Thank you so much.

非常感謝你。

[CROWD]

[人群]

Four more years!  Four more years!

再過四年！ 再過四年！

[MICHELLE OBAMA]

[米歇爾-奧巴馬]

With your help, with your help.

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。

have your back.

有你的支持。

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。

all across this country.

全國各地。

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.

我看到了美國精神的精華。

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。

my family, especially our girls.

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。

without pay.

無薪。

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。

out a flooded town.

出一個被淹的小鎮。

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。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

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&#39；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。

I have done and what I can still do."

我已經做了什麼，我還能做什麼.&quot。

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。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

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。

they'd ever known?

他們'd曾經知道？

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。

[LAUGHTER]

[笑聲]

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。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

I loved Barack just the way he was.

我愛巴拉克，只是他的方式。

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。

[LAUGHTER]

[笑聲]

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。

for themselves.

為自己。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

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

arms.

臂。

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。

of.

的：

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

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

from student loans and grants.

來自學生貸款和助學金。

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

loans when he fell short.

貸款時，他不足。

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。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

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。

stepped in when she needed help.

在她需要幫助的時候出手了。

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。

family continued to scrape by.

家裡人依舊在拼搏。

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;。

that really matters."

那才是真正重要的&quot。

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

did.  In fact, they admired it.

確實如此。 事實上，他們很欣賞它。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

They simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don't start out

他們只是相信美國的基本承諾，即使你不'開始

with much, if you work hard and do what you're supposed to do, you should be able to build a decent

與多，如果你努力工作，並做你應該做的，你應該能夠建立一個體面的。

life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and grandkids.

為自己的生活，為你的孩子和孫子過上更好的生活。

That's how they raised us.  That's what we learned from their example.

這就是他們養育我們的方式。 那是我們從他們的榜樣中學到的東西。

We learned about dignity and decency.  That how hard you work matters more than how much

我們學到了尊嚴和體面。 你工作的努力程度比你的收入更重要。

you make.  That helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

你做的。 幫助別人不僅僅意味著自己的進步。

We learned about honesty and integrity.  That the truth matters. 

我們學到了誠實和正直。 真相很重要。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

That, that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules...

那就是你不走捷徑，不按自己的規則來玩...

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

...and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

......而成功並不算數，除非你光明正大地贏得它。

We learned about gratitude and humility.  That so many people had a hand in our success,

我們學會了感恩和謙遜。 我們的成功和這麼多人有關係。

from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean.

從激勵我們的老師到保持學校清潔的校工。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

And we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

而且我們被教導要重視每個人'的貢獻，尊重每個人。

Those are the values that Barack and I -- and so many of you -- are trying to pass on

這些都是巴拉克和我 -- -- 以及你們中的許多人 -- -- 正在努力傳遞的價值觀。

to our own children.

對我們自己的孩子。

That's who we are.

我們就是這樣的人。

And, and standing before you four years ago, I knew that I didn't want any of that to

而且，四年前站在你面前，我知道，我不希望任何這一切都

change if Barack became president.

改變，如果巴拉克成為總統。

Well, today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in

好了，今天，經過這麼多的奮鬥和勝利，以及考驗我老公的時刻，在

ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who

我從來沒有想象過的方式，我已經看到了第一手資料，作為總統並沒有改變誰'。

you are.  No, it, it reveals who you are.

你是誰 不，它，它揭示了你是誰。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

You see, I've gotten to see up close and personal what being president really looks

你看，我已經得到了看到近距離和個人 什麼是真正的總統的樣子

like.

喜歡。

And I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard

我看到總統辦公桌上的問題總是很難解決的

ones.  You know, the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to

的。 你知道的，這些問題，無論多少數據或數字都無法讓你找到答案

the right answer.  The judgment calls where the stakes are so high, and there is no margin

正確的答案。 賭注如此之高的判斷電話，沒有任何餘地。

for error.

為錯誤。

And as president, you're going to get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people.

而作為總統，你'會從各種人那裡得到各種建議。

But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all

但到了最後，到了該做決定的時候，作為總統，所有的人都會有不同的選擇

you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you

你要引導你的是你的價值觀，和你的願景，和生活經驗，使你。

who you are.

你是誰。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

So when it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad

所以，當談到重建我們的經濟時，巴拉克想到的是像我爸爸這樣的人。

and like his grandmother.

和他的奶奶一樣。

He's thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work.

他'想的是辛苦一天後的自豪感。

That's why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay

這就是為什麼他簽署了《莉莉-萊德貝特公平薪酬法案》，以幫助女性獲得同等報酬。

for equal work.

