Twelve weeks in to his presidency, when the Great Recession was at its darkest and he was still the embodiment of hope, Barack Obama gave a speech about rebuilding and rebalancing the US economy. In the biblical mode that suits him so well, Mr Obama told a parable from the Sermon on the Mount about the foolish man who built his house on sand and the wise man who built his house on rock.
巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)總統(tǒng)上任12周時(shí),“大衰退”(Great Recession)正處于最嚴(yán)重的時(shí)刻,人們?nèi)匀话阉醋魇窍M幕怼.?dāng)時(shí)他發(fā)表了一場(chǎng)關(guān)于美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)重建及再平衡的演講。奧巴馬以非常適合他的布道風(fēng)格,講述了《圣經(jīng)》“登山寶訓(xùn)”(Sermon on the Mount)中的一個(gè)寓言故事,內(nèi)容是愚蠢的人在沙土上建房子,而聰明人在巖石上建房子。