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麦凯恩竞选失败演Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening. 谢谢、谢谢各位。非常感谢你们，我的朋友们。感谢你们在这个美好的夜晚，来到这里。 My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. 我的朋友们，我们已经，已经走完了这次漫长的旅程。美国人民已经出了他们的决定，说得非常清楚。 A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama to congratulate him. 刚才，我非常荣幸地给奥巴马参议员打电话，向他表示祝贺。 To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. 祝贺他当选为这个国家的下一任总统，这个我们两个都无比热爱的国家的下一任总统。 This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight. 这是一次历史性的选举。我明白这次选举对于非洲裔美国人的特殊意义，感受到了此刻他们心中油然而生的自豪感。 Ive always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Sen. Obama believes that, too. 我始终深信不疑，对于任何一个勤奋努力、勇于开拓的人，美国都会给予他机会。奥巴马参议员也深信这一点。 But we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nations reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound. 但是，我们两个也都不曾忘记，历史上有过一段黑暗的日子，一些美国人被剥夺了完整的公民权，这样的不公正令我们的国家蒙羞。虽然它早已成为了历史，但是伤痛的记忆依然存在。 A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelts invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. 一个世纪前，西奥多·罗斯福总统邀请Booker T. Washington（注：黑人教育家），到白宫共进晚餐。全国各地有许多人，认为这是一个骇人听闻的事件。 America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. 今天的美国已经是完全不同的世界了，骇人的残忍和可怕的偏执一去不复返了。最好的证据就是，今晚一个非洲裔美国人当选为美利坚合众国的总统。 These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. 我们的国家正处在艰难时刻。奥巴马参议员将领导我们迎接挑战。今晚，我向他保证，我将