Joe Biden wins US election
published : 8 Nov 2020 at 10:34
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: AFP
US President-elect Joe Biden promised Saturday to unite Americans and seek to heal divisions after what he called a "convincing" victory over Donald Trump.
"This is the time to heal in America," Biden told supporters at an outdoor rally in his home city of Wilmington, Delaware.
"I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify," Biden said, drawing a sharp contrast to nearly four years of Trump.
Acknowledging the disappointment of Trump supporters, Biden said of them: "They are not our enemies. They are Americans."
"I sought this office to restore the soul of America, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class, and to make America respected around the world again," Biden said.
Barack Obama's vice president paid particular tribute to the African-American community, pointing to its role in selecting him as the Democratic nominee to challenge Trump.
"Folks, the people of this nation have spoken. They've delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory," Biden said.
Vocabulary
- backbone (noun): the main part of something that makes it successful and strong - แกนนำ, กระดูกสันหลัง, เสาหลัก, ที่พึ่ง, เครื่องยึดเหนี่ยว, หลัก, ที่ปรึกษา
- convincing (adj): in a way in which someone is able to make you believe that something is true or right - อย่างโน้มน้าว, แน่ชัด,
- disappointment: the feeling of being unhappy because something that you hoped for or expected did not happen or because someone or something was not as good as you expected - ความผิดหวัง
- enemy: a person who hates somebody or who acts or speaks against somebody/something - ศัตรู
- heal: to make people stop fighting and have a better relationship - ทำให้คืนดีกัน
- nominee (noun): someone who has been formally proposed for a job, task, award, etc. - ผู้ได้รับการเสนอชื่อเข้าชิงตำแหน่ง, ผู้ได้รับเสนอชื่อเข้ารับเลือกตั้ง
- pledge: to make a serious promise to do something - สัญญา
- soul: the spiritual part of a person or thing - วิญญาณ
- unify (verb): to join people, things, parts of a country, etc. together so that they form a single unit - ทำให้เป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียว, รวมกัน