奥巴马上海演讲英文稿+译文(精选4篇)
1.奥巴马上海演讲英文稿+译文 篇一
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Change Has Come to America
November, 04, 2008, Barack Obama
Hello, Chicago.芝加哥,你好啊!
芝城父老,别来无恙,芝加哥,你好!
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.美国是一个一切皆有可能的地方,如果还有人对这一点心存怀疑,如果还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们时代是否还有活力,还有人怀疑我们民主制度的力量,那么,你们今晚正是对那些疑问作出了回答。
假如还有人怀疑美国是不是一切皆有可能的地方,假如还有人困惑于我们的建国先辈们所持有的梦想,在今天还是不是鲜活,假如有人仍在质疑我们民主的力量到底强不强大,(那么)今晚(发生的一切)就是给你们给他们的回答。余尝闻世人有疑,不知当今美利坚凡事皆可成就耶?开国先贤之志方岿然于世耶?民主之伟力不减于昔年耶?凡存诸疑者,今夕当可释然。
假如还有人不相信美国是一个不存在不可能的地方,还有人怀疑开国之父们的梦想依然在影响着我们这个时代,还有人质疑美利坚民主的力量,那么,他们的疑惑在今夜得到了解答。
如果有人怀疑美国是个一切皆有可能的地方,怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们这个时代依然燃烧,怀疑我们民主的力量,那么今晚这些疑问都有了答案。
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.在学校和教堂周围所出现的前所未有的长队是答案,这个国家从未见过这么多的人前来投票,人们排三个、四个小时的队来进行有生以来的第一次投票,因为他们相信这一次将会不同,他们发出的声音可能就是那个差别。
这个回答,是由那些连续三四小时在学校,在教堂,排着长长的队伍的人们给出的,这情形美国历史上从来没有发生过。其中有很多人是平生第一次去投票,因为他们相信,这次一定与以往不同,他们相信,自己的声音肯定会使一切与过去不同。
今夕之释然,皆蒙美利坚民众之协力——学塾祠庙之外,市井乡野之间,万千父老心焦似焚,苦待竟日,愿献一票之力。其中,平生未尝涉国事者,数亦不少,而今有此义举,皆因一念不衰——今夫天下,非同既往,愿发吁天之声,必成动地之势。
在学校和教堂外面,人们排起了长长的队伍,人数之多在美国历史上前所未有。为了投上自己的一票,他们可以等待三个小时、四个小时。许多人是一生中第一次参加投票,因为他们坚信这一次必须有所变革,而他们的声音将举足轻重。
学校和教堂门外的长龙便是答案。排队的人数之多,在美国历史上前所未有。为了投票,他们排队长达三、四个小时。许多人一生中第一次投票,因为他们认为这一次大选结果必须不同以往,而他们手中的一票可能决定胜负。It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and always will be, the United States of America.(红州与蓝州是指美国历年来选举得票数分部的倾向。一般说来西部沿海和东北部沿海五大湖畔州份其选民投票倾向较支持民主党,故有蓝州之说,而南部沿海和中部则较倾向于投给共和党,故有红州之说。)
这是一个年轻人和年老人、富人和穷人、民主党人和共和党人、黑人、白人、西班牙裔人、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋和异性恋、残障人士和健全人士所作出的回答。美国人向世界发出一个信息:我们从不只是一些个人的累加或者
“红色州”和“蓝色州”的累加。我们是,并且永远是美利坚合众国。
这个回答,是由下面的人给出的:年轻人和老人,有钱人和没钱人,民主党的和共和党的,黑人,白人,西班牙裔人,亚裔人,美国本土人,同性恋,异性恋,残疾的和不残疾的。所有这些美国人,都在向世界发出一个信息,那就是,我们从来不仅仅是无数个人的累加,不仅仅是红州(代表共和党)和蓝州(代表民主党)的混合体; 我们是,也将永远是,美洲上团结起来的州(即美国)。
今夕之释然,皆仰吾国同胞之齐心——何谈贫富老幼之差、党社宗族之异,惶论发肤肌体之别、志趣爱恶之分。吾国既以“合众”为名,吾辈则更无疏离之意,红蓝二党幷肩而立,数十邦州挽手相合,无分你我,共称一家,昂然于世,齐声一呼,天下乃有此释然。
所有的人,无论年轻人还是老年人,无论穷人还是富人,无论民主党人还是共和党人,无论黑人还是白人,无论拉美裔还是亚裔, 无论同性恋者还是异性恋者,无论残疾人还是健康人,他们向全世界发出了同一个信息:我们从来不属于共和党的“红州”或者民主党的“蓝州”,我们属于美利坚合众国,现在如此,永远如此!
