Now this situation, already I -- you know, I don't really like thinking about this, 对于这个情况，你们知道，我并不愿意去想这个问题 although somehow I got myself a job where I have to think about it. 虽然我阴差阳错地得到了一份工作使我不得不

Mapendo, in Swahili, means great love. The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women like Rose Mapendo. 在斯瓦希里语中马培德意味着爱。我的书中的主角都是坚韧且充满热情的妇女，正如罗斯·马培德那样。 I don't make them up. There's no n

Fellow-Countrymen: at this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office 同胞们：在第二次宣誓就职总统的时候， there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. 我不必像第一次那样作长篇的演讲了。

Now, think how much progress we've already made. 现在，想想我们已经取得了多大的进步。 When we first started, people everywhere asked the same questions. 当我们刚刚起步时，到处有人问我一个同样的问题： “Could a woman really serve as comman

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION DINNER May 9, 2009 Washington HiltonWashington, D.C. 9:56 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good evening. You