【正文】 ies that will create new jobs and boost our need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult you don39。t just important for your own life and your own you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this future of America depends on you39。s assigned to you could be an innovator or an inventormaybe even good enough to e up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccinebut you might not know it until you do your project for your science you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justicebut you might not know that until you join student government or the debate no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。t getting the opportunities that they at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the worldand none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to 39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。ve talked about teachers39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。你們要成為我們驕傲，我知道，你們一定可以做到。例如我正在努力為你們提供更安全的教室、更多的書籍、更先進的設(shè)施與計算機。因為當(dāng)你放棄自己的時候，你也放棄了自己的國家?！颐刻於荚谶@么做。對于學(xué)業(yè)也是一樣，你或許要反復(fù)運算才能解出一道數(shù)學(xué)題的正確答案，你或許需要讀一段文字好幾遍才能理解它的意思，你或許得把論文改上好幾次才能符合提交的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。”他們的成功，源于他們明白人不能讓失敗左右自己——而是要從中吸取經(jīng)驗。而且，并不是每件事，你都能在頭一次嘗試時獲得成功。不管你決定做什么，我都希望你能堅持到底，希望你能真的下定決心。和你們一樣，他們也在生活中遭遇各種各樣的困難與問題，但他們拒絕放棄，他們選擇為自己的教育擔(dān)起責(zé)任、給自己定下奮斗的目標(biāo)。我還想起了加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯市的安多尼?舒爾茲（Andoni Schultz），他從三歲起就開始與腦癌病魔做斗爭，他熬過了一次次治療與手術(shù)——其中一次影響了他的記憶，因此他得花出比常人多幾百個小時的時間來完成學(xué)業(yè)，但他從不曾落下自己的功課。沒有人為你編排好你的命運，在美國，你的命運由你自己書寫，你的未來由你自己掌握。我的妻子——現(xiàn)在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾?奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事，她的父母都沒讀過大學(xué)，也沒有什么財產(chǎn)，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她有機會去這個國家最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)校讀書。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭，是母親一人將我們拉扯大，有時她付不起帳單，有時我們得不到其他孩子們都有的東西，有時我會想，假如父親在該多好，有時我會感到孤獨無助，與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。假如你不這么做——假如你放棄學(xué)習(xí)——那么你不僅是放棄了自己，也是放棄了你的國家。不僅僅對于你們個人的未來有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會對這個國家、乃至世界的未來產(chǎn)生重要影響。教育給你們提供了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己才能的機會。——除非你每天準(zhǔn)時去上學(xué)、除非你認(rèn)真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否則這一切都會失去意義。我談到過教師們有責(zé)任激勵和啟迪你們，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。顯然，我不喜歡那么早爬起來，經(jīng)常趴在廚房的桌子上睡著了。每當(dāng)我埋怨的時候，母親便會對我說：“孩子，你以為媽媽教你很輕松嗎？”今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。我談到過家長們有責(zé)任看管你們認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)、完成作業(yè)，不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機。而這就是我今天講話的主題：對于自己的教育，你們中每一個人的責(zé)任?；蛟S你能寫出優(yōu)美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報刊上——但假如不在英語課上經(jīng)常練習(xí)寫作，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一個發(fā)明家、創(chuàng)造家——甚至設(shè)計出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產(chǎn)品，或研制出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學(xué)課程上做上幾次實驗，你不會知道自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么學(xué)生會或參加幾次辯論賽，你也不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能。今天你們在學(xué)校中學(xué)習(xí)的內(nèi)容，將會決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰(zhàn)時的表現(xiàn)。當(dāng)然，我明白，讀好書并不總是件容易的事。因此我并不總是能專心學(xué)習(xí)，我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情，也惹出過許多不該惹的麻煩，我的生活岌岌可危，隨時可能急轉(zhuǎn)直下。你們中有些人可能沒有這些有利條件，或許你的生活中沒有能為你提供幫助和支持的長輩，或許你的某個家長沒有工作、經(jīng)濟拮據(jù)，或許你住的社區(qū)不那么安全，或許你認(rèn)識一些會對你產(chǎn)生不良影響的朋友，等等。而在這片土地上的每個地方，千千萬萬和你一樣的年輕人正是這樣在書寫著自己的命運。這個秋天，他要開始在大學(xué)讀書了。我希望你們中的每一個人，都能做得到這些。我知道有些時候，電視上播放的節(jié)目會讓你產(chǎn)生這樣那樣的錯覺，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認(rèn)為只要會唱rap、會打籃球或參加個什么真人秀節(jié)目就能坐享其成，但考慮到概率，你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。但那沒有關(guān)系。從失敗中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎樣的改變；假如你惹了什么麻煩，那并不說明你就是個搗蛋貴，而是在提醒你，在將來要對自己有更嚴(yán)格的要求；假如你考了個低分，那并不說明你就比別人笨，而是在告訴你，自己得在學(xué)習(xí)上花更多的時間。這都是很正常的。求助并不是軟弱的表現(xiàn)，恰恰相反，它說明你有勇氣承認(rèn)自己的不足、并愿意去學(xué)習(xí)新的知識。美國不是一個人們遭遇困難就輕易放棄的國度，在這個國家，人們堅持到底、人們加倍努力，為了他們所熱愛的國度，每一個人都盡著自己最大的努力，不會給自己留任何余地。但你們也要擔(dān)起自己的責(zé)任。謝謝大家，上帝保佑你們，上帝保佑美國。s expected of all of you in this new school , I39。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 39。ve talked a lot about your government39。s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。ll need an education to do want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。s father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn39。m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should my life could have easily taken a turn for the I wasI was got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar of her parents had gone to college, and they didn39。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。t have to determine where you39。t speak English when she first started of her parents had gone to she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown Universityis now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being 39。s headed to college this then there39。ve got it a lot worse off than many of they refused to give chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for I expect all of you to do the 39。ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and you39。t love every subject that you won39。ve had the most 39。t mean you39。s born being good at all bee good at things through hard 39。s good enough to hand 39。s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don39。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your story of America isn39。who fought for civil rights and put a man on the who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we municate with each today, I want to ask all of you, what39。t let us 39。奧巴馬2009年的演講招來了許多批評和抵制。有了去年的“教訓(xùn)”，今年的總統(tǒng)開學(xué)演講，白宮意強調(diào)這是一次“非政治活動”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。你好，費城?。ㄕ坡?。讓我們對Kelly報以熱烈的掌聲。kelly 在奧巴馬總統(tǒng)演講前，一名叫Kelly的學(xué)生做了演講。）費城市長，Michael Nutter。（掌聲）。我耳聞了你們做的那些偉大的事，這里面有在校的學(xué)生，老師和工作人員。你們在教育方面是領(lǐng)頭軍。embrace ；接受Over the past few weeks, Michelle a