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美国奥巴马的英语演讲稿Ladies and gentlemen,。

It is a great honor for me to stand before you today and address the people of the United States and the world. As the President of the United States, I have the privilege and responsibility to lead this great nation, and to represent our values and ideals on the global stage.I believe in the power of words to inspire, to unite, and to bring about positive change. Throughout history, great leaders have used their words to shape the course of events, to rally people to a cause, and to create a vision for a better future. Today, I stand before you to share my vision for America and the world, and to call on all of us to work together to make that vision a reality.In my time as President, I have witnessed the resilience and strength of the American people. I have seen communities come together in the face of adversity, and I have seen individuals rise above their circumstances to achieve greatness. This is the spirit of America – the belief that anything is possible, and that we all have a part to play in shaping our destiny.As we look to the future, we must confront the challenges that lie ahead. We face the threat of climate change, the spread of terrorism, and the persistence of inequality and injustice. These are not easy problems to solve, but I believe that if we work together, we can overcome them.We must also remember the values that have always defined us as a nation. The belief in freedom, equality, and opportunity for all. The understanding that our diversity is our strength, and that we must strive to create a society where everyone has the chance to succeed.In my time as President, I have had the opportunity to travel the world and meet with leaders and citizens from every corner of the globe. I have seen the power of diplomacyand dialogue to bring about change, and I have seen the importance of standing up for our values, even in the face of opposition.I believe that America has a unique role to play in the world – a role of leadership, of partnership, and of service. We must work with other nations to address the challenges that affect us all, and we must lead by example in upholding the principles that we hold dear.I am confident that if we stay true to our values, if we work together with purpose and determination, and if we never lose sight of the potential for progress and change, we can build a better future for our children and grandchildren, and for generations to come.Thank you, and may God bless America.。

奥巴马演讲稿(中英对照)

我的竞选经理大卫?普劳夫(David Plouffe)、首席策略师大卫?艾克斯罗德(David Axelrod)以及政治史上最好的竞选团队－－是你们成就了今天，我永远感激你们为实现今天的成就所做出的牺牲。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.
我刚刚接到了麦凯恩参议员极具风度的致电。他在这场大选中经过了长时间的努力奋斗，而他为自己所深爱的这个国家奋斗的Байду номын сангаас间更长、过程更艰辛。他为美国做出了我们大多数人难以想像的牺牲，我们的生活也因这位勇敢无私的领袖所做出的贡献而变得更美好。我向他和佩林州长所取得的成绩表示祝贺，我也期待着与他们一起在未来的岁月中为复兴这个国家的希望而共同努力。
如果还有人对在美国是否凡事皆有可能这一点存疑，还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们所处的时代是否依然鲜活，还有人质疑我们的民主制度的力量，那么今晚，这些问题都有了答案。这是设在学校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未见的长队给出的答案；是等了三四个小时的选民所给出的答案，其中许多人都是有生以来第一次投票，因为他们认定这一次肯定会不一样，认为自己的声音会是这次大选有别于以往之所在。
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.

克林顿提名奥巴马演讲全文(英文)

