第一篇:奥巴马成名演讲稿——无畏的希望audacity(范文模版)
奥巴马成名演讲稿:无畏的希望(英文版)keynote address at the 2004 democratic national convention
july 27, 2004
on behalf of the great state of illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention.tonight is a particular honor for me because, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.my father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in kenya.he grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack.his father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.伟大的伊利诺伊州既是全国的交通枢纽,也是林肯的故乡,作为州代表,今天我将在大会致词,并为自己能有幸获此殊荣而倍感骄傲和自豪。今晚对我而言颇不寻常,我们得承认,我能站在这里本身就已意义非凡。我父亲是一个外国留学生,他原本生于肯尼亚的一个小村庄,并在那里长大成人。他小的时候还放过羊,上的学校简陋不堪,屋顶上仅有块铁皮来遮风挡雨。而他的父亲,也就是我的祖父,不过是个普通的厨子,还做过家佣。
but my grandfather had larger dreams for his son.through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place:America, which stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before.while studying here, my father met my mother.she was born in a town on the other side of the world, in kansas.her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the depression.the day after pearl harbor he signed up for duty, joined patton’s army and marched across europe.back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line.after the war, they studied on the gi bill, bought a house through fha, and moved west in search of opportunity.但祖父对父亲抱以厚望。凭借不懈的努力和坚忍不拔的毅力,父亲荣获赴美留学的机会,而且还拿到奖学金。美国这片神奇的土地,对于很多踏上这片国土的人而言,意味着自由和机遇。还在留学期间,父亲与母亲不期而遇。母亲来自完全不同的另一个世界,她生于堪萨斯的一个小镇。大萧条时期,外祖父为谋生计,曾在石油钻井打工,还曾在农场务农。日军偷袭珍珠港后的第二天,他就自愿应征入伍,在巴顿将军麾下,转战南北,横扫欧洲。在后方的家中,外祖母含辛茹苦,抚养子女,并在轰炸机装配线上找了份活计。战后,依据士兵福利法案, 他们通过联邦住宅管理局购置了一套房子,并举家西迁,谋求更大发展。
and they, too, had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream, born of two continents.my parents shared not only an improbable love;they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation.they would give me an african name, barack, or “blessed,” believing that in a tolerant america your name is no barrier to success.they imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren’t rich, because in a generous america you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.they are both passed away now.yet, i know that, on this night, they look down on me with pride.他们对自己的女儿也寄予厚望,两家人虽然身在不同的非洲和美洲大陆,却有着共同的梦想。我的父母不仅不可思议地彼此相爱,而且还对这个国家有了不移的信念。他们赐予我一个非洲名字,巴拉克,意为“上天福佑”, 因为他们相信,在如此包容的国度中,这样的名字不应成为成功的羁绊。尽管他们生活并不宽裕,还是想方设法让我接受当地最好的教育,因为在这样一个富足的国度中,无论贫富贵贱,都同样有机会发展个人的潜力。现在他们都已不在人世,不过,我知道,他们的在天之灵,此时此刻正在骄傲地关注着我。
i stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my precious daughters.i stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger american story, that i owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible.tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation, not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy.our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago, “we hold these truths to he self-evident, that all men are created equal.that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
今天,我站在这里,对自己身上这种特殊的血统而心怀感激,而且我知道父母的梦想将在我的宝贝女儿身上继续延续;我站在这里,深知自己的经历只是千百万美国故事中的沧海一粟,更深知自己无法忘却那些更早踏上这片土地的先人,因为若不是在美国,我的故事无论如何都不可能发生。今夜,我们聚集一堂,再次证明这个国度的伟大之处,而这一切并不在于鳞次栉比的摩天大厦,也不在于傲视群雄的军备实力,更不在于稳健雄厚的经济实力。我们的自豪与荣耀来自一个非常简单的前提,两百多年前,它在一个著名的宣言中得以高度的概括:“我们认为以下真理不言而喻,人生来平等,造物主赐与他们以下不可剥夺的权利:生命、自由和对幸福的追求。”
that is the true genius of america, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles.that we can tuck in our children at night and know they are fed and clothed and safe from harm.that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door.that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hiring somebody’s son.that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will he counteddemocrats, republicans, independentsi am my brother’s keeper, i am my sister’s keeperthere’s the united states of america.there’s not a black america and white america and latino america and asian america;there’s the united states of america.the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into red states and blue states;red states for republicans, blue states for democrats.but i’ve got news for them, too.we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states.we coach little league in the blue states and have gay friends in the red states.there are patriots who opposed the war in iraq and patriots who supported it.we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america.当我们在这里聚会的时候,也有人正准备分裂我们,那些操纵舆论的人和制作负面宣传的人,他们投身没有原则和不择手段的政治。今晚,我需要对这些人讲得是,美国人没有所谓自由和保守之分,世间只存在一个美利坚合众国。更没有所谓美国白人黑人之分,拉丁裔和亚裔之分,有的只是美利坚合众国一国的国民。有博学家愿意将我们的国家分成红蓝两色,红色代表共和党,蓝色代表民主党。但我想说得是即便在民主党中,我们也都信奉万能的主,我们不喜欢联邦的机构在共和党中间对我们的藏书指指点点,我们在民主党中也有人执教少年棒球联盟,在共和党中也有同性恋朋友,有爱国人士支持伊拉克战争,也有爱国人士反对就伊出兵。我们都是一国之民,都效忠于伟大的星条旗,所有的人都热爱我们的祖国——美利坚合众国。
