1、Hillary Clinton 2008 DNC SpeechI am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat. A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party
2、with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines(on the sidelines 旁观; 不直接参与: As a journalist, I was on the sidelines during the political crisis.我是记者, 在这一政治危机时期我是目睹一切的局外人.（球场等的）边线，两侧场外区域)1.使退出比赛，使下场（尤指由于受伤）；把排除在核心之外；使靠边.This is a fight for the future. And its a
3、 fight we must win.I havent spent the past 35 years in the trenchesthe trenchesthe place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes placeLane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches. (1.深沟, 地沟；战壕,堑壕)advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping
4、parents balance work and family, and fighting for womens rights at home and around the world . . . to see another Republican in the White House squander 1.(指钱, 财产等)浪费, 乱花；比喻) Dont squander your affection on him hell never love you.别把感情耗在他身上了-他永远不会爱你的. the promise of our country and the hopes of our
5、people.And you havent worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership.No way. No how. No McCain.Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our President.Tonight we need to remember what a Presidential election is really about. When
6、the polls have closed, and the ads are finally off the air, it comes down to you - the American people, your lives, and your childrens futures.For me, its been a privilege to meet you in your homes, your workplaces, and your communities. Your stories reminded me everyday that Americas greatness is b
7、ound up If one thing is bound up with or in another, they are closely connected with each other, and it is difficult to consider the two things separately.Their interests were completely bound up in their careers.=tied up within the lives of the American people - your hard work, your devotion to dut
8、y, your love for your children, and your determination to keep going, often in the face of enormous obstacles.You taught me so much, you made me laugh, and . . . you even made me cry. You allowed me to become part of your lives. And you became part of mine.I will always remember the single mom who h
9、ad adopted two kids with autism孤独症,自我中心主义, didnt have health insurance and discovered she had cancer. But she greeted me with her bald秃头的, 秃的；明显的，不加掩饰的；简单的 赤裸裸的 head painted with my name on it and asked me to fight for health care.I will always remember the young man in a Marine Corps t-shirt who wa
10、ited months for medical care and said to me: Take care of my buddies; a lot of them are still over there . .and then will you please help take care of me?I will always remember the boy who told me his mom worked for the minimum wage and that her employer had cut her hours. He said he just didnt know
11、 what his family was going to do.I will always be grateful to everyone from all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the territories, who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left outleave sb/sth out (of sth)not include or mention; exclude; omit 不包括或不提及; 排除在外; 忽略掉 and left behind by the Bush A
12、dministrtation.To my supporters, my championsv为而斗争；捍卫；声援；捍卫者, 拥护者 - my sisterhood 1.姐妹关系,姐妹之谊,妇女团体a special loyal relationship among women who share the same ideas and aimsof the traveling pantsuits1.长裤与衣相配成套的便服 - from the bottom of my heart: Thank you.You never gave in. You never gave up. And toget
13、her we made history.Along the way, America lost two great Democratic champions who would have been here with us tonight. One of our finest young leaders, Arkansas1.阿肯色州(美国中南部的州) Democratic Party Chair, Bill Gwatney, who believed with all his heart that America and the South could be and should be De
14、mocratic from top to bottom1.从上到下, 完全.And Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a dear friend to many of us, a loving mother and courageous勇敢的;无畏的 adj adv n 勇敢 无畏 leader who never gave up her quest to make America fairer and smarter, stronger and better. Steadfast坚定的;不动摇的；不动的，不变的 in her beliefs, a fi
15、ghter of uncommon grace, she was an inspiration to me and to us all.Our heart goes out to Stephanies son, Mervyn, Jr, and Bills wife, Rebecca, who traveled to Denver to join us at our convention.Bill and Stephanie knew that after eight years of George Bush, people are hurting at home, and our standi
16、ng名望；身份；地位；级别；名声； 比赛名次，排名； 持续时间，n has eroded逐渐毁坏；削弱；损害；侵蚀，腐蚀 around the world. We have a lot of work ahead.Jobs lost, houses gone, falling wages, rising prices. The Supreme Court in a right-wing headlock1.将对手的头紧挟于腋下的一种摔角法 and our government in partisan盲从的; 帮派性强的; 偏袒的: partisan attitudes, feelings, t
