第2个回答 2011-08-12
附上中文就太长了
奥巴马的就职演讲配注释，中文网上应该能搜到哦，给初二学生读还不错
Hello Chicago!
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.
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 very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, 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.
It's 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.
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But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to: It belongs to you.
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I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity （being huge）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（danger）, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans 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 they'll make the mortgage（抵押）, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness （create）and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances（联盟） to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep（陡峭的）. We may not get there in one year or even one term（任期）, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people（民族） will get there.
There will be setbacks（挫折） and false starts（不成功的开端）. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy （政策）I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with 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（重塑） this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused（变硬的） hand by calloused hand.
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek（寻求）. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
So let us summon（鼓起） a new spirit of patriotism（爱国主义）; of service and responsibility （责任）where each of us resolves（决心） to pitch（投入） in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving（兴旺的） Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation（抵制诱惑） to fall back on（退回） the same partisanship（党派偏见） and pettiness（小气） and immaturity（不成熟） that has poisoned（毒化） our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner（旗帜） of the Republican Party to the White House -- a party founded（建立） on the values of（建立在。。。价值观上） self-reliance（自立）, individual liberty（个人自由）, and national unity（国家团结）. 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（适度的谦卑） and determination（决心） to heal the divides（弥和分歧） that have held back（阻碍） our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion（热情） may have strained（干涸） it must not break our bonds of affection（爱的纽带）." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn（还未赢得） -- I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled（拥挤） around radios in the forgotten corners of our world -- our stories are singular（单数）, but our destiny（命运） is shared, and a new dawn（黎明） of American leadership is at hand（到来）. To those who would tear（撕） this world down -- we will defeat you. To those who seek（寻求） peace and security（安全） -- we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon（灯塔） still burns as bright -- tonight we proved（证明） once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might（力量） of our arms（武器） or the scale（等级） of our wealth, but from the enduring（不朽的） power of our ideals（理想）: democracy（民主）, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding（不屈的） hope.
For that is the true genius（天才） 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.
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She was born just a generation past slavery（奴隶制）; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle（挣扎） and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with（决心继续） that American creed（信条）: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed（消失）, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair（绝望） in the dust bowl and depression（沮丧） across the land, she saw a nation conquer（征服） fear itself with a New Deal（罗斯福新政）, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor （港口）and tyranny（暴政） threatened（威胁） the world, she was there to witness（见证） a generation rise（崛起） to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses（水龙带？） in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher（传教士） from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome（克服）." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time -- to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity（恢复繁荣） and promote（促进） the cause（事业） of peace; to reclaim（开垦） the American Dream and reaffirm（重申） that fundamental truth（基本的真理） -- that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism（遭遇玩世不恭）, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed（信条） that sums up（ 鼓起）the spirit of a people:本回答被网友采纳