【文章內容簡介】 ，假如我的女兒們有幸與安妮一樣長壽，她們將會看到怎樣的改變？我們又取得了怎樣的進步？This is our chance to answer that is our 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 doubt, and those who tell us that we can39。t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we ，我們獲得了回答這個問題的機會。這是我們的時刻，我們的時代。讓我們的人民重新就業(yè)，為我們的孩子打開機會的大門；恢復繁榮，促進和平；讓美國夢重放光芒，再證這一本本性真理，那就是：團結一致，眾志成城；一息尚存，希望就在；倘若有人嘲諷和懷疑，說我們不能，我們就以這一永恒信條回應，因為它凝聚了整個民族的精神——是的，我們能！Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of there is anyone out there 如果還有人who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible 對美國是否凡事都有可能存疑 who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time 還有人懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們所處的時代是否依然鮮活who still questions the power of our democracy 還有人質疑我們的民主制度的力量 tonight is your answer 那么今晚，這些問題都有了答案It39。s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches 這是設在學校和教堂的投票站前排起的in numbers this nation has never seen 前所未見的長隊給出的答案by people who waited three hours and four hours,many for the very first time in their lives 是等了三四個小時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because they believed that this time must be different 因為他們認定這一次肯定會不一樣 that their voice could be that difference 認為自己的聲音會是這次大選有別于以往之所在 It39。s the answer spoken by young and old 這是所有美國人民給出的答案,無論老少 rich and poor,Democrat and Republican 無論貧富，無論是民主黨還是共和黨black,white,Hispanic,Asian,Native American,gay,straight,disabled and not disabled 無論是黑人、白人、拉美裔、亞裔、原住民，是同性戀者還是異性戀者、殘疾人還是健全人Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: 我們從來不是“紅州”和“藍州”的對立陣營，we are,and always will be,the United States of ，永遠都是 It39。s the answer that led those who have been told for so long 長久以來，很多人一再受到告誡，by so many to be cynical and fearful 要對我們所能取得的成績極盡諷刺、擔憂和懷疑之能事and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history 但這個答案讓這些人伸出手來把握歷史，and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day 再次讓它朝向美好明天的希望延伸 It39。s been a long time ing 已經過去了這么長時間but tonight,because of what we did on this day 但今晚，由于我們在今天、in this election,at this defining moment,change has e to America 在這場大選中、在這個具有決定性的時刻所做的，美國已經迎來了變革I received a very gracious call from Senator McCain 接到了麥凱恩參議員極具風度的致電 Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign 他在這場大選中經過了長時間的努力奮斗and he39。s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves 而他為自己所深愛的這個國家奮斗的時間更長、過程更艱辛He has endured sacrifices for America 他為美國做出了犧牲 that most of us cannot begin to imagine 我們大多數人難以想像的we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader 我們的生活也因這位勇敢無私的領袖所做出的貢獻而變得更美好 I congratulate him 我向他表示祝賀I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved 我向他和佩林州長所取得的成績表示祝賀and I look forward to working with them 我也期待著與他們一起to renew this nation39。s promise in the months ahead 在未來的歲月中為復興這個國家的希望而共同努力 I want to thank my partner in this journey 我要感謝我在這次旅程中的伙伴 a man who campaigned from his heart 他全心參與競選活動and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton 為普通民眾代言，他們是他在斯克蘭頓從小到大的伙伴and rode with on that train home to Delaware 也是在他回特拉華的火車上遇到的男男女女 the Vice Presidentelect of the United States,Joe Biden 他就是已當選美國副總統(tǒng)的拜登I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support 如果沒有一個人的堅決支持，我今晚就不會站在這里of my best friend for the last sixteen years 她是我過去16年來最好的朋友、the rock of our family and the love of my life 是我們一家人的中堅和我一生的摯愛the nation39。s next First Lady,Michelle Obama 更是我們國家的下一位第一夫人：米歇爾 奧巴馬Sasha and Malia,I love you both more than you can imagine 薩莎和瑪麗亞，我太愛你們兩個了甚至超過了你們的想象and you have earned the new puppy that39。s ing with us to the White House 你們已經得到了一條新的小狗，它將與我們一起入駐白宮And while she39。s no longer with us 雖然我的外祖母已經不在了 I know my grandmother is watching 但我知道她肯定都在看著我along with the family that made me who I am 因為他們，我才能擁有今天的成就 I miss them tonight 今晚，我想念他們and know that my debt to them is beyond measure 我知道自己欠他們的無可計量 To my sister Maya,my sister Alma, 謝謝我姐妹Maya和Alma, all my other brothers and sisters,thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given ,謝謝你們的支持和給予我的 I am grateful to them 我要真心地感謝他們To my campaign manager David Plouffe 我的競選經理大衛(wèi) 普勞夫the unsung hero of this campaign,who built the best — 做得最好的是這個英雄和戰(zhàn)友the best political campaign,I think,in the history of the United States of To my chief strategist David Axelrod 我的首席策略師大衛(wèi) 艾克斯羅德who’s been a partner with me every step of the way 在我道路上陪伴著我每一步的伙伴to the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics 以及政治史上最好的競選團隊 you made this happen,and I am forever grateful 是你們成就了今天，我永遠感激你們 for what you39。ve sacrificed to get it done 感激你們?yōu)閷崿F今天的成就所做出的犧牲But above all,I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to 但最重要的是，我永遠不會忘記這場勝利真正的歸屬it belongs to you 它屬于你們 it belongs to you 它屬于你們I was never the likeliest candidate for this office 我從來不是最有希望的候選人We didn39。t start with much money or many endorsements 一開始，我們沒有太多資金，也沒有得到太多人的支持Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington 我們的競選活動并非誕生于華盛頓的高門華第之內it began in the backyards of Des Moines 而是始于得梅因and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston 始于康科德、查爾斯頓這些地方的普通民眾家中It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars 我們的競選活動能有今天的規(guī)模，是因為辛勤工作的人們從自己的微薄積蓄中拿出錢來and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause 捐出一筆又一筆5美元、10美元、20美元It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation39。s apathy 而競選活動的聲勢越來越大則是源自那些年輕人，他們拒絕接受認為他們這代人冷漠的荒誕說法who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep 他們離開家、離開親人，從事報酬微薄、極其辛苦的工作,短暫的睡眠It drew strength from the notsoyoung people 同時也源自那些已經不算年輕的人們who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers 他們冒著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門進行競