无论年龄,无论贫富,无论民主党人或共和党人,无论黑人、白人,无论拉美裔、亚裔、印地安人, 无论同性恋、异性恋,无论残障人、健全人,所有的人,他们向全世界喊出了同一个声音:我们并不隶属 “红州”与 “蓝州”的对立阵营,我们属于美利坚合众国,现在如此,永远如此!
It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.这是一个引导人们的答案,太多的人在很长的时间内给他们说这个答案,以至于他们对此持愤世疾俗的态度,对我们是否可以再一次把握历史的希望感到担心和怀疑。
对于那些长期以来被灌输不信,恐惧和怀疑我们到底能做出什么的人们来说,今晚(的一切)也是一个回答。我们可以掌控历史前行的弧线,并把这一弧线弯曲,令它重新朝着更好的未来延伸。
今夕之释然,皆因愤懑者之镇静,忧惧者之勇气,犹疑者之笃定——平素世间种种,消磨其志向,溃灭其梦想,而值此风云之际,除旧更新,当仁不让,倾力而动乾坤者,更何人哉!
在如此漫长的时期内,曾经有如此众多的人们对我们说:对于我们的成功,我们应该淡漠,应该害怕,应该不相信。但是,历史之轮如今已在我们手中,历史之轮将又一次在我们手中驶向美好未来。
长久以来,很多人说:我们对自己的能量应该冷漠,应该恐惧,应该怀疑。但是,历史之轮如今已在我们手中,我们又一次将历史之轮转往更美好的未来。
It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.已经过去了很长时间,但是今晚,由于我们今天在这场选举所采取的行动,在这个决定性的时候,变革来到了美国。
已经等了好久,但今晚,由于我们今天在这选举时刻,在这重新定义一切的时分所做出的一切,变革已经莅临美国。
俟之诚久,其志弥坚。幸天地明察,乃有今日,乃有此刻,乃有此一选举,乃有我亿万美利坚大好国民——吾邦之大变革,方得自兹而始也!
通往今夜的道路很漫长,但今夜终于来临。特殊的一天,特殊的一次大选,特殊的决定性时刻,美国迎来了变革。漫漫征程,今宵终于来临。特殊的一天,特殊的一次大选,特殊的决定性时刻,美国迎来了变革。
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements.Our 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 Charleston.It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.我从来不是最有可能获得这一职务的候选人。我们刚开始并没有太多资金,也没有得到许多人的支持。我们的竞选活动并非始自华盛顿的大厅里,而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。那些辛勤工作的人们从自己微薄的储蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元。
我一直不是最有希望进入白宫的候选人。开始时,我们没有太多的资金,或者,也没有很多重要人物支持我们。
我们的竞选活动,并不是在华盛顿的豪华大厅里策划出来的,而是始于小城市得梅因的后院里,始于康科德和查尔斯顿这些小地方的起居室里,前门走廊上。这竞选的胜利,是由那些劳作的人们,从自己很少的积蓄中,掏出五块十块二十块赞助后赢得的。
余素朴陋,虽有参选之心,幷无必胜之志。谋事之初,银资乏匮,从者寥寥;起事之地,皆蔽寓荒斋,不在高阁;成事之基,无非寻常百姓,涓滴之献。
我曾经是最没有可能的候选人。起初,我们的资金不多,赞助人也不多。我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅,而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。这些劳动大众从自己的微薄积蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元,拿来捐助我们的事业。
我从来不是最有希望的候选人。起初,我们的资金不多,赞助人也不多。我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅,而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。劳动大众从自己的微薄积蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元,拿来捐助我们的事业。
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.竞选活动因为年轻人的支持而越来越有声势,他们拒绝了他们那一代对政治不感兴趣的神话,他们离开家,从事那些薪水少而且辛苦的工作。
是从年轻人那里赢得的,他们拒绝承认自己对政治不感兴趣,他们离开家,离开亲人,干收入很少的助选的活儿,睡很少的觉。
今日之胜,有赖一众热血青年,抛其家,别其室,不辞其苦,不计其酬,矻矻于此——“国中青年爱国之心已泯”之谬论,今可休矣!
