新关的年关好过了 关键词 新关 年关 2009 奥巴马 Key word: Eric Shinseki ； New Year;2009;Obama United States president-elect Barack Obama announced that retired General Eric Shinseki would be his nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Conclusion from engineer JI in his scientific blog . 五年前因为反对美军入侵伊拉克，不得不退伍回老家 夏威夷 的日裔前美军上将新关，将要度过 5 年以来最容易度过的一个年关。这恐怕不是因为他要当什么部级干部了，那不是什么新鲜事，对他来讲不具备吸引力。吸引他的应该是，事实将证明 5 年以前他不是错误的。而且，还愿意为那些不得不参加侵略战争，留下许多善后事宜的前军人们服务。其他内阁成员的选择不好说，这个部长的人员选定，是有其合理性的。 一朝天子一朝臣，美国总统及其内阁也类似。 对于 5 年前解甲归田的新关来说，下一个新年的关口，不难度过。虽然说近乎廉颇的年龄了，也不过担任了文官。此处不留爷，自有留爷处；此时不用也，自有有用时。新关的 2009 注定要有些奥巴马的前任布施不熟悉的内容了。 就新关而言，有一点是可以肯定的，就是在即使处于劣势的情况下，也敢于坚持并且发布自己的观点。就算当时不合事宜，不被认为是识时务的俊杰，也要坚持自己认为正确的观点。不就是从将军到农民吗？没有什么大不了的。也不错，休了五年的长假，海边散了 5 年步，早已经容光焕发了。再不工作几年，不是将军了，恐怕真的要挺起高耸入云的将军肚子了。 66 岁以后上任，的确不算早，一晃就古稀了；新关最好不要谋求连任，尽了义务就行了，别那么累！年轻人，是需要这个位子锻炼业务能力呢！ 参考文献： 新华报业网讯 据美国《世界日报》报道，美国下任总统奥巴马计划 12 月 7 日 正式宣布任命已退伍日裔陆军上将新关 (Eric Shinseki) 为联邦退伍军人部长，成为第一位获奥巴马挑选为新政府亚裔阁员，消息于 6 日传出，亚裔民主党人均表兴奋。 66 岁的新关，在夏威夷出生长大，他毕业于美国军校，在 Duke 大学获得英文系的硕士学位， 1965 年加入军部服务。 新关由美国陆军基层干起，曾获颁紫心奖章的最高勇敢荣誉，逐步获得晋升。他于 1999 年获任命为美国陆军参谋长，一直是美国史上官阶最高的亚裔军人。 2003 年新关批评布什政府攻打伊拉克的策略不正确而不获留任，同年 8 月退伍，在美国陆军服务长达 38 年。 李艳虹说，奥巴马决定任命新关出任联邦退伍军人部长，充分显示奥巴马因才任人的优点，她大力支持奥巴马选用新关，新关于前总统克林顿时代获得任命，为联邦政府内第二线的高职位，奥巴马当选前，新关从未公开支持奥巴马。 5 年前新关被迫退伍后，返回夏威夷定居。李艳虹记得当年新关在国会公开批评布什出兵攻打伊拉克的行动，当新关返回夏威夷后，该州居民鼓励新关竞选州长，但新关未如支持者所愿。 President-elect Barack Obama announces Gen. Eric Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama announced today that General Eric Shinseki will be his nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. General Shinseki is a former Army Chief of Staff and 38-year Army veteran who served two combat tours in Vietnam . He understands the changing needs of our troops and their families and shares President-elect Obamas commitment to modernizing the VA to meet the challenges of our time. Throughout his nearly four decades in the U.S. Army, he won the respect and admiration of our men and women in uniform because they have always been his highest priority, President-elect Obama said. He has always stood on principle -- because he has always stood with our troops. And he will bring that same sense of duty and commitment to ensuring that we treat our veterans with the care and dignity they deserve. General Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Born in Hawaii to a Japanese-American family, Eric Shinseki graduated from West Point in 1965. He