in the end, that’s what this election is about.do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope.john edwards calls on us to hope.i’m not talking about blind optimism hereif we do what we must do, then i have no doubt that all across the country, from florida to oregon, from washington to maine, the people will rise up in november, and john kerry will be sworn in as president, and john edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.thank you and god bless you.今晚,如果你我感同身受,有同样的力量、同样的急迫感、同样的冲动和同样的希望;如果我们都能行动起来,那么我相信,从佛罗里达到俄勒冈,从华盛顿到缅因州,全国人民将会在11月积极行动起来,使得 约翰?凯利、约翰?爱德华兹分别宣誓就任总统、副总统之职,而国家也将就此走出低谷、重振旗鼓。暗夜即将过去,黎明即将到来。谢谢大家,愿上帝保佑你们。
第二篇:奥巴马成名演讲稿无畏的希望
奥巴马成名演讲稿无畏的希望
The audacity of hope keynote address at the 2004 democratic national convention ,july 27, 2004
on behalf of the great state of illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention.tonight is a particular honor for me BECause, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.my father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in kenya.he grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack.his father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.but my grandfather had larger dreams for his son.through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place: america, which stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before.while studying here, my father met my mother.she was born in a town on the other side of the world, in kansas.her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the depression.the day after pearl harbor he signed up for duty, joined patton’s army and marched across europe.back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line.after the war, they studied on the gi bill, bought a house through fha, and moved west in search of opportunity.and they, too, had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream, born of two continents.my parents shared not only an improbable love;they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation.they would give me an african name, barack, or “blessed,” believing that in a tolerant america your name is no barrier to success.they imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren’t rich, because in a generous america you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.they are both passed away now.yet, i know that, on this night, they look down on me with pride.i stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my precious daughters.i stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger american story, that i owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible.tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation, not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy.our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago, “we hold these truths to he self-evident, that all men are created equal.that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” that is the true genius of america, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles.that we can tuck in our children at night and know they are fed and clothed and safe from harm.that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door.that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hiring somebody’s son.that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will he counteddemocrats, republicans, independentsi am my brother’s keeper, i am my sister’s keeperthere’s the united states of america.there’s not a black america and white america and latino america and asian america;there’s the united states of america.the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into red states and blue states;red states for republicans, blue states for democrats.but i’ve got news for them, too.we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states.we coach little league in the blue states and have gay friends in the red states.there are patriots who opposed the war in iraq and patriots who supported it.we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america.in the end, that’s what this election is about.do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope.john edwards calls on us to hope.i’m not talking about blind optimism hereif we do what we must do, then i have no doubt that all across the country, from florida to oregon, from washington to maine, the people will rise up in november, and john kerry will be sworn in as president, and john edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.thank you and god bless you.
