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❶ 奧巴馬曾先後就讀哥倫比亞大學和哈佛大學用英語怎麼說

Obama has attended at Columbia University and the university of harvard

❷ 奧巴馬開學演講稿中英對照

嗨,大家好!你們今天過得怎麼樣?我現在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中學生們在一起,全國各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學生們通過電視關注這里,我很高興你們能共同分享這一時刻。
我知道,對你們中的許多人來說,今天是開學的第一天,你們中的有一些剛剛進入幼兒園或升上初高中,對你們來說,這是在新學校的第一天,因此,假如你們感到有些緊張,那也是很正常的。我想也會有許多畢業班的學生們正自信滿滿地准備最後一年的沖刺。不過,我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個年級,許多人都打心底里希望現在還在放暑假,以及今天不用那麼早起床。
我可以理解這份心情。小時候,我們家在印度尼西亞住過幾年,而我媽媽沒錢送我去其他美國孩子們上學的地方去讀書,因此她決定自己給我上課——時間是每周一到周五的凌晨4點半。
顯然,我不怎麼喜歡那麼早就爬起來,很多時候,我就這么在廚房的桌子前睡著了。每當我埋怨的時候,我媽總會用同一副表情看著我說:「小鬼,你以為教你我就很輕松?」
所以,我可以理解你們中的許多人對於開學還需要時間來調整和適應,但今天我站在這里,是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。我要和你們談一談你們每個人的教育,以及在新的學年裡,你們應當做些什麼。
我做過許多關於教育的講話,也常常用到「責任」這個詞。
我談到過教師們有責任激勵和啟迪你們,督促你們學習。
我談到過家長們有責任看管你們認真學習、完成作業,不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機。
我也很多次談到過政府有責任設定高標准嚴要求、協助老師和校長們的工作,改變在有些學校里學生得不到應有的學習機會的現狀。
但哪怕這一切都達到最好,哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優秀的學校,假如你們不去履行自己的責任的話,那麼這一切努力都會白費。——除非你每天准時去上學、除非你認真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力,否則這一切都會失去意義。
而這就是我今天講話的主題:對於自己的教育,你們中每一個人的責任。首先,我想談談你們對於自己有什麼責任。
你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西,每一個人都是有用之材,而發現自己的才能是什麼,就是你們要對自己擔起的責任。教育給你們提供了發現自己才能的機會。
或許你能寫出優美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現在書籍和報刊上——但假如不在英語課上經常練習寫作,你不會發現自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一個發明家、創造家——甚至設計出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產品,或研製出新的葯物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學課程上做上幾次實驗,你不會知道自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官,但假如你不去加入什麼學生會或參加幾次辯論賽,你也不會發現自己的才能。
而且,我可以向你保證,不管你將來想要做什麼,你都需要相應的教育。——你想當名醫生、當名教師或當名警官?你想成為護士、成為建築設計師、律師或軍人?無論你選擇哪一種職業,良好的教育都必不可少,這世上不存在不把書念完就能拿到好工作的美夢,任何工作,都需要你的汗水、訓練與學習。
不僅僅對於你們個人的未來有重要意義,你們的教育如何也會對這個國家、乃至世界的未來產生重要影響。今天你們在學校中學習的內容,將會決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰時的表現。
你們需要在數理科學課程上學習的知識和技能,去治療癌症、艾滋那樣的疾病,和解決我們面臨的能源問題與環境問題;你們需要在歷史社科課程上培養出的觀察力與判斷力,來減輕和消除無家可歸與貧困、犯罪問題和各種歧視,讓這個國家變得更加公平和自由;你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發展出來的創新意識和思維,去創業和建立新的公司與企業,來製造就業機會和推動經濟的增長。
我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養和發展自己的天賦、技能和才智,來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題。假如你不這么做——假如你放棄學習——那麼你不僅是放棄了自己,也是放棄了你的國家。
當然,我明白,讀好書並不總是件容易的事。我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種各樣的問題,很難把精力集中在專心讀書之上。
我知道你們的感受。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭,是母親一人將我們拉扯大,有時她付不起帳單,有時我們得不到其他孩子們都有的東西,有時我會想,假如父親在該多好,有時我會感到孤獨無助,與周圍的環境格格不入。
因此我並不總是能專心學習,我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情,也惹出過許多不該惹的麻煩,我的生活岌岌可危,隨時可能急轉直下。
但我很幸運。我在許多事上都得到了重來的機會,我得到了去大學讀法學院、實現自己夢想的機會。我的妻子——現在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾?奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事,她的父母都沒讀過大學,也沒有什麼財產,但他們和她都辛勤工作,好讓她有機會去這個國家最優秀的學校讀書。