现在的年轻人曾被认为是冷漠的一代,但正是这些年轻人壮大了我们的声势。他们离开自己的家庭和亲人,拿着很少的报酬,起早摸黑地助选。
年轻人证明了他们绝非所谓“冷漠的一代”。他们远离家乡和亲人,拿着微薄的报酬,起早摸黑地助选。
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and 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 the Earth.竞选活动的声势也来自那些已不再年轻的人们,他们冒着严寒酷暑,敲开陌生人的家门进行竞选宣传;竞选声势也源自数百万的美国民众,他们充当志愿者和组织者,他们证明了在两百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
是从那些并不太年轻的人那里赢得的,他们在严冬酷暑里,勇于敲开一点也不认识的陌生人的家门。是从数百万自愿组织起来的美国民众那里赢得的。而且它也证明,两百多年后的今天,一个民有,民治,民享的政府,并没有从这个地球消失。
今日之胜,有赖壮志未已之诸前辈,无惧寒暑,行走奔波,劝说民众。今日之胜,乃数百万美利坚民众之胜,察其意,皆属踊跃为国,观其行,处处谨严有序,足堪告慰二百年前开国之先贤——民有、民治、民享之政体,未尝动摇也!
上了年纪的人也顶着严寒酷暑,敲开陌生人的家门助选。无数的美国人自愿地组织起来,证明了在两百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。
上了年纪的人也顶着严寒酷暑,敲开陌生人的家门助选。无数美国人自愿组织起来,充当自愿者。正是这些人壮大了我们的声势。他们的行动证明了在两百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。
This is your victory.这是你们的胜利。
这是你们的胜利。
嗟夫!此实诸位之功也!
这是你们的胜利。
这是你们的胜利。
2.奥巴马上海演讲英文稿+译文 篇二
Hi, everybody.This week, I delivered my State of the Union Address.Today, here’s the three-minute version.After four years of economic growth with eight million new private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in more than five years.And with the economy speeding up, companies say they intend to hire more people this year.大家好。本周我发表了国情咨文演讲。今天,我要发表一个3分钟的简略版。经历了四年的、创造了八百万个就业机会的经济增长之后,我们的失业率降至5年来的最低。随着经济加速,很多公司都说要在今年多雇人。
But while those at the top are doing better than ever, average wages have barely budged.Inequality has deepened.Too many Americans are working harder and harder just to get by.And too many still aren’t working at all.但是尽管那些富人们比以往过得更好,广大普通人却没有什么大进展。不平等扩大了。那么多的美国人工作越来越努力却只是勉强过得去。那么多的美国人仍然没有工作。
Our job is to reverse those trends.It’s time to restore opportunity for all people – the idea that no matter who you are, if you work hard and live up to your responsibilities, you can make it if you try.我们的工作就是逆转这种趋势。现在是重新给所有人机会的时候了--这个设想就是不管你干什么,只要你努力工作并且履行自己的责任,你就可以过得好。