第三篇:奥巴马演讲稿
Hi, everybody.On behalf of all the Obamas – Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and the newest member of our family, Sunny – I want to wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.We’ll be spending today just like many of you – sitting down with family and friends to eat some good food, tell some stories, watch a little football, and most importantly, count our blessings.And as Americans, we have so much to be thankful for.We give thanks for the men and women who(1)nearly four centuries ago, risking everything for the chance at a better life – and the people who were already here, our Native American brothers and sisters, for their generosity during that first Thanksgiving.We give thanks for(2)who followed – people of all races and religions, who arrived here from every country on Earth and worked to build something better for themselves and for us.We give thanks for all our men and women in uniform – and for their families, who are surely missing them very much today.We’re grateful for their sacrifice too.We give thanks for the freedoms(3)– the freedom to think what we want and say what we think, to worship according to our own beliefs, to choose our leaders and, yes, criticize them without punishment.People around the world are fighting and even dying for their chance at these freedoms.We stand with them in that struggle, and we give thanks for being free.And we give thanks to everyone who’s(4)to make the United States a better, more compassionate nation – who spend their Thanksgiving volunteering at a soup kitchen, or joining a service project, or bringing food and cheer to a lonely neighbor.That big-hearted generosity is a central part of our American character.We believe in lending a hand to folks who need it.We believe in pitching in to solve problems even if they aren’t our problems.And that’s not a one-day-a-year belief.It’s part of the fabric of our nation.And we remember that many Americans need that helping hand right now.Americans who’ve lost their jobs and can’t get a new one through no fault of their own.Americans who’ve been trapped in poverty and just need that helping hand to climb out.Citizens whose prayers and hopes move us to act.We are a people who are greater together than we are on our own.That’s what today is about.That’s what every day should be about.No matter our differences, we’re all part of one American family.We are each other’s keepers.We are one nation, under God.That core tenet of our American experience has guided us from the earliest days of our founding – and it will guide us to a future that’s even brighter than today.Thank you, God bless you, and from my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving.1.set sail for this land2.the generations
3.they defend4.doing their part
第四篇:奥巴马演讲稿
Happy New Year, everybody.This week, /I traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to talk with folks about /the biggest challenge we face as a country /rebuilding our economy so that, once again, hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and anyone, regardless of who they are /or where they come from, can make it if they try.That’s the economy/America deserves.That’s the economy I’m fighting /every day to build.Now, to get there, the most important thing we need to do/ is get more Americans back to work.And over the past three years, we’ve made /steady progress.We just learned /that our economecession, we’ve added more than 3 million private sector jobs over the past 22 months.And we’re starting 2012 with manufacturing on the rise /and the American auto industry /on the mend.We’re heading in the rightdirection.And we’re not going to let up.On Wednesday the White HWe’ll hear from business leaders