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Obama's Inauguration Speech
Sequences:
•1. INTRODUCTION: "My fellow citizens...So it must be with this generation of Americans."
•· Obama thanks all Americans and President Bush for his service to America
•2. SERIOUS CHALLENGES: "That we are...that for far too long have strangled our politics."
•· Obama speaks about the crisis of his nation and he promises serious changes
KEY WORDS: Crisis; Hope; Change
•3. NATION OF "RISK-TAKERS": "We remain...Normandy and Khe Sahn."
•· Obama tells that the all are equal, as God promises tell
•· Obama remembers american's ancestors, the founding of America
KEY WORDS: Noble idea; Greatness; Suffering
•4. REMAKING AMERICA: "Time and again...All this will do."
•· Obama tells that America is the most prosperous and powerful nation on earth
•· Obama tells to American that they must standing pat and remaking America
KEY WORDS: New age; New foundation
•5. RESTORING TRUST: "Now,...the surest route to our common good."
•· Obama speaks about conditions of life for Americans
•· Obama asks himself "whether the government works"
•· Obama tells that must restore the vital trust between people and government
KEY WORDS: Government; Trust
•6. READY TO LEAD: "As for...and we will defeat you."
•· Obama tells that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child
•· Obama remembers to American that power cannot protect them and it must be used with prudent
•· Obama speaks about Afghanistan and Iraq and he promises that America will work to help these nations
KEY WORDS: Friend; Power; Ideals
•7. ERA OF PACE: "For we know...and we must change with it."
•· Obama tells that America is composed by different men, but it is a strength
•· Obama tells that America "must play its roles in ushering in a new era of peace"
KEY WORDS: Pace; New Age
•8. DUTIES: "As we consider...than giving our all to a difficult task."
•· Obama tells that the nation of America is based on the spirits of American people
•· Obama refers to old values and he tells that America was based on them and America must continue to based on them
KEY WORDS: Faith; Determination, Kindness, Courage, Honesty, Hard Work, New era of responsibility
•9. GIFT OF FREEDOM: "This is the price...and delivered it safely to future generations."
•· "Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at ona common danger, come forth to meet it"
KEY WORDS: Liberty, America; Courage
"Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America!"