We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known – a government of, by, and for the people.
They say we are trying to do too much, that we are moving too quickly, and that we all ought to just take a deep breath and scale back our goals.
Q2: on the part of every American 跟on every American有何不同?
Meeting these extraordinary challenges will require an extraordinary effort on the part of every American. And that is an effort we cannot defer any longer.
Q3: 底下的distinctly用 distinct代替,意思有何不同?
But I also want to take a moment today to reflect on what I believe is the meaning of this distinctly American holiday.