The opportunity agenda I laid out on Tuesday has four parts.This week, I took them on the road.Job one is more new jobs: jobs in construction and manufacturing, jobs in innovation and energy.In Wisconsin, I talked with plant workers at GE about part two: training more Americans with the skills to fill those new jobs.In Tennessee, I talked with students about part three: guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education, from early childhood, through college, and right into a career.我在周四提出的机会日程包括四部分。本周,我就开始到处宣传这些了。
第一件事是新就业机会:在建筑业和制造业的就业机会、在创新和能源领域的就业机会。
在威斯康辛州,我与通用电气公司的工人们讨论了第二部分:培训更多的美国人掌握这些新工作要求的技能。
在田纳西州,我与同学们讨论了第三部分:确保每一个孩子得到世界级的教育,从早教到大学直到职业生涯。
And with steelworkers in Pittsburgh, and retail workers in Maryland, I laid out part four: making sure hard work pays off for men and women, with wages you can live on, savings you can retire on, and health insurance that’s there for you when you need it.在朴茨茅斯和马里兰州我分别与钢铁工人们和零售工人们讨论了第四部分:确保勤奋工作的男男女女们得到应有的回报--维持生活的工资和退休后养老的储蓄,以及你们需要时就可享受的医保。
These ideas will strengthen the middle class and help more people work their way into the middle class.Some of them will require Congress.But wherever I can take steps to expand opportunity for more families on my own, I will.I’m going to ask business leaders, education leaders, and philanthropic leaders to partner with us to advance these goals.这些设想将加强中产阶级并且帮助更多的人获得进入中产阶级的机会。其中有些要求国会来做。但是凡是我自己就有权做的扩展更多的家庭的机会的事,我将会做。我就要求企业界领导人,教育界领导人和慈善界领导人与我们共同努力推进这些目标的实现。
And every single day, I’m going to fight for these priorities – to shift the odds back in favor of more working and middle-class Americans, and to keep America a place where you can always make it if you try.Thanks.Have a great weekend.And enjoy the Super Bowl.我每天都要为这些要务而奋斗--让机会偏向更多的勤奋工作的和中产阶级美国人,并且使美国永远是你努力就能成功的地方。
3.奥巴马卸任演讲(中英文全文) 篇三
你好,芝加哥!回家的感觉真好!谢谢,谢谢大家!(省略N个谢谢)
在过去几个星期里,我和Michelle收到了各种美好的祝愿,我们非常感动,感谢大家对我的支持。今晚我仍然要向你们表达我的感谢,是你们,身处各地,各个场所的每一位美国人让我保持真诚,是你们给了我灵感,并一直激励着我前进。我每天都在向你们学习,是你们让我成为一个更好的总统,成为一个更优秀的人。
我第一次来到芝加哥还是20岁出头的时候,当时我还处在找寻自我的阶段,还在为自己的生活寻找方向。就在离这不远的一个社区,我开始参与教会团体工作。在这些街区,我看到了信仰的力量,看到了劳动人民面对困境和失意时那种安静的尊严。就是在这里,我了解到只有普通民众都参与进来,变革才会发生,只有我们的力量联合起来,社会才会进步。
现在八年时间过去了,我仍然坚信这一点。我相信,这不只是我自己的一个信念,也是我们整个美国思想的核心所在——对自治进行大胆地尝试。
