英语专业晨读美文-人物篇 7 This Victory Belongs to

[00:00.08]Obama：This Victory Belongs to You

[00:03.68]If there is anyone out there who still doubts

[00:08.28]that America is a place where all things are possible,

[00:11.56]who still wonders if the dream of our founders 1 is alive in our time,

[00:16.37]who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

[00:21.84]It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches

[00:26.98]in numbers this nation has never seen,

[00:29.29]by people who waited three hours and four hours,

[00:32.45]many for the first time in their lives,

[00:35.08]because they believed that this time must be different,

[00:38.68]that their voices could be that difference.

[00:41.86]It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor,

[00:46.35]Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian,

[00:50.94]Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.

[00:55.42]Americans who sent a message to the world

[00:58.81]that we have never been just a collection of individuals

[01:02.20]or a collection of red states and blue states.

[01:05.38]We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

[01:12.38]It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many

[01:16.75]to be cynical 2 and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve

[01:21.45]to put their hands on the arc of history

[01:23.97]and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

[01:27.91]It's been a long time coming, but tonight,

[01:31.18]because of what we did on this date in this election

[01:34.80]at this defining moment change has come to America.

[01:40.26]The election had many firsts and many stories

[01:43.76]that will be told for generations.

[01:46.17]But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman

[01:49.56]who cast her ballot 3 in Atlanta.

[01:51.86]She is a lot like the millions of others who stood in line

[01:55.25]to make their voices heard in this election except for one thing—

[01:59.07]Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

[02:03.34]When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land,

[02:07.71]she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal,

[02:12.64]new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

[02:17.89]When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world,

[02:22.26]she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness

[02:26.42]and a democracy was saved.

[02:28.39]Yes we can.

[02:29.59]She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham,

[02:34.51]a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta

[02:37.79]who told a people that "We Shall Overcome."

[02:40.86]Yes we can.

[02:42.28]A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin,

[02:46.66]a world was connected by our own science and imagination.

[02:51.25]And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen,

[02:56.28]and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America,

[03:01.64]through the best of times and the darkest of hours,

[03:04.92]she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

[03:09.40]America, we have come so far. We have seen so much.

[03:14.11]But there is so much more to do.

[03:16.95]So tonight, let us ask ourselves

[03:19.91]if our children should live to see the next century;

[03:22.63]if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper,

[03:27.67]what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

[03:31.72]This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.

[03:36.09]This is our time to put our people back to work

[03:39.37]and open doors of opportunity for our kids;

[03:42.98]to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;

[03:46.92]to reclaim 4 the American Dream and reaffirm

[03:51.29]that fundamental truth that out of many,

[03:54.35]we are one; that while we breathe, we hope,

[03:57.96]and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt,

[04:01.14]and those who tell us that we can't,

[04:03.32]we will respond with that timeless creed 5

[04:06.50]that sums up the spirit of a people:

[04:08.46]Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you,

[04:12.74]and may God Bless the United States of America.

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