In the wake of a weak U.S. jobs report, U.S. President Barack Obama is stepping up the pressure on Congress to help put more Americans back to work.

在美国就业市场糟糕的报告出台后，美国总统奥巴马加大向国会的压力，要求国会帮助他使更多人重返工作岗位。

In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama spoke from a manufacturing plant in the northern state of Minnesota about steps he said the nation's leaders can take right now to help create jobs and grow the economy.

奥巴马星期六从明尼苏达州的一个制造业工厂发表他的每周例行讲话，他谈到美国领导人们目前可以采取的帮助创造就业和发展经济的措施。

He said Congress should "get to work" to pass sections of his job bill that would put teachers, firefighters, police officers and construction workers back on the job. He said that with so many people struggling, now is not the time for Congress to - in his words - "sit on its hands" and play politics.

他说，国会应该“行动起来”，通过他在就业议案中提出的那些可以使教师、消防员、警察和建筑工人重返工作岗位的内容。他说，现在那么多人度日艰难，国会不应该“坐视不管”，只忙于玩政治。

The president's remarks echo appeals he made in a speech Friday at the Minnesota plant, where he announced a new initiative to make it easier for companies to hire skilled military veterans and called on Congress to pass legislation creating a Veterans Job Corps.

奥巴马这番讲话的主旨和他星期五在这家明尼苏达州工厂讲话时所表达的意思是一样的。星期五，他宣布了一项新的动议，可以促使公司雇用有技术才能的退伍军人，他还呼吁国会通过一项法案，成立“退伍军人就业团队”。

Obama's proposals also include new mortgage refinancing opportunities for homeowners, tax breaks for small business owners, tax credits for clean energy manufacturers and ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

奥巴马的提议还包括向购房者提供新的重新贷款机会，给小企业主税务优惠，给清洁能源制造企业税务补贴，以及停止给那些将工作外包到海外的公司任何免税奖励。

In the Republican address, Senator John Cornyn of Texas blamed President Obama and his party's leadership for not taking steps to avoid a tax increase on American workers on January 1.Senator Cornyn says a tax increase would hurt the economic recovery because employers will be reluctant to hire new workers and families will have less income to use.

在共和党的讲话中，来自德克萨斯州的联邦参议员科宁指责奥巴马和民主党领导层没有采取行动避免从明年1月1号起给美国工人加税。科宁说，加税会伤害经济恢复，因为雇主们将不愿意雇新人，家庭可用收入也会减少。