is that 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.
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。
It's 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!
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, and 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!
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。
课外阅读:毁掉英文小清新
华盛顿邮报搞了一个比赛,要求写两行押韵的诗,第一行能多浪漫就多浪漫,第二行能多不浪漫就多不浪漫,以下是一些入选作品:
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you has screwed up my life.
我的心肝,我的挚爱,我美丽的贤妻:
我这辈子就毁在你手里。
I see your face when I am dreaming,
That's why I always wake up screaming.
你的容颜依稀入梦境,
于是我在尖叫中惊醒。
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
善良、聪慧、多情而性感,
可惜这些你一条都不占。
I thought that I could love no other,
—— that is until I met your brother.
曾以为一生只爱你一个,
直到遇见你的二表哥。