我们的信念一直是,生来平等,造物者赋予我们一些不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生命、自由以及对幸福的追求。这些权利,虽然人人都有,但并不能自动实现。我们,每一个公民,必须通过民主的工具,来创建一个更加完美的国家。
这是造物者赐予我们的礼物,我们拥有用汗水、辛劳和想象力去追逐我们的个人梦想和自由,同时也承担有团结一致,实现更高目标的义务。我们的国家并不是一开始就是完美的,但是我们已经展示出了改变的能力,并为每一位追随者提供更好的生活。
是的,我们的进步并不均衡,民主工作也一直很艰难,同时存在一定的争议,并且有时是血腥的。每向前迈两步,给人的感觉往往是还要往后退一步。但是美国在漫长的发展过程中,我们一直锐意进取,不断拓宽我们的信条,去拥抱所有,而不仅仅是其中一部分。
如果八年前,我告诉你们,美国将扭转大衰退,重振汽车行业,并创造出历史以来最多的就业机会;如果当时我告诉你们,我们将与古巴人民开启一个新的篇章,停止伊朗核武器计划并揪出9/11事件的幕后主使;如果当时我告诉你们,我们将实现婚姻平等,为另外2000万的同胞赢得健康保险的权利;如果当时我告诉你们这些,你们可能会说我的目标定得有点高。但是现在这就是我们所做到的,这就是你们所做到的。是你们促成了这些变化,你们让希望成真,也正是因为你们,现在的美国比我上任时变得更好、更强。
十天之内,世界将会见证我们民主的一个标志:通过自由选举,将总统的权利和平地移交给下一位总统。我向当选总统特朗普承诺,我会为他提供最平稳的过渡,就像布什总统之前为我做的一样。因为我们所有人都需要确保政府可以帮助我们应对目前面临的诸多挑战。
我们需要去应对这些挑战,因为我们仍然是地球上最富有、最强大也最受尊重的国家,我们的青年和发展动力,我们的多样性和开放程度,我们应对风险和进行革新的能力,都在向我们表明未来应该是属于我们的。
但是,只有我们保持民主这些潜力才会发挥出来。只有当我们的政治反映出人民的正直,只有我们所有人,不论党派关系或特殊利益,都有助于推动我们实现共同目的的渴望时,这些潜力才会发挥出来。
民主不需要同一性,我们的领袖会争吵,会妥协,但他们知道民主需要一种基本的团结意识,虽然我们存在各种差异,但我们仍要团结一致,共同进退。
历史上总会有一些时刻会威胁到这种团结,本世纪便是这样的时刻:世界不断变小,不平等持续扩大,人口变化以及恐怖主义蔓延,这些因素不只是对我们国家安全和经济繁荣的考验,也是对我们民主的考验。我们如何来应对这些挑战,将决定我们是否有能力教育好我们的孩子,创造优质的工作,并保护我们的家园。换言之,它将决定我们的未来。
在过去五十年以来,现在的医疗保健成本正在以最慢的速度上升。如果任何人能够制定一个明显优于目前医疗保健系统的改进计划,并尽可能覆盖更多的人,那我一定会公开表示支持。
我当选后,出现了一种说法是美国进入后种族时代(种族歧视已经不存在),这只是一个愿景,并不是现实。因为种族问题在我们的社会中仍然是一种强有力的分裂力量。虽然这一问题得到了某种程度的改善,但我们每一个人都需要做出更多的努力。毕竟,如果每一个经济问题都被看作是勤劳的白人中产阶级和不受欢迎的少数民族之间的矛盾,那所有种族的工人只能是争夺蝇头小利,而富人坐收渔翁之利。
这一切都不容易。对于我们中的太多人来说,退回到我们自己的温床里最安全,无论是我们的社区或大学校园或礼拜场所或我们的社交媒体中,和那些与我们相似,有着同样的政治背景,从不质疑我们的假设的人相处最舒适。赤裸裸的党派之争、日益增加的经济和区域分层、媒体的分裂都成为政党宣传的工具——所有这一切使得这种区分似乎变得自然,甚至是不可避免的。我们变得躲在自己的泡沫里,只接受符合我们意见的信息,而不是基于现有证据形成自己的观点。
这不是总是使政治如此沮丧的那部分吗?当我们建议将财务经费投入到孩子们的学龄前教育时,选举官员对赤字感到如此愤怒,但是当为公司削减税收时,为什么不感到愤怒?其它党派做出道德沦丧的事情时,我们紧紧抓住不放,但为什么当我们自己的党派做出相同的事情时,我们却选择原谅?这不仅是不诚实,而是对事实进行选择;这会自取其咎,因为我的妈妈曾经告诉我,―事实总有一天会暴露在你面前。‖
在短短8年时间里,我们减少了对外国石油的依赖,使我们的可再生能源增加了一倍,并带领世界达成了一项拯救地球的协议。如果不果断行动,我们的孩子将不会再有时间来辩论气候变化的存在;因为,他们将忙于应对其影响:环境灾难、经济破坏和寻求庇护的气候难民潮。
假装问题不存在不仅背叛了后代,它暴露了这个国家的本质精神。
由于我们的官员、执法人员和外交官的非凡勇气,无论男性还是女性,在过去八年中,没有外国恐怖组织成功实施对我们的家园的袭击,虽然波士顿和奥兰多提醒我们激进组织的危险性,单我们的执法机构比以往更加具有有效性和警惕性。我们已经制服了数万名恐怖分子——包括乌萨马·本·拉登。