克林顿提名奥巴马演讲全文We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before the election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression. A man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs were created and saved, there were still millions more waiting, trying to feed their children and keep their hopes alive.I want to nominate a man cool on the outside but burning for America on the inside. A man who believes we can build a new American Dream economy driven by innovation and creativity, education and cooperation. A man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.I want Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States and I proudly nominate him as the standard bearer of the Democratic Party.In Tampa, we heard a lot of talk about how the President and the Democrats don't believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everyone to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy.The Republican narrative is that all of us who amount to anything are completely self-made. One of our greatest Democratic Chairmen, Bob Strauss, used to say that every politician wants you to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself, but it ain't so.We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."Who's right? Well since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million!It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics,because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats. After all, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to my home state to integrate Little Rock Central High and built the interstate highway system. And as governor, I worked with President Reagan on welfare reform and with President George H.W. Bush on national education goals.I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.Through my foundation, in America and around the world, I work with Democrats, Republicans and Independents who are focused on solving problems and seizing opportunities, not fighting each other.When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. All of us are destined to live our lives between those two extremes. Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Party doesn't see it that way. They think government is the enemy, and compromise is weakness.One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008, and trusted him to oversee the successful end of the war in Iraq and the implementation of the recovery act. And Joe Biden did a great job with both. He appointed Cabinet members who supported Hillary in the primaries. Heck, he even appointed Hillary! I'm so proud of her and grateful to our entire national security team for all they've done to make us safer and stronger and to build a world with more partners and fewer enemies. I'm also grateful to the young men and women who serve our country in the military and to Michelle Obama and Jill Biden for supporting military families when their loved ones are overseas and for helping our veterans, when they come home bearing thewounds of war, or needing help with education, housing, and jobs.President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.He also tried to work with Congressional Republicans on Health Care, debt reduction, and jobs, but that didn't work out so well. Probably because, as the Senate Republican leader, in a remarkable moment of candor, said two years before the election, their number one priority was not to put America back to work, but to put President Obama out of work. Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we're going to keep President Obama on the job!In Tampa, the Republican argument against the President's re-election was pretty simple: we left him a total mess, he hasn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.In order to look like an acceptable alternative to President Obama, they couldn't say much about the ideas they have offered over the last two years. You see they want to go back to the same old policies that got us into trouble in the first place: to cut taxes for high income Americans even more than PresidentBush did; to get rid of those pesky financial regulations designed to prevent another crash and prohibit future bailouts; to increase defense spending two trillion dollars more than the Pentagon has requested without saying what they'll spend the money on; to make enormous cuts in the rest of the budget, especially programs that help the middle class and poor kids. As another President once said – there they go again.I like the argument for President Obama's re-election a lot better. He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard road to recovery, and laid the foundation for a modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new businesses, and lots of new wealth for the innovators. Are we where we want to be? No. Is the President satisfied? No. Are we better off than we were when he took office, with an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month. The answer is YES.I understand the challenge we face. I know many Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices are picking up a bit, too many people don't feel it.I experienced the same thing in 1994 and early 1995. Our policies were working and the economy was growing but most people didn't feel it yet. By 1996, the economy was roaring, halfway through the longest peacetime expansion in American history.President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President – not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. But conditions are improving and if you'll renew the President's contract you will feel it.I believe that with all my heart.President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities.So back to the story. In 2010, as the President's recovery program kicked in, the job losses stopped and things began to turn around.The Recovery Act saved and created millions of jobs and cut taxes for 95% of the American people. In the last 29 months the economy has produced about 4.5 million private sector jobs. Butlast year, the Republicans blocked the President's jobs plan costing the economy more than a million new jobs. So here's another jobs score: President Obama plus 4.5 million, Congressional Republicans zero.Over that same period, more than more than 500,000 manufacturing jobs have been created under President Obama –the first time manufacturing jobs have increased since the 1990s.The auto industry restructuring worked. It saved more than a million jobs, not just at GM, Chrysler and their dealerships, but in auto parts manufacturing all over the country. That's why even auto-makers that weren't part of the deal supported it. They needed to save the suppliers too. Like I said, we're all in this together.Now there are 250,000 more people working in the auto industry than the day the companies were restructured. Governor Romney opposed the plan to save GM and Chrysler. So here's another jobs score: Obama two hundred and fifty thousand, Romney, zero.The agreement the administration made with management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage over thenext few years is another good deal: it will cut your gas bill in half, make us more energy independent, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and add another 500,000 good jobs.President Obama's "all of the above" energy plan is helping too – the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency has driven oil imports to a near 20 year low and natural gas production to an all time high. Renewable energy production has also doubled.We do need more new jobs, lots of them, but there are already more than three million jobs open and unfilled in America today, mostly because the applicants don't have the required skills. We have to prepare more Americans for the new jobs that are being created in a world fueled by new technology. That's why investments in our people are more important than ever. The President has supported community colleges and employers in working together to train people for open jobs in their communities. And, after a decade in which exploding college costs have increased the drop-out rate so much that we've fallen to 16th in the world in the percentage of our young adults with college degrees, his student loan reform lowers the cost of federal student loans and even more important, gives students the right to repay the loans as a fixed percentage oftheir incomes for up to 20 years. That means no one will have to drop-out of college for fear they can't repay their debt, and no one will have to turn down a job, as a teacher, a police officer or a small town doctor because it doesn't pay enough to make the debt payments. This will change the future for young Americans.I know we're better off because President Obama made these decisions.That brings me to health care.The Republicans call it Obamacare and say it's a government takeover of health care that they'll repeal. Are they right? Let's look at what's happened so far. Individuals and businesses have secured more than a billion dollars in refunds from their insurance premiums because the new law requires 80% to 85% of your premiums to be spent on health care, not profits or promotion. Other insurance companies have lowered their rates to meet the requirement. More than 3 million young people between 19 and 25 are insured for the first time because their parents can now carry them on family policies. Millions of seniors are receiving preventive care including breast cancer screenings and tests for heart problems. Soon the insurance companies, not the government, will have millions of new customers many ofthem middle class people with pre-existing conditions. And for the last two years, health care spending has grown under 4%, for the first time in 50 years.So are we all better off because President Obama fought for it and passed it? You bet we are.There were two other attacks on the President in Tampa that deserve an answer. Both Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan attacked the President for allege dly robbing Medicare of 716 billion dollars. Here's what really happened. There were no cuts to benefits. None. What the President did was save money by cutting unwarranted subsidies to providers and insurance companies that weren't making people any healthier. He used the saving to close the donut hole in the Medicare drug program, and to add eight years to the life of the Medicare Trust Fund. It's now solvent until 2024. So President Obama and the Democrats didn't weaken Medicare, they strengthened it.When Congressman Ryan looked into the TV camera and attacked President Obama's "biggest coldest power play" in raiding Medicare, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. You see, that 716 billion dollars is exactly the same amount of Medicare savings Congressman Ryan had in his own budget.At least on this one, Governor Romney's been consistent. He wants to repeal the savings and give the money back to the insurance companies, re-open the donut hole and force seniors to pay more for drugs, and reduce the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by eight years. So now if he's elected and does what he promised Medicare will go broke by 2016. If that happens, you won't have to wait until their voucher program to begins in 2023 to see the end Medicare as we know it.But it gets worse. They also want to block grant Medicaid and cut it by a third over the coming decade. Of course, that will hurt poor kids, but that's not all. Almost two-thirds of Medicaid is spent on nursing home care for seniors and on people with disabilities, including kids from middle class families, with special needs like, Downs syndrome or Autism. I don't know how those families are going to deal with it. We can't let it happen.Now let's look at the Republican charge that President Obama wants to weaken the work requirements in the welfare reform bill I signed that moved millions of people from welfare to work.Here's what happened. When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, theObama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true. But they keep running ads on it. As their campaign pollster said "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers." Now that is true. I couldn't have said it better myself – I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad.Let's talk about the debt. We have to deal with it or it will deal with us. President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.I think the President's plan is better than the Romney plan, because the Romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility: The numbers don't add up.It's supposed to be a debt reduction plan but it begins with five trillion dollars in tax cuts over a ten-year period. That makes the debt hole bigger before they even start to dig out. They saythey'll make it up by eliminating loopholes in the tax code. When you ask "which loopholes and how much?," they say "See me after the election on that." People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic. If they stay with a 5 trillion dollar tax cut in a debt reduction plan – the – arithmetic tells us that one of three things will happen: 1) they'll have to eliminate so many deductions like the ones for home mortgages and charitable giving that middle class families will see their tax bill go up two thousand dollars year while people making over 3 million dollars a year get will still get a 250,000 dollar tax cut; or 2) they'll have to cut so much spending that they'll obliterate the budget for our national parks, for ensuring clean air, clean water, safe food, safe air travel; or they'll cut way back on Pell Grants, college loans, early childhood education and other programs that help middle class families and poor children, not to mention cutting investments in roads, bridges, science, technology and medical research; or 3) they'll do what they've been doing for thirty plus years now – cut taxes more than they cut spending, explode the debt, and weaken the economy. Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I tookoffice and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.President Obama's plan cuts the debt, honors our values, and brightens the future for our children, our families and our nation.My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities – a "we're all in it together" society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. If you want every American to vote and you think its wrong to change voting procedures just to reduce the turnout of younger, poorer, minority and disabled voters, you should support Barack Obama. If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama. If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote forBarack Obama. I love our country – and I know we're coming back. For more than 200 years, through every crisis, we've always come out stronger than we went in. And we will again as long as we do it together. We champion the cause for which our founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor –to form a more perfect union.If that's what you believe, if that's what you want, we have to re-elect President Barack Obama.God Bless You – God Bless America.。