wh/follow their lead.Because this is a make or break moment for the middle class /and all those working to get there.We’ve got to keep at it.We’ve got to keep creating jobs.And we’ve got to keep rebuilding our economy /so that everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share / and everyone plays by the same rules.We can’t go back to the days when/ the financial system was stacking the deck against ordinary Americans.To me, that’s not an option.Not after all we’ve been through.That’snation’s new consumer watchdog this week.Richard’s job is simple: to look out for you.Every day, his sole mission is to protect consumers from potential abuses /by the financial industry and to make sure that you’ve got all the transparent information /you need to make the important financial decisions in your lives.I nominated Richard/ for this job last summer.And yet, Republicans in the Senate kept blocking his confirmation not because they objected to him, but because they wanted to weaken his agency.That made no sense.Every day we waited /was a day you and consumers all across the country were at greater financial risk.So this year, I’m going to keep doing whatever it takes to move this economy forward and to make sure that middle class families regain the security they’ve lost over the past decade.That’s my New Year’s resolution to all of you.Thank you, and have a great weekend.
第五篇:奥巴马演讲稿
我衷心感谢艾奥瓦的公民们。
众所周知,有人说这一天永远不会到来。
有人说我们好高骛远。
有人说人民异见纷呈,悲观失望,不可能再为了一个共同的目标而众志成城。
但在这个一月的夜晚,在这个书写历史的时刻,你们做到了那些愤世嫉俗的人断言我们做不到的事。五天后新罕布什尔州的选民也将完成你们的壮举。在刚刚来到的 2008年,美国人民也会完成同样的壮举。在学校和教堂,在小市镇和大城市,你们——民主党人、共和党人、无党派人士——熙熙攘攘地走到一起,自豪地宣称:我们是一个国家,我们是一个民族;变革的时刻已经到来。你们还说,华盛顿被冷酷、萎缩和愤怒所淹没,现在是超越这种政治手段、以相加替代分割的时刻,是在红州和蓝州建立变革联盟的时刻。这是因为我们将以此在11月取胜,我们也将以此面对我们国家面临的挑战。
我们选择希望,抛弃恐惧;我们选择联合,拒绝分裂;我们向美利坚高声宣布变革就在眼前。
你们宣布,政治说客自以为他们的财富和影响力比公众舆论的威力更大,但是他们并不拥有这个政府。政府是我们的,我们正在把它收回。
人民此刻需要这样一位总统:他能诚实面对机遇和挑战;即使跟人民见解不同也会倾听和了解他们的想法;他不仅要说人民愿意听到的话,更要提供人民需要知道的信息。如果新罕布什尔也给我今晚艾奥瓦给我的机会,我将会是这样一位总统。
感谢你们。
我会是这样一位总统:让每个人都能看上病和看得起病。我在伊利诺斯州就通过民主党人和共和党人的携手合作实现了这一目标。
我会是这样一位总统:终止所有把工作运往海外的公司的税收优惠政策,并给美国最值得享受减税的中产阶级减税。
我会是这样一位总统:让农场主、科学家和企业家发挥他们的创造力,使我们国家一劳永逸地摆脱石油的主宰。
最后,我会是这样一位总统:我要结束伊拉克战争并让我们的士兵回家;我要恢复我们的道德地位;我知道9/11不是骗取选票的借口,而是使美国和世界联合起来应对21世纪这个世界面临的共同威胁:恐怖主义和核扩散,全球变暖和贫困,种族屠杀和疾病。
今晚,因为艾奥瓦公民的选择,我们距离那样的美国蓝图又近了一步。在此,我特别想感谢选举的组织者和各个投票站的站长、志愿者和我的竞选团队的工作人员。没有你们就没有今晚的胜利。
当我站在这里表达谢意时,我想有必要感谢我的至爱,奥巴马家庭的坚实后盾,竞选旅途的殿后者,米歇尔·奥巴马。
我明白你们不是为了我才这样做的。你们这样做,你们这样做,是因为你们坚信一个美国信念,那就是,无论条件多么艰难困苦,相信这个国家的人是可以改变它的。
我明白这一点,我明白这一点,是因为虽然我此刻站在这里,我永远也不会忘记我的行程从芝加哥的街头开始。我曾经作过你们为我的竞选和艾奥瓦所有的竞选作过的一切:组织,工作,为了让人民的生活能够得到一点点改善而奋斗。
我知道这样的工作的艰辛,睡眠不足,薪酬低微,大量的自我牺牲,失望常常伴随着我们。但是偶尔,仅仅是偶尔,也会有象今晚这样的时刻,在这样一个夜晚,这样一个我们数年后想起来会自豪地说那个更好的美国就是从那个时刻开始的夜晚。在这样的美国,我们实现了我们坚信不移的变革:更多的家庭看得起病;我们的孩子,我的女儿玛利亚和萨沙和你们的孩子会生活在一个更干净和更安全的星球上;世界将以不同的眼光来看待美国,而美国将把自己看作一个更少歧见、更多团结的国家。
这一刻是勇往直前的人击败了华盛顿总是说战无不胜的人的时刻。
这一刻是我们拆除长久分裂我们的藩篱,让不同党派和不同年龄的人们为了一个共同的目的联合起来,并给那些从不过问政治的人们一个关心政治的理由的一刻。
这一刻是我们终于击退恐惧、疑虑和犬儒主义政治的一刻,是我们用国家携手向上替代政客相互践踏的政治的一刻。这是我们期待的那一刻。
数年后,遥想往事,你们也许会说,就是这一刻,在这个地方——美国人民记起希望究竟意味这什么。
几个月以来,我们因为谈论希望而遭到挖苦,甚至嘲弄。
但我们一直认为,希望不是盲目的乐观主义。希望不是忽视未来的艰巨任务或横亘在我们前行道路上的障碍。希望不是置身事外或从拼斗中退缩。希望是我们心中坚守一种东西:它告诉我们,不管遭遇多少艰难险阻,只要有勇气去争取,只要愿意付出努力和艰辛,更好的东西就会等待我们。
我在一个来自樟泉(Cedar Rapids)的年轻女士的眼中看到了希望:她白天全天在大学上课,晚上加夜班,但却仍然不能负担生病的妹妹的医疗费;但她仍相信这个国家会提供她实现梦想的机会。
我从一个来自新罕布什尔州的妇女的声音中听到了希望:她告诉我自从她的侄儿奔赴伊拉克战场她就一直感到气短;但是她每晚睡觉前都要为侄子的安全回归祈祷。
希望引领一群殖民者揭竿而起反对一个帝国;希望引领我们伟大的祖先解放了一个大陆,复活了一个民族;希望引领青年男女为了自由围坐在(不向黑人提供服务)的餐桌旁,引领他们勇敢地面对高压水龙,穿越(阿拉巴马州的)塞尔玛和蒙哥马利。
希望,希望引领我今天来到这里,——我的父亲来自肯尼亚,母亲来自堪萨斯,这样的故事只可能发生在美利坚合众国。希望是美利坚民族的基石,希望是我们执着的信仰:我们的命运不是被人写就,而是要由我们自己写就,由那些不愿意勉强接受这个世界并信心百倍地按照它应该变成的蓝图去改造它的男男女女们写就。
这就是我们从艾奥瓦开始的开拓,这也是我们要向新罕布什尔州和其他州传达的信息。我们顺利的时候没有忘记它,失利的时候也没有忘记它。这个信息可以帮助我们一块砖一块砖地、一条街道一条街道地、一只接一只布满老茧的手地去改变这个国家。团结起来,普通人也能铸就宏图伟业,因为我们不是红色的州或蓝色的州的组合,我们是美利坚合众州。
在此刻,在这次选举中,我们乐于再次相信。谢谢,艾奥瓦。