你們中有些人可能沒有這些有利條件,或許你的生活中沒有能為你提供幫助和支持的長輩,或許你的某個家長沒有工作、經濟拮據,或許你住的社區不那麼安全,或許你認識一些會對你產生不良影響的朋友,等等。
但歸根結底,你的生活狀況——你的長相、出身、經濟條件、家庭氛圍——都不是疏忽學業和態度惡劣的借口,這些不是你去跟老師頂嘴、逃課、或是輟學的借口,這些不是你不好好讀書的借口。
你的未來,並不取決於你現在的生活有多好或多壞。沒有人為你編排好你的命運,在美國,你的命運由你自己書寫,你的未來由你自己掌握。
而在這片土地上的每個地方,千千萬萬和你一樣的年輕人正是這樣在書寫著自己的命運。
例如德克薩斯州羅馬市的賈斯敏?佩雷茲(Jazmin Perez)。剛進學校時,她根本不會說英語,她住的地方幾乎沒人上過大學,她的父母也沒有受過高等教育,但她努力學習,取得了優異的成績,靠獎學金進入了布朗大學,如今正在攻讀公共衛生專業的博士學位。
我還想起了加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯市的安多尼?舒爾茲(Andoni Schultz),他從三歲起就開始與腦癌病魔做斗爭,他熬過了一次次治療與手術——其中一次影響了他的記憶,因此他得花出比常人多幾百個小時的時間來完成學業,但他從不曾落下自己的功課。這個秋天,他要開始在大學讀書了。
又比如在我的家鄉,伊利諾斯州芝加哥市,身為孤兒的香特爾?史蒂夫(Shantell Steve)換過多次收養家庭,從小在治安很差的地區長大,但她努力爭取到了在當地保健站工作的機會、發起了一個讓青少年遠離犯罪團伙的項目,很快,她也將以優異的成績從中學畢業,去大學深造。
賈斯敏、安多尼和香特爾與你們並沒有什麼不同。和你們一樣,他們也在生活中遭遇各種各樣的困難與問題,但他們拒絕放棄,他們選擇為自己的教育擔起責任、給自己定下奮斗的目標。我希望你們中的每一個人,都能做得到這些。
因此,在今天,我號召你們每一個人都為自己的教育定下一個目標——並在之後,盡自己的一切努力去實現它。你的目標可以很簡單,像是完成作業、認真聽講或每天閱讀——或許你打算參加一些課外活動,或在社區做些志願工作;或許你決定為那些因為長相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺負的孩子做主、維護他們的權益,因為你和我一樣,認為每個孩子都應該能有一個安全的學習環境;或許你認為該學著更好的照顧自己,來為將來的學習做准備……當然,除此之外,我希望你們都多多洗手、感到身體不舒服的時候要多在家休息,免得大家在秋冬感冒高發季節都得流感。
不管你決定做什麼,我都希望你能堅持到底,希望你能真的下定決心。
我知道有些時候,電視上播放的節目會讓你產生這樣那樣的錯覺,似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認為只要會唱rap、會打籃球或參加個什麼真人秀節目就能坐享其成,但現實是,你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。
因為,成功是件難事。你不可能對要讀的每門課程都興趣盎然,你不可能和每名帶課教師都相處順利,你也不可能每次都遇上看起來和現實生活有關的作業。而且,並不是每件事,你都能在頭一次嘗試時獲得成功。
但那沒有關系。因為在這個世界上,最最成功的人們往往也經歷過最多的失敗。J.K.羅琳的第一本《哈利?波特》被出版商拒絕了十二次才最終出版;邁克爾?喬丹上高中時被學校的籃球隊刷了下來,在他的職業生涯里,他輸了幾百場比賽、投失過幾千次射籃,知道他是怎麼說的嗎?「我一生不停地失敗、失敗再失敗,這就是我現在成功的原因。」
他們的成功,源於他們明白人不能讓失敗左右自己——而是要從中吸取經驗。從失敗中,你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎樣的改變;假如你惹了什麼麻煩,那並不說明你就是個搗蛋貴,而是在提醒你,在將來要對自己有更嚴格的要求;假如你考了個低分,那並不說明你就比別人笨,而是在告訴你,自己得在學習上花更多的時間。
沒有哪一個人一生出來就擅長做什麼事情的,只有努力才能培養出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接觸一項體育運動時就成為校隊的代表,任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌時就找准每一個音,一切都需要熟能生巧。對於學業也是一樣,你或許要反復運算才能解出一道數學題的正確答案,你或許需要讀一段文字好幾遍才能理解它的意思,你或許得把論文改上好幾次才能符合提交的標准。這都是很正常的。
不要害怕提問。不要不敢向他人求助。——我每天都在這么做。求助並不是軟弱的表現,恰恰相反,它說明你有勇氣承認自己的不足、並願意去學習新的知識。所以,有不懂時,就向大人們求助吧——找個你信得過的對象,例如父母、長輩、老師、教練或輔導員——讓他們幫助你向目標前進。
你要記住,哪怕你表現不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經放棄了你——永遠不要自己放棄自己。因為當你放棄自己的時候,你也放棄了自己的國家。
美國不是一個人們遭遇困難就輕易放棄的國度,在這個國家,人們堅持到底、人們加倍努力,為了他們所熱愛的國度,每一個人都盡著自己最大的努力,不會給自己留任何餘地。
250年前,有一群和你們一樣的學生,他們之後奮起努力、用一場革命最終造就了這個國家;75年前,有一群和你們一樣的學生,他們之後戰勝了大蕭條、贏得了二戰;就在20年前,和你們一樣的學生們,他們後來創立了Google、Twitter和Facebook,改變了我們人與人之間溝通的方式。
因此,今天我想要問你們,你們會做出什麼樣的貢獻?你們將解決什麼樣的難題?你們能發現什麼樣的事物?二十、五十或百年之後,假如那時的美國總統也來做一次開學演講的話,他會怎樣描述你們對這個國家所做的一切?
你們的家長、你們的老師和我,每一個人都在盡最大的努力,確保你們都能得到應有的教育來回答這些問題。例如我正在努力為你們提供更安全的教室、更多的書籍、更先進的設施與計算機。但你們也要擔起自己的責任。因此我要求你們在今年能夠認真起來,我要求你們盡心地去做自己著手的每一件事,我要求你們每一個人都有所成就。請不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你的國家和你自己失望。你們要成為我們驕傲,我知道,你們一定可以做到。

