奥巴马当选演讲英文Word格式.docx

奥巴马当选演讲英文Word格式.docx

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Hello,Chicago（芝加哥）.

Ifthereisanyoneouttherewhostilldoubts（怀疑）thatAmericaisaplacewhereallthingsarepossible，whostillwondersifthedreamofourfounders（奠基者）isaliveinourtime;

whostillquestionsthepowerofourdemocracy（民主制）,tonightisyouranswer.

It’stheanswertoldbylines（队）thatstretched（伸展，拉长）aroundschoolsandchurchesinnumbers（数以百计的）thisnationhasneverseen，bypeoplewhowaitedthreehoursandfourhours,manyfortheveryfirsttimeintheirlives,becausetheybelievedthatthistimemustbedifferent，thattheirvoicecouldbethatdifference.

It’stheanswerspokenbyyoungandold,richandpoor,Democrat（民主党党员，democraticparty）andRepublican（共和党党员,republicanparty）,black,white,Hispanic（指拉美裔，西班牙及其其他说西班牙语国家的）,Asian（亚裔）,NativeAmerican（原住民）,gay（同性恋者）,straight（异性恋者）,disabled（残疾人）andnotdisabled–AmericanswhosentamessagetotheworldthatwehaveneverbeenacollectionofindividualsoracollectionofRedStatesandBlueStates:

weare,andalwayswillbe,theUnitedStatesofAmerica.

It’stheanswerthatledthosewhohavebeentoldforsolongbysomanytobecynical（偾世嫉俗的）andfearful（忧虑的）anddoubtful（怀疑的）ofwhatwecanachievetoputtheirhandsonthearc（弧）ofhistoryandbend（使转到新的方向）itoncemoretowardthehopeofabetterday.

It’sbeenalongtimecoming,buttonight,becauseofwhatwedidonthisday,inthiselection,atthisdefining（下定义）moment,changehascometoAmerica.

Alittlebitearlierthisevening,Ijustreceivedanextraordinarily（非常的，格外的）gracious（大方的）callfromSenator（参议员）McCain（麦凯恩）.Hefoughtlongandhardinthiscampaign,andhe’sfoughtevenlongerandharderforthecountryheloves.Hehasendured（忍受，持续）sacrifices（牺牲）forAmericathatmostofuscannotbegintoimagine,andwearebetterofffortheservicerendered（回报，归还）bythisbraveandselflessleader.Icongratulatehim，IcongratulateGovernor（州长）Palinforalltheyhaveachieved,andIlookforwardtoworkingwiththemtorenewthisnation’spromiseinthemonthsahead.

Iwanttothankmypartnerinthisjourney（旅程）,amanwhocampaignedfromhisheartandspokeforthemenandwomenhegrewupwithonthestreetsofScranton（斯克兰顿）androdewithonthattrainhometoDelaware（特拉华）,theVicePresident-elect（当选总统）oftheUnitedStates,JoeBiden.

Iwouldnotbestandingheretonightwithouttheunyielding（不弯曲或不让步的，坚固的）supportofmybestfriendforthelastsixteenyears,therockofourfamilyandtheloveofmylife,thenation’snextFirstLady,MichelleObama.SashaandMalia,Iloveyoubothmorethanyoucanimagine,andyouhaveearnedthenewpuppy（小狗）that’scomingwithustotheWhiteHouse.Andwhileshe’snolongerwithus,Iknowmygrandmotheriswatching,alongwiththefamilythatmademewhoIam.Imissthemtonight,andknowthatmydebt（欠债）tothemisbeyondmeasure.TomysisterMaya,mysisterAlma,allmyotherbrothersandsisters,thankyousomuchforallthesupportthatyou’vegiverme.Iamgrateful（感谢的）tothem

TomycampaignmanagerDavidPlouffe,theunsungheroofthiscampaign,whobuiltthebest?

Thebestpoliticalcampaign,Ithink,inthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Tomychiefstrategist（首席策划师）DavidAxelrodwho’sbeenapartnerwithmeeverystepoftheway.Tothebestcampaignteameverassembled集合，聚集）inthehistoryofpolitics–youmadethishappen,andIamforevergratefulforwhatyou’vesacrificedtogetitdone.

Butaboveall,Iwillneverforgetwhothisvictorytrulybelongsto–itbelongstoyou.Itbelongstoyou.

Iwasneverthelikeliest（最有可能的，likely）candidateforthisoffice.Wedidn’tstartwithmuchmoneyormanyendorsements（支持，赞同）.Ourcampaignwasnothatched（孵化，策划）inthehallsofWashington–itbeganinthebackyardsofDesMoinesandthelivingroomsofConcordandthefrontporches（门廊）ofCharleston.

Itwasbuiltbyworkingmenandwomenwhoduginto（dig挖）whatlittlesavingstheyhadtogivefivedollars，tendollarsandtwentydollarstothiscause.Itgrewstrengthfromtheyoungpeoplewhorejectedthemyth（神话）oftheirgeneration’sapathy（缺乏兴趣，无积极性，漠不关心，无动于衷）;

wholefttheirhomesandtheirfamiliesforjobsthatofferedlittlepayandlesssleep.Itdrew（抽，拔出draw）strength（人力）fromthenot-so-youngpeoplewhobravedthebittercoldandscorching（极热的）heattoknockonthedoorsofperfectstrangers;

fromthemillionsofAmericanswhovolunteered,andorganized,andprovedthatmorethantwocenturieslater,agovernmentofthepeople,bythepeopleandforthepeoplehasnotperished（毁灭，死亡）fromthisEarth.Thisisyourvictory.

