Weekly Address: In the Face of Terror, We Stand as One (November 21, 2015)

奧巴馬每周電視講話：總統(tǒng)呼吁沉著冷靜應(yīng)對(duì)恐怖威脅

Good morning everyone.This past week we've seen the best and the worst of humanity.The heinous terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, in Iraq and Nigeria.They showed us once again the depths of the terrorist's depravity.

大家早上好。上個(gè)星期，我們看到了人性中最善良和最丑陋的一面。窮兇極惡的恐怖分子襲擊了巴黎、貝魯特、伊拉克和尼日利亞。他們?cè)俅蜗蛭覀冋故玖丝植婪肿雍翢o(wú)底線的罪惡本質(zhì)。

And at the same time we saw the world come together in solidarity.Parisians opening their doors to anyone trapped in the street, taxi drivers turning off their meters to get people home safety, people lining up to donate blood.These simple human acts are a powerful reminder that we cannot be broken and in the face of terror we stand as one.In the wake of these terrible events, I understand the anxiety that many Americans feel.I really do.I don't dismiss the fear of a terrorist bomb going off.There's nothing President Obama and I take more seriously though, than keeping the American people safe.

與此同時(shí)，我們也看到全世界人民團(tuán)結(jié)一致的精神。巴黎市民敞開(kāi)家門接納每一位受困的人，出租車司機(jī)免費(fèi)送人們?nèi)サ桨踩牡胤剑藗兣牌痖L(zhǎng)隊(duì)獻(xiàn)血救助傷者。這些簡(jiǎn)單的舉動(dòng)讓我們注意到，面對(duì)恐怖襲擊，我們眾志成城，我們不會(huì)被擊倒。面對(duì)這些恐怖襲擊事件，我很理解很多美國(guó)人所產(chǎn)生的焦慮和不安。真的。我不能完全消除將恐怖分子襲擊帶來(lái)的恐懼。但對(duì)奧巴馬總統(tǒng)和我而言，沒(méi)有什么事情比保證美國(guó)人民的安全更重要了。

In the past few weeks though, we've heard an awful lot of people suggest that the best way to keep America safe is to prevent any Syrian refugee from gaining asylum in the United States.

前幾個(gè)星期，我們聽(tīng)到很多人提出可怕的建議，他們認(rèn)為保證美國(guó)安全最好的方式，就是不要在美國(guó)境內(nèi)為敘利亞難民提供避難所。

So let's set the record straight how it works for a refugee to get asylum.Refugees face the most rigorous screening of anyone who comes to the United States.First they are finger printed, then they undergo a thorough background check, then they are interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security.And after that the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Defense and the Department of State, they all have to sign off on access.

那我們就直接談?wù)勅绾斡行Ч芾恚跒殡y民提供避難所的同時(shí)保證我們的安全。我們對(duì)進(jìn)入美國(guó)的難民進(jìn)行了最為嚴(yán)格的審查。首先要記錄他們的指紋，并進(jìn)行詳細(xì)的背景審查，國(guó)土安全部還要對(duì)他們進(jìn)行面試。此后，F(xiàn)BI、國(guó)家反恐中心、國(guó)防部以及國(guó)務(wù)院都要加入審批流程并簽字。

And to address the specific terrorism concerns we are talking about now, we've instituted another layer of checks just for Syrian refugees.There is no possibility of being overwhelmed by a flood of refugees landing on our doorstep tomorrow.Right now, refugees wait 18 to 24 months while the screening process is completed.And unlike in Europe, refugees don't set foot in the United States until they are thoroughly vetted.

為了解決大家對(duì)由此帶來(lái)的恐怖威脅的關(guān)注，我們還特意對(duì)敘利亞難民增加了一道檢查。因此，未來(lái)不會(huì)出現(xiàn)大批難民涌入的可能。現(xiàn)在，難民需要等待18-24個(gè)月，審查才會(huì)結(jié)束。與歐洲不同的是，只有通過(guò)徹底檢查的難民才能進(jìn)入美國(guó)本土。

Let's also remember who the vast majority of these refugees are: women, children, orphans, survivors of torture, people desperately in need medical help.

我們要記住，這些難民中絕大部分是婦女、兒童、孤兒、受盡折磨的幸存者以及急需醫(yī)療救治的人。

To turn them away and say there is no way you can ever get here would play right into the terrorists' hands.We know what ISIL – we know what they hope to accomplish.They flat-out told us.

把他們趕走，告訴他們想到這里來(lái)門都沒(méi)有，正好中了恐怖分子的下懷。我們都了解ISIL是什么，我們都知道他們的目標(biāo)是什么。他們已經(jīng)明確告訴我們了。

Earlier this year, the top ISIL leader al-Baghdadi revealed the true goal of their attacks.Here's what he said: “Compel the crusaders to actively destroy the gray zone themselves.Muslims in the West will quickly find themselves between one and two choices.Either apostatize or emigrate to the Islamic State and thereby escape persecution.” So it's clear.It's clear what ISIL wants.They want to manufacture a clash between civilizations.They want frightened people to think in terms of “us versus them.”

年初，ISIL的最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人巴格達(dá)迪公布了他們發(fā)動(dòng)襲擊的真實(shí)目的。他是這么說(shuō)的：“要迫使基督徒們自己積極地摧毀那些灰色地帶。西方的穆斯林很快就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們必須做出選擇。要么放棄自己的信仰，要么移民到伊斯蘭國(guó)，只有這樣才能逃脫懲罰。”很清楚，非常明確的表明了ISIL的目的。他企圖在文明之間制造沖突。他們希望恐嚇人們?cè)谖覀兣c他們的對(duì)抗之間選擇站位。

They want us to turn our backs on Muslims victimized by terrorism.But this gang of thugs peddling a warped ideology, they will never prevail.The world is united in our resolve to end their evil.And the only thing ISIL can do is spread terror in hopes that we will in turn, turn on ourselves.We will betray our ideals and take actions, actions motivated by fear that will drive more recruits into the arms of ISIL.That's how they win.We win by prioritizing our security as we've been doing.Refusing to compromise our fundamental American values: freedom, openness, tolerance.That's who we are.That's how we win.

他們希望我們因?yàn)榭植婪肿优c穆斯林受害者對(duì)立起來(lái)。但這些暴徒所宣揚(yáng)的是一種扭曲的觀念，是絕對(duì)不會(huì)得到認(rèn)可的。全世界都會(huì)團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)，堅(jiān)定決心，消滅邪惡。ISIL唯一可以做的就是傳播恐怖，但對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)，結(jié)果取決于我們自己。如果我們背棄自身的理想，在恐懼之下采取的行動(dòng)只會(huì)讓更多的人投入ISIL的懷抱。讓他們得逞。如果我們繼續(xù)做好我們現(xiàn)在正在做的事情，強(qiáng)化自身安全，我們就能勝利。自由、開(kāi)放、寬容是我們立國(guó)的基本價(jià)值觀，對(duì)此我們拒絕妥協(xié)。只有這樣，我們才能取得勝利。

May God continue to bless the United States of America and God bless our troops.
 

愿上帝繼續(xù)保佑美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)，愿上帝保佑我們的軍隊(duì)。

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