欧美名人演讲 第103期:美国总统川普首次国情咨文演讲(10)

One of my greatest priorities is to reduce the price of prescription¹ drugs.

我最优先的一个议程就是降低处方药药价。

In many other countries, these drugs cost far less than what we pay in the United States. And it's very, very unfair.

在许多国家，这些药物的价格都比美国更低。这非常，非常地不公平。

That is why I have directed my administration to make fixing the injustice² of high drug prices one of my top priorities for the year.

这就是我为什么要求政府改变高药价的不公，这是我们的工作重点。

And prices will come down substantially. Watch.

价格将会大幅降低。拭目以待吧。

America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs, and our wealth.

美国还最终会改变几十年来的不公平贸易协定，这些协定牺牲了我们的繁荣，搬走了我们的公司、工作和国家财富。

Our nation has lost its wealth, but we're getting it back so fast.

我们国家曾经失去了的财富，我们现在正迅速夺回。

The era of economic surrender is totally over.

经济妥协的时代已经彻底过去。

From now on, we expect trading relationships to be fair and, very importantly, reciprocal.

从现在开始，我们期待更加公平的贸易关系——更加重要的是，这些关系必须互惠。

We will work to fix bad trade deals and negotiate new ones. And they'll be good ones, but they'll be fair.

我们会努力改变糟糕的贸易协定，谈判新的协定，这些新条约将是良好的，将是公平的。

And we will protect American workers and American intellectual property through strong enforcement of our trade rules.

同时，通过严格执行我们的贸易规范，美国工人及美国知识产权将得到保护。

As we rebuild our industries, it is also time to rebuild our crumbling³ infrastructure⁴.

我们重建本国工业，同时也是时候重建破旧不堪的基础设施了。

America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year.

美国是建设者的国度。曾经，短短一年时间我们就建好了帝国大厦。

Isn't it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor⁵ permit approved for the building of a simple road?

现在，单单批准一条修路的许可证就要长达10年的时间，大家不感到羞愧吗？

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

3 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

5 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。