我们领导的全球联盟已经牵制了伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国领导人,占领了大约一半的领土。伊黎伊斯兰国将被摧毁,任何威胁美国的人都将被制服。
这就是为什么,在过去八年中,我一直致力于在一个更坚定的法律基础上努力打击恐怖主义,这就是为什么我们能够结束折磨,关闭关塔那摩湾(以作为美军的拘留营而著名),并改革我们的监管法律,以保护隐私和公民自由。
这就是为什么我反对歧视穆斯林美国人,这就是为什么我们不能退出大规模的全球斗争——我们要扩大民主、人权、妇女权利和LGBT权利,无论我们的努力有多么不完美。因为,这是捍卫美国的一部分。为了反对极端主义以及宗派主义和沙文主义,这是与反威权主义和民族主义侵略的斗争。
这也是我想要表达的最后一点:当我们把民主视为理所当然时,我们的民主就会受到威胁。我们所有人,不论党派,都应该致力于重建我们的民主体制的任务。当投票率是发达民主国家中最低之一时,我们应该使投票更容易,而不是更难。当我们的组织信任度降低时,我们应该减少金钱在政治中的腐蚀性影响,并坚持透明度和道德的公共服务原则。当国会功能失调时,我们应该吸引我们的地区鼓励政客迎合大众需求,而不是僵化的极端。
所有这一切都取决于我们的参与;我们每个人都有公民的责任,无论权力以何种方式摆动。
我们的宪法是一个了不起的,美丽的礼物。但它真的只是一块羊皮纸。它自己没有力量。而是我们,人民,赋予它的权力——我们的参与,和我们做出的选择。我们是否支持我们的自由,是否尊重和执行法治。美国并不脆弱,但是,我们漫长的自由之旅的成果并不确定。
如果你厌倦了在网络上与陌生人争论,尝试在现实生活中与他们进行谈话吧。如果有什么需要改变,那就系好你的鞋带,组织一些事情。如果你对你当选的官员感到失望,可以拿一张剪贴板,拿一些签名,自己去办公室,出面,深入追究,坚持不懈。
有时你会赢,有时你会输。假设别人都具有善良的美德可能是一种风险,而且会有一段时间,这个过程会让你失望。但是,对于我们这些有幸成为这项工作的一份子的人来说,仔细想想,我可以告诉你,它可以使每个人得到激励和启发。在这个过程中,你对美国和美国人的信心将得到证实,而我的信仰已经得到证实。
感谢Michelle,在过去的25年中,你不仅是我的妻子和我的孩子的母亲,也一直是我最好的朋友。你所要承担的这个角色并不是你自己要求的,但你却用优雅、坚韧、独特的风格和幽默感成功地完成了角色转变。你使白宫成为属于每个人的地方。而新一代的年轻人视野会更高,因为他们有你作为榜样。
感谢玛丽亚和萨莎,你们成为了两个了不起的年轻女性,聪明和美丽,但更重要的是,善良和周到,充满激情。你们在聚光灯下承受了多年的负担。在我一生中所做的所有事情中,我最为自豪的是成为你们的父亲。
副总统拜登,是我做出的首个提名,也是最棒的提名。不仅仅是因为你是一个伟大的副总统,也是因为我收获到了你这样一个兄弟。你就像我的家人一样,与你的友谊也是我生活中的一大快乐所在。
对于我那些杰出的工作人员,八年的时间,甚至对其中一些人来说,时间还要更久,我被你们的精力所感染,回想你们每一天的表现,你们的性格、心灵和理想。八年的时间,其中有些人由单身,到结婚生子,开始自己人生路上的新旅程。虽然世事艰难,但你们一直没有被打倒,你们让我自豪。
对于你们所有的人,每位搬到陌生城市的组织者,每一名敲门宣传的志愿者,每一名第一次投票的年轻人,每个为这种变化努力的美国人,你们是最棒的支持者和组织者,我将永远感激在心,因为是你们改变了世界,是你们的功劳。
这也是为什么,我虽然离开仍保持乐观的原因所在,因为我们的工作不仅仅是帮助到很多人,更是激发了很多美国人,尤其是年轻人,相信你们可以有一番作为。
这一代美国人无私、富有创造性,并饱含爱国精神,你们相信公平、公正和包容,你们知道不断保持变化是美国的标志,所以不要害怕,拥抱这些变化,你们会愿意承担这项艰巨的民主工作。你们很快就会超越我们这些人,我相信,未来在你们手中。
我的同胞们,为你们服务是我的荣幸。我不会停止为你们服务,以后我将作为一个公民,与你们站在一起。最后,就像八年前一样,我希望你们能够坚持我们最开始的信念,那些来自奴隶和废奴主义者争取平等的信念,那些移民和自耕农人群的奋斗不息的精神,以及那些对于民主自由权利的争取,这些也是每一位美国人的信念,未来的篇章等待着你们去谱写。
我希望你们能够坚持我们最开始的信念,那些来自奴隶和废奴主义者的想法,那些移民和自耕农人群的精神,以及那些正义的追随者的信仰,这一信念是每个美国人的核心信念,未来的篇章等待着你们去谱写。
是的,我们能行。(Yes We Can.)是的,我们做到了。(Yes We Did.)是的,我们能行!(Yes We Can.)愿上帝保佑你们,愿上帝保佑美国!
