跟奥巴马学英语8--胜选之夜.pdf

ELECTION NIGHT
November 4, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois
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
first time in their lives, because they believed that this time
must be different; that their voices could be that difference.
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor,
Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian,
Native American, gay , straight, disabled and not disabled—
Americans who sent a message to the world that we have
never been just a collection of individuals or 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’ve been told for so long
by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful about
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 ing, but tonight, because of what
we did on this date, in this election, at this defining moment,
change e to America.
A little