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Hello,?Chicago. If?there?is?anyone?out?there?who?still?doubts?that?America?is?aplace?where?all?things?are?possible,?who?still?wonders?if?the?dreamof?our?founders?is?alive?in?our?time,?who?still?questions?the?power?of?our?democracy,?tonight?is?youranswer.美国是一个一切皆有可能的地方，如果还有人对这一点心存怀疑，如果还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们时代是否还有活力，还有人怀疑我们民主制度的力量，那么，你们今晚正是对那些疑问作出了回答。 It’s?the?answer?told?by?lines?that?stretched?around?schools?and?churches?in?numbers?this?nation?hasnever?seen,?by?people?who?waited?three?hours?and?four?hours,?many?for?the?first?time?in?their?lives,because?they?believed?that?this?time?must?be?different,?that?their?voices?could?be?that?difference.在学校和教堂周围所出现的前所未有的长队是答案，这个国家从未见过这么多的人前来投票，人们排三个、四个小时的队来进行有生以来的第一次投票，因为他们相信这一次将会不同，他们发出的声音可能就是那个差别。 It’s?the?answer?spoken?by?young?and?old,?rich?and?poor,?Democrat?and?Republican,?black,?white,Hispanic,?Asian,?Native?American,?gay,?straight,?disabled?and?not?disabled.?Americans?who?sent?amessage?to?the?world?that?we?have?never?been?just?a?collection?of?individuals?or?a?collection?of?redstates?and?blue?states.这是一个年轻人和年老人、富人和穷人、民主党人和共和党人、黑人、白人、西班牙裔人、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋和异性恋、残障人士和健全人士所作出的回答。美国人向世界发出一个信息：我们从不只是一些个人的累加或者“红色州”和“蓝色州”的累加。 We?are,?and?always?will?be,?the?United?States?of?America.我们是，并且永远是美利坚合众国。 It’s?the?answer?that?led?those?who’ve?been?told?for?so?long?by?so?many?to?be?cynical?and?fearful?anddoubtful?about?what?we?can?achieve?to?put?their?hands?on?the?arc?of?history?and?bend?it?once?moretoward?the?hope?of?a?better?day.这是一个引导人们的答案，太多的人在很长的时间内给他们说这个答案，以至于他们对此持愤世疾俗的态度，对我们是否可以再一次把握历史的希望感到担心和怀疑。 It’s?been?a?long?time?coming,?but?tonight,?because?of?what?we?did?on?this?date?in?this?election?at?thisdefining?moment?change?has?come?to?America.已经过去了很长时间，但是今晚，由于我们今天在这场选举所采取的行动，在这个决定性的时候，变革来到了美国。 A?little?bit?earlier?this?evening,?I?received?an?extraordinarily?gracious?call?from?Sen.?McCain.今晚早些时候，我接到来自参议员麦凯恩的一个极具风度的电话。 Sen.?McCain?fought?long?and?hard?in?this?campaign.?And?he’s?fought?even?longer?and?harder?for?thecountry?that?he?loves.?H