The Norwegian (adj.挪威的) Nobel (n.諾貝爾) Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace (n.和平) Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to US (n.美國) President (n.總統) Barack Obama (n.奧巴馬) "for his extraordinary (adj.非凡的) efforts to strengthen international diplomacy (n.外交) and cooperation between peoples (n.民族)". The Committee has attached (v.認為是……的) special importance to Obama's vision (n.遠見) of and work for a world without nuclear (adj.核子的) weapons.
      Obama has as President created a new climate (n.氣候) in international politics. Multilateral (adj.多邊的) diplomacy has regained (v.恢復) a central position, with emphasis (n.重點) on the role (n.角色) that the United Nations (n.聯合國) and other international institutions (n.機構) can play. Dialogue (n.對話) and negotiations (n.協商) are preferred (v.認為更可取) as instruments (n.方式) for resolving (v.解決) even the most difficult international conflicts (n.糾紛).
      The vision of a world free from nuclear arms (n.武器) has powerfully stimulated (v.促進) disarmament (n.裁減軍備) and arms control (n.軍備控制) negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative (n.主動努力), the USA (n.美國) is now playing a more constructive (adj.積極的) role in meeting the great climatic (adj.氣候的) challenges the world is confronting (v.面對) . Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
      (Nobel Foundation, October 9)

      挪威諾貝爾委員會決定把2009年諾貝爾和平獎頒予美國總統奧巴馬，以表揚“他作出非凡努力，加強國際外交工作，並促進各民族合作”。委員會感到尤其重要的，是奧巴馬具備遠見，致力令世界解除核子武器的威脅。
      奧巴馬貴為總統，在國際政治舞台上創造了一種新氣候。
      多邊外交恢復了核心地位，聯合國及其他國際機構所扮演的角色受到了重視。即使在處理最困難的國際糾紛時，對話和協商已成為了更可取的解決方式。
      奧巴馬胸懷遠見，希望世界免受核武威脅，這種態度非常有效地促進了有關裁減軍備和軍備控制的協商。多得他的主動努力，在全球面對艱巨的氣候考驗之時，美國正扮演更積極的角色。民主與人權也得到了加強。
      （諾貝爾委員會，10月9日）