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 the cause. 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; it grew strength from the not-so-young people who 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.
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。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。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。这是你们的胜利。
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 their child’s college education. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
我知道,你们这样做,并不是只为了赢得一次选举,我也知道你们这样做,并不是为我。你们之所以要这样做,是因为你们懂得,摆在眼前的任务太过艰巨了。因为即便我们今晚这样庆祝胜利,但我们都明白,明天带来的挑战,是我们一辈子里更大的挑战了____两场战争,危机四伏的地球,百年里更糟糕的金融危机。因为即便我们今晚站在这里,但我们都明白,在伊拉克的沙漠里,在阿富汗的群山中,还有我们勇敢的美国人,他们一觉醒来,就面临着为保护我们而牺牲性命的危险。还有无数母亲们和父亲们,孩子已经熟睡了,自己却不能入眠,他们要盘算着如何才能偿付房贷,怎样支付医疗费用,如何才能攒够孩子上**的钱数。还有,新能源要开发,新的就业机会要创造,新校舍要搭建,无数威胁要面对,友邦关系要修补。
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in 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.
前面的路,还很长,我们要攀爬的坡,还很陡。也许,我们在自考内,甚至一届总统任期内,都不一定会抵达那里。但美国人民哪,我从来没有像今晚这样,充满着憧憬,这憧憬就是,我们一定会抵达那里。我向你们承诺:我们美国全体人民一定会抵达那里!
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy 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 to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hands by calloused hands.
今后一定会有诸多挫折,也会有很多个出师不利。还会有许多人,对总统的我所作出的每个决策或政策,都不认可。但我们都明白,政府不可能解决得了每个问题。不过,我一定竭尽可能,与你们坦诚面对,直陈我们面临的各种挑战。我一定会倾听你们的声音。尤其当我们意见不一样时,我更会倾听。总而言之,我还要请你们加入到重建这个国家行列里来,重建的方式,是美国221年来,一直使用的唯一方式,那就是,用一双双长满老茧的手,一块砖一块砖地建,一片瓦一片瓦地盖。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter can 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. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other.
21个月之前,在那个寒冬里开始的事情,绝对不应该在今天这个秋天夜晚,就结束了。这场胜利本身并不是我们要追求的变革。它不过是我们要进行变革的一个契机。假如我们再回到从前,那么,变革就不可能发生。假如没有你们的参与,没有全新的奉献精神,没有全新的牺牲精神,那么,这变革就不可能发生。所以,让我们凝聚起新的爱国精神,凝聚起责任感,我们每个人下定决心,全情投入,更拼命地工作,并且,不仅仅关照自己,也彼此关照吧。
Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's 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.
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