Name: 第一夫人蜜雪兒怎麼說？2012全美人民民主代表大會 First Lady Michelle Obama's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech
Uploaded: 2012-11-30T10:56:04.000Z
Duration: 24 min 42 s

在你的幫助下，在你的幫助下。

Let me, let me start.  I want to start by thanking Elaine.  Elaine, thank you so

讓我，讓我開始。  我想先感謝伊萊恩。  伊萊恩，謝謝你

much.  We are so grateful for your family's service and sacrifice ... and we will always

多。  我們非常感謝你的家人'的服務和犧牲......，我們將永遠。

Over the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling

在過去的幾年裡，作為第一夫人，我非常榮幸地走訪了許多國家，包括：美國、加拿大、澳洲、加拿大、加拿大、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國、中國。

And everywhere I've gone, in the people I've met, and the stories I've heard,

在我走過的每一個地方，在我遇到的人，和我聽到的故事。

I have seen the very best of the American spirit.

I have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and

我從人們對我的不可思議的善意和溫暖中看到了這一點，也看到了。

我的家庭，特別是我們的女兒。

I've seen it in teachers in a near-bankrupt school district who vowed to keep teaching

我'在一個瀕臨破產的學區的老師身上看到過，他們發誓要繼續教書。

I've seen it in people who become heroes at a moment's notice; diving into harm's

我已經看到了它在人誰成為英雄在一瞬間'的通知;潛入傷害'的人。

way to save others, flying across the country to put out a fire, driving for hours to bail

救人的方式，飛越全國去救火，驅車數小時去保送。

And I've seen it in our men and women in uniform and our proud military families.

而我'在我們的男女軍人和我們自豪的軍人家庭中看到了它。

In wounded warriors who tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going

在受傷的戰士誰告訴我，他們不只是要再次行走，他們'會

to run, and they're going to run marathons.  In the young man blinded by a bomb in Afghanistan

要跑，他們'要跑馬拉松。  在阿富汗被炸彈炸瞎的年輕人中

who said, simply, "I'd give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what

誰說的，簡單地說，"我'會給我的眼睛100次，再有機會做什麼。

我已經做了什麼，我還能做什麼."

Every day, the people I meet inspire me.  Every day, they make me proud, every day they remind

每天，我遇到的人都在激勵著我。  每天，他們都讓我感到驕傲，每天他們都在提醒我

me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on Earth.

我是多麼的幸運，我們是生活在地球上最偉大的國家。

Serving as your first lady is an honor and a privilege but back when we first came together

擔任你們的第一夫人是一種榮耀和特權 但當我們第一次走到一起的時候... ...

four years ago, I still had some concerns about this journey we'd begun.

四年前，我對我們開始的這段旅程還有些擔心。

While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country and I was certain

雖然我深深相信我丈夫對這個國家的願景，而且我確信

he would make an extraordinary president, like any mother, I was worried about what

他將成為一個非凡的總統， 像任何母親，我很擔心什麼

it would mean for our girls if he got that chance.

這將意味著我們的女孩 如果他有這樣的機會。

Now how would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight?

現在，在全國的聚光燈下，我們如何讓他們立足？

How would they feel being uprooted from their school, their friends, and the only home

他們會如何感受被連根拔起，從他們的學校，他們的朋友，和唯一的家。

See, our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys: Saturdays at

在搬到華盛頓之前，我們的生活充滿了簡單的樂趣：週六在華盛頓，我們的生活充滿了簡單的樂趣。

soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house.  And a date night for Barack and me was either dinner

足球比賽，週日 在奶奶的房子。  而巴拉克和我的約會之夜是要麼晚餐

or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both.

或電影，因為作為一個筋疲力盡的媽媽，我不能保持清醒的兩個。

And the truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls, and I deeply loved the

而事實是，我愛我們為女兒們建立的生活，我深深地愛著這個

man I had built that life with and I didn't want that to change if he became president.

的人，我已經建立了這樣的生活，我不想改變，如果他成為總統。

You see, even though back then Barack was a senator and a presidential candidate, to

你看，即使當年巴拉克是參議員和總統候選人，但為了。

me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted

我，他還是那個開著一輛鏽跡斑斑的車來接我約會的人。

out, I could actually see the pavement going by in a hole in the passenger side door. 

出，我居然能看到人行道從副駕駛門的一個洞裡走過。

He was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster,

他最引以為傲的財產是他在垃圾箱裡找到的一張咖啡桌。

and whose only pair of decent shoes was a half size too small.

