奧巴馬每周電視講話：祝天下母親節日快樂

Weekly Address: Happy Mother』s Day From President Obama

每周電視講話：祝天下母親節日快樂

WASHINGTON, DC — In this week"s address, President Obama recognized all mothers in celebration of this upcoming Mother"s Day, including First Lady Michelle Obama. The President emphasized that we should give all parents the support they need by providing paid maternity and paternity leave, sick leave, accommodations for workers who are pregnant, good health care, affordable child care, flexibility at work, equal pay, and a decent minimum wage. Underscoring the importance of these issues, the President called on Congress to give meaning to Mother"s Day by taking action on these items.

華盛頓：在本周的講話中，奧巴馬總統向包括第一夫人米歇爾·奧巴馬在內的所有母親祝賀節日快樂。總統強調，我們應該為所有父母提供幫助，讓他們享有帶薪產假、探親假、病假，為懷孕的員工提供居住設施，為他們提供優良的醫療保障，價格合理的兒童養育服務，彈性的工作時間，同等工資收入，以及體面的最低工資保障。在強調這些事項重要性的基礎上，總統呼籲國會採取措施，解決這些問題，讓母親節的內涵更加豐富。

Hello, everybody. In our house, everybody knows that President is only the third-most important job in the family. So this weekend, I』m going to take a little extra time to say thank you to Michelle for the remarkable way she does the most important job: being a mom. And I』m going to give extra thanks to my mother-in-law for the role model she』s always been to Michelle and the countless selfless ways in which she』s helped Michelle and me raise Malia and Sasha. I am incredibly lucky to have women who help me raise, love, and look after our girls.

大家好！大家都知道，在我家總統是第三重要的職務。這個周末，我想花一點時間，向米歇爾說聲謝謝，謝謝他在母親這個最重要的崗位上做出的卓越貢獻。我也要謝謝我的岳母，她為米歇爾樹立了做一個好母親的榜樣，她無私的幫助米歇爾和我養育瑪莉亞和薩莎。我能得到這兩位女性幫我養育、愛護、照料一雙女兒實在是三生有幸。

I hope you』ll also take a moment to say thank you to the women in your life who love you in that special way mothers do. Biological moms, adoptive moms, and foster moms; single moms, grandmoms and godmothers; aunts and mentors – whomever you think of when you think of Mother』s Day. Or take a moment, like I will, to remember the moms who raised us, whose big hearts sustained us, and whom we miss every day, no matter how old we get.

我希望你們也能抽出一點時間，向你們生命中給與你最特殊的愛的人，向你的母親說聲謝謝。無論是生母、養母、奶媽、單親媽媽、祖母還是教母；以及姑姑阿姨和老師，只要你能在母親節這一點想起來的，說聲謝謝。或者抽點時間，向我一樣，回憶一下養育我們的媽媽，她寬廣的胸懷包容了我們，無論我們多老，我們每一天都會思念她。

Giving flowers is always a good idea. But I hope that on this Mother』s Day, we』ll recommit ourselves to doing more than that: Through deeds that match our words, let』s give mothers the respect they deserve, give all women the equality they deserve, and give all parents the support they need in their most important roles.

送上一束鮮花一般都是個好主意。但我希望在母親節這一天，我們可以激勵自己做更多的事情：用行動去踐行我們的承諾，讓母親得到應得的尊重，讓所有的女性得到應得的公平對待，讓所有的父母得到他們在承擔這一最重要的職責時所需要的幫助。

That includes paid maternity and paternity leave, sick leave, accommodations for workers who are pregnant, good health care, affordable child care, flexibility at work, equal pay, and a decent minimum wage. We ask our mothers to do more than their fair share of just about everything. Making sure they』re treated fairly is the least we can do.

這裡包括帶薪產假、探親假、病假、懷孕員工的居住設施，良好的醫療保障、平價的兒童養育服務、彈性的工作時間、同等的工資待遇以及體面的最低工資保障。我們從母親那裡獲取的永遠要比她們得到的要多得多。確保她們得到公平的對待是我們應該做到的最低限度。

The idea of setting aside a Sunday in May for our mothers became an official holiday with a Congressional resolution a little more than 100 years ago. They did it on May 8 – the same day we』ll celebrate Mother』s Day this year. If Congress can make a holiday, surely they can back it up with the things that give it meaning. After all, that』s what my mother taught me. I couldn』t just say I was going to do the right thing, or say I agreed with it on principle. I had to actually do it.

把五月的第一個星期日設立為母親節的想法經過國會確定為法定假日，這一天已經過去100多年了。當時的日子也是5月8日，跟我們今年要慶祝的母親節是同一天。國會可以設立這一假日，也完全可以再次努力，給這個節日賦予新的含義。無論怎麼說，我們都是母親教育長大的。我不能只是說我要去做些有意義的事情，或者說我原則上同意某些事情，我得實際去做，去實踐。

So this Mother』s Day, say thank you. Say, 「I love you.」 And let』s make sure we show that gratitude and appreciation through acts of respect throughout the year. No one deserves that more than our moms.

因此，在母親節這一天，請大聲說：謝謝您！請大聲說：我愛你！讓我們通過貫穿全年的行動表達我們對母親的敬意和感激之情。這些對於媽媽而言都是當之無愧的。

Happy Mother』s Day, and have a great weekend.

祝媽媽們母親節快樂！祝大家周末愉快！