這是我這時(shí)候家里沒(méi)有的。我總是利用一切機(jī)會(huì)鼓勵(lì)父親們更多地融入孩子們的生活，因?yàn)檫@使你成為一個(gè)不止是有能力生孩子的男人，而是有撫養(yǎng)孩子的勇氣的男人。

Still, over the past couple years, I’ve met with a lot of young people who don’t have a father figure around.  And while there’s nothing that can replace a parent, any of us can do our part to be a mentor, a sounding board, a role model for a kid who needs one.  Earlier this year, I launched an initiative called My Brother’s Keeper – an all-hands-on-deck effort to help more of our young men reach their full potential.  And if you want to be a mentor to a young man in your community, you can find out how at WhiteHouse.gov/MyBrothersKeeper.
還有，在過(guò)去的幾年里，我遇到很多沒(méi)有父親的年輕人。盡管沒(méi)有什么可以取代一個(gè)家長(zhǎng)，我們中的任何人都可以盡自己的努力成為導(dǎo)師，一個(gè)傾聽(tīng)者和孩子需要的任何角色。今年早些時(shí)候，我推出了一個(gè)叫做“弟弟的監(jiān)護(hù)人”的動(dòng)議--一個(gè)人人盡責(zé)的努力旨在幫助我們的年輕人發(fā)揮他們的潛能。如果你想成為你們社區(qū)的任何一個(gè)年輕人的導(dǎo)師，你可以在WhiteHouse.gov/MyBrothersKeeper網(wǎng)站得知如何做。

Now, when I launched this initiative, I said that government can’t play the primary role in a young person’s life.  Taking responsibility for being a great parent or mentor is a choice that we, as individuals, have to make.  No government program can ever take the place of a parent’s love.  Still, as a country, there are ways we can help support dads and moms who make that choice.
當(dāng)我推出這個(gè)動(dòng)議的時(shí)候，我說(shuō)政府不能在任何年輕人的生活中起主導(dǎo)作用。擔(dān)起作為偉大的父母或?qū)煹呢?zé)任是我們作為個(gè)人必須做出的選擇。沒(méi)有一個(gè)政府項(xiàng)目可以取代父母的愛(ài)。還有，作為一個(gè)國(guó)家，我們有很多方式幫助父親們和母親們做出這個(gè)選擇。

That’s why, earlier this week, we brought working dads from across America to the White House to talk about the challenges they face.  And in a few weeks, I’ll hold the first-ever White House Working Families Summit.  We’ve still got too many workplace policies that belong in the 1950s, and it’s time to bring them up to date for today’s families, where oftentimes, both parents are working.  Moms and dads deserve affordable child care, and time off to care for a sick parent or child without running into hardship.  Women deserve equal pay for equal work – and at a time when more women are breadwinners for a family, that benefits men, too.  And because no parent who works full-time should have to raise a family in poverty, it’s time for Congress to follow the lead of state after state, get on the bandwagon, and give America a raise.
這就是為什么本周早些時(shí)候，我們邀請(qǐng)了一些來(lái)自全美各地的工薪父親們來(lái)到白宮討論我們面對(duì)的挑戰(zhàn)。在今后幾周里，我將在白宮舉辦白宮工薪家庭峰會(huì)。我們現(xiàn)在有很多職場(chǎng)政策還是1950年代的，現(xiàn)在是使它們跟上今天的家庭的時(shí)候了，這些家庭通常是雙親都工作。母親們和父親們理應(yīng)得到可承受的兒保，可以請(qǐng)假照顧生病的父母或孩子而不至于陷入困境。婦女理應(yīng)得到同工同酬待遇--當(dāng)更多婦女成為家庭支柱時(shí)，男人也從中受益。因?yàn)槲覀儾辉试S任何全職父母支撐一個(gè)家庭就要陷入貧困，所以現(xiàn)在是國(guó)會(huì)緊跟一個(gè)又一個(gè)州的潮流，給美國(guó)一個(gè)提升。

Dads work hard.  So our country should do what we can to make sure their hard work pays off; to make sure life for them and their families is a little less stressful, and a little more secure, so they can be the dads their kids need them to be.  Because there’s nothing more precious in life than the time we spend with our children.  There’s no better feeling than knowing that we can be there for them, and provide for them, and help give them every shot at success.
父親們勤奮工作。所以我們的國(guó)家應(yīng)該盡力讓他們的努力得到回報(bào)；確保他們和他們的家庭的生活更加成功一點(diǎn)，更加安全一點(diǎn)，以使他們成為他們的孩子們想要的父親們。因?yàn)槿松袥](méi)有什么比他們花在孩子們身上的時(shí)間更加珍貴了。沒(méi)有什么比知道我們就在他們的身邊，為他們提供他們需要的，給他們?nèi)魏纬晒Φ臋C(jī)會(huì)更加幸福的感覺(jué)了。

Let’s make sure every dad who works hard and takes responsibility has the chance to know that feeling, not just on one Sunday, but every day of the year.
讓我們保證每個(gè)辛勤工作承擔(dān)責(zé)任的父親有機(jī)會(huì)不僅在一個(gè)周日，而是年年月月日日有這種感覺(jué)。

Thanks everybody, happy Father’s Day, and have a great weekend.
謝謝，父親節(jié)快樂(lè)，周末快樂(lè)。

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