英文原文
It‘s good to be home.My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we‘ve received over the past few weeks.But tonight it‘s my turn to say thanks.Whether we‘ve seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the American people – in living rooms and schools;at farms and on factory floors;at diners and on distant outposts – are what have kept me honest, kept me inspired, and kept me going.Every day, I learned from you.You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.I first came to Chicago when I was in my early twenties, still trying to figure out who I was;still searching for a purpose to my life.It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I began working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills.It was on these streets where I witnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss.This is where I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it.After eight years as your President, I still believe that.And it‘s not just my belief.It‘s the beating heart of our American idea – our bold experiment in self-government.It‘s the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.It‘s the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executing;that We, the People, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union.This is the great gift our Founders gave us.The freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat, toil, and imagination – and the imperative to strive together as well, to achieve a greater good.For 240 years, our nation‘s call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation.It‘s what led patriots to choose republic over tyranny, pioneers to trek west, slaves to brave that makeshift railroad to freedom.It‘s what pulled immigrants and refugees across oceans and the Rio Grande, pushed women to reach for the ballot, powered workers to organize.It‘s why GIs gave their lives at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima;Iraq and Afghanistan – and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well.So that‘s what we mean when we say America is exceptional.Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow.Yes, our progress has been uneven.The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody.For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back.But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history…if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran‘s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11…if I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens – you might have said our sights were set a little too high.But that‘s what we did.That‘s what you did.You were the change.You answered people‘s hopes, and because of you, by almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.In ten days, the world will witness a hallmark of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power from one freely-elected president to the next.I committed to President-Elect Trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition, just as President Bush did for me.Because it‘s up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges we still face.We have what we need to do so.After all, we remain the wealthiest, most powerful, and most respected nation on Earth.Our youth and drive, our diversity and openness, our boundless capacity for risk and reinvention mean that the future should be ours.But that potential will be realized only if our democracy works.Only if our politics reflects the decency of the our people.Only if all of us, regardless of our party affiliation or particular interest, help restore the sense of common purpose that we so badly need right now.That‘s what I want to focus on tonight – the state of our democracy.Understand, democracy does not require uniformity.Our founders quarreled and compromised, and expected us to do the same.But they knew that democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity – the idea that for all our outward differences, we are all in this together;that we rise or fall as one.There have been moments throughout our history that threatened to rupture that solidarity.The beginning of this century has been one of those times.A shrinking world, growing inequality;demographic change and the specter of terrorism – these forces haven‘t just tested our security and prosperity, but our democracy as well.And how we meet these challenges to our democracy will determine our ability to educate our kids, and create good jobs, and protect our homeland.In other words, it will determine our future.Our democracy won‘t work without a sense that everyone has economic opportunity.Today, the economy is growing again;wages, incomes, home values, and retirement accounts are rising again;poverty is falling again.The wealthy are paying a fairer share of taxes even as the stock market shatters records.The unemployment rate is near a ten-year low.The uninsured rate has never, ever been lower.Health care costs are rising at the slowest rate in fifty years.And if anyone can put together a plan that is demonstrably better than the improvements we‘ve made to our health care system – that covers as many people at less cost – I will publicly support it.That, after all, is why we serve – to make people‘s lives better, not