went on to serve in the Army for 38 years, from 1965 to 2003, including two combat tours in Vietnam , where he lost part of his right foot. He served as Chief of Staff of the Army from 1999-2003. General Shinseki has commanded troops from Vietnam to the Balkans, and his career has been marked by innovation, vision, and fierce loyalty to the troops who served under him. He is the recipient of numerous decorations, including the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals. 致谢： 新闻线索来自科学网电子杂志 200886 期。
美国媒体报道奥巴马的新环境班子已见分晓，诺贝尔奖获得者 朱 棣文被提名为能源部长。看来奥巴马真用the best and the brightest. 2007 年在美国科学促进会的年会上，曾听过 朱 棣文的大会演讲： The energy problem and what we can do to solve it. 他说，美国人均天然能源消耗是每年3500 亿 焦耳，人们（包括物理学家）对这个数字没有概念。现代社会到来之前，财富一般按有多少牲畜、佣人来计算。 如果把人均 天然能源消耗折算成维持一个干活的人生存所需能量的话，美国的能耗水平相当于 把人均 1000个佣人给他干活，欧洲人平均每人有500个佣人，中国的人均能耗相当于每人有100个佣人，所以现代化的生活水平比过去顾几十个佣人的有钱人家高。但是如果要进一步提高发展中国家人民的生活水平，需要将能源的使用效率最大化，也需要新的能源。 朱棣文当了Lawrence Berkeley Lab 主任后，这个国家实验室的研究重点转移到可再生能源上，尤其各种提高太阳能利用率的研究。 朱 棣文说他在贝尔实验室长大，贝尔实验室出了 15 位诺贝尔奖获得者。该实验室成功的秘诀是只雇年轻人：研究生毕业或刚做完博士后的年轻人，也有个别拿到助理教授职位的人，给这些年轻人自由、宽松的工作环境，有充分的资金，不受官僚们的干预。 可以在网上看讲演的录像： http://www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting/2007_San_Fran/lectures/chu/chu.ram 最好是和PPT 片子一起看: http://www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting/2007_San_Fran/lectures/chu/chu.ppt
http://thisisdongdongqiang.cn/archives/1577 枪： 前些天，奥巴马胜选演说开始在网上流传，就想起：或可搞个文言版本出来。 不过当时没想自己弄，只去某文言网站留了条言，提了个建议。结果，过了几天去看，发现并没有动静。于是才想，或者可以自己弄弄看？ 于是，上周五译了两三段，周末用工作加班、看碟读书之外的时间把剩下的部分也搞出来了。下边就是。 我没什么文言功底，更没拿文言写过东西。来不了古奥的，只会用些浅近的夹生文言，大概意译一下。如果说范本的话，倒是有些地方故意模仿民国时各路军政要人通电、讲演的语气像不像三分样吧。 本来想，还有一个办法是更加洒狗血一点儿，在文言里加上各路方言土语俏皮话儿歇后语之类。那就是另一个玩儿法了。 译好之后，有点儿没信心，发给某文言小能手看了一下，问这玩意儿可以一贴么？人家鼓励我半天，说已经不错了，贴吧。可是不久，又发来人家自己翻译的几段，一看我就晕了先秦范儿的 其实，当年林语堂还曾以夹生北京话翻译《独立宣言》，如今我以半吊子文言翻译奥巴马讲演，算是很对得起他们了。 咳，嘛对得起对不起的！乐呵儿乐呵儿得了 〈奥巴马胜选演说文言版〉 东东枪 译 Hello，Chicago! 芝城父老，别来无恙， 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. 余尝闻世人有疑，不知当今美利坚凡事皆可成就耶？开国先贤之志方岿然于世耶？民主之伟力不减于昔年耶？凡存诸疑者，今夕当可释然。 Its 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. 今夕之释然，皆蒙美利坚民众之协力学塾祠庙之外，市井乡野之间，万千父老心焦似焚，苦待竟日，愿献一票之力。其中，平生未尝涉国事者，数亦不少，而今有此义举，皆因一念不衰今夫天下，非同既往，愿发吁天之声，必成动地之势。 Its 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. 今夕之释然，皆仰吾国同胞之齐心何谈贫富老幼之差、党社宗族之异，惶论发肤肌体之别、志趣爱恶之分。吾国既以合众为名，吾辈则更无疏离之意，红蓝二党并肩而立，数十邦州挽手相合，无分你我，共称一家，昂然于世，齐声一呼，天下乃有此释然。 Its the answer that led those whove 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. 