同工不同酬；

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

That's why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the

這就是為什麼他要為工薪家庭和小企業減稅，並爭取讓。

auto industry back on its feet.

汽車行業重新站起來。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

That's how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again.  Jobs

這就是他如何把我們的經濟從崩潰的邊緣帶到再次創造就業機會。 就業

you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of America.

你可以養家餬口，好工作就在美利堅合眾國。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks

當涉及到我們家庭的健康時，巴拉克拒絕聽取所有這些人的意見。

who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president.

誰叫他把醫改留到另一天，另一個總統。

He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically.  No, that's not how

他不在乎這是否是政治上容易做的事情。 不，這不是如何

he was raised.  He cared that it was the right thing to do.

他被撫養長大。 他關心的是這是正確的事情。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

He, he did it because he believes that here in America, our grandparents should be able

他，他這樣做是因為他認為，在美國，我們的祖父母應該能夠。

to afford their medicine. Our kids should be able to see a doctor when they're sick.  And no

買得起他們的藥。我們的孩子應該能夠在生病的時候看醫生。 而不

one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or illness.

這個國家的人不應該因為意外或疾病而破產。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

And he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies

而且他相信，女性更有能力對自己的身體做出選擇。

and our health care. 

和我們的保健。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

That's what my husband stands for.

這就是我丈夫的代表。

[APPLAUSE]

[鼓掌]

When it comes to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and

當談到給我們的孩子們提供他們應得的教育時，巴拉克知道，像我和我一樣

like so many of you, he never could've attended college without financial aid.

像你們很多人一樣，他永遠不可能''ve上大學沒有財政援助。

And believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan

不管你信不信，我們剛結婚的時候，我們每個月的助學貸款加起來... ...

bill was actually higher than our mortgage.

賬單實際上比我們的抵押貸款還高。

Yeah, we were so young, so in love, and so in debt.

是啊，我們那麼年輕，那麼相愛，那麼負債累累。

[LAUGHTER]

[笑聲]

That's why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates

這就是為什麼巴拉克如此努力地爭取增加學生援助和保持利率的原因。

down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend

下來，因為他希望每一個年輕人都能實現自己的承諾，能夠上。

college without a mountain of debt.

大學沒有山的債務。

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So in the end, for Barack, these issues aren't political.  They're personal.

所以最後，對於巴拉克來說，這些問題不是政治問題。 他們'是個人的。

Because Barack knows what it means when a family struggles.

因為巴拉克知道一個家庭掙扎時意味著什麼。

He knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grandkids.

他知道想要為你的孩子和孫子多做一些事情意味著什麼。

Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it. 

巴拉克知道美國夢，因為他'的生活。

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And he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are,

他希望這個國家的每個人都有同樣的機會，不管我們是誰。

or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love.

或我們從哪裡來，或我們的樣子，或我們愛誰。

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And he believes that when you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that

而他相信，當你'努力工作，做得很好，走過了那個

doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.  No, you reach back, and

機會之門，你不會在身後把它關上。 不，你向後伸手，然後

you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.

你給其他人同樣的機會，幫助你成功。

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So when, when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband,

所以當，當人們問我在白宮是否改變了我的丈夫。

I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack

我可以坦率地說，當談到他的性格， 和他的信念，和他的心臟，巴拉克

Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.

奧巴馬還是那個我多年前愛上的男人。

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He's the same man who started his career by turning down high-paying jobs and instead

他'就是那個拒絕高薪工作，轉而開始職業生涯的人。

working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to

在一家鋼鐵廠停產的掙扎中的社區工作，努力爭取

rebuild those communities and get folks back to work.  Because for Barack, success isn't

重建這些社區 並讓人們回到工作。 因為對於巴拉克來說，成功不是'。

about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

關於你賺多少錢，它'是關於你在人們的生活中的差異。

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He, he's the same man, he's the same man who, when our girls were first born, would

他，他是同一個人，他是同一個人，當我們的女孩剛出生的時候，他會

anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensure they were still breathing, proudly

每隔幾分鐘就焦急地檢查一下他們的嬰兒床，以確保他們還在呼吸，並自豪地說

showing them off to everyone we knew.

向我們認識的每個人炫耀他們。

You see, that's the man who sits down with me and our girls for dinner nearly every

你看，這是誰的男人坐下來與我和我們的女孩吃飯，幾乎每一個

night, patiently answering questions about issues in the news, strategizing about middle

夜，耐心地回答有關新聞中的問題，為中

school friendships.