2008年11月24日月曜日

'This is your victory'says Obama

Where:http://hi.baidu.com/tianql/blog/item/542fbbef87568d11fcfa3c59.html

The number of words :1957

WORDS
Cynical
Context: who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve .

Definition:be the attitute and behaviour of someone who belives that people act selfishly and who always aways expects people to act like this .
You are taking a rather cynical view of marrige .

Endure
Context:He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.

Definition:bear a painful or difficult situation calmly and patiently .
You must be ready to endure hardships and even death.

Unsung
Context:And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign,

Definition:to describe someone who is not appreciated or praised although you think they deserve to be .
I have great respect for that unsung army of men and women who trudged to work every day

Hatch
Context:Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington

Definition:think of a plot or a scheme and work it out .
I've heard about the grand plot that you two gentlemen are hatching .

Perish
Context:more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

Definition:something comes to an end or is destroyed for ever
The old religion is perishing .

Harness
Context:There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

Definition:bring a natural source of energy,bring it under your control and use it .
Techniques harnessing the energy of the sun are being developed.

Calloused
Context:the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

Definition:to describe that something covered in calluses
My feet became blackened ,tough ,split and calloused .

Strain
Context:Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Definition:cause something to be used or tested to an extent that goes beyond normal or reasonable limits .
That noise is really straining my patience .

Press on
Context:and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

Definition:continue doing something in spite of difficulties or disappointments .
Babbage pressed on alone ,achieving little.

Sum up
Context:we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.

Definition :express as briefly as possible all the important aspects of something ,and by doing this describe the whole thing .
I can't sum up his whole philosophy in one sentence .


Touch down
Context:A man touched down on the moon,

Definition:land
He watched the plane as it touched down.


"And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope."said Obama.His victory is just like these words .He won by his spirit,which he considered as the spirit of the people,America.America will be changed ,and I hope not only Americans but also the other peoples of the world can say"yes ,we can ".

2 件のコメント:

Kirk Masden さんのコメント...

Good!! Click here to see a video of Obama giving this speach.

sai さんのコメント...

Thank you !I have watched it .