I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters — and for all of our sons and daughters, if we want to give all of our children a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise, if we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility — that belief that here in America, there is always something better out there if you’re willing to work for it –then we must work like never before.
The world beholds the peaceful triumphs of the industry of our emigrants. To us belongs the duty of protecting them adequately wherever they may be upon our soil. The jurisdiction of our laws and the benefits of our republican institutions should be extended over them in the distant regions which they have selected for their homes.
“Sink one’s teeth into something（用力地啃咬某物）” 来表示 “全身心地投入或全神贯注于一项活动”。它也可以被用来描述某人积极的工作热情。这个表达也可以用作 “get one’s teeth into something”，意思不变。
Be alive to one another’s struggles. Stand up for one another’s rights. Leave behind all the old ways of thinking that divide us – sexism, racial prejudice, status, greed – and set the world on a different path.
“A happy place（一个快乐的地方）” 来描述 “一个熟悉的地点、活动或一段记忆”，它能使某人感到放松、开心或忘掉烦心事。你也可以用 “someone’s happy place” 来具体说明 “让某人感到快乐的地方，某人的乐园”。
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise — that American promise — and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
They’ll tell them how this time, we listened to our hopes, instead of our fears. How this time, we decided to stop doubting and to start dreaming. How this time, in this great country — where a girl from the South Side of Chicago can go to college and law school, and the son of a single mother from Hawaii can go all the way to the White House – we committed ourselves to building the world as it should be.
“Burst out laughing”，意思就是这个人 “突然大声地笑了起来，放声大笑”。
Ireland, if anyone ever says otherwise, if anybody ever tells you that your problems are too big, or your challenges are too great, that we can’t do something, that we shouldn’t even try — think about all that we’ve done together. Remember that whatever hardships the winter may bring, springtime is always just around the corner.
“Make good time” 的意思是 “很快完成一段旅程，到达目的地所花的时间比预期的要少”。
Around the world, the voices of children are getting louder. They are calling for better health – a visit to a doctor; a simple vaccination against diseases; a plate of food and clean water to drink. They are calling for a seat in the classroom, and the loudest voices, are coming from girls. They just want the same opportunities as boys to learn and develop.
“April showers bring May flowers（四月阵雨带来五月花）” 是一句英文谚语，我们用它来表达希望，并鼓励他人 “尽管目前情况不好，但未来好事仍会发生”，相当于汉语里的 “苦尽甘来”。
The currents of history may ebb and flow, but over time they move — decidedly, decisively — in a single direction. History is on the side of the free — free societies, free governments, free economies, free people. And the future belongs to those who stand firm for those ideals, in this region and around the world.
“Grin from ear to ear” 或者 “smile from ear to ear” 用来描述某人 “开心地咧嘴大笑，笑得合不拢嘴”。
I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong. Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, never fear.
It has been the honor of my life to serve you as President. Eight years later, I am even more optimistic about our country’s promise. And I look forward to working along your side, as a citizen, for all my days that remain.
“Get away from it all（抛开这一切）” 的意思是 “远离日常生活、工作中的一切烦恼和责任，休息一下”，通常表示 “外出度假”。这个表达也常用来谈论 “想从某件压力大的事情中解脱出来” 的意愿。
It should be our constant and earnest endeavor mutually to cultivate a spirit of concord and harmony among the various parts of our Confederacy. Of all the great interests which appertain to our country, that of union–cordial, confiding, fraternal union–is by far the most important, since it is the only true and sure guaranty of all others.
“Beyond a joke（超出了开玩笑的限度，已经不是开玩笑的问题了）” 用来描述一件事情或状况 “使人恼火或无法接受，非常过分，不可理喻”。
America, you’ve vindicated that hope these past eight years. And now I’m ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen. So this year, in this election, I’m asking you to join me — to reject cynicism and reject fear, and to summon what is best in us; to elect Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States, and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation.
