The good news is, we know how to do it. Two years ago, as the auto industry came roaring back, Andra Rush opened up a manufacturing firm in Detroit. She knew that Ford needed parts for the best-selling truck in America, and she knew how to make them. She just needed the workforce. So she dialed up what we call an American Job Center - places where folks can walk in to get the help or training they need to find a new job, or better job. She was flooded with new workers. And today, Detroit Manufacturing Systems has more than 700 employees.
好消息是，我们现在知道该怎么做了。两年前当汽车行业回暖时，安德拉 拉什在底特律创办了一家业公司。她知道，福特要造出美国销量最好的卡车需要哪些部件以及怎样加工这些部件。她缺的是劳动力。于是她拨通了美国就业中心(提供就业信息和职业培训的地方)的电话。求职者随即蜂拥而至。现在底特律制造系统公司已有超过700名员工。
What Andra and her employees experienced is how it should be for every employer - and every job seeker. So tonight, I’ve asked Vice President Biden to lead an across-the-board reform of America’s training programs to make sure they have one mission: train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now. That means more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships that set a young worker on an upward trajectory for life. It means connecting companies to community colleges that can help design training to fill their specific needs. And if Congress wants to help, you can concentrate funding on proven programs that connect more ready-to-work Americans with ready-to-be-filled jobs.
安德拉和其员工的经历正是每个招聘者和每个求职者的真实写照。因此今晚，我邀请副总统拜登发起一项美国职业培训系统的全盘改革，让人们能够掌握雇主所期望他们拥有的技能，迅速填补就业市场的空缺。这意味着企业要举办更多的在职培训，提供更多学徒见习的机会，让年轻的工人能够在职业道路上不断前进。这意味着加强公司和社区学院间的校企沟通，让培训与实际需求接轨。如果国会原意出一份力，请为已获批的项目提供资金，请让我们的人民都能找到工作。
I’m also convinced we can help Americans return to the workforce faster by reforming unemployment insurance so that it’s more effective in today’s economy. But first, this Congress needs to restore the unemployment insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people.
我也相信，通过改革失业保险，加强其在当下经济中的实效性，人们能更快地回到工作岗位上。但首先，国会要重新启动失业保险，现在已经有160万美国人失去了这项保障。
Let me tell you why.
请让我来告诉你们为什么必须这么做。
Misty DeMars is a mother of two young boys. She’d been steadily employed since she was a teenager. She put herself through college. She’d never collected unemployment benefits. In May, she and her husband used their life savings to buy their first home. A week later, budget cuts claimed the job she loved. Last month, when their unemployment insurance was cut off, she sat down and wrote me a letter - the kind I get every day. "We are the face of the unemployment crisis," she wrote. "I am not dependent on the government.Our country depends on people like us who build careers, contribute to society . care about our neighbors . I am confident that in time I will find a job . I will pay my taxes, and we will raise our children in their own home in the community we love. Please give us this chance."
米斯蒂 迪马尔斯是一位有着2个年幼儿子的母亲。年轻时，她的工作一直很稳定。她自己支付了大学的学费，从未领过失业保险。去年五月，她和丈夫用存款购置了他们的第一套房子。一周后，由于预算削减，她丢了饭碗。上个月，这对夫妻的失业保险被中断，米斯蒂给我写了一封信——我每天都会收到这类信件。 “我们正面临失业危机。” 在信中她这样说道，“我并不依赖政府。我们自食其力，为社会贡献自己的力量，关爱邻居。美国需要我们这样的人。我有信心自己一定能很快找到工作的。我会纳税，我们会在自己热爱的社区里将孩子抚养长大。请给我们这个机会。”
Congress, give these hardworking, responsible Americans that chance. They need our help, but more important, this country needs them in the game. That’s why I’ve been asking CEOs to give more long-term unemployed workers a fair shot at that new job and new chance to support their families; this week, many will come to the White House to make that commitment real. Tonight, I ask every business leader in America to join us and to do the same - because we are stronger when America fields a full team.
国会同胞们，请给这些辛勤工作、以身作则的美国公民们这个机会吧。他们需要我们的帮助，更重要的是，美国也需要他们。因此，我一直希望企业的首席执行官们能为更多长期失业的工人们提供公平竞争的就业机会，让他们能够扶持家庭。本周，许多首席执行官会来到白宫，兑现这个承诺。今晚，我邀请每一位美国的商业领袖加入这个行列，因为只有团结一致，我们的国家才会更加强大。
Of course, it’s not enough to train today’s workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow’s workforce, by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
当然，仅培训现有劳动力是不够的。我们还要为未来的生力军提供条件，让每个孩子享有世界一流的教育。
Estiven Rodriguez couldn’t speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age 9. But last month, thanks to the support of great teachers and an innovative tutoring program, he led a march of his classmates - through a crowd of cheering parents and neighbors - from their high school to the post office, where they mailed off their college applications. And this son of a factory worker just found out he’s going to college this fall.