❸ 《我們為什麼要上學》奧巴馬在開學第一天的演講英語原文誰可以幫忙找一下

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we』ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
大家好!謝謝你們。謝謝你們。謝謝你們大家。好,大家請就坐。你們今天都好嗎?(掌聲)蒂姆•斯派塞(Tim Spicer)好嗎?(掌聲)我現在與弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學生們在一起。美國各地從小學預備班到中學12年級的學生正在收聽收看。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我還要感謝韋克菲爾德高中出色的組織安排。請為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。(掌聲)
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it』s your first day in a new school, so it』s understandable if you』re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you』re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could』ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
我知道,今天是你們很多人開學的日子。對於進入小學預備班、初中或高中的學生,今天是你們來到新學校的第一天,心裡可能有點緊張,這是可以理解的。我能想像有些畢業班學生現在感覺很不錯——(掌聲)——還有一年就畢業了。不論在哪個年級,你們有些人可能希望暑假更長一點,今天早上還能多睡一小會兒。
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn』t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American ecation. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
我了解這種感覺。我小時候,我們家生活在海外。我在印度尼西亞住了幾年。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國孩子上的學校,但她認為必須讓我接受美式教育。因此,她決定從周一到周五自己給我補課。不過她還要上班,所以只能在清晨四點半給我上課。
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn』t too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, I』d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I』d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she』d say, 「This is no picnic for me either, buster.」 (Laughter.)
你們可以想見,我不太情願那麼早起床。有很多次,我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。但每當我抱怨的時候,我媽媽都會那樣地看我一眼,然後說:「小子,這對我也並不輕松。」(笑聲)
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I』m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I』m here because I want to talk with you about your ecation and what』s expected of all of you in this new school year.
我知道你們有些人還在適應開學後的生活。但我今天來到這里是因為有重要的事情要和你們說。我來這里是要和你們談談你們的教育問題,以及在這個新學年對你們所有人的期望。
Now, I』ve given a lot of speeches about ecation. And I』ve talked about responsibility a lot.
我做過很多次有關教育問題的演講。我多次談到過責任問題。
I』ve talked about teachers』 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.
我談到過教師激勵學生並督促他們學習的責任。
I』ve talked about your parents』 responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don』t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.
我談到過家長的責任,要確保你們走正路,完成家庭作業,不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox游戲。
I』ve talked a lot about your government』s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren』t working, where students aren』t getting the opportunities that they deserve.
我多次談到過政府的責任,要制定高標准,支持教師和校長的工作,徹底改善不能為學生提供應有機會的、教育質量差的學校。
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other alts and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That』s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your ecation.
然而,即使我們擁有最敬業的教師,最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學校——如果你們大家不履行你們的責任,不到校上課,不專心聽講,不聽家長、祖父祖母和其他大人的話,不付出取得成功所必須的勤奮努力,那麼這一切都毫無用處,都無關緊要。這就是我今天講話的重點:你們每個人對自己的教育應盡的責任。
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that you』re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That』s the opportunity an ecation can provide.
我首先要講講你們對自己應盡的責任。你們每個人都有自己的長處。你們每個人都能做出自己的貢獻。你們對自己應盡的責任是發現自己的能力所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機會。
Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that』s assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
你或許能成為一名出色的作家——甚至可能寫書或在報紙上發表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英文課的作文後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名創新者或發明家——甚至可能設計出新一代iPhone或研製出新型葯物或疫苗——但你可能要在完成科學課的實驗後才會發現自己的才華。你或許能成為一名市長或參議員或最高法院的大法官——但你可能要在參加學生會的工作或辯論隊後才會發現自己的才華。
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you』ll need an ecation to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You』re going to need a good ecation for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You』ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
不論你的生活志向是什麼,我敢肯定你必須上學讀書才能實現它。你想當醫生、教師或警官嗎?你想當護士、建築師、律師或軍人嗎?你必須接受良好的教育,才能從事上述任何一種職業。你不能指望輟學後能碰上個好工作。你必須接受培訓,為之努力,為之學習。
And this isn』t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your ecation will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you』re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
這並非只對你個人的人生和未來意義重大。可以毫不誇大地說,教育給你帶來的益處將決定這個國家的未來。美國的未來取決於你們。你們今日在校學習的知識將決定我們作為一個國家是否能夠迎接我們未來所面臨的最嚴峻挑戰。
You』ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You』ll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You』ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
你們將需要利用你們通過自然科學和數學課程所學到的知識和解決問題的能力來治癒癌症、艾滋病及其他疾病,開發新的能源技術和保護我們的環境。你們將需要利用你們在歷史學和社會學課堂上所獲得的知識和獨立思考能力來抗擊貧困和解決無家可歸問題,打擊犯罪和消除歧視,使我們的國家更公平、更自由。你們將需要利用你們在所有課堂上培養的創造力和智慧來創辦新公司,增加就業機會,振興我們的經濟。
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don』t do that -- if you quit on school -- you』re not just quitting on yourself, you』re quitting on your country.
我們需要你們每個人發揮你們的聰明才智和技能,以便幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的最棘手問題。如果你們不這樣做,如果你們輟學,你們不僅僅是自暴自棄,也是拋棄自己的國家。
Now, I know it』s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
我自然知道要做到學業優秀並非總是易事。我知道你們許多人在生活中面臨挑戰,難以集中精力從事學業。
I get it. I know what it』s like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn』t always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn』t fit in.
我明白這一點。 我有親身感受。兩歲時,我父親離家而去,我是由一位單親母親撫養成人的,母親不得不工作,並時常為支付生活費用而苦苦掙扎,但有時仍無法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。有時,我渴望生活中能有一位父親。有時我感到孤獨,感到自己不適應社會。
So I wasn』t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I』m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
我並非總是像我應該做到的那樣專心學習,我也曾做過我如今不能引以為豪的一些事情,我曾惹過不應該惹的麻煩。我的人生原本會輕易陷入更糟糕的境地。
But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn』t have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
但是,我當年際遇不錯。我有過許多第二次機會,我有幸能上大學,上法學院,追求自己的理想。我的妻子,我們的第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬,也有著類似的經歷。她的父母都未曾上過大學,家裡很窮。但他們非常勤奮 ,她也是如此,因此她得以進入一些美國最好的學校。
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don』t have alts in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there』s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don』t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren』t right.
你們中有一些人可能沒有那些有利條件。或許你們生活中沒有成年人為你們提供你們所需要的支持。或許你們家中有人失業,經濟非常拮據。或許你們生活在使你們感覺不安全的社區,或有朋友逼迫你們去做你們知道不對的事情。