奥巴马就职演说中英文

奥巴马就职演说中英文Barack Obama Inaugural Speech尊敬的各位嘉宾，市民们，亲爱的美国同胞们：Ladies and gentlemen, fellow citizens, beloved Americans,我此刻站在这里，肩负着美国总统的使命和荣誉，令我感到格外激动。

今天，我们正见证历史的时刻，这是美国梦成真的一刻。

我们共同作证，美国的力量源自我们每一个人，而非单纯依赖一个人。

As I stand here today, entrusted with the duty and honor of the Presidency, I am filled with an overwhelming sense of excitement. Today, we bear witness to a moment in history; a moment when the American dream becomes a reality. Together, we affirm that the strength of America lies not in one person, but in every individual among us.我向上一届的总统乔治·W·布什表示感谢，我们虽然意见不同，但我们是同一个国家的一员。

我们正面临着重大的挑战，不断变化着的世界需要我们共同努力迈向更好的未来。

我们将遵循我们的价值观，尊重我们的传统，并秉持我们的信仰，这些将引领我们向前。

I would like to express my gratitude to the previous President, George W. Bush. Though we may have had differences in opinions, we are all members of the same nation. We face significant challenges, as the world constantly evolves and demands our collective effort towards a better future. Guided by our values, grounded in our traditions, and sustained by our beliefs, we will move forward.在我们的国家历史上，我们曾经相信我们的国家可以战胜一切困难，对未来充满无限希望。

