We pledged ourselves to a higher cause.

我们已宣誓要为更伟大的事业而奋斗。

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

我们承诺将我们所有的人民从贫困、剥夺、痛苦、性别和其他歧视的持续束缚中解放出来。

THE FIRST LADY: So as we look to the New Year, let s pledge ourselves to living out those values by reaching out and lifting up those in our communities who could use a hand up.

所以，我们期盼新年，让我们立志为实现这些价值而生存，为全社会需要帮助的人们伸出援手。