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Dear Malia and Sasha,亲爱的玛莉亚和萨莎：I know that youve both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldnt have let you have. But I also know that it hasnt always been easy for you and Mom, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesnt make up for all the time weve been apart. I know how much Ive missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey.我知道这两年你们俩随我一路竞选乐子不少，去野餐，参加巡游，逛州博览会，吃了各种我和妈妈大概不该给你们吃的垃圾食品。但我也知道，你们俩和妈妈的日子并不总是过得那么容易。新养的小狗虽然令你们兴奋，却无法弥补所有我们不在一起的时光。我明白，过去的这两年来我错过太多了。今天，我要再跟你们多解释一下，我为什么决定带领我们一家踏上这趟旅程。 When I was a young man, I thought life was all about meabout how Id make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and 1)mischief and those smiles that never fail to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didnt seem so important anymore. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I realized that my own life wouldnt count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours. In the end, girls, thats why I ran for President: because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation.当我年少时，我认为生活就该绕着我转：在这世上一往无前，成功立业，得到自己想要的。后来，你们俩进入了我的世界，充满好奇，活泼淘气，那微笑总能填满我的心，照亮我的日子。蓦然，我为自己定下的所有宏大计划似乎不再那么重要了。我很快便发现，我在你们生命中看到的快乐，就是我自己生命中最大的快乐。我还意识到，如果我不能确保你们此生能够拥有追求幸福和自我实现的一切机会，我自己的生命也没多大价值。最后，我的女儿们，我之所以竞选总统，为的就是那些我想让你们俩和这个国家的每一个孩子都能拥有的东西。 I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their potentialschools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill in them a sense of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to collegeeven if their parents arent rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kids and retire with dignity. 我要让我们国家的所有儿童都在能够发掘他们潜能的学校就读；这些学校能激发他们，鼓励他们，培养他们对周遭世界充满好奇。我要他们有机会上大学即使他们的父母并不富有。我还要他们能找到好的工作：薪酬合理且带有诸如医疗保障这样的福利的工作，能让他们有时间陪孩子和体面地退休的工作。 I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that youll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender and religion that keep us from seeing the best in each other. 我要大家向未知的领域拓展，不断去探索、发现，使得你们在有生之年能够看见新科技新发明改善我们的生活，使我们居住的这个星球更干净更安全。我也要大家打破人际隔阂，跨越那些妨碍我们看到彼此最优秀一面的种族、地域、性别和宗教樊篱。 Without Hope, Life is not Worth Living.From MilkDirector: Gus Van SantWriter: Dustin Lance BlackCast: Sean Penn Harvey Milk 本片是一部关于哈维米尔克的传记片。米尔克是美国时代杂志评选出的20世纪百大英雄人物之一，他是美国（也是全世界）第一位公开以同性恋身份从政的政治家。在上世纪70年代，他一直致力于为同性恋者争取平等的公民权益。然而在1978年，米尔克被保守派丹怀特刺杀身亡。该悲剧事件唤醒了各地的同性恋者，使他们对争取自身权益作出了强烈的反省和回应。Harvey Milk: (speaking to a large, noisy crowd.) My name is Harvey Milk and Im here to 1)recruit you. I wanna recruit you for the fight to preserve your democracy. Brothers and sisters, you must 2)come out. Come out to your parents. Come out to your friends, if, indeed, they are your friends. Come out to your neighbours. Come out to your fellow workers. Once and for all lets break down the myths and destroy the lies and 3)distortions, for your sake, for their sake. On the Statue of Liberty it says, “Give me your tired, your poor, your 4)huddled masses 5)yearning to be free!” On the 6)Declaration of Independence it is written, “All men are created equal and endowed with certain 7)inalienable rights ” So, for 8)Mr. Briggs and Mrs. Bryant and all the 9)bigots out there, no matter how hard you try you can never erase those words from the Declaration of Independence. No matter how hard you try you can never 10)chip those words from the base of the Statue of Liberty. That is what America is! Love it or leave it! (recording quietly his message in a tape recorder.) Last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and the voice was very young, and the person said, “Thanks.” Youve got to elect gay people so that the young child and the thousands upon thousands just like him will have hope for a better life, hope for a better tomorrow. I ask this, that if there be an 11)assassination, I would want five, ten, a hundred, a thousand to rise. If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door. I ask for the movement to continue because its not about personal gain and its not about 12)ego and its not about power. Its about the Us-es out there; not just the gays, but the blacks and the Asians and the seniors and the disabled the Us-es. Without hope, the Us-es give up. And I know you cant live on hope alone, but without hope, life is not worth living. So you and you and you, you gotta give em hope. You gotta give em hope. 哈维米尔克：（对着喧闹的人群。）我的名字叫哈维米尔克，我在这里召募你们，我想召募你们为自己的民主而奋斗。（）我的名字叫哈维米尔克，我在这里召募你们，我想召募你们为自己的民主而奋斗。 兄弟姐妹们，你们需要出柜：对你们的父母出柜；对你们的朋友出柜，假如他们真的是你朋友；对你们的邻居出柜；对你们的同事出柜，彻底一次性的出柜。让我们驱散荒谬，打破谎言和曲解。为了你们，也为了他们。 自由女神像上刻着，“把你的疲惫、你的穷苦给我，抱做一堆的人渴望自由呼吸！”在独立宣言上写着，“人人生而平等，被造物主赋予不能让与的权利” 所以，布理格斯先生，还有布莱恩特太太，对所有那些偏执狂，不管你们怎么努力，你们是永远擦不掉独立宣言上这些文字的；不管你们怎么努力，你们是永远改变不了自由女神基座上这些铭文的。 这才是美国！要不爱它要不就滚！（对着录音机录下自己的话语。） 上周我接到一个从宾夕