17、hinking, etc朋党的看法 情绪 见解等 gridlock1.交通全面大堵塞拥塞停滞. The biggest deficit in our nations history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.Putin and Georgia, Iraq and Iran.I ran for President to renew the promise of America. To rebuild the middle class and sustain the American Dream, to
18、provide the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford the gas and groceries1.食品;杂货 and still have a little left over each month.To promote a clean energy economy that will create millions of green collar jobs.To create a health care s
19、ystem that is universal, high quality, and affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to keep their insurance.To create a world class education system and make college affordable again.To fight for an America
20、defined by deep and meaningful equality - from civil rights to labor rights, from womens rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization工会；建立工会；联合，结合 to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families. To help every child live up to his or her G
21、od-given 神授的,难得的,天赐的；a God-given right(=the right to do something without asking anyone elses opinion)potential.To make America once again a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.To bring fiscal sanity1.神志正常;心智健康, 精神健全 2.明智, 稳健, 理智, 通情达理 back to Washington and make our government an instrument o
22、f the public good, not of private plunder1.掠夺; 抢掠2.（尤指战争中）掠夺的财物.To restore Americas standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and honor their service by caring for our veterans.And to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide1.种族灭绝 t
23、o terrorism and global warming.Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.Those are the reasons I ran for President. Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too.I want you to ask yourselves:
24、 Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who
25、 feel invisible?We need leaders once again who can tap into1ENERGY/MONEYalso tap intoTto use or take what is needed from something such as an energy supply or an amount of money2 IDEAS also tap intoto make as much use as possible of the ideas, experience, knowledge etc that a group of people has tha
26、t special blend（不同事物的）和谐结合，融合 of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges. Leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity1.独创力；聪明才智；心灵手巧, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is pos
27、sible in America.This wont be easy. Progress never is. But it will be impossible if we dont fight to put a Democrat in the White House.We need to elect Barack Obama because we need a President who understands that America cant compete in a global economy by padding用软物填塞 覆盖 垫或衬（某物）: a padded envelope
28、, 有垫料夹层的封套（用以邮寄易碎物品）padding（书 文章 讲话等的）凑篇幅的材料 the pockets of energy speculators1.投机倒把者, 投机商, while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas. We need a President who understands that we cant solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall1.被风吹落的果子(尤指苹果),横财 profits to the oil
29、companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in new technologies that will build a green economy.We need a President who understands that the genius （特别的）才能，本领；天才，天赋；天才人物of America has always depended on the strength and vitality生命力, 元气, 持久力；力量，热情，精神，活力 of the middle class.Barack Obama began his
30、 career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy. He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down. He knows government must be about We the peopleWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
31、Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,1 promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.美国宪法前言 not We the favored few.And when B
32、arack Obama is in the White House, hell revitalize 1.使恢复元气,使具有新的活力2. 使更强壮；使恢复生机（或健康）our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our time. Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, President Clinton and the Democrats did it before. And President Obama and th
33、e Democrats will do it again.Hell transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future. Hell make sure that middle class families get the tax relief 1.税收减除,减轻税收负担they deserve. And I cant wait to watch Barack Obama sign a health care plan into law tha
