在Obama竞选的1年多时间里，我未曾真正审视过这个非洲裔的政治人物，还曾一度在最初他和希拉里竞争的时候，将信任和支持投向了和我拥有一样性别的希拉里。然而在聆听了Obama16分钟的获胜演讲以后，我却被这个拥有严峻面庞，却内心坚强而温暖的新总统征服。

 

这篇演讲稿我想若干年后会出现在“21世纪经典美文”的收入中吧，它融合了一切感动人，鼓舞人，激励人的元素。鲜明的观点，周全的内容，举例，铺垫，渲染，升华，所有的写作技巧都那么不着痕迹，他铿锵有力的说辞，触动人心的话语，让场下，场外无数人为之倾倒。

 

我想，在如今美国人的心中，他的形象就仿佛耶稣一般，出生贫寒，却怀抱着崇高的梦想，力排众议，在一路上说服了一个又一个美国人跟随他的脚步，共同赴这一场历史性的变革之旅。

 

将这篇历史性的文稿摘抄如下，供赏析。

 

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.

And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. 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 our 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.

For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

巧合一：

无意地，在走过书架的时候瞥见了一本书叫做《金钱》，作者左拉（Zola）。翻了翻简介，便取回了家。然而，当我看完这本书的时候，惊讶与哀叹不绝。

 

19世纪的金融投机市场，和如今这场全世界人民都在为之抗争的金融风暴是何等的如出一辙。故事里的主人公萨加尔所创建的世界银行，经历了疯狂的成长，而后破产的故事上让我仿佛看到了雷曼的影子，甚至于它们两者的CEO都有着惊人的相似，主人公萨加尔和福尔德一样“心狠手辣”，崇尚金钱，自大，而最后求援不力，被政府和合作者抛弃，陷入破产。当然这个故事不仅仅关于一个银行，犹太商人的精明和运筹帷幄，小人物们的投机和贪婪，政治家的永不妥协，马克思主义信徒的乌托邦的理想，恐怕都是当时那个社会的最真实的写照，只是让我吃惊的是，2个世纪后的今日，放佛一切都没有改变。

 

左拉在小说里所提出的论点是如此具有前瞻性，他说，这样的金融危机每过10-20年都会发生一次，当人们又重新恢复赌博的嗜好，虚假的繁荣将再次出现，并最终幻灭。然而作者也提出了一个无法获得解释的疑惑。因为主人公萨加尔的投机行为，虽然最终使得众多人流离失所，遭受重大的创伤，可是却在另一方面，实现世界银行创办之初的理想，即把文明带到了东方，修铁路，开发铁矿……，就像萨加尔所宣称和笃信的那样，只有把金钱从小溪流汇成江河，大海，才能开创伟大的事业。并且故事里的大部分人都不是懒惰，愚昧之人，他们在为自己的生活不断的奔波，劳累，努力，所以作者最后的疑问很耐人寻味，他说是不是人类的这种努力，牺牲，再努力的过程正在带领人们进入另一个我们未曾感知到的境地？

 

我觉得如果把这部小说拍成电影或排成话剧，应该很好看，因为在这种惊人的历史相似中，我们可以看到很多，小说里那一个微型的社会放佛就是今天的缩影，而我们每个人都能看到自己角色的影子。巧合，还是注定，时间不会说话，却一直让我们陷入沉思。

 

巧合二：

周日的早上在家看了《海角七号》，这部被热炒的电影。的确，电影很好看，不是让你一眼就喜欢上，却是让你看了无法忘怀的。现在有很多爱情电影，奢华的制作，却苍白无力，就比如之前的那部关于人妖的爱情故事，似乎用尽了一切手段也只是为了去歌颂一下让人唏嘘的脱离现实的爱情。而这部《海角七号》，爱情显得那么自然和纯粹，而且把社会的很多元素都加插了进来，使其丰富，充满惊喜。影片中又融入了《海角七号》，《国境之南》的旋律，撩起了观看者无限的感动。

 

然而巧合的事情便是，当我在同一天下午拿起一份杂志的时候，却看到影片中只露了几眼的友情客串中孝介恰恰在那天开演唱会，11月2日，上海东方艺术中心 晚19点。这个深情唱歌的帅男人在这部影片中，为主人公带来了彩虹。

 

 （海角七号原声大碟封面）