从北京到内罗毕，这一具有历史意义的第44届美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马的就职典礼吸引了全世界人们的注意和遐想


在北京火车站，居民们在一个大型户外电视屏幕前驻足观看美国总统奥巴马的就职典礼的转播。



奥巴马宣誓的直播信号画面被置于北京的一家面馆的招牌之上，当时许多中国人正加入到他就职典礼的全球庆典之中。



美国各地，都在为这一天而庆祝，在厌战情绪和全球金融危机的境况下，新总统对于未来作出”改变”的允诺。



莫斯科，电视屏幕正在广播的奥巴马的就职演说，他的形象被反射在了能看到莫斯科繁忙的交通景象的一座大楼的玻璃窗户上。



美军士兵在巴格达的自由营地观看就职典礼，抑制不住的感动，禁不住留下眼泪。



奥巴马父亲出生的肯尼亚一村的村民们将奥巴马视作数百万人的希望，尤其对于非洲的和平和救济事业。



伊朗的愤怒，在一场位于德黑兰的前美国驻伊朗大使馆前，伊朗的学生们撕扯即将就任的美国总统奥巴马的相片。



一名男子在肯尼亚的内罗毕观看就职典礼，手里挥舞着美国国旗。



肯尼亚的贫民窟之一——Kibera的居民们，在电视前聚集一堂，观看美国历史上首位黑人总统的就职宣誓。



内罗毕的孩子们围着火篝起舞，为奥巴马而庆祝。



在首尔地铁上，一位韩国人阅读标题为”早上好，总统先生”的新闻。



在阿富汗，喀布尔的菲尼克斯营地，兴高采烈的美军士兵在观看他们的新任总司令就职宣誓的电视转播时鼓掌庆贺。



“奥巴马女孩”在日本一个也叫作”奥巴马”的县跳起了呼啦舞，它在奥巴马的整个竞选过程中都支持了他。



菲律宾，就在奥巴马宣誓的前几个小时，美国驻首都马尼拉的大使馆前，警察维护着前来集会的人们的秩序。抗议者们指控美国为帝国主义，并呼吁美国在战争政策上作出改变。



在匈牙利，驻外美国人在布达佩斯的自由广场手举火炬、图片和标语。



在奥巴马的就职典礼日，来自中国大陆的访客在香港杜沙夫人蜡象馆与奥巴马合影留念。



在伦敦市中心的叶茨酒吧，人们观看就职典礼的现场直播。

检阅路上——奥巴马与第一夫人米切尔从首都走到白宫进行检阅。



复古乐队——一个军乐队走在宾夕法尼亚大街上的就职检阅队伍里。



拥挤人群与安全警戒——观众拥挤在路边希望可以看到新上任的总统。



开路先锋——华盛顿警署为奥巴马的检阅做开路先锋。



到处塞满了人——聚集在美国财政部大楼楼座旁边观看阅兵仪式的人们。



对国民问好——就职阅兵仪式在宾夕法尼亚大街上进行，奥巴马与第一夫人米切里奥巴马向观看的民众挥手问好。



在马路上阅兵——就职阅兵仪式上，美国军队的行进乐队正在接受总统的检阅。



庆祝午餐——奥巴马与夫人在就职午餐上举杯庆祝。



官员的责任——奥巴马今天签署了第一份文案”凝聚力量，重新塑造美国”，国会成员也鼓掌表示祝贺。



卸任总统与上任总统——奥巴马携第一夫人米切里奥巴马与前总统乔治布什携前第一夫人劳拉布什出席就职典礼。



人群的远景——奥巴马站在演讲台上向各方认识挥手致意。



你好，总统先生——奥巴马在发表就职演说之前向观众挥手问好。



宣誓——奥巴马向林肯圣经宣誓。



进入会场——奥巴马走上演讲台。



总统夫人问好——米切里奥巴马（左）与候任副总统乔拜登的夫人吉尔拜登（右）出席了庆祝典礼。



最后一班岗——前副总统迪克切尼由夫人推着轮椅走上讲台，之前他的脊椎受了伤。



回忆过去展望未来——前总统比尔·克林顿、候任国务卿希拉里·克林顿、珍娜·布什·黑格儿和芭芭拉·布什出席了就职典礼。



特殊的敬礼——即将上任的白宫首席发言人在就职典礼开始前向大家打手势致意。



警戒——美国首都的联合军队为保证第56届总统就职典礼的顺利进行而荷枪实弹，随时候命。



群众——所有的人都聚集在国家广场，为了亲眼见证奥巴马的就职。



历史的时刻——振奋人心的时刻就要到来了，人们挥动着手中的旗帜想象着在国家广场的即将就职的奥巴马的样子。Yes, We Did!



全明星聚会——埃尔文·约翰逊、旧金山市长盖温·纽索姆、加利福尼亚市长阿诺·施瓦辛格、萨克拉门托县长凯文·约翰逊先于奥巴马站上了就职的舞台。



特立独行的麦凯恩——前共和党总统候选人麦凯恩出席就职典礼。



视野——来自各方的摄影师也像观看者一样拥挤在国家广场，为的是在就职典礼开始前占据有利地形。



媒体的眼睛——新闻工作者们都在就职典礼的周围占有自己的一席之地。



超级粉丝——广场上的观众兴高采烈的欣赏着这一历史时刻的到来。



人的海洋——上百万民众聚集在国家广场等待看奥巴马的就职典礼。



牧师的祝福——奥巴马夫妇在美国新教圣公会教堂接受德高望重的Luis Leon 牧师的祝贺。

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land — a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor — who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control — and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort — even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earne
d peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment — a moment that will define a generation — it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence — the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

“Let it be told to the future world … that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive… that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet (it).”

America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

视频也不贴了，youtube上自己搜索obama inauguration speech吧，我自己看过720P的高清版了。

译言网的中译版本，只链接不转载，不过还是建议大家看英文原版吧。。中译版一是不一定翻译的那么完美，二是充满了河蟹

另：有人看CCAV的直播了吗？