今夕之释然，皆因愤懑者之镇静，忧惧者之勇气，犹疑者之笃定平素世间种种，消磨其志向，溃灭其梦想，而值此风云之际，除旧更新，当仁不让，倾力而动乾坤者，更何人哉！ Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America. 俟之诚久，其志弥坚。幸天地明察，乃有今日，乃有此刻，乃有此一选举，乃有我亿万美利坚大好国民吾邦之大变革，方得自兹而始也！ A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And hes fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that theyve achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nations promise in the months ahead. 顷接参议员麦君凯恩电，虽未得晤，幸有一谈，其言谆谆，其意诚诚，鄙人感佩 之至。选战期内，麦君劳碌几重，奔波几许，皆为国家计。诸般求索，时日良多，皆非余所能及。于国于民之惊人牺牲，亦非庸庸如吾辈者所可想见。以麦君之胆魄 襟怀，能为吾邦所用，实国家之幸，万民之幸也。前途漫漫，其事未竟，余所盼瞩由衷者，唯共麦凯恩君、佩林君，及诸贤士比肩，会吾等之绵力，成吾邦之大业。 I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. 乔君拜登，亦吾所感铭至深者也。竞选之业，艰险不足与外人道，幸有乔君之辅佐，其诚天可鉴之。乔君其人，素言恳辞切，意笃情真，盖尝经斯兰克顿街乡邻之提命，饱聆特拉华州父老之晤教也。他日余既登总统之位，乔君必当副之。 And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nations next first lady Michelle Obama. 拙荆米氏，追随鄙人凡一十六年，既为爱侣，更为挚友，既为吾阖家之基石，又乃余终生之至爱。鄙人尝自忖度，倘无贤妻若此，今朝阔论高谈于此处者，不知何人矣！ Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the new White House. 小女萨沙、玛丽，余素深喜之。昔日为父尝与汝等言，此番选战若得一胜，愿购小犬一头相赠，待阖家乔迁总统府邸之日，偕汝等同进吾宅。今当胜负已出，既有一诺在前，必自践行不欺也。 And while shes no longer with us, I know my grandmothers watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. 祖母大人虽已仙逝，料必有灵在天，俯察人寰，想应颔首开颜矣。吾奥巴马氏列祖列宗，亦当如是。今日今时，此情此景，鄙人追思之心，乌鸟之情，曷其有极！唯生死陌路，仙凡有别，虽怀反哺之心，而无答报之门也！ To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that youve given me. I am grateful to them. 至若玛雅、艾玛二姐妹，以及吾家诸同胞，所惠我者，亦属良多，久沐恩德，此当拜谢。 And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod whos been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what youve sacrificed to get it done. 大卫普劳夫君，大卫阿克塞罗德君，一为鄙人竞选事务之经理，一为鄙人国事韬略之智囊。余尝自喟叹，左右谋士，余所仰赖者，皆亘古未见之贤才。普阿二君，则更此中之翘楚。区区不才，有何德能，可得膀臂若此？当此功成之际，感荷之心，亦自拳拳。 But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. 至于鄙人铭之肺腑，须臾不敢忘怀者，则诸位也。盖今日鄙人之胜绩，实诸位之胜绩，鄙人之荣光，实诸位之荣光！ I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didnt 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. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause. 余素朴陋，虽有参选之心，并无必胜之志。谋事之初，银资乏匮，从者寥寥；起事之地，皆蔽寓荒斋，不在高阁；成事之基，无非寻常百姓，涓滴之献。 It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep. It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and 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 the Earth. 今日之胜，有赖一众热血青年，抛其家，别其室，不辞其苦，不计其酬，矻矻于 此国中青年爱国之心已泯之谬论，今可休矣！今日之胜，有赖壮志未已之诸前辈，无惧寒暑，行走奔波，劝说民众。今日之胜，乃数百万美利坚民众之胜， 察其意，皆属踊跃为国，观其行，处处谨严有序，足堪告慰二百年前开国之先贤民有、民治、民享之政体，未尝动摇也！ This is your victory. 嗟夫！此实诸位之功也！ And I know you didnt do this just to win an election. And I know you didnt 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. 余知诸君之意非在此一选举，亦非在鄙人一身。盖瞻前路之艰辛，益知此任非同小可也。虽今夕欢贺于此，而明朝酒醒，大患仍自当前，不容有怠两地烽烟熊熊而起，四海之内纷纷而乱，金融业界惶惶而不得宁。 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 the children fall asleep and wonder how theyll make the mortgage or pay their doctors bills or save enough for their childs college education. Theres new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. 是夜，饮宴笙歌之声不绝于耳，而异邦大漠群山中，吾国大好青年，兀自苦戍边 塞，惝恍竟夜，性命尚未得安。吾国千万庶民，为人父母者，兀自惴惴难眠，所忧者，乃房宅所贷、病患之费、抚育之资也。至若吾国能源之耗，百业之兴，庠序之 教，攻伐之术，怀远之道，亦皆吾等忡忡挂怀者也。 The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in 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. 渺渺乎其远，如不可达，危危乎其高，若不可攀。朝夕岁月，焉得成就？余不揣愚钝，愿以四载韶华，付诸此业，胜算何如虽不可知，然昂扬必胜之奇志，成就伟业之壮怀，平生未之有也。君子一诺，其重何如，此地今夕，愿斗胆发一狂言吾辈既在，其事必成！ There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government cant 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 to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way its been done in America for 221 years block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. 逶迤坎坷，份内之事。异见争端，料必有之。国中之政府，谅非无所不能者。余 所秉承不移者，唯忠信矣。倘有危难于前，必无欺瞒于世。诸君言论臧否，纵悖逆相左之议，余必当洗耳以聆。于此之外，更当恳请诸君，不吝心血，致力报效，以 振吾美利坚重兴之业。余亦别无他想，唯盼吾侪协力，延继吾国既肇二百二十一年之大统，汇涓滴之力，而成万世之业。 What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot 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 cant happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. 昔年冬日，余有志于斯，投身此业，屈指算来，倏然近二载矣。当此秋夜，追思 反省，仍无溃退逃亡之意。选战之胜，无非一役之功，余梦寐所思矢志所求者，非在乎此。溯源究本，此役之胜，不过革世变时一大好良机耳。倘止步于斯，垂手而 待，或无诸君倾力相援，则壮志丰功，无非泡影，诸般梦想，终必虚妄。 So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of 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, its 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. 爱国之心，报国之念，吾人固有之，然逢今日之世，此心此念亦当一变吾辈各执己业，益当各竭其力，各尽其命，非但为一己之利，而更期普世之荣。今岁，金融业界动荡多舛，细审观之，当可以之为鉴实业之损，亦是金融之伤。可知，既在邦域之内，吾辈荣辱休戚，皆相与共矣！ Lets resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Lets 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 and individual liberty and national unity.Those are values that we all share. 党争纷纭，阴谋卑鄙，愚鲁无知，皆腐蚀清白、惑乱政局之弊也，其缘由已久，余今愿与诸君协力，共灭除之。昔年曾有此郡先贤，执共和党之帜，而掌总统府之权。自强独立，自由统一等信念，皆斯人之所倡，亦吾辈之所宗。 And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. 今岁选战，吾民主党人幸有一胜，然谦逊和合之心未尝少减。余素信服者，乃山河破碎之际，林肯总统之言既是至亲，终不为敌。虽弩张剑拔，而血脉未尝断，情义不少减。 And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too. 