34、t covers every single American.Barack Obama will end the war in Iraq responsibly and bring our troops home - a first step to repairing our alliances1.（国家、政党等的）结盟, 联盟, 同盟 around the world.And he will have with him a terrific partner in Michelle Obama. Anyone who saw Michelles speech last night knows
35、she will be a great First Lady for America.Americans are also fortunate that Joe Biden will be at Barack Obamas side. He is a strong leader and a good man. He understands both the economic stresses here at home and the strategic challenges abroad. He is pragmatic, tough, and wise. And, of course, Jo
36、e will be supported by his wonderful wife, Jill.They will be a great team for our country.Now, John McCain is my colleague and my friend.He has served our country with honor and courage.But we dont need four more years . . . of the last eight years.More economic stagnation淤塞;停滞；不景气 . and less afford
37、able health care.More high gas prices . and less alternative energy.More jobs getting shipped overseas . and fewer jobs created here.More skyrocketing debt .home foreclosures1.丧失抵押品赎回权,排斥，没收；假若业主,没有准时缴付按揭还款(利息和本金), 银行便可以在法庭上申请没收物业 的权利 . and mounting bills that are crushing破坏，毁坏（某人的信心或幸福）；压坏，压伤；镇压，消灭
38、，击溃 our middle class families.More war . . . less diplomacy.More of a government where the privileged come first . and everyone else comes last.John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesnt think that 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants
39、 to privatize1.使私有化 Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks its okay when women dont earn equal pay for equal work.With an agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities双子城 美国明尼苏达州东南部 指密西西比河畔相邻的明尼阿波利斯Minneapolis 和圣保罗 . Because th
40、ese days theyre awfully Very 很 非常；hard to tell apart.America is still around after 232 years because we have risen to the challenge of every new time, changing to be faithful to our values of equal opportunity for all and the common goodThe common good is often regarded as utilitarian ideal, thus re
41、presenting the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number of individuals.And I know what that can mean for every man, woman, and child in America. Im a United States Senator because in 1848 a group of courageous women and a few brave men gathered in Seneca Falls塞尼卡福尔斯 A village of west-
42、central New York on the Seneca River east-southeast of Rochester. The first womens rights convention was held here in 1848. , New York, many traveling for days and nights, to participate in the first convention on womens rights in our history.And so dawnedBegin 破晓 开始出现 变得明朗 变得清楚 a struggle for the r
43、ight to vote that would last 72 years, handed down by mother to daughter to granddaughter - and a few sons and grandsons along the way.These women and men looked into their daughters eyes, imagined a fairer and freer world, and found the strength to fight. To rally and picket（工会罢工等时派出宣传罢工目的并阻止不愿罢工工人
44、上班的）纠察队(员) v n. To endure ridicule 1.嘲笑, 奚落, 嘲弄, 戏弄 n vand harassment. To brave1.勇敢面对; 不怕; 不顾 v violence and jail.And after so many decades - 88 years ago on this very day - the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote would be forever enshrined放置或保存sth于 in our Constitution.My mother was
45、born before women could vote. But in this election my daughter got to vote for her mother for President.This is the story of America. Of women and men who defy公然反抗；不服从；蔑视；向。挑战 the odds and never give up.How do we give this country back to them?By following the example of a brave New Yorker , a woman
46、 Harriett Tubmanwho risked her life to shepherd V 带领；引；护送slaves along the Underground Railroad.a group of people in the US who illegally helped slaves to become free by helping them to escape to the northern US and Canada, in the period before the Civil War. One of its best-known members was Harriet
47、 Tubman.南北战争前帮助奴隶逃往北部或加拿大的地下交通网And on that path to freedom, Harriett Tubman (?1820-1913) 美国废奴运动领导者，原为女奴，因曾带领大批奴隶逃往北方被誉为“奴隶的摩西”，美国内战期间曾为联邦军做护士、洗衣工和侦探had one piece of advice.If you hear the dogs, keep going.If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.If theyre shouting after you, keep going.Dont e
48、ver stop. Keep going.If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.Tubman 的名言Even in the darkest of moments, ordinary Americans have found the faith to keep going.Ive seen it in you. Ive seen it in our teachers and firefighters, nurses and police officers, small business owners and union workers, the men and women of our military - you always keep going.We are Americans. Were