❹ 奧巴馬發言時用的是美式英語還是英式英語

絕對是美式發音

❺ 求奧巴馬就職演講(英文加中文)

巴拉克·奧巴馬:今晚,此刻,我們相信
――參議員巴拉克·奧巴馬在艾奧瓦黨團會議選舉獲勝之夜的演講,2008年1月3日
巴拉克·奧巴馬 文 海星 譯

我衷心感謝艾奧瓦的公民們。

眾所周知,有人說這一天永遠不會到來。

有人說我們好高騖遠。

有人說人民異見紛呈,悲觀失望,不可能再為了一個共同的目標而眾志成城。

但在這個一月的夜晚,在這個書寫歷史的時刻,你們做到了那些憤世嫉俗的人斷言我們做不到的事。五天後新罕布希爾州的選民也將完成你們的壯舉。在剛剛來到的2008年,美國人民也會完成同樣的壯舉。在學校和教堂,在小市鎮和大城市,你們——民主黨人、共和黨人、無黨派人士——熙熙攘攘地走到一起,自豪地宣稱:我們是一個國家,我們是一個民族;變革的時刻已經到來。你們還說,華盛頓被冷酷、萎縮和憤怒所淹沒,現在是超越這種政治手段、以相加替代分割的時刻,是在紅州和藍州建立變革聯盟的時刻。這是因為我們將以此在11月取勝,我們也將以此面對我們國家面臨的挑戰。

我們選擇希望,拋棄恐懼;我們選擇聯合,拒絕分裂;我們向美利堅高聲宣布變革就在眼前。

你們宣布,政治說客自以為他們的財富和影響力比公眾輿論的威力更大,但是他們並不擁有這個政府。政府是我們的,我們正在把它收回。

人民此刻需要這樣一位總統:他能誠實面對機遇和挑戰;即使跟人民見解不同也會傾聽和了解他們的想法;他不僅要說人民願意聽到的話,更要提供人民需要知道的信息。如果新罕布希爾也給我今晚艾奧瓦給我的機會,我將會是這樣一位總統。

感謝你們。

我會是這樣一位總統:讓每個人都能看上病和看得起病。我在伊利諾斯州就通過民主黨人和共和黨人的攜手合作實現了這一目標。

我會是這樣一位總統:終止所有把工作運往海外的公司的稅收優惠政策,並給美國最值得享受減稅的中產階級減稅。

我會是這樣一位總統:讓農場主、科學家和企業家發揮他們的創造力,使我們國家一勞永逸地擺脫石油的主宰。

最後,我會是這樣一位總統:我要結束伊拉克戰爭並讓我們的士兵回家;我要恢復我們的道德地位;我知道9/11不是騙取選票的借口,而是使美國和世界聯合起來應對21世紀這個世界面臨的共同威脅:恐怖主義和核擴散,全球變暖和貧困,種族屠殺和疾病。

今晚,因為艾奧瓦公民的選擇,我們距離那樣的美國藍圖又近了一步。在此,我特別想感謝選舉的組織者和各個投票站的站長、志願者和我的競選團隊的工作人員。沒有你們就沒有今晚的勝利。

當我站在這里表達謝意時,我想有必要感謝我的至愛,奧巴馬家庭的堅實後盾,競選旅途的殿後者,米歇爾·奧巴馬。

我明白你們不是為了我才這樣做的。你們這樣做,你們這樣做,是因為你們堅信一個美國信念,那就是,無論條件多麼艱難困苦,相信這個國家的人是可以改變它的。

我明白這一點,我明白這一點,是因為雖然我此刻站在這里,我永遠也不會忘記我的行程從芝加哥的街頭開始。我曾經作過你們為我的競選和艾奧瓦所有的競選作過的一切:組織,工作,為了讓人民的生活能夠得到一點點改善而奮斗。

我知道這樣的工作的艱辛,睡眠不足,薪酬低微,大量的自我犧牲,失望常常伴隨著我們。但是偶爾,僅僅是偶爾,也會有象今晚這樣的時刻,在這樣一個夜晚,這樣一個我們數年後想起來會自豪地說那個更好的美國就是從那個時刻開始的夜晚。在這樣的美國,我們實現了我們堅信不移的變革:更多的家庭看得起病;我們的孩子,我的女兒瑪利亞和薩沙和你們的孩子會生活在一個更干凈和更安全的星球上;世界將以不同的眼光來看待美國,而美國將把自己看作一個更少歧見、更多團結的國家。