当伊斯蒂文·罗德里格斯来到纽约时只有9岁，一句英语都不会。但在优秀的老师和创新的辅导计划支持下，上个月，这个普通工人的儿子被大学录取了，将在今年秋季入学。在欢呼雀跃的家长和邻里的簇拥下，他带领全班从学校出发去往邮局举行庆祝游行，那是他们寄出大学申请书的地方。
Five years ago, we set out to change the odds for all our kids. We worked with lenders to reform student loans, and today, more young people are earning college degrees than ever before. Race to the Top, with the help of governors from both parties, has helped states raise expectations and performance. Teachers and principals in schools from Tennessee to Washington, D.C., are making big strides in preparing students with skills for the new economy - problem solving, critical thinking, science, technology, engineering, and math. Some of this change is hard. It requires everything from more challenging curriculums and more demanding parents to better support for teachers and new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test. But it’s worth it - and it’s working.
五年前，我们竭尽所能为孩子们努力，我们和贷款者一起改革学生贷款。今天，越来越的年轻人能够获得大学学位。在两党领导人的帮助下，我们力争上游，让各个州提升了期望值和表现。从田纳西州到华盛顿，从校长到老师，都在尽最大的努力让学生学习当今社会的技能——解决问题、批判性思维、科学、技术、工程和数学。其中一些改变是很困难的，需要更多挑战性的课程，需要更多要求高的家长给教师更好的支持，需要新的方法去检验孩子的学习成果，而不仅仅是考试分数。但是这一切都是值得的——也正在进行中。
The problem is we’re still not reaching enough kids, and we’re not reaching them in time. That has to change.
问题是，我们没有把这件事覆盖到所有的孩子，也不是很及时。我们必须要进行改变。
Research shows that one of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education. Last year, I asked this Congress to help states make high-quality pre-K available to every four year-old. As a parent as well as a president, I repeat that request tonight. But in the meantime, thirty states have raised pre-k funding on their own. They know we can’t wait. So just as we worked with states to reform our schools, this year, we’ll invest in new partnerships with states and communities across the country in a race to the top for our youngest children. And as Congress decides what it’s going to do, I’m going to pull together a coalition of elected officials, business leaders, and philanthropists willing to help more kids access the high-quality pre-K they need.
调查研究显示，我们能为孩子们做的最好的投资之一就是给他们高质量的学前教育，去年，我要求国会帮助各州为4岁小孩提供高质量的学前教育。作为一名总统，也作为一名家长，今晚，我再次重申这个要求。但与此同时，已经有30个州用自己的预算开展学前教育了，他们知道我们不能再等了。因此，就让我们与各州同行，改革我们的教育吧。今年，我们将会在全国范围内投资各州和社会团体的的学前教育，努力达到最高标准。国会将决定下一步的行动，而我将联合官员、商界领袖和慈善家们，让更多的孩子接触到必须的高质量的学前教育。
Last year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed broadband over the next four years. Tonight, I can announce that with the support of the FCC and companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sprint, and Verizon, we’ve got a down payment to start connecting more than 15,000 schools and 20 million students over the next two years, without adding a dime to the deficit.
去年，我呼吁在未来四年里实现99%的学生能够接入宽带。今天，我宣布，我们已经获得了联邦通讯委员会(FCC)和像苹果、微软、斯普林特、威瑞森电信等公司的支持，在不增加一分财政赤字的情况下在未来两年内让1万5千多所学校和2000多万学生用上宽带。
We’re working to redesign high schools and partner them with colleges and employers that offer the real-world education and hands-on training that can lead directly to a job and career. We’re shaking up our system of higher education to give parents more information, and colleges more incentives to offer better value, so that no middle-class kid is priced out of a college education. We’re offering millions the opportunity to cap their monthly student loan payments to ten percent of their income, and I want to work with Congress to see how we can help even more Americans who feel trapped by student loan debt. And I’m reaching out to some of America’s leading foundations and corporations on a new initiative to help more young men of color facing tough odds stay on track and reach their full potential.
