#一分鐘聽力
2016 Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama (11-17)
蜜雪兒在後半段，故意引用兩句希拉蕊的話：
1) Take a village
2) Put a crack on the highest glass ceiling
可見，希拉蕊嘴皮子的功夫高過蜜雪兒，非常有創意，人家是女媧補天，她是希拉蕊破天
但是，蜜雪兒說話的智慧又高過希拉蕊
希拉蕊的品德不敢恭維，但是她的英文一定很精彩，後面研究她的演說
蜜雪兒鎮攝民主黨的演講後半段如下，一頁不到一分鐘
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【中文字幕和詞彙說明】
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【11】
Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military in your command, you can’t make snap decisions.
You can’t have a thin skin or a tendency to lash out.
You need to be steady, and measured, and well-informed.
I want a President with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves.
We fight to give everyone a chance to succeed and we give back, even when we’re struggling ourselves, because we know that there is always someone worse off, and there but for the grace of God go I.
【12】
I want a President who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a President who truly believe in the vision that our founders put forth all those years ago: That we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.
And when crisis hits, we don’t turn against each other - no, we listen to each other. We lean on each other, because we are always stronger together.
And I am here tonight because I know that that is the kind of president that Hillary Clinton will be.
And that’s why, in this election, I’m with her.
【13】
You see, Hillary understands that the President is about one thing and one thing only - it’s about leaving something better for our kids.
That’s how we’ve always moved this country forward - by all of us coming together on behalf of our children - folks who volunteer to coach that team, to teach that Sunday school class because they know it takes a village.
Heroes of every color and creed who wear the uniform and risk their lives to keep passing down those blessings of liberty.
【14】
Police officers and the protestors in Dallas who all desperately 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.
Leaders like Tim Kaine who show our kids what decency and devotion look like.
Leaders like Hillary Clinton, who has the guts and the grace to keep coming back and putting those cracks in that highest and hardest glass ceiling until she finally breaks through, lifting all of us along with her.
【15】
That is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, but who kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done so that today.
I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women, playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.
【16】
And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters - and all our sons and daughters - now take for granted that a woman can be President of the United States.
So don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again, because this, right now, is the greatest country on earth.
And as my daughters prepare to set out into the world, I want a leader who is worthy of that truth, a leader who is worthy of my girls’ promise and all our kids’ promise, a leader who will be guided every day by the love and hope and impossibly big dreams that we all have for our children.
【17】
So in this election, we cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for the best. We cannot afford to be tired, or frustrated, or cynical.
No, hear me - between now and November, we need to do what we did eight years ago and four years ago: We need to knock on every door. We need to get out every vote.
We need to pour every last ounce of our passion and our strength and our love for this country into electing Hillary Clinton as President of the United States of America.
Let’s get to work. Thank you all, and God bless.
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