Look, because cutting our health care, taking away our freedom to control our bodies – the freedom to become a mother through I.V.F., like I did – those things are not going to improve the health outcomes of our wives, mothers and daughters. Shutting down the Department of Education, banning our books – none of that will prepare our kids for the future. Demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love, look, that doesn’t make anybody’s life better. Instead, instead, it only makes us small. And let me tell you this: Going small is never the answer. Going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids. Going small is petty. It’s unhealthy, and quite frankly, it’s unpresidential.
这段话是对某些政治决策的批评，表达了对女性健康、教育自由和个人权利的担忧。
1. "Look, because cutting our health care, taking away our freedom to control our bodies – the freedom to become a mother through I.V.F., like I did – those things are not going to improve the health outcomes of our wives, mothers and daughters."
削减医疗保健和剥夺个人对身体控制的权利，包括通过试管婴儿技术成为母亲的权利，这些做法不会改善女性（妻子、母亲和女儿）的健康结果。
IVF
abbr. 试管受精（in-vitro fertilization）
网络 试管婴儿；体外受精(In Vitro Fertilization)；移植
2. "Shutting down the Department of Education, banning our books – none of that will prepare our kids for the future."
批评关闭教育部和禁止书籍的做法，认为这些措施不会为孩子们准备未来。
banning
n. 禁止；禁令
v. 禁止；取缔；限制（ban的现在分词）
n. （Banning）（美、英、加、荷、德、奥）班宁（人名）
网络 名字
原形 ban
3. "Demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love, look, that doesn’t make anybody’s life better."
因为孩子们的身份和爱情而妖魔化他们，不会让任何人的生活变得更好。
demonizing
vt. 妖魔化；使……成为魔鬼（demonize 的现在分词）
原形 demonize
4. "Instead, instead, it only makes us small."
演讲者重复使用“instead”来强调，这些做法只会让我们变得渺小。
5. "And let me tell you this: Going small is never the answer. Going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids. Going small is petty. It’s unhealthy, and quite frankly, it’s unpresidential."
演讲者总结，变得渺小永远不是答案，这与我们教育孩子的理念相反，是小气的、不健康的，坦率地说，也是不符合总统身份的。
opposite
adj. 完全相反的，截然不同的；相反的，另一边的；（在说话者、所指的人或物）对面的；（角）对的；（叶，芽）对生的
n. 对立的人（或物），对立面；反义词
adv. 在对面，在对过
prep. 在……对面，与……相对；与……合演，与……联袂演出
网络 对面；相反的；直角三角形中的对边
专业 对立 [文学]；相反 [语言学]；相反 [地球科学]
petty
adj. 不重要的，琐碎的，小的；小气的，小心眼的；次要的，职位低的；（罪行）轻微的
网络 佩蒂；小资；微小的
专业 小额 [经济学]
frankly
adv. 坦率地，直率地；（表示直言）老实说
网络 坦白地；直率地；强调毫无保留地畅所欲言
unpresidential
adj. 不合总统行为规范的
网络 非统辖