這一刻是勇往直前的人擊敗了華盛頓總是說戰無不勝的人的時刻。

這一刻是我們拆除長久分裂我們的藩籬,讓不同黨派和不同年齡的人們為了一個共同的目的聯合起來,並給那些從不過問政治的人們一個關心政治的理由的一刻。

這一刻是我們終於擊退恐懼、疑慮和犬儒主義政治的一刻,是我們用國家攜手向上替代政客相互踐踏的政治的一刻。這是我們期待的那一刻。

數年後,遙想往事,你們也許會說,就是這一刻,在這個地方——美國人民記起希望究竟意味這什麼。

幾個月以來,我們因為談論希望而遭到挖苦,甚至嘲弄。

但我們一直認為,希望不是盲目的樂觀主義。希望不是忽視未來的艱巨任務或橫亘在我們前行道路上的障礙。希望不是置身事外或從拚鬥中退縮。希望是我們心中堅守一種東西:它告訴我們,不管遭遇多少艱難險阻,只要有勇氣去爭取,只要願意付出努力和艱辛,更好的東西就會等待我們。

我在一個來自樟泉(Cedar Rapids)的年輕女士的眼中看到了希望:她白天全天在大學上課,晚上加夜班,但卻仍然不能負擔生病的妹妹的醫療費;但她仍相信這個國家會提供她實現夢想的機會。

我從一個來自新罕布希爾州的婦女的聲音中聽到了希望:她告訴我自從她的侄兒奔赴伊拉克戰場她就一直感到氣短;但是她每晚睡覺前都要為侄子的安全回歸祈禱。

希望引領一群殖民者揭竿而起反對一個帝國;希望引領我們偉大的祖先解放了一個大陸,復活了一個民族;希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在(不向黑人提供服務)的餐桌旁,引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍,穿越(阿拉巴馬州的)塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。

希望,希望引領我今天來到這里,——我的父親來自肯亞,母親來自堪薩斯,這樣的故事只可能發生在美利堅合眾國。希望是美利堅民族的基石,希望是我們執著的信仰:我們的命運不是被人寫就,而是要由我們自己寫就,由那些不願意勉強接受這個世界並信心百倍地按照它應該變成的藍圖去改造它的男男女女們寫就。

這就是我們從艾奧瓦開始的開拓,這也是我們要向新罕布希爾州和其他州傳達的信息。我們順利的時候沒有忘記它,失利的時候也沒有忘記它。這個信息可以幫助我們一塊磚一塊磚地、一條街道一條街道地、一隻接一隻布滿老繭的手地去改變這個國家。團結起來,普通人也能鑄就宏圖偉業,因為我們不是紅色的州或藍色的州的組合,我們是美利堅合眾州。在此刻,在這次選舉中,我們樂於再次相信。謝謝,艾奧瓦。

關於這篇演講的一些解釋:

1)1月4日,艾奧瓦舉行2008年總統選舉全國第一次預選--政黨黨團選舉會議。奧巴馬出奇制勝。這篇演講是他在獲勝後發表的講話。在場聽到他演講的和後來看到他的演講稿的美國學者、官員和普通人先後提出奧巴馬不僅僅是一個候選人,他是一場運動。

2)奧巴馬試圖借艾奧瓦的東風在1月11日的新罕布希爾州的預選中擊敗對手希拉里·柯林頓。當時的民調也顯示奧巴馬領先柯林頓。但是,由於比爾·柯林頓對奧巴馬的攻擊和希拉里·柯林頓的第一次流淚,選民開始出現搖擺。最終希拉里在新罕布希爾獲勝。

3)奧巴馬本科畢業於哥倫比亞大學,之後在哈佛大學法學院獲得法學博士。奧巴馬的妻子米歇爾在芝加哥大學任職。他們有兩個女兒。

4)奧巴馬的父親來自肯亞,據說是目前肯亞反對黨領袖奧丁加的叔叔。他在夏威夷讀書時認識了那裡的研究生,奧巴馬的母親。奧巴馬兩歲的時候,他父親返回非洲。

5)紅州指共和黨控制的州,藍州指民主黨勢力大的州。

6)「希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在(不向黑人提供服務)的餐桌旁,引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍,穿越(阿拉巴馬州的)塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。」這句話是指60年代黑人為了抵抗種族隔離舉行的示威、靜坐和遊行。

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英文原文:

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Iowa Caucus Night
Des Moines, IA | January 03, 2008

Thank you, Iowa.

You know, they said this day would never come.

They said our sights were set too high.

They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that we are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.

You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that's been all about division and instead make it about addition - to build a coalition for change that stretches through Red States and Blue States. Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation.

We are choosing hope over fear. We're choosing unity over division, and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America.

You said the time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government, we do; and we are here to take it back.

The time has come for a President who will be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who will listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree; who won't just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know. And in New Hampshire, if you give me the same chance that Iowa did tonight, I will be that president for America.

Thank you.

I'll be a President who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American the same way I expanded health care in Illinois - by--by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done.

I'll be a President who ends the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and put a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it.

I'll be a President who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all.

And I'll be a President who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home; who restores our moral standing; who understands that 9/11 is not a way to scare up votes, but a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the twenty-first century; common threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease.

Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of America because of what you did here in Iowa. And so I'd especially like to thank the organizers and the precinct captains; the volunteers and the staff who made this all possible.

And while I'm at it, on "thank yous," I think it makes sense for me to thank the love of my life, the rock of the Obama family, the closer on the campaign trail; give it up for Michelle Obama.