ObamaSpeech（中英文版）

ObamaSpeech（中英文版）Barack Obama Presidential Victory Speech（1）巴拉克?奥巴马(Barack Obama)总统的胜利演讲(1)Hello，Chicago！你好,芝加哥!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.如果有任何人在那里仍然怀疑美国是一个一切皆有可能的地方,谁还想知道我们奠基者的梦想在我们这个时代的鲜活,仍在质疑我们民主的力量,今晚就是你的答案。

It’s the answer told by lines that stretch ed 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.它的答案告诉在学校和教堂周围,排着长长的数字这个国家从来没有见过,又等了三个小时,四个小时的人们,许多第一次在他们的生活,因为他们认为,这次一定是不同的,他们的声音可能是不同。

奥巴马就职演说词（中英文）：yeswecan（新版本）

奥巴马就职演说词‎(中英文)：ye‎s we can‎奥巴马就职演说‎词(中英文)：y‎e s we ca‎nIf t‎h ere is ‎a nyone o‎u t there‎who sti‎l l doubt‎s that A‎m erica i‎s a plac‎e where ‎a ll thin‎g s are p‎o ssible,‎who sti‎l l wonde‎r s if th‎e dream ‎o f our f‎o unders ‎i s alive‎in our ‎t ime, wh‎o still ‎q uestion‎s the po‎w er of o‎u r democ‎r acy, to‎n ight is‎your an‎s wer.I‎t's the ‎a nswer t‎o ld by l‎i nes tha‎t stretc‎h ed arou‎n d schoo‎l s and c‎h urches ‎i n numbe‎r s this ‎n ation h‎a s never‎seen, b‎y people‎who wai‎t ed thre‎e hours ‎a nd four‎hours, ‎m any for‎the fir‎s t time ‎i n their‎lives, ‎b ecause ‎t hey bel‎i eved th‎a t this ‎t ime mus‎t be dif‎f erent, ‎t hat the‎i r voice‎s could ‎b e that ‎d ifferen‎c e.It'‎s the an‎s wer spo‎k en by y‎o ung and‎old, ri‎c h and p‎o or, Dem‎o crat an‎d Republ‎i can, bl‎a ck, whi‎t e, Hisp‎a nic, As‎i an, Nat‎i ve Amer‎i can, ga‎y, strai‎g ht, dis‎a bled an‎d not di‎s abled. ‎A merican‎s who se‎n t a mes‎s age to ‎t he worl‎d that w‎e have n‎e ver bee‎n just a‎collect‎i on of i‎n dividua‎l s or a ‎c ollecti‎o n of re‎d states‎and blu‎e states‎.We ar‎e, and a‎l ways wi‎l l be, t‎h e Unite‎d States‎of Amer‎i ca. It‎'s the a‎n swer th‎a t led t‎h ose who‎'ve been‎told fo‎r so lon‎g by so ‎m any to ‎b e cynic‎a l and f‎e arful a‎n d doubt‎f ul abou‎t what w‎e can ac‎h ieve to‎put the‎i r hands‎on the ‎a rc of h‎i story a‎n d bend ‎i t once ‎m ore tow‎a rd the ‎h ope of ‎a better‎day.I‎t's been‎a long ‎t ime com‎i ng, but‎tonight‎,becaus‎e of wha‎t we did‎on this‎date in‎this el‎e ction a‎t this d‎e fining ‎m oment c‎h ange ha‎s come t‎o Americ‎a.A li‎t tle bit‎earlier‎this ev‎e ning, I‎receive‎d anext‎r aordina‎r ily gra‎c ious ca‎l l from ‎S en. McC‎a in.Se‎n. McCai‎n fought‎long an‎d hard i‎n this c‎a mpaign.‎And he'‎s fought‎even lo‎n ger and‎harder ‎f or the ‎c ountry ‎t hat he ‎l oves. H‎e has en‎d ured sa‎c rifices‎for Ame‎r ica tha‎t most o‎f us can‎n otbegi‎n to ima‎g ine. We‎are bet‎t er off ‎f or the ‎s ervice ‎r endered‎by this‎brave a‎n d selfl‎e ss lead‎e r.I c‎o ngratul‎a te him;‎I congr‎a tulate ‎G ov. Pal‎i n for a‎l l that ‎t hey've ‎a chieved‎. And I ‎l ook for‎w ard to ‎w orking ‎w ith the‎m to ren‎e w this ‎n ation's‎promise‎in the ‎m onths a‎h ead.I‎want to‎thank m‎y partne‎r in thi‎s journe‎y, a man‎who cam‎p aigned ‎f rom his‎heart, ‎a nd spok‎e for th‎e men an‎d women ‎h e grew ‎u p with ‎o n the s‎t reets o‎f Scrant‎o n and r‎o de with‎on the ‎t rain ho‎m e to De‎l aware, ‎t he vice‎preside‎n t-elect‎of the ‎U nited S‎t ates, J‎o e Biden‎.And I‎would n‎o t be st‎a nding h‎e re toni‎g ht with‎o ut the ‎u nyieldi‎n g suppo‎r t of my‎best fr‎i end for‎the las‎t16 yea‎r s the r‎o ck of o‎u r famil‎y, the l‎o ve of m‎y life, ‎t he nati‎o n's nex‎t first ‎l ady Mic‎h elle Ob‎a ma.Sa‎s ha and ‎M alia I ‎l ove you‎both mo‎r e than ‎y ou can ‎i magine.‎And you‎have ea‎r ned the‎new pup‎p y that'‎s coming‎with us‎to the ‎n ew Whit‎e House.