Iknowyoudidn’tdothisjusttowinanelectionandIknowyoudidn’tdoitforme.Youdiditbecauseyouunderstandtheenormity（巨大，极大）ofthetaskthatliesahead.Forevenaswecelebratetonight,weknowthechallengesthattomorrowwillbringarethegreatestofourlifetime–twowars,aplanet（行星）inperil（严重危险）,theworstfinancialcrisisinacentury.Evenaswestandheretonight,weknowtherearebraveAmericanswakingupinthedeserts（沙漠）ofIraqandthemountainsofAfghanistantorisktheirlivesforus.Therearemothersandfatherswhowilllieawakeaftertheirchildrenfallasleepandwonderhowthey’llmakethemortgage（抵押）,orpaytheirdoctor’sbills,orsaveenoughforcollegeeducation.Thereisnewenergytoharness（控制及利用以生产）andnewjobstobecreated;

newschoolstobuildandthreatstomeetandalliances（结盟）torepair.

Theroadaheadwillbelong.Ourclimbwillbesteep（陡峭的）.Wemaynotgetthereinoneyearorevenoneterm（任期）,butAmerica–IhaveneverbeenmorehopefulthanIamtonightthatwewillgetthere.Ipromiseyou–weasapeoplewillgetthere.

Therewillbeset-backs（妨碍发展的事物）andfalsestarts.Therearemanywhowon’tagreewitheverydecisionorpolicyImakeasPresident,andweknowthatgovernmentcan’tsolveeveryproblem.ButIwillalwaysbehonestwithyouaboutthechallengesweface.Iwilllistentoyou,especiallywhenwedisagree.Andaboveall,Iwillaskyoujoinintheworkofremakingthisnationtheonlywayit’sbeendoneinAmericafortwo-hundredandtwenty-oneyears–blockbyblock,brickbybrick,callousedhandbycallousedhand.

Whatbegantwenty-onemonthsagointhedepthsofwintercannotendonthisautumnnight.Thisvictoryaloneisnotthechangeweseek–itisonlythechanceforustomakethatchange.Andthatcannothappenifwegobacktothewaythingswere.Itcannothappenwithoutyou,withoutanewspiritofservice,anewspiritofsacrifice.

Soletussummon（召唤）anewspiritofpatriotism（爱国精神）;

ofserviceandresponsibilitywhereeachofusresolvestopitchinandworkharderandlookafternotonlyourselves,buteachother.Letusrememberthatifthisfinancialcrisistaughtusanything,it’sthatwecannothaveathrivingWallStreetwhileMainStreetsuffers–inthiscountry,weriseorfallasonenation,asonepeople.

Letusresistthetemptation（劝诱，诱惑）tofallbackonthesamepartisanship（党派）andpettiness（鸡毛蒜皮的小事）andimmaturity（不成熟）thathaspoisoned（毒害）ourpoliticsforsolong.Letusrememberthatitwasamanfromthisstatewhofirstcarriedthebanner（横幅，旗帜FLAG）oftheRepublicanPartytotheWhiteHouse–apartyfoundedonthevaluesofself-reliance（自立）,individualliberty（个人自由）,andnationalunity.Thosearevaluesweallshare,andwhiletheDemocraticPartyhaswonagreatvictorytonight,wedosowithameasureofhumility（谦虚的态度，谦逊）anddeterminationtoheal（康复，完结）thedividesthathaveheldbackourprogress.AsLincolnsaidtoanationfarmoredividedthanours,“Wearenotenemies,butfriends…thoughpassionmayhavestrained，itmustnotbreakourbondsofaffection.”AndtothoseAmericanswhosesupportIhaveyettoearn–Imaynothavewonyourvote,butIhearyourvoices,Ineedyourhelp,andIwillbeyourPresidenttoo.

Andtoallthosewatchingtonightfrombeyondourshores,fromparliaments（国会）andpalaces（皇宫）tothosewhoarehuddledaroundradiosintheforgottencornersofourworld–ourstoriesaresingular,butourdestiny（命运）isshared,andanewdawnofAmericanleadershipisathand.Tothosewhowouldtearthisworlddown–wewilldefeatyou.Tothosewhoseekpeaceandsecurity–wesupportyou.AndtoallthosewhohavewonderedifAmerica’sbeacon（灯塔，灯标，烽火）stillburnsasbright–tonightweprovedoncemorethatthetruestrengthofournationcomesnotfromourthemight（威力）ofourarmsorthescaleofourwealth,butfromtheenduring（持续的，持久的）powerofourideals:

democracy（民主）,liberty,opportunity,andunyieldinghope.

Forthatisthetruegenius（特点，精神，原则，天才，创造力）ofAmerica–thatAmericacanchange.Ourunioncanbeperfected.Andwhatwehavealreadyachievedgivesushopeforwhatwecanandmustachievetomorrow.

Thiselectionhadmanyfirstsandmanystoriesthatwillbetoldforgenerations.Butonethat’sonmymindtonightisaboutawomanwhocast（投）herballot（选票）inAtlanta.She’salotlikethemillionsofotherswhostoodinlinetomaketheirvoiceheardinthiselectionexceptforonething–AnnNixonCooperis106yearsold.

Shewasbornjustageneration（代）pastslavery（奴隶制，slaver）;

atimewhentherewerenocarsontheroadorplanesinthesky;

whensomeonelikehercouldn’tvotefortworeasons–becauseshewasawomanandbecauseofthecolorofherskin.

Andtonight,Ithinkaboutallthatshe’sseenthroughouthercenturyinAmerica–theheartacheandthehope;

thestruggleandtheprogress;

thetimesweweretoldthatwecan’t,andthepeoplewhopressedonwiththatAmericancreed（信条）:

Yeswecan.Atatimewhenwomen’svoicesweresilencedandtheir