固然，仍有四方志士，不为鄙人所动，另有高明之选。虽终悭此一票之缘，然诸君高论，余亦声声在耳，字字在心。倘能得诸君之援手，鄙人幸甚。他日待余总而统之，亦必不另眼以待也。 And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. 吾邦民众，散居天下，各安其命，而其志一也。吾邦鼎盛之势，今已乍现锋芒。 To those to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope. 至于心怀叵测，与世人为仇、与天下为敌者，吾邦猛志常在，彼等必取灭亡。心 思纯良，久慕大同者，吾辈当倾力以助，鼎力相援。犹疑未定，不知吾自由之邦兴衰如何者，吾辈愿以今日盛况以告之美利坚之所以谓之美者，非刀兵之 强，金银之众，实民主、自由、机遇、梦想之美也！ Thats the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What weve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. 天自有道，地自有德，恩赋吾邦无上异禀无他，唯变而已矣。美利坚变革不怠，合众国日趋尽善。当以过往先贤之伟绩，助吾侪今日之雄心，开子孙万世之辉光。 This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one thats on my mind tonights about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Shes a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. 今岁选战，多开亘古之先，屡传千秋佳话。感我至深者，亚特兰大之老妪安尼克松库帕也库氏之一票，于数百万美利坚民众之选票无异，其所以引人称奇者，其人今岁高龄一百有六矣。 She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasons because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. 当其父辈之时，天道不彰，黑人为奴。库氏其生也不逢时，汽车尚不行于道，飞机未曾起于空，库氏既属黑人，又系女流，票选一事，概无瓜葛。 And tonight, I think about all that shes seen throughout her century in America the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we cant, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. 今日今时，回溯库氏百岁之涯，但见吾邦先贤屡败屡战，且退且进，悲欣交集，甘苦杂陈。幸而正道存焉，壮志存焉，曰：吾辈既在，无所不能。 At a time when womens voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can. 万马齐喑，其事堪哀，吾邦女界怒而起，愤而争，苦战不歇，历数十载。幸哉库氏，以百岁之高龄，终得亲见女流自立于世，重获天赋之权吾辈既在，无所不能！ When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can. 当百业萧条，国人绝望哀鸣之际，库氏亲见吾美利坚出旷世之新政，挽狂澜于既倒，扶大厦之将倾，退畏惧之势，扶奋勇之心，终至人各有位，民心乃安吾辈既在，无所不能！ When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can. 当吾国良港遭袭，天下桀纣当道，暴政肆虐之时，库氏亲见豪杰群起，民主不衰吾辈既在，无所不能！ She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that We Shall Overcome. Yes we can. 蒙哥马利公车之罢辍，伯明翰城黑人之群起，塞尔玛城血雨腥风之事，库氏般般亲历。更曾亲聆亚特兰大传教之士振臂登高之呼吾等必胜！诚哉斯言！吾辈既在，无所不能！ A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can. 俟科学昌明于世，创想通贯一时，既登广寒之阙，又溃柏林之墙。洋洋乎！有百年如是，乃见今岁选战中，库氏之一票。浩浩兮！一百零六载交锋更迭，方有美利坚今日之变革吾辈既在，无所不能！ America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? 转眼兴亡过手，而今迈步从头。追昔抚今，不禁扪心而问俟再历百年岁月，倘吾等后辈儿孙，亦有得享高寿如库氏者，复可见何等之变数？吾辈今日之功，他年可得而见之乎？ This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. 所谓天命时运，莫过于此当为吾邦万民造安身立命之业，为吾辈儿孙启各显 雄才之门，为寰宇各国创太平静好之世，为吾等壮志赋千秋不灭之元神。吾邦立国之本，必将光耀于天下。万千同胞，当如一人，一息尚存，梦想不灭。纵有世人旁 观在侧，而疑窦生焉，吾辈亦当以千秋不易之训共答之曰吾辈既在，无所不能！ Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America. 拜谢诸君。愿天佑吾民，天佑吾邦。