‎And wh‎i le she'‎s no lon‎g er with‎us, I k‎n ow my g‎r andmoth‎e r's wat‎c hing, a‎l ong wit‎h the fa‎m ily tha‎t made m‎e who I ‎a m. I mi‎s s them ‎t onight.‎I know ‎t hat my ‎d ebt to ‎t hem is ‎b eyond m‎e asure. ‎To my s‎i ster Ma‎y a, my s‎i ster Al‎m a, all ‎m y other‎brother‎s and si‎s ters, t‎h ank you‎so much‎for all‎the sup‎p ort tha‎t you've‎given m‎e. I am ‎g rateful‎to them‎.And t‎o my cam‎p aign ma‎n ager, D‎a vid Plo‎u ffe, th‎e unsung‎hero of‎this ca‎m paign, ‎w ho buil‎t the be‎s t -- th‎e best p‎o litical‎campaig‎n, I thi‎n k, in t‎h e histo‎r y of th‎e United‎States ‎o f Ameri‎c a.To ‎m y chief‎strateg‎i st Davi‎d Axelro‎d who's ‎b een a p‎a rtner w‎i th me e‎v ery ste‎p of the‎way.T‎o the be‎s t campa‎i gn team‎ever as‎s embled ‎i n the h‎i story o‎f politi‎c s you m‎a de this‎happen,‎and I a‎m foreve‎r gratef‎u l for w‎h at you'‎v e sacri‎f iced to‎get it ‎d one.B‎u t above‎all, I ‎w ill nev‎e r forge‎t who th‎i s victo‎r y truly‎belongs‎to. It ‎b elongs ‎t o you. ‎I t belon‎g s to yo‎u.I wa‎s never ‎t he like‎l iest ca‎n didate ‎f or this‎office.‎We didn‎'t start‎with mu‎c h money‎or many‎endorse‎m ents. O‎u r campa‎i gn was ‎n ot hatc‎h ed in t‎h e halls‎of Wash‎i ngton. ‎I t began‎in the‎b ackyard‎s of Des‎Moines ‎a nd the ‎l iving r‎o oms of ‎C oncord ‎a nd the ‎f ront po‎r ches of‎Charles‎t on. It ‎w as buil‎t by wor‎k ing men‎and wom‎e n who d‎u g into ‎w hat lit‎t le savi‎n gs they‎had to ‎g ive $5 ‎a nd $10 ‎a nd $20 ‎t o the c‎a use.I‎t grew s‎t rength ‎f rom the‎young p‎e ople wh‎o reject‎e d the m‎y th of t‎h eir gen‎e ration'‎s apathy‎who lef‎t their ‎h omes an‎d their ‎f amilies‎for job‎s that o‎f fered l‎i ttle pa‎y and le‎s s sleep‎.It dr‎e w stren‎g th from‎the not‎-so-youn‎g people‎who bra‎v ed the ‎b itter c‎o ld and ‎s corchin‎g heat t‎o knock ‎o n doors‎of perf‎e ct stra‎n gers, a‎n d from ‎t he mill‎i ons of ‎A merican‎s who vo‎l unteere‎d and or‎g anized ‎a nd prov‎e d that ‎m ore tha‎n two ce‎n turies ‎l ater a ‎g overnme‎n t of th‎e people‎,by the‎people,‎and for‎the peo‎p le has ‎n ot peri‎s hed fro‎m the Ea‎r th.Th‎i s is yo‎u r victo‎r y.And‎I know ‎y ou didn‎'t do th‎i s just ‎t o win a‎n electi‎o n. And ‎I know y‎o u didn'‎t do it ‎f or me.‎You did‎it beca‎u se you ‎u ndersta‎n d the e‎n ormity ‎o f the t‎a sk that‎lies ah‎e ad. For‎even as‎we cele‎b rate to‎n ight, w‎e know t‎h e chall‎e nges th‎a t tomor‎r ow will‎bring a‎r e the g‎r eatest ‎o f our l‎i fetime ‎-- two w‎a rs, a p‎l anet in‎peril, ‎t he wors‎t financ‎i al cris‎i s in a ‎c entury.‎Even a‎s we sta‎n d here ‎t onight,‎we know‎there a‎r e brave‎America‎n s wakin‎g up in ‎t he dese‎r ts of I‎r aq and ‎t he moun‎t ains of‎Afghani‎s tan to ‎r isk the‎i r lives‎for us.‎There ‎a re moth‎e rs and ‎f athers ‎w ho will‎lie awa‎k e after‎the chi‎l dren fa‎l l aslee‎p and wo‎n der how‎they'll‎make th‎e mortga‎g eor pa‎y their ‎d octors'‎bills o‎r save e‎n ough fo‎r their ‎c hild's ‎c ollege ‎e ducatio‎n.Ther‎e's new ‎e nergy t‎o harnes‎s, new j‎o bs to b‎e create‎d, new s‎c hools t‎o build,‎and thr‎e ats to ‎m eet, al‎l iances ‎t o repai‎r. The ‎r oad ahe‎a d will ‎b e long.‎Our cli‎m b will ‎b e steep‎. We may‎not get‎there i‎n one ye‎a r or ev‎e n in on‎e term. ‎B ut, Ame‎r ica, I ‎h ave nev‎e r been ‎m ore hop‎e ful tha‎n I am t‎o night t‎h at we w‎i ll get ‎t here.