為了讓每個(gè)孩子享受到世界級(jí)的教育,讓他們能在全球經(jīng)濟(jì)中競(jìng)爭(zhēng)21世紀(jì)的工作崗位,我將投資早期教育,并且增加師資力量。不過(guò),我同時(shí)也會(huì)要求更高的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和更多的責(zé)任。我們向每個(gè)美國(guó)年輕人作出承諾:如果你致力于服務(wù)你的社區(qū)或是你的國(guó)家,我們將確保你能負(fù)擔(dān)得起自己的學(xué)費(fèi)。
在國(guó)防安全問(wèn)題上,我將負(fù)責(zé)任地結(jié)束伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),這樣我們就不必在這個(gè)國(guó)家享有巨額財(cái)政盈余的情況下每月卻要在那里花費(fèi)100億美元。為了美國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)、美國(guó)的軍隊(duì)和伊拉克的長(zhǎng)期穩(wěn)定,現(xiàn)在是伊拉克人站出來(lái)的時(shí)候了。我將最終完成對(duì)本·拉登(Bin Laden)和基地組織恐怖分子的打擊,正是這些人制造了9/11恐怖襲擊,同時(shí)我還會(huì)建立新的合作關(guān)系、擊退21世紀(jì)出現(xiàn)的威脅,恢復(fù)我們的道德威望,讓美國(guó)仍然是地球上最后也是最好的希望。
這些事情沒(méi)有一件是輕而易舉能辦到的,也不是一朝一夕能完成的。但是,我堅(jiān)信我們能成功,因?yàn)槲覍?duì)美國(guó)深信不疑。是美國(guó)使我們的父輩相信,即使他們自己無(wú)法上大學(xué),也可以每周積攢下一些錢(qián)來(lái),讓他們的孩子接受好的教育;即使他們不能擁有自己的企業(yè),也可以通過(guò)努力工作讓自己的孩子創(chuàng)辦企業(yè)。在美國(guó)歷史的每個(gè)時(shí)刻,我們都勇敢地站起來(lái)面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn),因?yàn)槲覀儚膩?lái)沒(méi)有忘記過(guò)這樣一個(gè)基本真理:在美國(guó),我們的命運(yùn)并非天定,而是掌握在我們自己的手中。
所以,明天,我懇請(qǐng)你們書(shū)寫(xiě)美國(guó)下一個(gè)偉大的篇章。我懇請(qǐng)你們不只相信我?guī)?lái)變革的能力,還有你們自己的能力。明天,你們可以選擇這樣一種政策──向美國(guó)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)進(jìn)行投入、創(chuàng)造新的就業(yè)崗位、實(shí)現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)讓人人都有成功的機(jī)會(huì)。你們可以選擇希望而非恐懼、選擇團(tuán)結(jié)而非分裂、選擇變革的希望而非墨守成規(guī)。如果你們投我的票,我們將不僅贏得此次競(jìng)選,還將一起改變這個(gè)國(guó)家、改變這個(gè)世界。
附:英語(yǔ)原文
Obama: The Change We Need
This is a defining moment in our history. We face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression -- 760,000 workers have lost their jobs this year. Businesses and families can't get credit. Home values are falling, and pensions are disappearing. Wages are lower than they've been in a decade, at a time when the costs of health care and college have never been higher.
At a moment like this, we can't afford four more years of spending increases, poorly designed tax cuts, or the complete lack of regulatory oversight that even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan now believes was a mistake. America needs a new direction. That's why I'm running for president of the United States.
Tomorrow, you can give this country the change we need.
My opponent, Senator McCain, has served his country honorably. He can even point to a few moments in the past where he has broken from his party. But over the past eight years, he's voted with President Bush 90% of the time. And when it comes to the economy, he still can't tell the American people one major thing he'd do differently from George Bush.