《奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲》.pdf

【强烈推荐【强烈推荐】】 奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲 【【强烈推荐强烈推荐】】 奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲奥巴马总统竞选获胜演讲 This is your victory (Speech) Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House Tuesday night. The following is an exact transcript of his speech. Official Transcript Hello, Chicago. 你好, 芝加哥. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. 如果还有人对美国是否凡事都有可能存疑，还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们 所处的时代是否依然鲜活，还有人质疑我们的民主制度的力量，那么今晚，这些 问题都有了答案。 Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference. 这是设在学校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未见的长队给出的答案；是等了三四 个小时的选民所给出的答案，其中许多人都是有生以来第一次投票，因为他们认 定这一次肯定会不一样，认为自己的声音会是这次大选有别于以往之所在。 Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America. 这是所有美国人民共同给出的答案－－无论老少贫富，无论是民主党还是共和 党，无论是黑人、白人、拉美裔、亚裔、原住民，是同性恋者还是异性恋者、残 疾人还是健全人－－我们从来不是“红州”和“蓝州” 的对立阵营，我们是美利坚合 众国这个整体，永远都是。 Its the answer that led those whove been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. 长久以来，很多人一再受到告诫，要对我们所能取得的成绩极尽讽刺、担忧和怀 疑之能事，但这个答案让这些人伸出手来把握历史，再次让它朝向美好明天的希 望延伸。 Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this electio