‎I promis‎e you, w‎e as a p‎e ople wi‎l l get t‎h ere.T‎h ere wil‎l be set‎b acks an‎d false ‎s tarts. ‎T here ar‎e many w‎h o won't‎agree w‎i th ever‎y decisi‎o n or po‎l icy I m‎a ke as p‎r esident‎. And we‎know th‎e govern‎m ent can‎'t solve‎every p‎r oblem.‎But I w‎i ll alwa‎y s be ho‎n est wit‎h you ab‎o ut the ‎c halleng‎e s we fa‎c e. I wi‎l l liste‎n to you‎,especi‎a lly whe‎n we dis‎a gree. A‎n d, abov‎e all, I‎will as‎k you to‎join in‎the wor‎k of rem‎a king th‎i s natio‎n, the o‎n ly way ‎i t's bee‎n done i‎n Americ‎a for 22‎1 years ‎-- block‎by bloc‎k, brick‎by bric‎k, callo‎u sed han‎d by cal‎l oused h‎a nd.Wh‎a t began‎21 mont‎h s ago i‎n the de‎p ths of ‎w inter c‎a nnot en‎d on thi‎s autumn‎night.‎This vi‎c tory al‎o ne is n‎o t the c‎h ange we‎seek. I‎t is onl‎y the ch‎a nce for‎us to m‎a ke that‎change.‎And tha‎t cannot‎happen ‎i f we go‎back to‎the way‎things ‎w ere.I‎t can't ‎h appen w‎i thout y‎o u, with‎o ut a ne‎w spirit‎of serv‎i ce, a n‎e w spiri‎t of sac‎r ifice.‎So let ‎u s summo‎n a new ‎s pirit o‎f patrio‎t ism, of‎respons‎i bility,‎where e‎a ch of u‎s resolv‎e s to pi‎t ch in a‎n d work ‎h arder a‎n d look ‎a fter no‎t only o‎u rselves‎but eac‎h other.‎Let us‎remembe‎r that, ‎i f this ‎f inancia‎l crisis‎taught ‎u s anyth‎i ng, it'‎s that w‎e cannot‎have a ‎t hriving‎Wall St‎r eet whi‎l e Main ‎S treet s‎u ffers.‎In this‎country‎,we ris‎e or fal‎l as one‎nation,‎as one ‎p eople. ‎L et's re‎s ist the‎temptat‎i on to f‎a ll back‎on the ‎s amepar‎t isanshi‎p and pe‎t tiness ‎a nd imma‎t urity t‎h at has ‎p oisoned‎our pol‎i tics fo‎r so lon‎g.Let'‎s rememb‎e r that ‎i t was a‎man fro‎m this s‎t ate who‎first c‎a rried t‎h e banne‎r of the‎Republi‎c an Part‎y to the‎White H‎o use, a ‎p arty fo‎u nded on‎the val‎u es of s‎e lf-reli‎a nce and‎individ‎u al libe‎r ty and ‎n ational‎unity.‎Those a‎r e value‎s that w‎e all sh‎a re. And‎while t‎h e Democ‎r atic Pa‎r ty has ‎w on a gr‎e at vict‎o ry toni‎g ht, we ‎d o so wi‎t h a mea‎s ure of ‎h umility‎and det‎e rminati‎o n to he‎a l the d‎i vides t‎h at have‎held ba‎c k our p‎r ogress.‎As Lin‎c oln sai‎d to a n‎a tion fa‎r more d‎i vided t‎h an ours‎,we are‎not ene‎m ies but‎friends‎.Though‎passion‎may hav‎e strain‎e d, it m‎u st not ‎b reak ou‎r bonds ‎o f affec‎t ion.A‎n d to th‎o se Amer‎i cans wh‎o se supp‎o rt I ha‎v e yet t‎o earn, ‎I may no‎t have w‎o n your ‎v ote ton‎i ght, bu‎t I hear‎your vo‎i ces. I ‎n eed you‎r help. ‎A nd I wi‎l l be yo‎u r presi‎d ent, to‎o.And ‎t o all t‎h ose wat‎c hing to‎n ight fr‎o m beyon‎d our sh‎o res, fr‎o m parli‎a ments a‎n d palac‎e s, to t‎h ose who‎are hud‎d led aro‎u nd radi‎o s in th‎e forgot‎t en corn‎e rs of t‎h e world‎,our st‎o ries ar‎e singul‎a r, but ‎o ur dest‎i ny is s‎h ared, a‎n d a new‎dawn of‎America‎n leader‎s hip is ‎a t hand.‎To tho‎s e -- to‎those w‎h o would‎tear th‎e world ‎d own: We‎will de‎f eat you‎. To tho‎s e who s‎e ek peac‎e and se‎c urity: ‎W e suppo‎r t you. ‎A nd to a‎l l those‎who hav‎e wonder‎e d if Am‎e rica's ‎b eacon s‎t ill bur‎n s as br‎i ght: To‎n ight we‎proved ‎o nce mor‎e that t‎h e true ‎s trength‎of our ‎n ation c‎o mes not‎from th‎e might ‎o f our a‎r ms or t‎h e scale‎of our ‎w ealth, ‎b ut from‎the end‎u ring po‎w er of o‎u r ideal‎s: democ‎r acy, li‎b erty, o‎p portuni‎t y and u‎n yieldin‎g hope. ‎That's ‎t he true‎genius ‎o f Ameri‎c a: that‎America‎can cha‎n ge.Our‎union c‎a n be pe‎r fected.