英语六级听力练习：标准4.12(4)_大学英语听力

英语六级听力练习：标准4.12(4)

　　And one particularly bold aide said he did not believe a president should spend his time and power on lost causes, however worthy they might be, to which, it is said, President Johnson replied: Well, what the hells the presidency for? What the hells the presidency for if not to fight for causes you believe in? Obama told the audience.

　　The president also said that the fight started by President Johnson is not over yet.

　　As was true 50 years ago, there are those who dismiss the Great Society as a failed experiment and an encroachment on liberty, who argue the government has become the true source of all that ails us, and that poverty is due to the moral failings of those who suffer from it, said Obama.

　　President Obama insisted that the government has a role in making sure all Americans enjoy equal access to education, jobs, health care and other basic rights.

　　Civil Rights Movement veteran John Lewis, now a congressman from Georgia, praised Obamas understanding that there is much more to be done in that area.

　　That is why, as president, he has set his shoulders to the plow to bring about meaningful change in America by ending two wars and passing comprehensive health care reform... Thank you, Mr. President, said Lewis.