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this-you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas - that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

I know this-I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I'll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Chicago doing what so many of you have done for this campaign and all the campaigns here in Iowa - organizing, and working, and fighting to make people's lives just a little bit better.

I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay, and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this - a night-a night that, years from now, when we've made the changes we believe in; when more families can afford to see a doctor; when our children-when Malia and Sasha and your children-inherit a planet that's a little cleaner and safer; when the world sees America differently, and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united; you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.

This was the moment when the improbable beat what Washington always said was inevitable.

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long - when we rallied people of all parties and ages to a common cause; when we finally gave Americans who'd never participated in politics a reason to stand up and to do so.

This was the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear, and doubt, and cynicism; the politics where we tear each other down instead of lifting this country up. This was the moment.

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment - this was the place - where America remembered what it means to hope.

For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope.

But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it.

Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar Rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and still can't afford health care for a sister who's ill; a young woman who still believes that this country will give her the chance to live out her dreams.

Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since her nephew left for Iraq; who still goes to bed each night praying for his safe return.

Hope is what led a band of colonists to rise up against an empire; what led the greatest of generations to free a continent and heal a nation; what led young women and young men to sit at lunch counters and brave fire hoses and march through Selma and Montgomery for freedom's cause.

Hope-hope-is what led me here today - with a father from Kenya; a mother from Kansas; and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation; the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us; by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is; who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.

That is what we started here in Iowa, and that is the message we can now carry to New Hampshire and beyond; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can change this country brick by brick, block by block, calloused hand by calloused hand - that together, ordinary people can do extraordinary things; because we are not a collection of Red States and Blue States, we are the United States of America; and at this moment, in this election, we are ready to believe again. Thank you, Iowa.

❻ 奧巴馬開學演講稿中英文版

9月8日是學校開學的日子,奧巴馬總統的開學演講卻受到保守派激進份子的批評,一些家長要求抵制總統演講,有些學校管理者也在思量要不要讓學生們聆聽總統講話。

然而奧巴馬總統計劃的演講內容與其他美國總統並無兩樣,洛杉磯時報報道說

,奧巴馬的演講無非是鼓勵學生們努力學習,求學進步,追尋自己的夢想。

白宮周一下午發布了奧巴馬的演講稿,以示奧巴馬並不會借開學講話推廣政綱。奧巴馬將在演講中說,「如果你輟學,你放棄的不僅僅是自己,而且還是自己的國家。」

奧巴馬在講話中強調求學的過程也是編織社交網路的過程,是很好的社交工具,如同Facebook和Twitter等社交網路一樣。他還強調了努力學習、擔負個人責任的重要性。他將談到年青一族在媒體文化中所面臨的挑戰,他說,「我知道你們有時候通過電視等媒體得到這樣的感覺,似乎可以不努力就得到財富和成功,似乎可以做明星一夜致富,但是事實上這是走不通的。成功是一件艱難的事情,你不會喜歡你所學的全部科目,你不會和每位教師都和得來,不是每項家庭作業都和你的目前生活密切相關,而且你不會每種償試都能成功。」

奧巴馬還以自己和妻子的親身經驗為例,證明教育是個人成功的關鍵,也是國家成功的關鍵。他說,「人們需要通過學習科學和數學來獲得知識和解決問題的技能,來開發新能源科技保護環境。」奧巴馬還在演講中呼籲年輕一代與貧困和不公正作戰。

奧巴馬將在佛吉尼亞州Arlington的一所高中發表演講,類似的演講前總統布希和里根也都做過,也都曾引起爭議,但是奧巴馬的演講卻因醫療改革及經濟問題的政爭而備受矚目,保守派千方百計反對總統演講。

❼ 急求!!哈佛大學350周年(1636-1986)校慶講話 英文原版

樓上那個打開了,不過我是沒看懂什麼東西.

http://lib.harvard.e/
哈佛圖書館,你去找吧,反正我是盡力了,都找到半夜了,等你進去你也就知道多難找了.浩如煙海,我只能這么說.

http://hul.harvard.e/news/2006_0926_verba.html
這個也給你看看,好像他寫的辭職信吧.

補充:這是老爺子的聯系方式,再不您直接向他要去?
Phone: 617-495-1502
Fax: 617-496-6886
Email Address
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Assistant
Constance Higgins (617-495-1186)

❽ 有關奧巴馬的英語短文 60字左右

Barack Hussein Obama, born on August 4, 1961, is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Obama graated with a B.A. from Columbia in 1983, then at the start of the following year worked for a year at the Business International Corporation and then at the New York Public Interest Research Group.
After four years in New York City, Obama moved to Chicago, where he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP) and worked there for three years from June 1985 to May 1988.
Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. At the end of his first year, he was selected, based on his grades and a writing competition, as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. In February 1990, in his second year, he was elected president of the Law Review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the Law Review's staff of eighty editors.
After graating with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago.
He served from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, and also from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of The Joyce Foundation.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee. He resigned from the Illinois Senate in November 2004 following his election to the US Senate.