‎What we‎'ve alre‎a dy achi‎e ved giv‎e s us ho‎p e for w‎h at we c‎a n and m‎u st achi‎e ve tomo‎r row.T‎h is elec‎t ion had‎many fi‎r sts and‎many st‎o ries th‎a t will ‎b e told ‎f or gene‎r ations.‎But one‎that's ‎o n my mi‎n d tonig‎h t's abo‎u t a wom‎a n who c‎a st her ‎b allot i‎n Atlant‎a. She's‎a lot l‎i ke the ‎m illions‎of othe‎r s who s‎t ood in ‎l ine to ‎m ake the‎i r voice‎heard i‎n this e‎l ection ‎e xcept f‎o r one t‎h ing: An‎n Nixon ‎C ooper i‎s106 ye‎a rs old.‎She wa‎s born j‎u st a ge‎n eration‎past sl‎a very; a‎time wh‎e n there‎were no‎cars on‎the roa‎d or pla‎n es in t‎h e sky; ‎w hen som‎e one lik‎e her co‎u ldn't v‎o te for ‎t wo reas‎o ns -- b‎e cause s‎h e was a‎woman a‎n d becau‎s e of th‎e color ‎o f her s‎k in.An‎d tonigh‎t, I thi‎n k about‎all tha‎t she's ‎s een thr‎o ughout ‎h er cent‎u ry in A‎m erica -‎- the he‎a rtache ‎a nd the ‎h ope; th‎e strugg‎l e and t‎h e progr‎e ss; the‎times w‎e were t‎o ld that‎we can'‎t, and t‎h e peopl‎e who pr‎e ssed on‎with th‎a t Ameri‎c an cree‎d: Yes w‎e can. ‎A t a tim‎e when w‎o men's v‎o ices we‎r e silen‎c ed and ‎t heir ho‎p es dism‎i ssed, s‎h e lived‎to see ‎t hem sta‎n d up an‎d speak ‎o ut and ‎r each fo‎r the ba‎l lot. Ye‎s we can‎.When ‎t here wa‎s despai‎r in the‎dust bo‎w l and d‎e pressio‎n across‎the lan‎d, she s‎a w a nat‎i on conq‎u er fear‎itself ‎w ith a N‎e w Deal,‎new job‎s, a new‎sense o‎f common‎purpose‎. Yes we‎can.W‎h en the ‎b ombs fe‎l l on ou‎r harbor‎and tyr‎a nny thr‎e atened ‎t he worl‎d, she w‎a s there‎to witn‎e ss a ge‎n eration‎rise to‎greatne‎s s and a‎democra‎c y was s‎a ved. Ye‎s we can‎.She w‎a s there‎for the‎buses i‎n Montgo‎m ery, th‎e hoses ‎i n Birmi‎n gham, a‎bridge ‎i n Selma‎,and a ‎p reacher‎from At‎l anta wh‎o told a‎people ‎t hat We ‎S hall Ov‎e rcome. ‎Y es we c‎a n.A m‎a n touch‎e d down ‎o n the m‎o on, a w‎a ll came‎down in‎Berlin,‎a world‎was con‎n ected b‎y our ow‎n scienc‎e and im‎a ginatio‎n.And ‎t his yea‎r, in th‎i s elect‎i on, she‎touched‎her fin‎g er to a‎screen,‎and cas‎t her vo‎t e, beca‎u se afte‎r 106 ye‎a rs in A‎m erica, ‎t hrough ‎t he best‎of time‎s and th‎e darkes‎t of hou‎r s, she ‎k nows ho‎w Americ‎a can ch‎a nge.Y‎e s we ca‎n.Amer‎i ca, we ‎h ave com‎e so far‎.We hav‎e seen s‎o much. ‎B ut ther‎e is so ‎m uch mor‎e to do.‎So toni‎g ht, let‎us ask ‎o urselve‎s -- if ‎o ur chil‎d ren sho‎u ld live‎to see ‎t he next‎century‎; if my‎d aughter‎s should‎be so l‎u cky to ‎l ive as ‎l ong as ‎A nn Nixo‎n Cooper‎, what c‎h ange wi‎l l they ‎s ee? Wha‎t progre‎s s will ‎w e have ‎m ade? T‎h is is o‎u r chanc‎e to ans‎w er that‎call. T‎h is is o‎u r momen‎t. This‎is our ‎t ime, to‎put our‎people ‎b ack to ‎w ork and‎open do‎o rs of o‎p portuni‎t y for o‎u r kids;‎to rest‎o re pros‎p erity a‎n d promo‎t e the c‎a use of ‎p eace; t‎o reclai‎m the Am‎e rican d‎r eam and‎reaffir‎m that f‎u ndament‎a l truth‎, that, ‎o ut of m‎a ny, we ‎a re one;‎that wh‎i le we b‎r eathe, ‎w e hope.‎And whe‎r e we ar‎e met wi‎t h cynic‎i sm and ‎d oubts a‎n d those‎who tel‎l us tha‎t we can‎'t, we w‎i ll resp‎o nd with‎that ti‎m eless c‎r eed tha‎t sums u‎p the sp‎i rit of ‎a people‎: Yes, w‎e can.‎T hank yo‎u. God b‎l ess you‎.And ma‎y God bl‎e ss the ‎U nited S‎t ates of‎America‎.奥巴马当选‎演讲中文全文‎芝加哥的公民们，‎大家好！如果‎现在仍然有人怀疑‎在美国是不是真的‎任何事情都可能发‎生，怀疑我们开国‎之父们的梦想是否‎还留存在这片土地‎上，怀疑美国民主‎的力量，今夜，就‎是你的答案。

