奥巴马获胜演讲中英文对照

1、2012奥巴马获胜演讲中英文对照EdTranscript of President Obama ' s Victory SpeechNovember 7, 2012PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Tha nk you. Tha nk you. Tha nk you so much. (Sustai ned cheers, applause.)Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its owndest iny, the task of perfect i

2、ng our union moves forward. (Cheers, applause.)It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each o

3、f us will pursue our own in dividual dreams, we are an American family, and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people. (Cheers, applause.)Toni ght, in this elect ion, you, the America n people, remin ded us that while our road has bee n hard, while our journey has bee n long, we have

4、picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come.(Cheers, applause.)I want to thank every American who participated in this election. (Cheers, applause.) Whether you voted for the very first time (cheers) or wa

5、ited in line for a very long time (cheers) by the way, we have to fix that. (Cheers, applause.) Whether you pounded the paveme nt or picked up the phone (cheers, applause) whether you held an Obama sig n or a Romney sig n, you made your voice heard and you made a differe nee. (Cheers, applause.)I ju

6、st spoke with Governor Romney and I con gratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-foughtcampaign. (Cheers, applause.) We may have battled fiercely, but it' s only because we love thiscountry deeply and we care so stro ngly about its future. From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family

7、 has chosen to give back to America through public service. And that is a legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. (Cheers, applause.) In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitt ing dow n with Gover nor Romney to talk about where we can work together to movethis country forward.(Cheers, applau

8、se.)I want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, America' s happy warrior, thebest vice preside nt an ybody could ever hope for, Joe Bide n. (Cheers, applause.)And I wouldn ' t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago.(Cheers, applause.) Le

9、t me say this publicly. Michelle, I have never loved you more. (Cheers, applause.) I have n ever bee n prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation ' s first lady. (Cheers, applause.)Sasha and Malia (cheers, applause) before our very eyes, you ' re growing up

10、to become two strong, smart, beautiful young women, just like your mom.(Cheers, applause.) And I am so proud of you guys. But I will say that for now, one dog' s probably eno ugh. (Laughter.)To the best campaig n team and volun teers in the history of politics (cheers, applause) the best the bes

11、t ever (cheers, applause) some of you were new this time around, and some of you have bee n at my side since the very beg innin g.(Cheers, applause.) But all of you are family. No matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of thehistory we made together. (Cheers, applaus

12、e.) And you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president. Thank you for believing all the way (cheers, applause) to every hill, toevery valley. (Cheers, applause.) You lifted me up the whole day, and I will always be grateful for everything that you' ve done and all the incredible

13、 work that you' ve put in. (Cheers, applause.)I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly. And that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests. But if you ever get the chanc

14、e to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along a rope line in a high school gym or or saw folks working late at a campaign office in s ome tiny county far away from home, you' ll discover something else.You' llhear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer

15、 who' sworking his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity. (Cheers, applause.) You' ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who' s going door to door because her brother was finallyhired when the local auto plant added another shift. (Cheer

16、s, applause.)You 'helal r the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse whoing the p'hosnwesorlkate at night to make surethat no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home. (Cheers, applause.)That 'wshy we do this. Th

17、at 'wshat politics can be. That 'wshy elections matter. It 'nsot small, it' s big. It' s important. Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy andcomplicated. We have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when w

18、e make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy. That won' t change after tonight. And it shouldn' t. These arguments we have aremark of our liberty, and we can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives right now j

19、ust for a chance to argue about the issues that matter (cheers, applause) the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America' s future.We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools a

20、nd the best teachers (cheers, applause) a country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation (scattered cheers, applause) with all of the good jobs and new businesses that follow.We want our children to live in an America that isn ' t burdened by

21、debt, that isn 'wteakened up by inequality, that isn 'thtreatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. (Cheers, applause.)We want to pass on a country that 'sasfe and respected and admired around the world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the bes

22、t troops this this world has ever known (cheers, applause) but also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace that is built on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human being.We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant Amer

23、ica open to the dreams of an immigrant' s daughter who studies in our sacnhdopollesdges to our flag (cheers, applause) to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner (cheers, applause) to the furniture worker 'cshild in North Carolina who wants

24、 to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president.That th'e s (cheers, applause) that 'thse future we hope for.(Cheers, applause.) That 'tshe vision we share. That w'hesre we need to go forward. (Cheers, applause.) That ' s where w

25、e need to go. (Cheers, applause.)Now, we will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there. As it has for more than two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts. It 'nsot always a straight line. It 'nsot always a smooth path. By itself, t he recognition that we have common ho