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❾ 奧巴馬勝選演說全文,英文的

巴拉克·奧巴馬:今晚,此刻,我們相信
――參議員巴拉克·奧巴馬在艾奧瓦黨團會議選舉獲勝之夜的演講,2008年1月3日
巴拉克·奧巴馬 文 海星 譯

我衷心感謝艾奧瓦的公民們。

眾所周知,有人說這一天永遠不會到來。

有人說我們好高騖遠。

有人說人民異見紛呈,悲觀失望,不可能再為了一個共同的目標而眾志成城。

但在這個一月的夜晚,在這個書寫歷史的時刻,你們做到了那些憤世嫉俗的人斷言我們做不到的事。五天後新罕布希爾州的選民也將完成你們的壯舉。在剛剛來到的2008年,美國人民也會完成同樣的壯舉。在學校和教堂,在小市鎮和大城市,你們——民主黨人、共和黨人、無黨派人士——熙熙攘攘地走到一起,自豪地宣稱:我們是一個國家,我們是一個民族;變革的時刻已經到來。你們還說,華盛頓被冷酷、萎縮和憤怒所淹沒,現在是超越這種政治手段、以相加替代分割的時刻,是在紅州和藍州建立變革聯盟的時刻。這是因為我們將以此在11月取勝,我們也將以此面對我們國家面臨的挑戰。

我們選擇希望,拋棄恐懼;我們選擇聯合,拒絕分裂;我們向美利堅高聲宣布變革就在眼前。

你們宣布,政治說客自以為他們的財富和影響力比公眾輿論的威力更大,但是他們並不擁有這個政府。政府是我們的,我們正在把它收回。

人民此刻需要這樣一位總統:他能誠實面對機遇和挑戰;即使跟人民見解不同也會傾聽和了解他們的想法;他不僅要說人民願意聽到的話,更要提供人民需要知道的信息。如果新罕布希爾也給我今晚艾奧瓦給我的機會,我將會是這樣一位總統。

感謝你們。

我會是這樣一位總統:讓每個人都能看上病和看得起病。我在伊利諾斯州就通過民主黨人和共和黨人的攜手合作實現了這一目標。

我會是這樣一位總統:終止所有把工作運往海外的公司的稅收優惠政策,並給美國最值得享受減稅的中產階級減稅。

我會是這樣一位總統:讓農場主、科學家和企業家發揮他們的創造力,使我們國家一勞永逸地擺脫石油的主宰。

最後,我會是這樣一位總統:我要結束伊拉克戰爭並讓我們的士兵回家;我要恢復我們的道德地位;我知道9/11不是騙取選票的借口,而是使美國和世界聯合起來應對21世紀這個世界面臨的共同威脅:恐怖主義和核擴散,全球變暖和貧困,種族屠殺和疾病。

今晚,因為艾奧瓦公民的選擇,我們距離那樣的美國藍圖又近了一步。在此,我特別想感謝選舉的組織者和各個投票站的站長、志願者和我的競選團隊的工作人員。沒有你們就沒有今晚的勝利。

當我站在這里表達謝意時,我想有必要感謝我的至愛,奧巴馬家庭的堅實後盾,競選旅途的殿後者,米歇爾·奧巴馬。

我明白你們不是為了我才這樣做的。你們這樣做,你們這樣做,是因為你們堅信一個美國信念,那就是,無論條件多麼艱難困苦,相信這個國家的人是可以改變它的。

我明白這一點,我明白這一點,是因為雖然我此刻站在這里,我永遠也不會忘記我的行程從芝加哥的街頭開始。我曾經作過你們為我的競選和艾奧瓦所有的競選作過的一切:組織,工作,為了讓人民的生活能夠得到一點點改善而奮斗。

我知道這樣的工作的艱辛,睡眠不足,薪酬低微,大量的自我犧牲,失望常常伴隨著我們。但是偶爾,僅僅是偶爾,也會有象今晚這樣的時刻,在這樣一個夜晚,這樣一個我們數年後想起來會自豪地說那個更好的美國就是從那個時刻開始的夜晚。在這樣的美國,我們實現了我們堅信不移的變革:更多的家庭看得起病;我們的孩子,我的女兒瑪利亞和薩沙和你們的孩子會生活在一個更干凈和更安全的星球上;世界將以不同的眼光來看待美國,而美國將把自己看作一個更少歧見、更多團結的國家。

這一刻是勇往直前的人擊敗了華盛頓總是說戰無不勝的人的時刻。

這一刻是我們拆除長久分裂我們的藩籬,讓不同黨派和不同年齡的人們為了一個共同的目的聯合起來,並給那些從不過問政治的人們一個關心政治的理由的一刻。

這一刻是我們終於擊退恐懼、疑慮和犬儒主義政治的一刻,是我們用國家攜手向上替代政客相互踐踏的政治的一刻。這是我們期待的那一刻。

數年後,遙想往事,你們也許會說,就是這一刻,在這個地方——美國人民記起希望究竟意味這什麼。

幾個月以來,我們因為談論希望而遭到挖苦,甚至嘲弄。

但我們一直認為,希望不是盲目的樂觀主義。希望不是忽視未來的艱巨任務或橫亘在我們前行道路上的障礙。希望不是置身事外或從拚鬥中退縮。希望是我們心中堅守一種東西:它告訴我們,不管遭遇多少艱難險阻,只要有勇氣去爭取,只要願意付出努力和艱辛,更好的東西就會等待我們。

我在一個來自樟泉(Cedar Rapids)的年輕女士的眼中看到了希望:她白天全天在大學上課,晚上加夜班,但卻仍然不能負擔生病的妹妹的醫療費;但她仍相信這個國家會提供她實現夢想的機會。

我從一個來自新罕布希爾州的婦女的聲音中聽到了希望:她告訴我自從她的侄兒奔赴伊拉克戰場她就一直感到氣短;但是她每晚睡覺前都要為侄子的安全回歸祈禱。

希望引領一群殖民者揭竿而起反對一個帝國;希望引領我們偉大的祖先解放了一個大陸,復活了一個民族;希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在(不向黑人提供服務)的餐桌旁,引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍,穿越(阿拉巴馬州的)塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。

