Person of the Year: Barack Obama, Architect of the New America
2012《時(shí)代》周刊年度風(fēng)云人物：巴拉克·奧巴馬，新美國(guó)的建筑師

President Barack Obama has been named Time's Person of the Year.
美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬被《時(shí)代》周刊評(píng)選為2012年度風(fēng)云人物。

Managing Richard Stengel unveiled the magazine's choice on Wednesday's "Today." He said it was remarkable that the president won two terms with over 50 percent of the popular vote as a Democrat. He also noted that Obama took office in an economic crisis, and credited him with creating a new political "alignment like Ronald Reagan did forty years ago."
主編理查德·斯坦格爾在周三的早間新聞節(jié)目Today上宣布了《時(shí)代》周刊的選擇。他表示，在兩次總統(tǒng)大選中，來(lái)自民主黨的奧巴馬都以超過(guò)50%的選民支持率贏得任期，這是非常卓越的表現(xiàn)。他還表示，奧巴馬在經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的局勢(shì)下就職實(shí)屬不易，并盛贊奧巴馬創(chuàng)造了新的政治結(jié)盟，“就像40年前羅納德·里根總統(tǒng)所做的那樣”。

《時(shí)代》周刊這樣寫(xiě)道：

He will take the oath on Jan. 20 as the first Democrat in more than 75 years to get a majority of the popular vote twice. Only five other Presidents have done that in all of U.S. history.
奧巴馬將于1月20日宣誓就職，開(kāi)始他的第二屆任期。他將成為在超過(guò)75年里第一位兩次獲得大部分民眾支持的民主黨人。在美國(guó)歷史上，除了他之外只有5位總統(tǒng)有過(guò)這樣的表現(xiàn)。

There are many reasons for this, but the biggest by far are the nation’s changing demographics and Obama’s unique ability to capitalize on them. When his name is on the ballot, the next America — a younger, more diverse America — turns out at the polls.
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選2012年度風(fēng)云人物原因有很多，但其中最重要的原因是美國(guó)不斷變化的人口統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，還有奧巴馬使這些人口數(shù)據(jù)資本化的特殊能力。當(dāng)美國(guó)人民在選票上寫(xiě)下奧巴馬的名字時(shí)，也就是美國(guó)全民公投出了下一個(gè)美國(guó)，一個(gè)更年輕更多元化的美國(guó)。

Time's Person of the Year is an annual tradition. Last year, the magazine chose "the protestor" in recognition of demonstrations all over the world, including Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and the anarchists in Greece.
《時(shí)代》周刊的風(fēng)云人物每年都會(huì)進(jìn)行評(píng)選。去年，該雜志考慮到全球范圍內(nèi)的示威游行，選擇了“抗議者” 為2011年度人物。這個(gè)形象代表了中東阿拉伯世界、全球占領(lǐng)運(yùn)動(dòng)和希臘的無(wú)政府主義等抗議者。

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Time named the eight finalists for 2012's Person of the Year on Tuesday. They included: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for her crusade for better girls’ education; Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi; Bill and Hillary Clinton, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and the three scientists who discovered the Higgs Boson particle.
《時(shí)代》周刊周二確定了2012年度人物的最終八名入選人物名單，包括：14歲的巴基斯坦少女馬拉拉·優(yōu)薩福扎伊，她因?yàn)闉榘突固箣D女爭(zhēng)取更好的教育權(quán)利而遭遇塔利班組織武裝分子槍擊；埃及總統(tǒng)默罕默德·莫爾西；克林頓夫婦；雅虎科技的CEO瑪麗莎·梅耶爾；蘋(píng)果公司的首席執(zhí)行官蒂姆·庫(kù)克，以及發(fā)現(xiàn)希格斯玻色子的三位科學(xué)家。

Last week, Time readers made their choice for Person of the Year, selecting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an online poll.
上周《時(shí)代》周刊讀者選出了他們心目中的年度風(fēng)云人物，在網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票中朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩當(dāng)選。