【正文】 erator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when my brother and I were even as a kid, I knew there were plenty of days when he was in pain...I knew there were plenty of mornings when it was a struggle for him to simply get out of every morning, I watched my father wake up with a smile, grab his walker, prop himself up against the bathroom sink, and slowly shave and button his when he returned home after a long day39。s what it meant to be a so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life – being able to earn a decent living that allowed him to support his as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though he39。d been brought up just like was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed 39。s family continued to scrape day after day, she kept on waking up at dawn to catch the bus...arriving at work before anyone else...giving her best without plaint or she would often tell Barack, “So long as you kids do well, Bar, that39。t asking for didn39。s success or care that others had much more than they did...in fact, they admired simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don39。re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and 39。s what we learned from their learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make...that helping others means more than just getting ahead learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters...that you don39。t count unless you earn it fair and learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone39。s who we standing before you four years ago, I knew that I didn39。t change who you are – it reveals who you see, I39。ve seen how the issues that e across a President39。s thinking about the pride that es from a hard day39。s why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal 39。s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again – jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of it es to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another didn39。s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to did it because he believes that here in America, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine...our kids should be able to see a doctor when they39。s what my husband stands it es to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could39。s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of in the end, for Barack, these issues aren39。re Barack knows what it means when a family knows what it means to want something more for your kids and knows the American Dream because he39。re from, or what we look like, or who we he believes that when you39。s the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down，fighting to rebuild those munities and get folks back to work...because for Barack, success isn39。s about the difference you make in people39。s the same man who, when our girls were first born, would anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensure they were still breathing, proudly showing them off to everyone we 39。s the man I see in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent letter from the father struggling to pay his bills...from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance pany won39。t believe what these folks are going through, Michelle...it39。ve got to keep working to fix 39。s what drives Barack Obama every single I didn39。s never forgotten how he love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he39。s hard – especially when it39。t care whether you39。s always ready to listen to good ideas...he39。re all sweating it – when we39。t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward...with patience and wisdom, and courage and he reminds me that we are playing a long game here...and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at eventually we get there, we always get there because of folks like my Dad...folks like Barack39。奧巴馬：第二次總統(tǒng)選舉勝選演說發(fā)表于二零一二年十一月七日張少軍譯、校Barack ObamaPresidential Election Victory Speechdelivered 7 November 2012[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.]（真實(shí)性鑒定；以下文本直接轉(zhuǎn)錄自音頻資料）Thank you so , more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves ，非常感謝你們。It moves forward because of moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression。它的推進(jìn)是因?yàn)槟銈冎厣炅粟A得戰(zhàn)爭擊敗衰退的精神，重申了將這個(gè)國家從絕望的低谷提升至希望的巔峰的精神，重申了這樣的信念——當(dāng)我們每個(gè)人追求我們各自的夢想時(shí)，我們都從屬于一個(gè)美國大家庭；作為一個(gè)國家一個(gè)民族，我們共進(jìn)退同禍福。I want to thank every American who participated in this you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long timeby the way, we have to fix youpounded the pavement or picked up the phonewhether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard, and you made a 。I just spoke with Governor Romney, and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hardfought may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply, and we care so strongly about its George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public service, and that