26、pes and dreams won' t end all thegridlock, resolve all our problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward.But that common bond is where we must begin. Our economy is recovering. A decade of war is end

27、ing. (Cheers, applause.) A long campaign is now over. (Cheers, applause.) And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And youme a' ve madebetter president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more i

28、nspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead. (Cheers, applause.)Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual. (Cheers, applause.) You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and work

29、ing with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together reducing our deficit, reforming out tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil. We' ve got more work to do. (Cheers, applause.)But that doesn ' t mean your work is done. The ro

30、le of citizens in our democracy does not end with you r vote. America ' s never been about what can be done for us; it ' s about what can be don by us together, through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self- government. (Cheers, applause.) That' s the principle we were foun

31、ded on.This country h as more wealth than any nation, but that' s not what makes us rich. We have themost powerful military in history, but that' s not what makes us strong. Our university, our cultureare all the envy of the world, but that 'nost what keeps the world coming to our shores

32、. What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared (cheers, applause) that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, so that the freedom which so many Ame

33、ricans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That 'wshat makes America great. (Cheers, applause.)I am hopeful tonight because I have seen this spirit at work in America. I ' vseeen it in the fa

34、mily business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a frie nd lose a job. I ' ve seen it in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb and in those SEALs who charged up the stairs into darkne

35、ss and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back. (Cheers, applause.) I' ve seen ist hoonrethseof New Jersey and New York, where leaders fromevery party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a

36、terrible storm. (Cheers, applause.)And I saw it just the other day in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter whose long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance compa

37、ny was about to stop paying for her care. (Cheers, applause.) I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his. And when he spoke to the crowd, listening to that father ' every parent in that room had tears in their eyes because we knew that little gir

38、l could be our own.And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright. That' s who we are. Tthe country I' m so proud to lead as your president. (Cheers, applause.)And tonight, despite all the hardship we' vebeen through, despite all the frustrations ofWashington, I 

39、9;ve never been more hopeful about our future. (Cheers, applause.) I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope.AUDIENCE MEMBER: We got your back, Mr. President!PRESIDENT OBAMA: I 'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enor

40、mity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking abwishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight. I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that

41、something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. (Cheers, applause.)America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobsand new opportunities and new security for the middle class. I believe we

42、 can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or wyou come from or what you look like or where you love (ph). It doesn't matter whether youblack or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich o

43、r poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. (Cheers, applause.) You can make it here in America if you're witry.(Cheers, applause.)I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We're not as cynical as the pundi ts believe. We are greater th

44、an the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and forever will be, the United States of America. (Cheers, applause.)And together, with your help and God's grace, we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just wh

45、y it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. (Cheers, applause.) Thank you, America. (Cheers, applause.) God bless you. God bless these United States. (Cheers, applause.) 谢谢，谢谢，非常感谢。两百多年前，人民在这块曾经的殖民地上赢得了自己的命运； 今夜，我们向实现完美联邦的 目标又迈近了一步。这一步，是因为你们；这一步， 是因为你们证明了克服战争和萧条的那种精神仍在，那份把 我们国家从绝望的深渊带向希望之巅

46、的精神。我们每个人都可以追逐自己的梦想。 美国同 胞血浓于水，作为一个国家和民族，我们共起落、同荣辱。今晚，在这次选举中，你们，美国人民们，提醒了我们：尽管路程艰辛，历程漫长，我们仍 能振作精神，奋起反击。我们心中坚信，美利坚的每天更加美好。我想感谢每一位亲身参与大选的美国人。 无论这是你的第一次投票， 又或是在队伍中等待了 很久。顺便说一句，排队这个问题真是亟待解决。无论你是步行前往，还是拿起电话；无论 你举的牌子上，写的是奥巴马还是罗姆尼你的声音都会被听到，你也一样带来了改变。我刚刚和罗姆尼州长通了话，向他和保罗瑞安，就这场艰难的战役，表示了我的祝贺。双方的选战之所以惨烈， 正是因为我们都

