【正文】 加的經(jīng)濟(jì)和區(qū)域分層、媒體的分裂都成為政黨宣傳的工具——所有這一切使得這種區(qū)分似乎變得自然，甚至是不可避免的。如果不果斷行動(dòng)，我們的孩子將不會(huì)再有時(shí)間來(lái)辯論氣候變化的存在；因?yàn)椋麄儗⒚τ趹?yīng)對(duì)其影響：環(huán)境災(zāi)難、經(jīng)濟(jì)破壞和尋求庇護(hù)的氣候難民潮。本這就是為什么，在過(guò)去八年中，我一直致力于在一個(gè)更堅(jiān)定的法律基礎(chǔ)上努力打擊恐怖主義，這就是為什么我們能夠結(jié)束折磨，關(guān)閉關(guān)塔那摩灣（以作為美軍的拘留營(yíng)而著名），并改革我們的監(jiān)管法律，以保護(hù)隱私和公民自由。這也是我想要表達(dá)的最后一點(diǎn)：當(dāng)我們把民主視為理所當(dāng)然時(shí)，我們的民主就會(huì)受到威脅。當(dāng)國(guó)會(huì)功能失調(diào)時(shí)，我們應(yīng)該吸引我們的地區(qū)鼓勵(lì)政客迎合大眾需求，而不是僵化的極端。它自己沒(méi)有力量。如果你厭倦了在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上與陌生人爭(zhēng)論，嘗試在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中與他們進(jìn)行談話吧。假設(shè)別人都具有善良的美德可能是一種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，而且會(huì)有一段時(shí)間，這個(gè)過(guò)程會(huì)讓你失望。你所要承擔(dān)的這個(gè)角色并不是你自己要求的，但你卻用優(yōu)雅、堅(jiān)韌、獨(dú)特的風(fēng)格和幽默感成功地完成了角色轉(zhuǎn)變。你們?cè)诰酃鉄粝鲁惺芰硕嗄甑呢?fù)擔(dān)。你就像我的家人一樣，與你的友誼也是我生活中的一大快樂(lè)所在。對(duì)于你們所有的人，每位搬到陌生城市的組織者，每一名敲門宣傳的志愿者，每一名第一次投票的年輕人，每個(gè)為這種變化努力的美國(guó)人，你們是最棒的支持者和組織者，我將永遠(yuǎn)感激在心，因?yàn)槭悄銈兏淖兞耸澜?，是你們的功勞。我的同胞們，為你們服?wù)是我的榮幸。（Yes We Can.）是的，我們做到了。ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th I am just so glad that all could join us I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding yourselves a big round of 。I know that for many of you, today is the first day of for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it39。對(duì)于剛進(jìn)入幼兒園或升上初中高中的學(xué)生，今天是你們來(lái)到新學(xué)校的第一天。ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this ，還有一年就畢業(yè)了。t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American 。但她認(rèn)為必須讓我接受美式教育。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn39。d say, “This is no piic for me either, buster.” 你們可以想象，我不太情愿那么早起床。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。Now, I39。I39。ve talked about your parents39。ve talked a lot about your government39。But 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。否則這一切都會(huì)失去意識(shí)。s the opportunity an education can 。s assigned to ，甚至有一天能將那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報(bào)刊上，但假如不再英語(yǔ)課上經(jīng)常練習(xí)寫作，你不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的才能?；蛟S你能成為一名市長(zhǎng)或參議員，或最高法院的大法官，但假如你不去加入或參加幾次辯論賽，你不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的才能。re going to need a good education for every single one of those cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good 39。And this isn39。美國(guó)的未來(lái)取決于你們。開(kāi)發(fā)新的能源技術(shù)保護(hù)我們的環(huán)境。你們需要在各類課程中逐漸培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力和智慧去創(chuàng)辦公司，制造就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)。re quitting on your 、技能和才智，幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的最棘手問(wèn)題。很難把精力集中在專心讀書上。我父親在我兩歲時(shí)就離開(kāi)了家庭，是我母親一個(gè)人將我拉扯大，母親不得不工作并時(shí) 常為支付生活費(fèi)而苦苦掙扎。有時(shí)我也會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)無(wú)助，感覺(jué)到與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。我的生活岌岌可危，隨時(shí)可能急轉(zhuǎn)直下。我的妻子，也有著類似的人生故事。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39?；蛟S你們的生活中沒(méi)有能為你提供幫助的長(zhǎng)輩。ve got going on at homenone of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in 39。Where you are right now doesn39。在美國(guó)，你的命運(yùn)由你自己書寫，你的未來(lái)你自己掌握。