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MStefanich - Obama´s speech
by 2008-11-16)
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The linguistic point of view
Idioms:
- It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled; we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
- I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
- We know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
- I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
- It cannot happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
- Individual liberty, and national unity.
- We shall overcome
New words:
Endorsements; hatched; porches; peril; strength; myth; apathy; scorching; mortgage; seek; beyond our shores; throughout;
Difficult word order:
- But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to.
- a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
- Block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
- We cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers
- A new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
Effective communication:
- It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.
- We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
- There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
- We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America I promise you that we will get there.
- I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
- In this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
- To those who would tear the world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you.
The content
Democrat Barack Obama has become the first African-American to win the White House. A very important change has come for the United States of America. This victory belongs to the people. Obama will remake the nation. Change our history. This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
Hints to American history
- A person couldn't vote for century in America because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin.
- 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.
- 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".
Hints to the problems of world's history
- When the bombs fell on our harbour and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.
- A man touched down on the Moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
- The worst financial crisis in a century.
- Countries that have not enough water and food; wars around the world: the global warming