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的世界嗎？“我所深刻認(rèn)識(shí)到的是，你如果不愿意為我們的孩子——所有我們的孩子，作出一丁點(diǎn)貢獻(xiàn)而留下一個(gè)更美好世界的話，生活就沒有多大價(jià)值。但他不問這些，卻很嚴(yán)肅地瞪著我問道：‘生活對(duì)你有何意義？’“欸，我必須承認(rèn)我對(duì)這個(gè)問題毫無準(zhǔn)備。我講的希望是那種寄托于我們內(nèi)心的精神——即堅(jiān)信在逆境中我們只要愿意為之努力而奮斗，就會(huì)有更好的事在等待著我們。人將仍會(huì)有掙扎與痛苦的日子。這就是我們?yōu)楦傅乃鶓?yīng)負(fù)起的責(zé)任。他們會(huì)觀察到你不理會(huì)或虐待你的妻子；會(huì)觀察到你在家不為別人著想的表現(xiàn)；會(huì)觀察到你的冷漠無情；會(huì)觀察到你只為一己之私著想。不是同情，而是同感——即能設(shè)身處地地為人著想，將心比心；能透過別人的眼觀世界。要靠我們告訴我們的男孩，收音機(jī)里的歌曲有美化暴力的可能，但在我家里我們的生活是為了美化成就、美化自尊、美化辛勤的勞動(dòng)。要想真正參與競爭，他們必須高中畢業(yè)，然后必須大學(xué)畢業(yè)，也許還得拿一張研究生文憑呢。我們明白他們不再是只跟印地安那州的孩子競爭獲取未來的好職業(yè)，而是跟印度、跟中國、跟世界各地的孩子競爭。許多孩子就是因?yàn)橛羞@樣的父親而在電視機(jī)前成長起來的。我心里明白這一切，因?yàn)榭v然我們?nèi)秉c(diǎn)多多，縱然我們困難重重，有某些教訓(xùn)是我們?yōu)楦傅膽?yīng)該盡可能地去親歷和總結(jié)的——不管我們是黑人或白人；富人或窮人；來自“南邊”區(qū)（芝加哥南部較窮的住宅區(qū)）或來自富裕的郊區(qū)。我也知道因此我所要付出的艱辛。今天很多小孩未能獲得這些機(jī)會(huì)。雖然我的父親在我兩歲時(shí)就離開了我們，而我只從他所寫的信和我家庭講到他的故事中了解到他，但我比大多數(shù)無父的小孩都幸運(yùn)。她們需要另一個(gè)家長。我們需要他們認(rèn)識(shí)到，不是有生孩子的能力，而是有撫養(yǎng)孩子的勇氣才配稱男子漢。他們比較可能出現(xiàn)行為問題，比較可能離家出走，比較可能成為青春發(fā)育年齡期父母。我們許許多多家庭的基礎(chǔ)也因此而變得更加薄弱了。我們須要認(rèn)識(shí)到并予以肯定的是，每位父親對(duì)這個(gè)基礎(chǔ)能起多么關(guān)鍵的作用。父親是教師和教練，他們是導(dǎo)師和生活角色的模范，是成功的榜樣，亦是老推動(dòng)我們走向成功的人?！澳阄叶贾肋@種情況在非洲裔美國人的社會(huì)里多么真實(shí)。由于父親的缺席，我們社會(huì)的基礎(chǔ)變得更加薄弱。“我們需要幫助那些正在靠自己撫養(yǎng)孩子的母親。她們的孩子也需要另一個(gè)家長。我在夏威夷長大，我有兩個(gè)來自堪薩斯州的外祖父母，他們盡他們的一切幫我母親撫養(yǎng)我和我妹妹，也幫她教導(dǎo)我們對(duì)人要有愛心、尊重和有責(zé)任感。他們的生活中不容他們有犯錯(cuò)誤而改過自新的機(jī)會(huì)。所以我多年前已下定決心要打破這個(gè)惡性循環(huán)——我下定決心，如果我一生中有何成就的話，我要作為我女兒的好父親；如果我能給予她們?nèi)魏螙|西的話，我要給她們那個(gè)她們能建立她們生活的巖石——那個(gè)基礎(chǔ)。“第一個(gè)教訓(xùn)是給我們的子女做出一個(gè)絕佳的榜樣，因?yàn)槿绻覀儗?duì)他們抱有很高的期望，我們對(duì)自己也應(yīng)該抱有同樣高的期望。作為父親和家長，我們應(yīng)該花更多時(shí)間在他們身上，幫他們完成作業(yè)，時(shí)不時(shí)讓他們拋開電腦游戲或遙控器而捧上一本書。我們明白為此所需的努力、學(xué)習(xí)和教育水平。在今天，只完成初中教育是競爭不過人的。讓他們知道我們對(duì)他們抱有這些期望就全靠我們。有時(shí)候我們是那么容易地執(zhí)著于“我們”，而忘了我們相互之間所應(yīng)承擔(dān)的義務(wù)。所以，我們在學(xué)校或在街上會(huì)看到這些同樣的行為表現(xiàn)是不足為奇的?！??接下去奧巴馬談到政府應(yīng)如何幫助盡責(zé)的父親和所應(yīng)采取的措施。風(fēng)仍會(huì)在吹，雨仍會(huì)在打。只要我們有這個(gè)信念啊。我當(dāng)時(shí)開始回答得有點(diǎn)結(jié)巴，然后我停下來，想了一會(huì)兒就說道：“我年輕的時(shí)候，我想到的生活就是關(guān)于我——我如何為自己在世界闖出一條路來，我如何取得成功，以及我如何獲得我所要的東西。哪怕這很困難，哪怕所要做的工作有多艱巨，哪怕在我們一生中所能做到的還遠(yuǎn)離目標(biāo)甚遠(yuǎn)。這就是今天父親節(jié)我為我們大家作的祈禱，也是我對(duì)我們國家將來所抱有的希望。s you haven39。s lives, because what makes you a man isn39。t have a father figure while there39。s responsibility for being a great parent or mentor is a choice that we, as individuals, have to governmentprogram can ever take the place of a parent39。ve still got too many workplace policies that belong in the 1950s, and it39。to make sure life for them and their families is a little less stressful, and a little more secure, so they can be the dads their kids need them to there39。s Day, and have a great weekend.第三篇：奧巴馬在父親節(jié)的講話“父親”是男人最溫柔、最偉大的名字。我們必須認(rèn)識(shí)并且肯定每一位父親在這個(gè)基石中起到的關(guān)鍵作用。it’s even better if you have a college ’s a wonderful thing if you are married and living in a home with your children, but don’t just sit in the house and watch “ Sports Center” all weekend ’s why so many children are growing up in front of the fathers and parents, we’ve got to spend more time with them, and help them with their homework, and replace the video game or the remote control with a book once in a ’s how we build that ，我們必須給子女作出一個(gè)絕佳的榜樣——因?yàn)槿绻覀儗?duì)他們抱有厚望，我們自己也應(yīng)該志存高遠(yuǎn)。