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 ，她剛進(jìn)學(xué)校時(shí)根本不會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。I39。s headed to college this 。因此他得比常人多花幾百小時(shí)來(lái)完成學(xué)業(yè)。s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, an。這個(gè)秋天，他要開(kāi)始在大學(xué)讀書了。他熬過(guò)了一次次治療與手術(shù)。s fought brain cancer since he was 39。然而，她非常勤奮，成績(jī)優(yōu)異，獲得了布朗大學(xué)的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across ，全美各地都是如此。ll end one39。這些不是你去跟老師頂嘴、逃課或輟學(xué)的借口。或許你住的社區(qū)不那么安全，或許你認(rèn)識(shí)一些會(huì)對(duì)你產(chǎn)生不良影響的朋友。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。因此她得以進(jìn)入一些美國(guó)最好的學(xué)校。t have a lot of they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this ，在許多事情上都得到了重來(lái)的機(jī)會(huì)。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。There were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。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。Now, I know it39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。ll need the insights and criticalthinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more 39。You39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 。你不能指望輟學(xué)后碰上個(gè)好工作。ll need an education to do ，我敢肯定你都需要相應(yīng)的教育。甚至可能設(shè)計(jì)出新一代iPhone，或研制出新型藥物與疫苗。你們對(duì)自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能所在。I want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。除非你每天準(zhǔn)時(shí)去上學(xué)，除非你認(rèn)真聽(tīng)老師講課，除非你把父母、長(zhǎng)輩和其他大人們的話放在心上。t working, where students aren39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 、完成家庭作業(yè)，不要成天只會(huì)看電視或打游戲機(jī)。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to ，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。ve talked about responsibility a 。但幾天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。每當(dāng)我埋怨的時(shí)候，我媽媽總會(huì)用同一副表情看著我說(shuō)：“小鬼，你以為教你我就很輕松？”So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。d fall asleep right there at the kitchen whenever I39。不過(guò)她還要上夜班。我在印度尼西亞住了幾年。今天早上還能多睡一小會(huì)。I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right nowwith just one more year to no matter what grade you39。s understandable if you39。我很高興你們能共同分享這一時(shí)刻。S SCHOOLCHILDRENWakefield High SchoolArlington, Virginia Hello, everybody!Thank you, ，大家好！謝謝！謝謝大家！All right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody going today? How about Tim Spicer? 好的，大家請(qǐng)就座。最后，就像八年前一樣，我希望你們能夠堅(jiān)持我們最開(kāi)始的信念，那些來(lái)自奴隸和廢奴主義者爭(zhēng)取平等的信念，那些移民和自耕農(nóng)人群的奮斗不息的精神，以及那些對(duì)于民主自由權(quán)利的爭(zhēng)取，這些也是每一位美國(guó)人的信念，未來(lái)的篇章等待著你們?nèi)プV寫。這一代美國(guó)人無(wú)私、富有創(chuàng)造性，并飽含愛(ài)國(guó)精神，你們相信公平、公正和包容，你們知道不斷保持變化是美國(guó)的標(biāo)志，所以不要害怕，擁抱這些變化，你們會(huì)愿意承擔(dān)這項(xiàng)艱巨的民主工作。八年的時(shí)間，其中有些人由單身，到結(jié)婚生子，開(kāi)始自己人生路上的新旅程。副總統(tǒng)拜登，是我做出的首個(gè)提名，也是最棒的提名。而新一代的年輕人視野會(huì)更高，因?yàn)樗麄冇心阕鳛榘駱?。在這個(gè)過(guò)程中，你對(duì)美國(guó)和美國(guó)人的信心將得到證實(shí)，而我的信仰已經(jīng)得到證實(shí)。如果你對(duì)你當(dāng)選的官員感到失望，可以拿一張剪貼板，拿一些簽名，自己去辦公室，出面，深入追究，堅(jiān)持不懈。我們是否支持我們的自由，是否尊重和執(zhí)行法治。我們的憲法是一個(gè)了不起的，美麗的禮物。當(dāng)投票率是發(fā)達(dá)民主國(guó)家中最低之一時(shí)，我們應(yīng)該使投票更容易，而不是更難。因?yàn)?，這是捍衛(wèi)美國(guó)的一部分。我們領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的全球聯(lián)盟已經(jīng)牽制了伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯蘭國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，占領(lǐng)了大約一