希望,希望引領我今天來到這里,——我的父親來自肯亞,母親來自堪薩斯,這樣的故事只可能發生在美利堅合眾國。希望是美利堅民族的基石,希望是我們執著的信仰:我們的命運不是被人寫就,而是要由我們自己寫就,由那些不願意勉強接受這個世界並信心百倍地按照它應該變成的藍圖去改造它的男男女女們寫就。

這就是我們從艾奧瓦開始的開拓,這也是我們要向新罕布希爾州和其他州傳達的信息。我們順利的時候沒有忘記它,失利的時候也沒有忘記它。這個信息可以幫助我們一塊磚一塊磚地、一條街道一條街道地、一隻接一隻布滿老繭的手地去改變這個國家。團結起來,普通人也能鑄就宏圖偉業,因為我們不是紅色的州或藍色的州的組合,我們是美利堅合眾州。在此刻,在這次選舉中,我們樂於再次相信。謝謝,艾奧瓦。

關於這篇演講的一些解釋:

1)1月4日,艾奧瓦舉行2008年總統選舉全國第一次預選--政黨黨團選舉會議。奧巴馬出奇制勝。這篇演講是他在獲勝後發表的講話。在場聽到他演講的和後來看到他的演講稿的美國學者、官員和普通人先後提出奧巴馬不僅僅是一個候選人,他是一場運動。

2)奧巴馬試圖借艾奧瓦的東風在1月11日的新罕布希爾州的預選中擊敗對手希拉里·柯林頓。當時的民調也顯示奧巴馬領先柯林頓。但是,由於比爾·柯林頓對奧巴馬的攻擊和希拉里·柯林頓的第一次流淚,選民開始出現搖擺。最終希拉里在新罕布希爾獲勝。

3)奧巴馬本科畢業於哥倫比亞大學,之後在哈佛大學法學院獲得法學博士。奧巴馬的妻子米歇爾在芝加哥大學任職。他們有兩個女兒。

4)奧巴馬的父親來自肯亞,據說是目前肯亞反對黨領袖奧丁加的叔叔。他在夏威夷讀書時認識了那裡的研究生,奧巴馬的母親。奧巴馬兩歲的時候,他父親返回非洲。

5)紅州指共和黨控制的州,藍州指民主黨勢力大的州。

6)「希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在(不向黑人提供服務)的餐桌旁,引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍,穿越(阿拉巴馬州的)塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。」這句話是指60年代黑人為了抵抗種族隔離舉行的示威、靜坐和遊行。

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英文原文:

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Iowa Caucus Night
Des Moines, IA | January 03, 2008

Thank you, Iowa.

You know, they said this day would never come.

They said our sights were set too high.

They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that we are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.

You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that's been all about division and instead make it about addition - to build a coalition for change that stretches through Red States and Blue States. Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation.

We are choosing hope over fear. We're choosing unity over division, and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America.

You said the time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government, we do; and we are here to take it back.

The time has come for a President who will be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who will listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree; who won't just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know. And in New Hampshire, if you give me the same chance that Iowa did tonight, I will be that president for America.

Thank you.

I'll be a President who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American the same way I expanded health care in Illinois - by--by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done.

I'll be a President who ends the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and put a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it.

I'll be a President who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all.

And I'll be a President who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home; who restores our moral standing; who understands that 9/11 is not a way to scare up votes, but a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the twenty-first century; common threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease.

Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of America because of what you did here in Iowa. And so I'd especially like to thank the organizers and the precinct captains; the volunteers and the staff who made this all possible.

And while I'm at it, on "thank yous," I think it makes sense for me to thank the love of my life, the rock of the Obama family, the closer on the campaign trail; give it up for Michelle Obama.

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this-you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas - that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

I know this-I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I'll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Chicago doing what so many of you have done for this campaign and all the campaigns here in Iowa - organizing, and working, and fighting to make people's lives just a little bit better.

I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay, and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this - a night-a night that, years from now, when we've made the changes we believe in; when more families can afford to see a doctor; when our children-when Malia and Sasha and your children-inherit a planet that's a little cleaner and safer; when the world sees America differently, and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united; you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.

This was the moment when the improbable beat what Washington always said was inevitable.

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long - when we rallied people of all parties and ages to a common cause; when we finally gave Americans who'd never participated in politics a reason to stand up and to do so.

This was the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear, and doubt, and cynicism; the politics where we tear each other down instead of lifting this country up. This was the moment.

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment - this was the place - where America remembered what it means to hope.

For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope.

But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it.

Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar Rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and still can't afford health care for a sister who's ill; a young woman who still believes that this country will give her the chance to live out her dreams.

Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since her nephew left for Iraq; who still goes to bed each night praying for his safe return.

Hope is what led a band of colonists to rise up against an empire; what led the greatest of generations to free a continent and heal a nation; what led young women and young men to sit at lunch counters and brave fire hoses and march through Selma and Montgomery for freedom's cause.

Hope-hope-is what led me here today - with a father from Kenya; a mother from Kansas; and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation; the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us; by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is; who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.

That is what we started here in Iowa, and that is the message we can now carry to New Hampshire and beyond; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can change this country brick by brick, block by block, calloused hand by calloused hand - that together, ordinary people can do extraordinary things; because we are not a collection of Red States and Blue States, we are the United States of America; and at this moment, in this election, we are ready to believe again. Thank you, Iowa.

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