新罕布什尔州初选之夜-奥巴马演讲.doc

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY NIGHT 新罕布什尔州初选之夜 January 8, 2008 | Nashua, New Hampshire 2008年1月8日，纳舒厄，新罕布什尔州 I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. 我想祝贺克林顿参议员在新罕布什尔州赢得了一场艰苦的选战。 A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we’d have accomplished what we did here tonight. For most of this campaign, we were far behind, and we always knew our climb would be steep. 几个星期以前，没有人能想象我们今晚在这里所完成的一切。在这场竞选的很多地方，我们落后很多，并且我们知道，我们的努力困难重重。 But in record numbers, you came out and spoke up for change. And with your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment—in this election—there is something happening in America. 但是从记录的数字看，你们走出来，为变革呼吁。你们的声音和投票，使这一刻清晰起来——在这次选举中——有一些变化正在美国发生。 There is something happening when men and women in Des Moines and Davenport, in Lebanon and Concord, come out in the snows of January to wait in lines that stretch block after block because they believe in what this country can be. 当得梅因和达文波特，以及莱巴嫩和康科德的男人和女人们走进一月的雪中，排队等候延伸到一个又一个街区时，有一些事情发生了，因为他们相信这个国家能做到什么。 There is something happening when Americans who are young in age and in spirit—who have never before participated in politics—turn out in numbers we’ve never seen because they know in their hearts that this time must be different. 当那些在年纪和精神上都十分年轻的美国人——他们以前从未参与过政治——变成我们谁也没有看到过的参选数字时，有一些事情发生了，因为他们心里知道这一次不同以往。 There is something happening when people vote not just for the party they belong to but the hopes they hold in common—that whether we are rich or poor, black or white, Latino or Asian; whether we hail from Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina, we are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction. That is what’s happening in America right now. Change is what’s happening in America. 当人们不仅仅是为了他所属的政党而是为了共同怀有的希望投票时——无论我们是富有或贫穷，黑人还是白人，拉美人还亚裔，无论我们来自爱荷华、新罕布什尔、内华达还是南卡罗莱纳，有一些事情发生了，我们做好准备让这个国家走向全新的道路。这就是现在在美国所发生的，美国正在发生的就是改变。 You can be the new majority who can lead this nation out of a long political darkness—Democrats, independents, and Republi