奥巴马《yes we can》演讲稿中英对照(2)

战略家大卫•亚克瑟罗德说，对有史以来最优秀的竞选团队说——正是你们成就了今天，我将永远感激你们付出牺牲所取得的胜利。而最重要的是，我将永远不会忘怀这次胜利应该归功于谁——它当然应该归功于你们。

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.

我从来不敢奢望成为这次选举最有希望的候选人。我们不能依靠强大的资金支持和财力保障开始我们竞选。我们的竞选方案不是在华盛顿的辉煌大厅中策划出来的——它出自得梅因的农家小院、协和酒店的客房以及查尔斯顿的前廊。

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 generation’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; 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.

我们的方案需要劳动男工和女工们亲手挖掘潜力才得以建成，正是他们掏出了五美元、十美元或二十美元的有限积蓄支持了这项事业。我们的方案通过那些拒绝将情感淡漠一代的胡说八道强加在他们身上的年轻人得以加强；通过那些抛家舍业、辛苦工作却收入甚微、缺乏睡眠的人得以加强；通过那些老大不小却还要冒酷暑、顶寒风敲开完全陌生人家门的人得以加强；通过数以百万计的美国自愿者和组织者、两个多世纪以来的见证者和人民的政府、人民大众和为了让人民大众不会从地球上消失的名义得以加强。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.

我知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了赢得一场选举，我也知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了我个人。你们这样做是因为艰巨的任务就摆在眼前。苟有今夜举杯时，不忘明日事何急，我们将勇敢面对此生此世最为巨大的挑战——那将是两场战争，一场是我们的星球面临危险的挑战，另一场战争就是我们将遭受一个世纪以来最为严重的金融危机。 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.

今夜此时站在这里，我们深知还有许多勇敢的美国人冒着生命的危险为了我们才刚刚在伊拉克沙漠中和阿富汗斯坦的群山中醒来。无数的美国父母安抚孩子们入睡后自己却仍然难以入眠，他们为如何面对抵押贷款、如何支付医生的账单或者如何攒足孩子上大学的学费而寝食难安。我们必须有新的能源加以利用，我们还必须创造出新的工作机会来；我们去必须建设新的学校，去面对新的威胁，去完善新的同盟。

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.

前路虽漫长，攀登勇敢上。或许我们需要一年甚至一个时期才能达到那里，但是只要一想起美国——我从未像今晚这样对攀登顶点感到充满了希望。我向你们承诺——我们会团结得像一个人那样胜利完成登顶的。

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 join in the work of remaking 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 hand by calloused hand.

总有许多挫折和欺诈需要我们去面对。也仍会有不少人不愿意赞成我出任总统后所做出的每一种决策和政策，我们也很清楚政府并不能解决所有的问题。但我会永远诚实地与你们一道去面对挑战。我会倾听你们的呼声，尤其是我们并不赞同的呼声。最为关键的是，我将邀请你们加入到沿着二百二十一年来那条被唯一确定了的道路去重造我们伟大国家的行列中来——让我们一砖一瓦地，一瓦一砖地，用我们布满老茧的双手去建设我们的家园。

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 - 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.

既然已经从二十一个月前的隆冬开始了，也决不会在这个秋夜结束。这场胜利本身还不是我们追寻的变革——它只是给了我们变革的

机会。如果我们又走回了被纷繁世事缠身的老路，那就什么也不会发生。如果没有了你们的帮助，任何变革也不会发生。

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch 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 Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

因此，我们需要召唤起新的爱国主义精神；需要召唤起让我们每个人团结协作、努力工作和不仅仅要照顾好自己还要照顾他人的服务和责任精神。让我们记住一点，如果说这场金融危机带给我们什么深刻教训的话，那就是一旦主要街道的经济全都受损就别指望华尔街能一家繁荣（胡子注：正所谓“城门失火，殃及池鱼”是也）——在我们的国家，大家休戚与共，沉浮一体，牵一发而动全身。

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

让我们抵御诱惑，不再跌入危害我们政体如此之久的、毫无二致的政党之争、小气之战和青涩之苦。

Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and

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