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1、奥巴马竞选演讲原文篇一：奥巴马竞选胜利演讲稿 奥巴马竞选演讲稿 Hello, Chicago! 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. 假如

2、有人怀疑美国是个一切皆有可能的地方，怀疑美国奠基者的幻想在我们这个时代依旧燃烧，怀疑我们民主的力气，那么今晚这些疑问都有了答案。 Its 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 very first time in their lives, because they believed that thi

3、s time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. 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。很多人一生中第一次投票，因为他们认为这一次大选结果必需不同以往，而他们手中的一票可能确定输赢。 Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, st

4、raight, disabled and not disabled Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of red states and blue states; we are, and always will be, the United States of America. 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，全部的人，他们向全世界喊出了同一个声音：我们并不隶属 “红州”与

5、“蓝州”的对立阵营，我们属于美利坚合众国，现在如此，恒久如此！ Its the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of 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. 许久以来，许多人说：我们对自己的能量应当冷漠，应当恐惊，应当怀疑。但是，

6、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妙的将来。 Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. 漫漫征程，今宵最终来临。特别的一天，特别的一次大选，特别的确定性时刻，美国迎来了变革。 I just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and

7、hard in this campaign, and hes fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Gov. Palin for all they have

8、achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nations promise in the months ahead. 刚才，麦凯恩参议员很有风度地给我打了个电话。在这次竞选中，他的努力长久而艰难。为了这个他挚爱的国家，他的努力更长久、更艰难。他为美国的奉献超出绝大多数人的想象。他是一位英勇无私的领袖，有了他的奉献，我们的生活才更美妙。我对他和佩林州长的成果表示庆贺。同时，我也期盼着与他们共同努力，再续美国辉煌。 I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man

9、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 vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. 我要感谢我的竞选搭档当选副总统乔?拜登。为了与他一起在斯克兰顿市街头长大、一起坐火车返回特拉华州的人们，拜登一心一意地竟选，他代表了这些一般人的声音。 I would not be

10、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 nations next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the White Hou

11、se. And while shes no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure. 我要感谢下一位第一夫人米歇尔?奥巴马。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最爱。没有她在过去16年来的坚决支持，今晚我就不行能站在这里。我要感谢两个女儿萨沙和玛丽娅，我太爱你们两个了，你们将得到一条新的小狗，它将与我们一起入住白

12、宫。我还要感谢已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上凝视着我。她与我的家人一起造就了今日的我。今夜我思念他们，他们对我的恩情比山高、比海深。 To my campaign manager, David Plouffe; my chief strategist, David Axelrod; and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what youve sacrificed to get it don

13、e. 我要感谢我的竞选经理大卫?普鲁夫，感谢首席策划师大卫?阿克塞罗德以及整个竞选团队，他们是政治史上最优秀的竞选团队。你们成就了今夜，我恒久感谢你们为今夜所付出的一切。 But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to it belongs to you. 但最重要的是，我将恒久不会遗忘这场成功真正属于谁-是你们！ I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didnt start with much money or many endo

14、rsements. 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. 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。 It was built by working men and wom

15、en who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who b

16、raved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; 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 earth. This is you

17、r victory. 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。年轻人证明白他们绝非所谓“冷漠的一代”。他们远离家乡和亲人，拿着微薄的酬劳，起早摸黑地助选。上了年纪的人也顶着寒冷酷暑，敲开生疏人的家门助选。多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。他们的行动证明白在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消逝。这是你们的成功。 I know you didnt do this just to win an election, and I know you didnt do it for me. You did it becaus

18、e you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For 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 century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave A

19、mericans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how theyll make the mortgage, or pay their doctors bills, or save enough for college. There is new energ

20、y to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair. 你们这样做，并不只是为了赢得一场大选，更不是为了我个人。你们这样做，是因为你们清晰将来的任务有多么艰难。今晚我们在庆祝，明天我们就将面对一生之中最为严峻的挑战两场斗争、一个充溢危急的星球，还有百年一遇的金融危机。今晚我们在这里庆祝，但我们知道在伊拉克的沙漠里，在阿富汗的群山中，许很多多英勇的美国人醒来后就将为了我们而面临生命危急。许很多多的父母会在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠，他们正在为月供

21、、医药费，孩子今后的高校费用而发愁。我们须要开发新能源，创建就业机会，建立新学校，迎接挑战和威逼，并修复与盟国的关系。 The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there. 前方道

22、路还很漫长，任务艰难。一年之内，甚至一届总统任期之内，我们可能都无法完成这些任务。但我从未像今晚这样对美国满怀希望，我信任我们会实现这个目标。我向你们承诺我们美利坚民族将实现这一目标！ There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government cant solve every problem. But I will always be honest wit

23、h you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for 221 years block by block, brick by brick, callused hand by callused hand. 我们会遇到挫折，会出师不利，会有很多人不认同我的某

24、一项确定或政策。政府并不能解决全部问题，但我会向你们坦陈我们所面临的挑战。我会倾听你们的看法，尤其是在我们看法相左之时。最重要的是，我会让你们一起重建这个国家。用自己的双手，从一砖一瓦做起。这是美国立国221年以来的前进方式，也是惟一的方式。 What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek it is only the chance for us to make that change.

