美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-09-11

 　　You are not just the same as everybody ofus celebrity¹ stardust. You're actually a Tennesseedelegate. And on your hand you have the word "opportunity." What'sthat all about?

　　Well, one of the things why I love thespeech is I think all of them have been very powerful and effective in theirown way from Tammy multi-generations of people in service. Mayor Castro'sreally struck out to me because he kept repeating this refrain, opportunitybreeds prosperity, opportunity breeds prosperity. I do believe with thepresident's vision that we build our economy from the middle class out and wedon't slam the door on poor people coming up behind us. We give them theopportunity to work their way into our economy. And so, you know, I talked alot about how often Obama care, which I use in a positive way, not derisively².The numbers in Tennesseeare already really good for children who can't be denied coverage³ from pre-excitingconditions. But a lot of the growth boils down to opportunity so I pledgeallegiance to my flag in the spirit of opportunity and my country.

　　And how excited were you last night when BillClinton turned on his staff.

　　You know what? President Clinton gave us amaster class in civics, in history and the most important part was point bypoint he elucidated⁴ what president Obama's platform is and contrasted it withthe Romney-Ryan platform and he presented the incontrovertible facts withgravity and humor. It was vintage Clinton.

　　And a problem is, if you were Barak Obama, youwere listening to Bill Clinton last night. You must be thinking how that thehell do I follow that. Now you are a performer, what do you do?

　　All he has to do is "be himself".He is a good man and he is a great president. And I loved Mrs. Obama's talk as well.And someone said to me what she need when do it again just be herself, sheshared three generations of personal narrative⁵ in the story and here's theAmerican dream and every point was so salient and relevant to this election.They are all special in their own way and he is gonna I mean he is gonna kill,he is gonna knock it out. His video gets standing⁶ ovations⁷ in this film.

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 derisively   

adv. 嘲笑地，嘲弄地

参考例句：

• This answer came derisively from several places at the same instant. 好几个人都不约而同地以讥讽的口吻作出回答。
• The others laughed derisively. 其余的人不以为然地笑了起来。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 elucidated   

v.阐明，解释( elucidate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He elucidated a point of grammar. 他解释了一个语法要点。
• The scientist elucidated his theory by three simple demonstrations. 这位科学家以三个简单的实例来说明他的理论。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 ovations   

n.热烈欢迎( ovation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Everywhere they appeared there were ovations. 他们出现在哪儿，哪儿就是一片欢呼声。 来自辞典例句
• There were notable standing ovations for the Iraqi and the Palestinian teams. 而且引人注目的是，伊拉克和巴勒斯坦代表团还受到了持久的掌声欢迎。 来自互联网