【正文】 he never fell behind. He39。剛進(jìn)學(xué)校時(shí)，她根本不會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)，她住的地方幾乎沒人上過(guò)大學(xué)，她的父母也沒有受過(guò)高等教育，但她努力學(xué)習(xí)，取得了優(yōu)異的成績(jī)，靠獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金進(jìn)入了布朗大學(xué)，如今正在攻讀公共衛(wèi)生專業(yè)的博士學(xué)位。That39。t have to determine where you39。But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you e from, how much money you have, what you39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there39。t have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.但我很幸運(yùn)。So I wasn39。s like. My 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 that if you quit on school you39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You39。t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you39。re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You39。Maybe you could be a great writer maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper but you might not know it until you write that English paper that English class paper that39。I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that you39。s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.但哪怕這一切都達(dá)到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長(zhǎng)、和最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)校，假如你們不去履行自己的責(zé)任的話，那么這一切努力都會(huì)白費(fèi)。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox. responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.我談到過(guò)教師們有責(zé)任激勵(lì)和啟迪你們，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。Now, I39。m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I39。d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I39。我可以理解這份心情。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 education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道，對(duì)你們中的許多人來(lái)說(shuō)，今天是開學(xué)的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進(jìn)入幼兒園或升上初高中，對(duì)你們來(lái)說(shuō)，這是在新學(xué)校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it39。ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wake field for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause.嗨，大家好！你們今天過(guò)得怎么樣？我現(xiàn)在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學(xué)生們?cè)谝黄?，全?guó)各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學(xué)生們通過(guò)電視關(guān)注這里，我很高興你們能共同分享這一時(shí)刻。re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you39。I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn39。t too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, I39。每當(dāng)我埋怨的時(shí)候，我媽總會(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 school. But I39。我要和你們談一談你們每個(gè)人的教育，以及在新的學(xué)年里，你們應(yīng)當(dāng)做些什么。ve talked about teachers39。 responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework don