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Change Has Come to America(美国将迎来变革)
“/”表示语调停顿地方
Hello, Chicago!
你好,芝加哥!
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.
美国是一个一切皆有可能的地方,如果还有人对这一点心存怀疑,如果还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们时代是否还有活力,还有人怀疑我们民主制度的力量,那么,你们今晚正是对那些疑问作出了回答。
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.
在学校和教堂周围所出现的前所未有的长队是答案,这个国家从未见过这么多的人前来投票,人们排三个、四个小时的队来进行有生以来的第一次投票,因为他们相信这一次将会不同,他们发出的声音可能就是那个差别。
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.
这是一个年轻人和年老人、富人和穷人、民主党人和共和党人、黑人、白人、西班牙裔人、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋和异性恋、残障人士和健全人士所作出的回答。美国人向世界发出一个信息:我们从不只是一些个人的累加或者“红色州”和“蓝色州”的累加。
We are, /and always will be, /the United States /of America.
我们是,并且永远是美利坚合众国。