Obama's Weekly Address WEEKLY ADDRESS: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded
奥巴马每周电视讲话:美国应该是一个辛勤工作能得到回报的地方
Hi,everybody.
大家好。
For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%.
6年多以来的第一次，失业率降到了6%以下。
Over the past four and a half years, our businesses have created more than 10 million new jobs.
在过去的四年半里，我们的经济已经创造了超过1000万新的就业岗位。
Thats the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in our history.
这是我们历史上持续最长时间私营部门不间断地创造着就业岗位。
But while our businesses are creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 90s, the typical family hasnt seen a raise since the 90s also.
但当我们的经济自90年代以来以最快的速度创造着就业岗位，一个典型的家庭却自90年代以来从未看到工资的上涨。
Forks are feeling as squeezed as ever.
人们一如既往地感觉受到压榨。
Thats why Im going to keep pushing policies that will create more jobs faster and raise wages faster, policies like rebuilding our infrastructure,making sure women are paid fairly, and making it easier for young people to pay off their student loans.
也因此我将继续推进，更快创造就业岗位，更快提高工资的政策比如重建我们的基础设施，确保妇女可以获得公平的报酬，以及让年轻人更容易地付清他们的学生贷款。
But one of the simplest and fastest ways to start helping folks get ahead is by raising the minimum wage.
但其中最简单最快捷的帮助人们取得成功的方式，是提高最低工资标准。
Ask yourself : could you live on $14,500 a year?
问一下你自己：一年$14,500，你能生活得很幸福吗？
Thats what someone working full-time on the minimum wage makes.
这正是一些全职工作的拿最低工资的人所挣到的薪水。
If theyre raising kids, thats below the poverty line.
如果他们在抚养孩子，那就在贫困线以下了。
And thats not right.
这是不对的。
A hard days work deserves a fair days pay.
一天辛勤的工作应该得到一天公平的薪水。
Right now, a worker on the federal minimum wage earns $7.25 an hour.
当下，在联邦最低工资标准下，一个员工每小时可以挣到$7.25.
Its time to raise that to $10.10 an hour.
是时候将其提高到每小时$10.10了。
Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, or ten-ten, would benefit 28 million American workers,28 million.
提高联邦最低工资标准到每小时$10.10，或者10-10，将造福于美国2800万的国人。2800万。
And these arent just high schoolers on their first job.
这不仅仅包括刚开始第一份工作的高中生。
The average worker who would benefit is 35 years old.
受益于此的人们的平均年龄是35岁。
Most low-wage workers are women, and that extra money would help them pay the bills and provide for their families.
大多数低工资的人是妇女，这些额外的钱，将帮助他们付清账单，并供养他们的家人。
It also means theyll have more money to spend at local businesses, which grows the economy for everyone.
这也意味着他们将有