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Yesterday, here in Philadelphia, at the Liberty Bell, I met a lot of Americans who do have the will. From arch--Are you here? There's the three million of them over there--From arch religious conservatives to young secular radicals, I just felt an incredible overpowering sense that this was possible, yesterday. We're calling it the ONE campaign to put an end to AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa. They believe we can do it, so do I.
昨天，在费城的自由钟下，我见到很多有此决心的美国人，他们中有忠实信教的保守派——这里有吗？那边有300万人——也有年轻不信教的激进分子。当时我强烈感觉到这是有可能的。我们称之为统一战役，一次终结非洲的艾滋病和极度贫困的战役。他们相信我们能够取得成功，我也相信。
I really, really do believe it. And I just want you to know, I think this is obvious, but I'm not really going in for the warm fuzzy feeling thing. I'm not a hippy. I do not have flowers in my hair. I come from punk rock, alright? The Clash wore army boots not Brikenstocks, alright? I believe America can do this! I believe that this generation can do this. In fact I want to hear an argument about why we shouldn't.
我真的非常相信这一点。很明显，我只是想让你们了解事实。但我并不是为了充满暖意而虚幻的感觉做这件事。我不是嬉皮士，也不把花戴在头上，我来自一支朋克乐队，碰撞乐队穿的是军靴而不是舒适的勃肯鞋。我相信美国人可以做到。我相信你们这一代人可以做到。事实上，我想听听否定的声音，告诉我为什么我们做不到。
I know idealism is not playing on the radio right now. You don't see it on TV. Irony is on heavy rotation, the knowingness, the smirk, the tired joke. I've tired them all out but I'll tell you this, outside this campus--and even inside it--idealism is under siege, beset by materialism, narcissism and all the other "isms" of indifference: baggism, shaggism, raggism, thatism, graduationism, chismism, I don't know. Where's John Lennon when you need him.
我知道现在的广播上、电视上都不会有理想主义，而讽刺圆滑、全知全能、幸灾乐祸和枯燥无味的笑话却比比皆是。这些我都经历过，但现在我要告诉你们的是，在这个校园外——甚至在校园里——理想主义遭到了其他势力的攻击，比如物质主义、自恋主义以及各种类型的冷漠主义，如灯笼裤主义、蓬乱主义、褴褛主义、否定主义、毕业主义以及欺骗主义。我不明白，当你们需要约翰·列侬的时候，他在哪里？
But I don't want to make you cop to idealism, not in front of your parents, or your younger siblings. But what about Americanism? Will you cop to that at least? It's not everywhere in fashion these days, Americanism. Not very big in Europe, truth be told. No less on Ivy League college campuses. But it all depends on your definition of Americanism.
但是我不想让你们在父母和兄弟姐妹面前崇尚理想主义。那么美国主义呢？你们是不是至少该接受美国主义呢？现在并不是处处都流行美国主义，说实话，在欧洲就不大流行，在常春藤盟校也不流行。但这完全取决于你如何定义美国主义。
