And yet，reforms did occur. America changed. The changesdidn"t come easily. Every positive step was met with determinedresistance. But we became better and stronger because we weredetermined to change.
然而，變革的的確確發生了。美國變了，這些變化來得並不容易，每一次前進的腳步都會遭到堅定的抵抗。但是我們的國家還是越變越好，越變越強，因為我們下定了決心去改變未來。
When I graduated college I would not have believed that in mylifetime women would gain rights over their own bodies，includingthe legal right to have an abortion. Or women would become chiefexecutives of major corporations，secretaries of state，contendersfor the presidency. Or they"d outnumber men in college.
當我從大學畢業的時候，我根本不敢相信，有生之年會看到婦女為自己爭取到如此多的權利，包括合法墮胎的自由；不能想象女性能成為大型企業的CEO、美國國務卿，甚至總統候選人；也不曾預料大學裏女生的數量會超過男生。
I would not have imagined that eleven states would allow gaysand lesbians to marry，and a majority of Americans would supportequal marriage rights.
我當時不敢想象，未來會有11個州允許同性戀者結婚，並且大多數美國人會支持同性戀婚姻享有同等的法律權利。
Or that the nation would have a large and growing black middle class.
我當時不敢想象，未來這個國家會有一個龐大並且不斷增長的黑人中產階層群體。
It would have seemed beyond possibility that a black man，thechild of an interracial couple，would become President of the United States.
（我當時不敢想象）在當時看來根本不可能發生的事情（會成為現實），一個黑人，一對跨種族夫婦的孩子，會成為美國總統。
I would not have predicted that the rate of college enrollmentamong Hispanics would exceed that of whites.
我不曾預料，未來拉美裔學生的大學錄取率會超過白人學生。
Or that more than 80 percent of Americans would have healthinsurance，most of it through government.
我不曾預料，未來超過80%的美國人會獲得醫療保險，並且大多數是通過政府獲得。
I wouldn"t have foreseen that the Cuyahoga River—the one thatused to catch fire regularly—would come to support 44 species offish. And that over half our rivers and 70 percent of bays andestuaries would become safe for swimming and fishing.
我更未曾想到，時常起火的凱霍加河能夠為44種魚類提供生存的有力條件，一半以上的河流、百分之七十以上的海灣和河口適合遊泳以及垂釣。
I would not have believed our nation capable of so much positivechange.
那時我根本不敢相信我們的國家會發生如此多積極的變化。
Yet we achieved it. And we have just begun. Wideninginequality，a shrinking middle class，global warming，the corruptionof our democracy by big money-all of these，and more，must beaddressed. To make progress on.