而他唯一一雙像樣的鞋子卻小了半碼。

But, see, when Barack started telling me about his family, see, now that's when I knew

但是，當巴拉克開始告訴我他的家庭，看，現在，當我知道了

I had found a kindred spirit, someone whose values and upbringing were so much like mine.

我找到了一個同類人，一個價值觀和成長經歷和我很像的人。

You see, Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way

你看，巴拉克和我都是在沒有多少錢的家庭里長大的。

of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable: their unconditional

但他們給了我們一些更有價值的東西：他們的無條件的。

love, their unflinching sacrifice and the chance to go places they had never imagined

他們的愛，他們不屈不撓的犧牲，以及去他們從未想過的地方的機會。

My father was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed with multiple

我父親是市自來水廠的水泵操作工，他被診斷出患有多發性

sclerosis when my brother and I were young.

硬化症，當我和我的哥哥年輕的時候。

And even as a kid, I knew there were plenty of days when he was in pain.  And I knew

即使是一個孩子，我也知道有很多天他很痛苦。  我也知道

there were plenty of mornings when it was a struggle for him to simply get out of bed.

有很多早晨，他只是起床就很費勁。

But every morning, I watched my father wake up with a smile, you know, grab his walker,

但每天早上，我看著父親微笑著醒來，你知道，拿起他的助行器。

prop himself up against the bathroom sink, and slowly shave and button his uniform.

撐著浴室的洗手檯，慢慢地刮鬍子，扣上制服的扣子。

And when he returned home after a long day's work, my brother and I would stand at the

當他幹了一天的活兒回到家時，我和哥哥會站在他的家門口。

top of the stairs to our little apartment, patiently waiting to greet him.  Watching

到我們小公寓的樓梯頂上，耐心地等著迎接他。  看著

as he reached down to lift one leg, and then the other, to slowly climb his way into our

他伸手抬起一條腿，然後又抬起另一條腿，慢慢地爬進我們的體內

But despite these challenges, my dad hardly ever missed a day of work.  He and my mom

但儘管有這些挑戰，我爸爸幾乎沒有一天缺席過工作。  他和我媽

were determined to give me and my brother the kind of education they could only dream

他們決心給我和我弟弟提供他們夢寐以求的教育。

And when my brother and I finally made it to college, nearly all of our tuition came

當我和弟弟終於上了大學，幾乎所有的學費都是來自於

But my dad still had to pay a tiny portion of that tuition himself.

但我爸還是要自己支付一小部分學費。

And every semester, he was determined to pay that bill right on time, even taking out

而每一個學期，他都決心要按時交納這筆費用，甚至拿出了

He was so proud to be sending his kids to college and he made sure we never missed

他為能送孩子們上大學而感到驕傲 他確保我們不會錯過任何機會

a registration deadline because his check was late.

因為他的支票晚了，所以報名截止日期。

You see, for my dad, that's what it meant to be a man.

你看，對我爸爸來說，這就是一個男人的意義。

Like so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life: being able to earn a

就像我們很多人一樣，這就是衡量他人生成功的標準：能夠賺取一個

decent living that allowed him to support his family.

體面的生活，讓他能夠養家餬口。

And, and as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though he'd grown up all the

而且，當我瞭解巴拉克，我意識到，即使他'd長大了所有的

way across the country, he'd been brought up just like me.

在全國各地的方式，他'就像我一樣被提出來。

Barack was raised by a single mom who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who

巴拉克是由一個努力支付賬單的單親媽媽撫養長大的，由爺爺奶奶撫養長大的。

Barack's grandmother started out as a secretary at a community bank and she moved quickly

巴拉克'的祖母開始在一家社區銀行做祕書，她很快就轉到了。

up the ranks, but like so many women, she hit a glass ceiling.

但就像許多女人一樣，她遇到了玻璃天花板。

And for years, men no more qualified than she was -- men she had actually trained

多年來，男人沒有比她更有資格的人 -- 她實際上訓練過的人

-- were promoted up the ladder ahead of her, earning more and more money while Barack's

--都在她前面升職，賺的錢越來越多，而巴拉克'的。

But day after day, she kept on waking up at dawn to catch the bus, arriving at work before

但日復一日，她一直堅持天不亮就起床趕車，趕在上班前到達公司

anyone else, giving her best without complaint or regret.

任何人，都無怨無悔地把最好的東西給她。

And, and she would often tell Barack, "so long as you kids do well, Bar, that's all

而且，她經常會告訴巴拉克，"只要你的孩子們表現好，巴，就可以了&39;。

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much.

像許多美國家庭一樣，我們的家庭並沒有要求太多。

They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they

他們不吝惜別人的成功，也不在乎別人比他們擁有更多的東西

確實如此。  事實上，他們很欣賞它。

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