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ny stories that will be told for one that39。s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years “第一”,誕生了很多將流芳后世的故事,但今晚令我最為難忘的卻是一位在亞特蘭大投票的婦女:安妮?庫(kù)波爾。She was born just a generation past slavery。when someone like her couldn39。那時(shí)路上沒(méi)有汽車,天上沒(méi)有飛機(jī)。And tonight, I think about all that she39。the struggle and the progress。t and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we ,我想到了安妮在美國(guó)過(guò)去一百年間的種種經(jīng)歷:心痛和希望,掙扎和進(jìn)步,那些我們被告知我們辦不到的年代,以及我們現(xiàn)在這個(gè)年代。s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the , we ,婦女的聲音被壓制,她們的希望被剝奪。是的,我們能。農(nóng)田荒蕪,絕望籠罩美國(guó)大地。是的,我們能。是的,我們能。來(lái)自亞特蘭大的一位牧師告訴人們:我們終將勝利。A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science 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 , we 、柏林墻倒下了,科學(xué)和想像把世界連了一塊。她在美國(guó)生活了106年,其間有最美好的時(shí)光,也有最黑暗的時(shí)刻,她知道美國(guó)能夠變革。America, we have e so have seen so there is so much more to tonight, let us ask ourselves: If our children should live to see the next century。今夜,讓我們問(wèn)自己這樣一個(gè)問(wèn)題:假如我們的孩子能夠活到下一個(gè)世紀(jì),假如我的女兒們有幸與安妮一樣長(zhǎng)壽,她們將會(huì)看到怎樣的改變?我們又取得了怎樣的進(jìn)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 reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one。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(gè)問(wèn)題的機(jī)會(huì)。讓我們的人民重新就業(yè),為我們的孩子打開(kāi)機(jī)會(huì)的大門;恢復(fù)繁榮,促進(jìn)和平;讓美國(guó)夢(mèng)重放光芒,再證這一本本性真理,那就是:團(tuán)結(jié)一致,眾志成城;一息尚存,希望就在;倘若有人嘲諷和懷疑,說(shuō)我們不能,我們就以這一永恒信條回應(yīng),因?yàn)樗哿苏麄€(gè)民族的精神——是的,我們能!Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of !愿上帝保佑你們,保佑美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)。who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time。s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen。that their voice could be that 39。we are, and always will be, the United States of 39。s been a long time ing, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has e to just received a very gracious call from fought long and hard in this campaign, and he39。s promise in the months 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 vicepresidentelect of the United States, Joe would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation39。s ing with us to theWhite while she39。my chief strategist, David Axelrod。ve sacrificed to get it above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to was never the likeliest candidate for this didn39。It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation39。who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep。from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this is your know you didn39。t do it for did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they39。s bills, or save enough for is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created。t agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can39。s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, callused hand by callused began 21 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 let us summon a new spirit of patriotism。s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street this country, we rise or fall as one nation — as one 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 be your president, to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world — our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at those who would tear this world down: We will defeat those who seek peace and security: We support to all those who have wondered if America39。For that is the true genius of America — that America can union can be what we