But for too many of our citizens， a different reality exists： Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system， flush with cash， but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge; and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
但是许多公民的境况和我们的期望并不相符：在内城里，母亲和孩子困顿于贫穷之中；锈迹斑斑的工厂像墓碑一样遍布我们国家的土地；教育系统充斥着黑暗的权钱交易，剥夺了我们年轻俊俏的学生们本该学到的知识；犯罪团伙和毒品夺走了许多人的生命、阻碍了我们国家如此之多未被开发的潜力。
This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
我们国家的这些屠杀行为将从此时、此地开始，永远地结束！
We are one nation - and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart， one home， and one glorious destiny.
我们同属一个国家——他们的痛苦就是我们的痛苦；他们的梦想也是我们是梦想；他们的成功也将是我们的成功！我们万众一心、我们同属一个家园、我们的光辉命运休戚相关！
The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.
今天我所做的就职誓言就是对所有美国人效忠的宣言！
