奧巴馬遭遇任期來最大的挫折
President Barack Obama has admitted that his failure to pass "common sense gun safety laws" in the US is the greatest frustration of his presidency。
奧巴馬總統承認未能在美國通過“常識性槍支安全法”，是任職期間遭受的最大挫折。
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Obama said it was "distressing" not to have made progress on the issue "even in the face of repeated mass killings" vowed to keep trying, but the BBC’s editor Jon Sopel said the president did not sound very confident。
接受BBC採訪時，奧巴馬錶示，“儘管反覆出現槍擊事件”，但未能作出改變，因此感到“沮喪”。他發誓表示將繼續嘗試，但BBC編輯Jon Sopel表示，聽起來，奧巴馬並不自信。
However, Mr Obama said race relations had improved during his presidency. But with just 18 months left in power, he said gun control was the area where he has been "most frustrated and most stymied" since coming to power in 2009.
但奧巴馬總統表示在任期間，種族關係得到了改善。奧巴馬的任期還有18個月，他表示自2009年當權以來，槍支的管控是“受到阻礙”最多的一個領域。
"If you look at the number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it’s less than 100. If you look at the number that have been killed by gun violence, it’s in the tens of thousands," Mr Obama said. "For us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing." 。
“自9.11恐怖襲擊之後，因恐怖襲擊受害的美國人不足100人。但有成千上萬人死於槍支暴力。”奧巴馬說道。“但我們解決不了這個問題，這着實讓人苦惱。”
Mr Obama has pushed for stricter gun control throughout his presidency but has been unable to secure any significant changes to the laws。
奧巴馬任職期間一直努力實行更加嚴格的槍支管控，但並沒有能對相關法律作出實質性的改變。
President Obama seemed very confident and very relaxed, as if he felt things were starting to go his way r the midterm elections, Mr Obama looked as if he was walking around with a very heavy weight on his back, feeling very frustrated。
之前，奧巴馬總統很自信也很放鬆，彷彿事情開始按照他的期望發展。但中期選舉之後，奧巴馬肩上似乎扛起了重擔，倍感失意。
But since then he’s had the diplomatic deal with Cuba, the nuclear agreement with Iran, an Asian trade deal and several other successes. Suddenly, he has a spring in his step. He feels like he’s achieving quite a lot at the moment and he still has ambitions to achieve an awful lot more。
但自此之後，奧巴馬先後與古巴簽訂外交協議，與伊朗簽訂核計劃協議，與亞洲簽訂貿易協議並取得其他若干成就。突然間，奧巴馬的腳步輕鬆起來。他感覺此刻取得的成就甚多，他仍然是雄心壯志，期待取得更多成就。
On race relations, Mr Obama said recent concerns around mass incarcerations were "deserve intense attention" but insisted progress had been made。
就種族關係來說，奧巴馬錶示與大規模囚禁相關的問題值得引起“廣泛關注”，但他堅持表示已經取得了進展。
Children growing up during the eight years of his presidency "will have a different view of race relations in this country."
在奧巴馬8年任期中成長起來的孩子，“會對種族關係有不同的認識。”
Mr Obama was speaking to the BBC at the White House before departing for Kenya. Talking about how he was feeling after his recent successes, he said "every president, every leader has strengths and weaknesses". "One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don’t get too high when it’s high and I don’t get too low when it’s low," he said。
奧巴馬出訪肯尼亞之前在白宮接受了BBC的採訪。談到對最近取得的成功的看法時，奧巴馬錶示：“每個領導者都有優勢和不足。”“我的一個優勢是，我擁有平和的心態。情況好時不驕傲；情況差時不氣餒。”