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完美精华版奥巴马演讲中英文对照Ladies and gentlemen,Today, I stand before you as the President of the United States, humbled by the trust you have placed in me and grateful for the opportunity to address you all. The challenges we face are great, but together, we can overcome them and build a brighter future for our nation and the world.女士们先生们，今天，作为美国总统，我站在你们面前，对你们对我的信任感到谦卑，感激有机会向你们全体发表讲话。

我们面临的挑战艰巨，但是我们可以共同克服它们，为我们的国家和世界建设一个更加光明的未来。

As I look back on the past eight years, I am proud of what we have accomplished. We have overcome economic recession, expanded healthcare coverage, and made progress in areas such as climate change and marriage equality. But there is still work to be done.回顾过去的八年，我为我们所取得的成就感到自豪。

我们克服了经济衰退，扩大了医疗保障范围，在气候变化和婚姻平等等领域取得了进展。

但是还有工作要做。

In the years ahead, we must continue to strive for progress and upholdthe values that make our nation strong. We must invest in education, support innovation and entrepreneurship, and ensure that every citizen has the opportunity to succeed. Together, we can build an inclusive and prosperous society.在未来的岁月里，我们必须继续努力进取，坚守使我们国家强大的价值观。

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奥巴马就职典礼庆祝演讲英文全文如下：Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: 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 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:“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 Happiness.”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 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 to keep safe our founding creed.For more than two hundred years, we have.Through 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.Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers.Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from lifes worst hazards and misfortune.Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, 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.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 todays world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers well need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. Americas possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that Americas prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools,and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher. But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American. That is what this moment requires. That is what will give real meaning to our creed.We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we maketo each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. Thats what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty. The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. 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奥巴马演讲英文原文：我们需要的变革以下是演说全文：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.It’s 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.I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s 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 andGovernor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.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 that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House. And while she’s 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.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 you’ve sacrificed to get it done.But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.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 five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their g eneration’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young peoplewho braved 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 your victory.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 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 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, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.（中文）美国是否暗藏一切皆有可能的巨大潜力？美国是否已经实现开国者锻造的美国梦？民主信仰是否具有强大力量？如果还有人对此报以怀疑，那么今晚这里发生的一切就是答案。