今天美国又诞生了一个奇迹，美国人选出了他们国家历史上的第一位黑人总统，美国今天奉献给美国总统选举史上一个全新得记录。 奥巴马是谁？我知道多少？其实，我一点也不了解他。这一年多来，每天我都可以从报纸、电视、网络上看到他的名字，但我甚至都没有去阅读过他的简历，因为这跟我没多大的关系。奥巴马与众不同，以前没有任何政绩，没有固定的形象，想怎么装扮就怎么装扮。于是他打出的是：Change, We need ， We Can ，这样的竞选宣言吸引了大批的年轻人。面对美国目前的危机，奥巴马的话让年轻人们热血沸腾。奥巴马在选举只有 48 小时时走到哪里都是那么几句激动人心的话：这次选举不是关于我，而是关于你们的。我们一起，先改变 XX 州，然后我们就可以改变国家！改变世界！！ 奥巴马真能改变美国？真能改变世界吗？我真的不想再多说了，只想说，如果麦凯恩改变不了世界，奥巴马照样改变不了。在目前国际环境下和内政外交之下（尤其是经济危机），奥巴马上台后，能够改变华盛顿和美国几个州的经济情况，已经算是不错了更不用说改变世界。 毫无疑问，全球所有的人都认定，2008年美国总统大选是具有历史意义的，那就是肤色！一个白色，一个黑色，两位总统候选人代表了美国的历史。奥巴马当选美国总统之所以改变世界，就是应为这个改变是从人的内心开始的，而世界的改变往往是由人类内心的改变而引发的。这以为这半个世纪前马丁－路德－金那场历史最伟大的演讲之一I have a dream开始实现。人类已经开始消弱种族歧视，美国 这个世界上最强大的国家，也是这个世界上曾经有过最惨痛的种族歧视的国家，出现了一位黑人总统。 奥巴马当选首先是给美国少数族裔特别是黑人族群带来新的希望。这将改变少数族裔的地位，提升他们自身的发展。 奥巴马当选美国总统对于生活在美国甚至全世界的华人华侨也是一个振奋人心的消息。要知道，很多黑人的祖先都是奴隶和偷渡客的后代，而中国人现在虽然背井离乡，却很少是被当奴隶卖出去的。中国人在国外大多只注重经济利益，而不怎么关心所在国的政治，这也导致中国人移民后，很少出现专业政客，为自己的同胞谋求政治利益。这次奥巴马的当选登上美国最高权力宝座给所有居住在民主国家的华人华侨带来新的启示和巨大的希望。 奥巴马当选美国总统的意义就在这里了，美国已经有几十个清一色的白人男性总统了，但没有一个总统被选上后，可以像奥巴马被选上时那样，全世界都可以自豪的说，世界已经被改变，新的历史被创造了！
今年是美国的总统选举年，选举结果全世界瞩目，最后结果要到年底才出。 今年的焦点是美国会出现第一位黑人总统或者第一位女总统吗？ 目前民主党参选人奥巴马与希拉里的选情目前仍难分胜负，初选投票竞争之激烈，前所未见。奥巴马身为黑人，能够作为民主党候选人，首先他应该感谢的人是 马丁 路德 金 。 马丁 路德 金的正式姓名是小马丁 路德 金 ，许多人都习惯称他为马丁 路德 金。 金博士是美国当代史上最著名的黑人民权领袖，记得美国小学生的音乐教材就有好几首关月他的歌曲。他的名字在世界上几乎无人不晓。 1963年8月28号，二十五万黑人为争取民权在首都华盛顿集会。在林肯纪念堂门口马丁.路德.金博士在集会上发表了他著名的演讲我有一个梦想。 1964 年，金博士三十五岁，他获得了当年的诺贝尔和平奖。 1968 年 4 月 4 号 , 马丁 路德 金博士在田纳西州孟菲斯罗林酒店的阳台上遇刺。凶手的一颗子弹击中了他的颈部 , 马丁 路德 金博士不幸遇难 , 年仅三十九岁。 尽管今日的美国，种族问题还远非得到完全解决，但是回过头去看， 正是 金博士的努力，才有今年美国总统大选第一次出现黑人候选人，民主党总统候选人提名的巴拉克.奥巴马。 要知道，在40多年前的美国，黑人甚至连选举权也没有。 贝拉克 奥巴马（ Barack Obama ）是非洲裔美国人，伊利诺伊州联邦参议员，在黑人选民中占有强大优势。也许今年美国真会出现第一位黑人总统，那时美国和 奥巴马都要感谢 马丁 路德 金博士。 昨天是 金博士遇刺40周年，下文是当年他著名的演讲稿《 我有一个梦想 》。 I have a Dream By Martin Luther King, Jr. （ Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 ） Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would beguarranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on thispromissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, which has come back marked insufficient funds. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, formany of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, When will you be satisfied? We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, whem we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
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