25、 And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you. 21个月前那个隆冬所起先的一切，绝不应在这一个秋夜结束。我们所寻求的变革并不只是赢得大选，这只是给变革供应了一个机会。假如我们照老路子办事，就没有变革；没有你们，就没有变革。 So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and wor

26、k harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, its that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation as one people. 让我们重新发扬爱国精神，树立崭新的服务意识、责任感，每个人下定决心，一起努力

27、工作，彼此关爱；让我们牢记这场金融危机带来的教训：不能允许商业街挣扎的同时却让华尔街旺盛。在这个国家，我们作为同一个民族，同生死共存亡。 Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Repub

28、lican Party to the White House a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty and national unity. Those 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 hel

29、d back our progress. 党派之争、琐碎无趣，长期以来这些东西荼毒了我们的政坛。让我们牢记，当来自伊利诺伊州的一位先生首次将共和党大旗扛进白宫时，伴随着他的是自强独立、个人自由、国家统一的共和党建党理念。这也是我们全部人都珍视的理念。虽然民主党今晚大胜，但我们看法谦卑，并决心弥合阻碍我们进步的分歧。 As 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

30、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, too. 当年,林肯面对的是一个远比目前更为分裂的国家。他说：“我们不是敌人，而是挚友虽然激情可能不再，但是我们的感情纽带不会割断。”对于那些现在并不支持我的美国人，我想说，虽然我没有赢得你们的选票，但我听到了你们的声音，我须要你们

31、的帮助，我也将是你们的总统。 And 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 hand. To those who would

32、 tear this world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright: Tonight, we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wea

33、lth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope. 对于关注今夜结果的国际人士，不管他们是在国会、皇宫关注，还是在荒僻地带收听电台，我们的看法是：我们美国人的经验各有不同，但我们的命运相关，新的美国领袖诞生了。对于想毁灭这个世界的人们，我们必将击败你们。对于追求和平和平安的人们，我们将支持你们。对于怀疑美国这盏灯塔是否依旧光明的人们，今日晚上我们已再次证明：美国的真正力气来源并非军事威力或财宝规模，而是我们志向的恒久力气：民主、自由、机会和不屈的

34、希望。 For that is the true genius of America that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. 美国能够变革，这才是美国真正的精髓。我们的联邦会不断完善。我们已经取得的成就，将为我们将来能够并且必需取得的成就增加希望。 This election had many firsts and many stories that

35、 will be told for generations. But one thats on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Shes 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 old. 这次大选创建了多项“第一”，诞生了许多将流芳后世的故事，但

36、今晚令我最犯难忘的却是一位在亚特兰大投票的妇女：安妮?库波尔。她和多数排队等候投票的选民没有什么差别，唯一的不同是她高龄106岁。 She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasons because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. 在她诞生的那个时代，黑

37、奴制刚刚废除。那时路上没有汽车，天上没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个缘由不能投票一第一因为她是女性，其次个缘由是她的肤色。 篇二：2022年美国总统奥巴马就职演说中英文比照文稿(全) Read the inaugural speech and compare it with JFKs Speech to find any commonalities and differences in lexis, syntax, rhetoric, emotions and style. You may need to take different historical era of their pres

38、idency into consideration. Write a 300-word report and submit next week. 2022年美国总统奥巴马就职演说中英文比照文稿（全） 北京时间1月22日凌晨，贝拉克侯赛因奥巴马宣誓就职第四十四任美利坚合众国总统并发表就职演说。奥巴马在演讲中追溯美国民主传统和宪法精神，强调了民众的力气。演讲中涉及了包括就业、医保、移民和同性恋等多项议题，以下为奥巴马就职演说全文： MR. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much. Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Me

39、mbers of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: 感谢，特别感谢大家。拜登副总统、首席大法官先生、国会议员们、敬重的各位嘉宾、敬爱的公民们。 Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds

40、 this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional what makes us American is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: 当我们每次聚集在一起为总统实行就职典礼时，我们都是在见证美国宪法的不朽力气。我们是在又一次立下美国民

41、主的承诺。 我们再次提示说，把这个国家凝合在一起的不是我们的肤色，不是信仰的教条，也不是我们的姓氏源于何处。使我们别出心裁使我们成为美国人的，是我们对一个在两个多世纪以前发表的宣言中所表述的理念： “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of

42、Happiness.” “我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而同等，他们都从他们的造物主那里被给予了某些不行剥夺的权利，包括生命权、自由权和追求华蜜的权利。” Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that

43、while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation

44、 to keep safe our founding creed. 今日，我们仍在接着这个永恒的旅程，让那些字句体现在我们这个时代的现实中。因为历史告知我们，虽然这些真理是不言而喻的，但它们却不会自动实现；虽然自由是上帝给我们的礼物，但自由只能靠他在世间的子民的奋斗才能获得。1776年爱国先驱们所进行的斗争并不是以少数人的特权或乌合之众的统治来 替代专制君主。他们为我们缔造的是一个共和国，一个民有、民治、民享的政府，并将捍卫这个建国理念的任务交给一代又一代的后人。 For more than two hundred years, we have. 两百多年的历史证明，我们做到了。 Throug

45、h blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together. 从皮鞭下和刺刀尖流出的鲜血中，我们发觉，建立在自由和同等原则之上的合众国不能一半是蓄奴的，一半是自由的。我们浴火重生，我们发誓共同努力向前。 Togeth

46、er, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers. 我们共同确定，现代经济须要铁路和马路，以加快旅行和商业，也须要中小学和高校来培训我们的工人。 Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair

47、play. 我们一起发觉，只有确保竞争和公允的法规健全，自由市场才能蒸蒸而上。 Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from lifes worst hazards and misfortune. 我们一同确定，一个宏大国家必需关照弱者，并爱护我们的人民免受生活中最严峻的危急和不幸。 Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority,

48、nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all societys ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character. 在做这一切的时候，我们从来没有放弃对政府集中权力的怀疑，我们也没有屈就于那种信任只靠政府就可以解决全部社会弊病的幻想。我们始终保持着

49、自己的秉性，推崇创建力和企业家精神，坚持辛勤工作和个人责任。 But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of tod