我们正在重新规划高中教育，让高中与大学、公司真正的连接起来，给学生提供社会所需的教育和实习培训，能他们能够直接适应工作。我们正在重组高等教育体系，给家长们更多的讯息，激励大学提供更有价值的教育，不会让任何一个中产阶级的小孩因为高昂的学费不能读大学。我们给上百万学生提供了只需支付自己每月收入10%的贷款机会，我希望和国会一起合作来帮助更多的学生，即使越来越多的学生因为债务而陷入困境。在一项新倡议中，我会和一些美国顶尖的基金会和公司做一个新项目，即帮助更多不同肤色的年轻人能够继续努力、发挥最大的潜力、实现个人价值。
The bottom line is, Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance this country gave us. But we know our opportunity agenda won’t be complete - and too many young people entering the workforce today will see the American Dream as an empty promise - unless we do more to make sure our economy honors the dignity of work, and hard work pays off for every single American.
归根结底，米歇尔和我希望每个孩子都能享受国家给予的同等机会。但是我们都知道我们关于机会的这项议程尚不完善——现在许多已经具有劳动力的年轻人认为美国梦只是一张空头支票——除非我们采取更多措施来确保经济能够尊重劳动的价值而且让他们相信，努力工作能够使每一个美国人受益。
Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. A woman deserves equal pay for equal work. She deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It’s time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a "Mad Men" episode. This year, let’s all come together - Congress, the White House and businesses from Wall Street to Main Street - to give every woman the opportunity she deserves. Because I firmly believe when women succeed, America succeeds.
如今，女士是劳动力的半边天。但是相同的工作，她们只能得到男士们薪酬的77%。这是不合理的，在2014年，这是一个让人尴尬的情况。女士们应该获得与她们工作等价的酬劳。她应该有个孩子但这不是以牺牲她的工作为代价。一位母亲理应有一天的休假去照顾她生病的孩子或者生病的父母而不是陷入工作家庭难兼顾的境地——而且，众所周知，父亲也应该是这样。是时候远离类似《广告狂人》某一集里的工作场所政策了。今年，让我们一起呼吁国会，白宫和来自华尔街或缅因街的企业——给予每位女士应有的权利。因为我坚信，当女士们的事业成功时，美国就成功了。
Now, women hold a majority of lower-wage jobs - but they’re not the only ones stifled by stagnant wages. Americans understand that some people will earn more than others, and we don’t resent those who, by virtue of their efforts, achieve incredible success. But Americans overwhelmingly agree that no one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.
现在，女士们占了低收入工作者的大半，她们也不是唯一的被停滞不前的工资困扰的。美国人理解那些高收入者，我们不会嫉妒那些用自己的工作成果创造了令人难以置信的成功的人。但是大多数美国人认为全职工作养家糊口的人不应该处在贫穷中。
In the year since I asked this Congress to raise the minimum wage, five states have passed laws to raise theirs. Many businesses have done it on their own. Nick Chute is here tonight with his boss, John Soranno. John’s an owner of Punch Pizza in Minneapolis, and Nick helps make the dough. Only now he makes more of it: John just gave his employees a raise, to ten bucks an hour - a decision that eased their financial stress and boosted their morale.
从我请求国会提高最低工资的那年起，五个州已经出台了提高当地最低工资法律规定。许多企业也实行了这项规定。今晚尼克·邱特和他的的老板约翰·索拉诺都在这里。约翰是明尼阿波里斯市Punch Pizza店的老板，尼克帮他做面团。最近他做了些改善：约翰把员工的工资涨到了每小时10美元，这项决定不仅改善了员工的经济压力也提高了员工的士气。
Tonight, I ask more of America’s business leaders to follow John’s lead and do what you can to raise your employees’ wages. To every mayor, governor and state legislator in America, I say, you don’t have to wait for Congress to act; Americans will support you if you take this on. And as a chief executive, I intend to lead by example. Profitable corporations like Costco see higher wages as the smart way to boost productivity and reduce turnover. We should too. In the coming weeks, I will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally-funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour - because if you cook our troops’ meals or wash their dishes, you shouldn’t have to live in poverty.
今晚，我希望能有更多的美国企业家能够效仿约翰，尽最大努力地提高员工的工资。对每一位市长，地方长官和州议员，我想说的是，你们不必等到国会的决策出台后再行动，如果你们能执行这项决定，全美国都会支持你们。作为美国总统，我希望能以身作则。像科斯科(美国连锁企业)以创造利润为目标的企业，都把提高员工工资看作是提高生产效率和降低员工离职率的方式。我们也应该采取这种办法。在接下来的几周，我将签发一项总统令，要求联邦承包商付给那些为联邦工作的雇员们的最低工资为10.10美元每小时——因为如果你在为我们的军队做饭或者是洗碗，你不该为维持生计发愁。
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