FromEuropeandAsiatotheMiddleEastmanyexpressedamazementthattheUScouldovercomecenturiesofracialconflictandelectanAfrican-Americanpresident.
NelsonMandelaSouthAfrica'sfirstblackpresidentsaidObamagavetheworld__31___ couragetodream.
LiberianPresidentEllenJohnson-Sirleaf—thefirstwoman????___32___ (elect)toheadanAfricancountry—saidshedidnotexpecttoseeablackAmericanpresident ___33____ herlifetime.
“All____34____(Africa)nowknowthatifyoupersevere(坚持)allthingsarepossible”shesaid.
InIndonesiawhereObamalived ___35____ childhundredsofstudentsathisformerelementaryschooleruptedincheerswhenhe ____36____ (declare)winnerpouringintothecourtyard ___37___ theyhuggeddancedintherainandchanted“Obama!Obama!”
“Irememberintheclassbookallstudentswerewritingdown ___38___ goalsandwishes.Somesaidtheywantedtobelawyerssoldierspilotanddoctors ____39___ hewastheonewhosaidhewantedtobepresident”saidDewiAsmaraaformerclassmate.“Weneverunderstood ___40___ wasonhismindthatday.