试听180秒10.1 奥巴马：谁才是希望所在（讲解版上）

1. 美国前总统Barack Obama，奥巴马

2. Donald Trump特朗普总统

3. Change改变

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time.如果你一直在等某个人或某个时机的到来，那么改变就永远不会发生。

change v. n.改变,当名词时，可做可数也可作不可数

climate change气候变化，全球变暖

cope with change去适应变化

表达一种具体的变化，这个词就变成了可数名词:

A major change was made to the book.这本书发生了一个重大的修订

make a change发生的变化

It makes a change.是件新鲜事

big change/considerable change/enormous change很大的变化

major change/important change重要的变化

bring about change/cause change带来变化

Major changes have occurred.有重大的变化发生了。

change the world改变世界

Change will not come.变化不会发生，改变不会发生。这边的change是泛指的变化

4. wait for等待&中英文语序差异

wait for some other person别的某个人

wait for some other time别的某个时间

中文会说，如果怎么样就会怎么样，英文常见的语序可以像中文一样先说如果怎么样后面说怎么样，也可以反过来说怎么样的事将会发生如果怎么样

5. We are the ones we've been waiting for. 你等待的是你自己。

一个长句子后面跟一个短句子是非常有力的

the ones我们要等待的人

the ones we've been waiting for我们一直要等待的人

6. seek

We are the change that we seek.你寻求的改变是要由你自己来完成的

Seek means try to achieve or get something 去寻求追求

seek re-election总统寻求连任 

seek refuge难民寻求庇护

seek revenge寻求报复

seek advice征求意见

seek help征求帮助或者请求帮助

If the symptoms persist, seek medical advice.如果症状持续的话，请咨询医生

hide-and-seek捉迷藏，这三个词要用连字符连在一次

hide就是躲

seek就是找

hide-and-seek就是躲起来让你找，也就是捉迷藏的意思。

eagerly seek非常热心地去寻找

desperately seek非常绝望的寻找

完整版

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. We are the hope of those boys who have so little, who've been told that they cannot have what they dream, that they cannot be what they imagine. Yes, they can.

如果你一直等某个人或某个时机的到来，改变永远不会发生。你等待的是你自己。你寻求的改变将由你自己来完成。年少时的你几乎一无所有，别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，你永远活不成自己想象中的模样，而你可以成为你的希望。你能做到。

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Change will not come

改变永远不会发生

if we wait for some other person

如果你一直等某个人

or if we wait for some other time.

或某个时机的到来。

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time.

如果你一直等某个人或某个时机的到来，改变永远不会发生。

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

你等待的是你自己。

We are the change that we seek.

你寻求的改变将由你自己来完成。

We are the hope of those boys who have so little,

你可以成为你的希望——年少时的你几乎一无所有，

who've been told that they cannot have what they dream,

别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，

that they cannot be what they imagine.

你永远活不成自己想象中的模样。

We are the hope of those boys who have so little, who've been told that they cannot have what they dream, that they cannot be what they imagine.

年少时的你几乎一无所有，别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，你永远活不成自己想象中的模样，而你可以成为你的希望。

Yes, they can.

你能做到。