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What we39。s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot Yes we can When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal new jobs a new sense of mon purpose Yes we can When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved Yes we can She was there for the buses in Montgomery the hoses in Birmingham a bridge in Selma and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that We Shall Overe Yes we can A man touched down on the moon a wall came down in Berlin a world was connected by our own science and imagination And this year in this election she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote because after 106 years in America through the best of times and the darkest of hours she knows how America can change Yes we can America we have e so far We have seen so much But there is so much more to do So tonight let us ask ourselvesif our children should live to see the next century if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper what change will they see What progress will we have made This is our chance to answer that call This is our moment This is our time to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that while we breathe we hope And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can39。It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it oncemore toward the hope of a better ,很多人一再受到告誡,要對(duì)我們所能取得的成績(jī)極盡諷刺、擔(dān)憂和懷疑之能事,但這個(gè)答案讓這些人伸出手來把握歷史,再次讓它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s ing with us to the White while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I miss them tonight, and know that my debtto them is beyond ,我今晚就不會(huì)站在這里,她是我過去16年來最好的朋友、是我們一家人的中堅(jiān)和我一生的摯愛,更是我們國(guó)家的下一位第一夫人:米 歇爾?奧巴馬(Michelle Obama)。我們的競(jìng)選活動(dòng)并非誕生于華盛頓的高門華第之內(nèi),而是始于得梅因、康科德、查爾斯頓這些地方的普通民眾家中。new schools to build andthreats to meet and alliances to ,我也知道你們做這一切并不是為了我。我向你們承諾我們作為一個(gè)整體將會(huì)達(dá)成目標(biāo)。而且如果我們?nèi)匀话凑张f有方式行事,我們所尋求的改變不可能出現(xiàn)。共和黨是建立在自強(qiáng)自立、個(gè)人自由以及全民團(tuán)結(jié)的價(jià)值觀上,這也是我們所有人都珍視的價(jià)值。For that is the true genius of America – that America can union can be what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve 。when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons – because she was a woman andbecause of the color of her ;那時(shí)路上沒有汽車,天上也沒有飛機(jī);當(dāng)時(shí)像她這樣的人由于兩個(gè)原因不能投票--一是她是女性,另一個(gè)原因是她的膚色。When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was we 、獨(dú)裁專制威脅到全世界,她見證了美國(guó)一代人的偉大崛起,見證了一個(gè)民主國(guó)家被拯救。When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of mon we ,她看到一個(gè)國(guó)家用羅斯福新政、新就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)以及對(duì)新目標(biāo)的共同追求戰(zhàn)勝恐慌。She was born just a generation past slavery。那些追求和平和安全的人們,我們支持你們。Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of selfreliance, individual liberty, and national are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends?though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will beyour President ,避免重新回到令美國(guó)政治長(zhǎng)期深受毒害的黨派紛爭(zhēng)和由此引發(fā)的遺憾和不成熟表現(xiàn)。What began twentyone months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that that cannot happen if we go back to the way things cannot happen without 。The road ahead will be climb will be may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get promise you – we as a people will get 。這是你們的勝利。I was never the likeliest candidate for this didn’t start with much money or many campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of 。I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice Presidentelect of the United States, Joe --已當(dāng)選美國(guó)副總統(tǒng)的拜登。這是設(shè)在學(xué)校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未見的長(zhǎng)隊(duì)給出的答案;是等了三四個(gè)小時(shí)的選民所給出的答案,其中許多人都是有生以來第一次 投票,因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)定這一次肯定會(huì)不一樣,認(rèn)為自己的聲音會(huì)是這次大選有別于以往之所在。s seen throughout her century in Americathe heartache and the hope the struggle and the progress the times we were told that we can39。s remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House a party founded on the values of selfreliance and individual liberty and national unity Those are values that we all share And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have