作為父親，作為家長，我們應(yīng)該花更多的時(shí)間陪伴孩子，幫助他們完成作業(yè)，時(shí)不時(shí)地把他們手中的游戲機(jī)或電視遙控器換成一本書。我們明白為此所需的辛勞、學(xué)習(xí)和所應(yīng)達(dá)到的教育水平。The second thing we need to do as fathers is pass along the value of empathy to our sympathy, but empathy——the ability to stand in somebody else’s shoes。I’m not talking about an idle hope that’s little more than blind optimism or willfulignorance of the problems we ’m talking about hope as that spirit inside us that insists,despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting for us if we’re willing to work for it and fight for we are willing to ，不是那種盲目的樂觀主義，或是對(duì)所面臨問題的有意忽視。當(dāng)風(fēng)吹時(shí)，當(dāng)雨打時(shí)，當(dāng)風(fēng)雨侵襲我們的房子時(shí)，我們堅(jiān)信上帝會(huì)引導(dǎo)我們，注視我們，保護(hù)我們，引領(lǐng)著他的孩子們穿過最黑暗的暴風(fēng)驟雨，走向光明的美好未來。s Day with my girls, and it39。t have , we need more money for our schools, and more outstanding teachers in the classroom, and more afterschool programs for our , we need more jobs and more job training and more opportunity in our munities.[/color][color=ff6600]But we also need families to raise our need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child – it39。s what keeps the foundation of our country strong.[/color][color=ff6600]I know what it means to have an absent father, although my circumstances weren39。t get these chances is no margin for error in their my own story is different in that way.[/color][color=ff6600]Still, I know the toll that being a single parent took on my mother – how she struggled at times to the pay bills。wishing that I could be home for my girls and my wife more than I am right say this knowing all of these things because even as we are imperfect, even as we face difficult circumstances, there are still certain lessons we must strive to live and learn as fathers – whether we are black or white。s great if you have a job。t just sit in the house and watch ―SportsCenter‖ all weekend 39。s know that they will no longer just pete for good jobs with children from Indiana, but children from India and China and all over the know the work and the studying and the level of education that requires.[/color][color=ff6600]You know, sometimes I39。t cut it 39。t ever let images on TV tell you what you are worth, because I expect you to dream without limit and reach for those 39。to look at the world through their it39。t show kindness.[/color][color=ff6600]But our young boys and girls see see when you are ignoring or mistreating your see when you are inconsiderate at home。s why we pass on the values of empathy and kindness to our children by living need to show our kids that you39。s a responsibility that also extends to if fathers are doing their part。s readiness for should help these new families care for their children by expanding maternity and paternity leave, and we should guarantee every worker more paid sick leave so they can stay home to take care of their child without losing their ine.[/color][color=ff6600]We should take all of these steps to build a strong foundation for our we should also know that even if we do。s little more than blind optimism or willful ignorance of the problems we 39。t quite prepared for that think I stammered for a little bit, but then I stopped and gave it some thought, and I said this:[/color][color=ff6600]When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me – how do I make my way in the world, and how