47、如此深爱这个国家， 如此关心它的未来。从乔治到兰 诺夫妇，再到他们的儿子米特， 罗姆尼一家选择通过献身公务来报效国家。 今晚，我们向这 一份宝贵的政治遗产致以我们的敬意和掌声。在未来的几个星期，我还希望能和罗姆尼州长坐下来， 讨论在哪些方面，我们可以共同努力， 推动这个国家向前。我想谢谢我的朋友，我过去四年的搭档，美国的快乐战士一乔 拜登。能有他做副总统。夫复何求。另外，假如没有那位 20 年前同意嫁给我的女人，我今天也不可能站在这里。让我告诉所有 人吧：米歇尔，我对你的爱，是如此深切。 我目睹着我之外的美国人都爱上了你，作为第一夫人的你，我对你的骄傲，也是如此深切。 萨莎和玛利亚 （奥巴马的

48、两个女儿 ），就在我们的注视下，你们已经成长为两位坚强、智慧、美丽的年轻女士，就像你们的妈妈一样。已经够了。至政治史上最好的竞选团队和志愿者们： 入，有些人从一开始就与我们共同进退，我真得为你们骄傲。 不过我还是要说，一条狗应该你们是最好的， 最最好的。 你们中有些人是新鲜加 但你们都是我的家人。无论你在做什么， 以后要做什么，你们都能带上这段我们共同创造的历史，以及这位感恩的总统对你们一生的感激。谢谢你们的一路坚信，陪我翻过每座丘岭，穿越每座山谷。一路走来，多亏你们的辅佑。我会永远为你们所付出的一切和所有卓越之至的工作而心怀感激。7 / 7我知道有时候政治竞选看起来渺小， 甚至愚蠢， 诉我们

49、， 政治不过是为特殊利益集团服务的猴戏。 人，或是在高中体育馆围线外排队的人们交谈过； 里工作到很晚的人们，你一定会有新的认识。 你会在一位半工半读的年轻活动现场组织者声音中，这为愤世嫉俗者们提供了很多素材。 他们告 但如果你曾经同参加过我们的集会的普通 或是看到在远离家乡的小郡县竞选办公室听到无比的坚定。 他想让每个孩子都能有均等的机会； 你会在一名志愿者声音中， 听到他的自豪。 她挨家挨户的告诉每一个人， 她的哥哥终于有了 工作，因为当地的汽车公司增加了一个轮班； 你会在一位军嫂声音中听到她的爱国主义情怀。 她深夜也不放下电话是为了要让每一位保家 卫国的战士，都不用在回家后，却为一份工作、

50、一片屋檐，苦苦求而不得。这就是我们做这些的原因。政治也可以说这样的。 这就是为什么， 选举是重要的。 它并不渺 小，它是件大事，很重要的大事。在有三亿人口的国家中，民主会显得喧哗、混乱、复杂。我们有自己的观点，每个人都有自 己坚定的信仰。 当面对困难的时期， 当我们的国家需要作出重大的决定时， 它必然会激发热 情，也掀起争议。这些在今晚之后都不会改变，也不应该被改变。这些争论是我们自由的印记。我们永远不能忘记， 就在此时此刻， 在一些遥远的国家， 人民正在冒着生命的危险，只为了 能有讨论那些重要话题的机会，为了能有像我们今天这样投出自己一票的机会。尽管我们有不同， 我们中的大多数， 对美国的未

51、来怀有一样的希望。 我们希望自己的孩子成 长在这样一个国家：他们能去到最好的学校，有最好的老师；它不会辜负前人留下的遗产， 继续成为全球科技、探索、创新的领导者，有好的工作、新的产业随之而来；我们希望自己 孩子成长的美国， 不会被债务负累， 不会因不平等而有所削弱， 也不会被地球变暖而带来的 危害所威胁。我们想要传承的，是一个安全并受全球尊敬与爱戴的国家。 我们想要传承的，是一个由世界最强军事力量保卫，拥有最好的军队的国家。同时，也是一 个自信前行的国家 走出战争的阴霾，塑造和平景象，保障每个人的自由与尊严。 我们相信美国是一个慷慨大度的国家，一个悲天悯人的国家，更是一个海纳百川的国家。 我们要接纳在我国学校学习并对我们的国旗宣誓， 满怀梦想的移民； 要接纳身处芝加哥南部 市井之中却能志存高远的男孩； 还要接纳北卡州家具工人的孩子， 他们梦想着成为医生、 科 学家、工程师、企业家、外交官，甚至是总统。那正是我们所期望的未来， 是我们共有的愿景， 是我们需要 "前进"的方向， 那是我们的目标。 对于如何实现这一目标， 我们可能会意见相左， 有时分歧甚大， 两个多世纪以来， 一直如此。 我们总会断断续续地取得进步，前行的路线总有曲折，不会一直是平坦通途。 认识到我们拥有共同的希望与梦想， 单靠这一点无法