美国总统大选演讲 第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马为希拉里的助选演讲(5)

And I am here tonight because I know that that is the kind of president that Hillary Clinton will be and that is why in this election, I'm with her.

我今晚来到这里是因为我知道希拉里会成为这样的总统，这就是为什么在此次大选之中，我支持她。

You see, Hillary understands that the president is about one thing and one thing only.

希拉里知道做总统最重要的只有一件事。

It is about leaving something better for our kids.

那就是给我们的孩子留下更好的世界。

That's how we have always moved this country forward by all of us coming together on behalf of our children.

我们就是这样，为了子女的利益团结一致，推动我们国家的进步。

Folks who volunteer to coach that team, to teach that Sunday school class, because they know it takes a village.

有人会志愿做学生球队教练，有人会志愿做主日学校的教师，因为他们懂得要全民一心才能教育好孩子。

Heroes of every color and creed¹ who wear the uniform and risk their lives to keep pass on those blessings² of liberty; police officers and protesters in Dallas who all desperately³ want to keep our children safe; people who lined up in Orlando to donate blood because it could have been their son, their daughter in that club.

还有不同肤色和信仰的人们穿上军装警服，不顾安危，将自由的福祉传承；再想想达拉斯的警察和游行群众，他们在呼吁保护我们儿童的安全；想想在奥兰多排队献血者，夜店遇袭的也可能会是他们的子女。

Leaders like Tim Kaine, who show our kids what decency⁴ and devotion look like.

再想想Tim Kaine这样的领袖，他们向我们的孩子展现风骨和奉献。

Leaders like Hillary Clinton, who has the guts⁵ and the grace to keep coming back and putting those cracks in the highest and hardest glass ceiling until she finally breaks through, lifting all of us along with her.

还有像希拉里这样的领袖，总是有勇气有风度回到一线，不断冲击直至击碎限制女性等发展的无形顶障，带着我们一再登高。

That is the story of this country.

这就是我们国家的故事。

The story that has brought me to the stage tonight.

正是这个故事让我今天站在这里。

The story of generations of people who felt the lash⁶ of bondage⁷, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation⁸, but who kept on striving, and hoping, and doing what needed to be done.

这故事中，有一代代的人们感到枷锁捆绑，被奴役的屈辱，被隔离的刺痛，然而他们坚持奋斗，保持希望，克服一个个困难。

1 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

2 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

4 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

5 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

7 bondage   

n.奴役，束缚

参考例句：

• Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage.奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。

8 segregation   

n.隔离，种族隔离

参考例句：

• Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
• They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。