worse.But for all the real progress we‘ve made, we know it‘s not enough.Our economy doesn‘t work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class.But stark inequality is also corrosive to our democratic principles.While the top one percent has amassed a bigger share of wealth and income, too many families, in inner cities and rural counties, have been left behind – the laid-off factory worker;the waitress and health care worker who struggle to pay the bills – convinced that the game is fixed against them, that their government only serves the interests of the powerful – a recipe for more cynicism and polarization in our politics.There are no quick fixes to this long-term trend.I agree that our trade should be fair and not just free.But the next wave of economic dislocation won‘t come from overseas.It will come from the relentless pace of automation that makes many good, middle-class jobs obsolete.And so we must forge a new social compact – to guarantee all our kids the education they need;to give workers the power to unionize for better wages;to update the social safety net to reflect the way we live now and make more reforms to the tax code so corporations and individuals who reap the most from the new economy don‘t avoid their obligations to the country that‘s made their success possible.We can argue about how to best achieve these goals.But we can‘t be complacent about the goals themselves.For if we don‘t create opportunity for all people, the disaffection and division that has stalled our progress will only sharpen in years to come.There‘s a second threat to our democracy – one as old as our nation itself.After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America.Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic.For race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.I‘ve lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were ten, or twenty, or thirty years ago – you can see it not just in statistics, but in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum.But we‘re not where we need to be.All of us have more work to do.After all, if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hardworking white middle class and undeserving minorities, then workers of all shades will be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves.If we decline to invest in the children of immigrants, just because they don‘t look like us, we diminish the prospects of our own children – because those brown kids will represent a larger share of America‘s workforce.And our economy doesn‘t have to be a zero-sum game.Last year, incomes rose for all races, all age groups, for men and for women.Going forward, we must uphold laws against discrimination – in hiring, in housing, in education and the criminal justice system.That‘s what our Constitution and highest ideals require.But laws alone won‘t be enough.Hearts must change.If our democracy is to work in this increasingly diverse nation, each one of us must try to heed the advice of one of the great characters in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said ―You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.‖
4.奥巴马获胜演说演讲稿(中英文) 篇四
奥巴马获胜演说演讲稿(中英文)
Barack Obama’s Victory Speech: Change Has Come To AmericaIf there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.如果,还有人怀疑美国是一切皆有可能的国度,还有人怀疑国父们的梦想在我们的时代是否还存在,还有人怀疑我们的民主所拥有的力量,那么今晚,你听到了回答。It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.是那些今天在学校和教堂排着长队、数不胜数的选民做出了回答;是那些为了投票等待了三四个小时的人们做出了回答。他们中的很多人,是有生以来第一次投票,因为他们相信,这次真的不同――他们的声音会让这次不同。It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and always will be, the United States of America.这个回答来自青年、老人、穷人、富人、民主党、共和党人、黑皮肤、白皮肤、拉美人、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋和非同性恋者、残疾人和健全者。美国告诉世界,我们从来就不是一半红、一半蓝(译者:分别代表民主党和共和党。),我们是——美利坚合众国。It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.很多人,在长久以往的耳濡目染中愤世嫉俗、担忧、怀疑。但今天他们做出了回答。他们的双手扭转了历史,让历史转向充满希望的新的一天。It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.我们等待了很久。但今夜,因为我们今天的努力、因为这次选举,在这决定性的时刻,美国终于迎来了转变。A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.McCain.Sen.McCain fought long and hard in this campaign.And he’s fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him;I congratulate Gov.palin for all that they’ve achieved.And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.我刚刚收到麦凯恩参议员打来的电话,他非常诚挚。在这次漫长的竞选中,他付出了艰苦的努力。而为这个他所爱的国家,他付出得更多、时间也更长。他忍受过的牺牲,是我们很多美国人无法想象的。这位勇敢而无私的领袖的付出会让我们的国家更强大。对麦凯恩参议员和佩林州长所取得的成绩,我这里也表示钦佩。我期待在接下来的几个月中,与他们一道重拾美国的承诺。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 the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.我要感谢我的竞选伙伴。他发自内心地投入竞选,他的声音代表了那些在他成长的斯克兰顿街生活的人们的声音,代表那些和他一道乘火车上下班的特拉华州人民的声音。现在他将是美国的副总统,他就是乔·拜登。And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine.And you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the new White House.And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother’s watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight.I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me.I am grateful to them.如果不是我过去十六年间最亲密的朋友、我的家庭的基石和我一生的至爱给予的支持,今晚我不会站在这里。那就是我们国家的下任第一夫人,米歇尔·奥巴马。还有我的女儿,萨沙和玛丽亚。我是如此爱你们。我们会带着你们刚赢得的小狗一起搬进白宫。而我的外祖母,虽然此刻他已经离我们而去,但我知道她在看着呢——和带给我生命、定义了我人生的家人们一道。今夜,我想念他们。我知道我欠他们的难以偿还。【奥巴马上海演讲英文稿+译文】推荐阅读:
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