【正文】 僅放棄了自己，也放棄了你的國家。我父親在我兩歲時就離開家庭，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，與周圍環(huán)境格格不入。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)，或許你認識一些會對你產(chǎn)生不良影響的朋友，等等。剛進學(xué)校時，她根本不會說英語，她住的地方幾乎沒人上過大學(xué)，她的父母也沒有受過高等教育，但她努力學(xué)習(xí)，取得了優(yōu)異的成績，靠獎學(xué)金進入了布朗大學(xué)，如今正在攻讀公共衛(wèi)生專業(yè)的博士學(xué)位。又比如在我的家鄉(xiāng)芝加哥市，身為孤兒的香特爾（Shantell Steve）換過多次收養(yǎng)家庭，從小在治安很差的地區(qū)長大，但她努力爭取到了在當(dāng)?shù)乇＝≌竟ぷ鞯臋C會、發(fā)起了一個讓青少年遠離犯罪團伙的項目，很快，她也將以優(yōu)異的成績從中學(xué)畢業(yè)，去大學(xué)深造。因此，在今天，我號召你們每一個人都為自己的學(xué)習(xí)定下目標——并在之后，盡自己的一切努力去實現(xiàn)它。因為，成功是件難事。因為在這個世界上，最最成功的人們往往也經(jīng)歷過最多的失敗?！彼麄兊某晒Γ从谒麄兠靼住瞬荒茏屖∽笥易约骸且獜闹形〗?jīng)驗。沒有哪一個人一出生就擅長做一些事情，只有努力才能培養(yǎng)出杰出的技能。不要不敢向他人求助。你要記住，哪怕你表現(xiàn)不好、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經(jīng)放棄了你——永遠不要自己放棄自己。你們要成為我們的驕傲，我知道，你們一定可以做到。以下節(jié)選自演講：But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the mostsupportive parents, the best schools in the worldand none of it will make adifference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill yourresponsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attentionto those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and otheradults and put in the hard work it takes to ’s what I want to focuson today: the responsibility each of you has for your ，即使把一切做到最好，即使有最盡職的老師、鼎力支持的家長和最優(yōu)越的教學(xué)設(shè)施，如果你們不恪盡自己那一份責(zé)任，一切也都會歸于徒勞——除非你們能每天按時上學(xué)、注意聽講、把師長們的諄諄告誡銘記在心、付出成功所必需的努力，否則，一切都無濟于事!這就是今天我要鎖定的主題：對于你們所受的教育，你們每一個人都有責(zé)任，而且責(zé)無旁貸!Every single one of you has something that you’re good single oneof you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself todiscover what that ’s the opportunity an education can 。你想成為一位醫(yī)生、教師或警官?還是想成為一位護士、建筑師、律師或是軍人?無論你選擇哪一種職業(yè)，接受良好的教育都是必由之路，別無選擇。如果你不去做，如果你輟學(xué)，你的自棄，不僅是在拋棄自己，更是在拋棄你的祖國。Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end one’s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 。但在現(xiàn)實生活中，那些神話幾乎無法復(fù)制。所有這一切，環(huán)環(huán)相扣，都離成功太遠太遠。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 applause.(Applause.)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。re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could39。d fall asleep right there at the kitchen whenever I39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。ve talked about teachers39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。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。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 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。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies 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。s not always easy to do well in know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your get know what it39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don39。s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of is no excuse for not you are right now doesn39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn39。s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longerhundreds of extra hoursto do his he never fell 39。t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。re not going to be any of those truth is, being successful is won39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。t let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach have to let them show you what to do differently the next if you get into trouble, that doesn39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time one39。ve got to same principle applies to your might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it might have to read something a few times before you understand definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。t a sign of weakness, it39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。ve got to do your part, I expect all of you to get serious this expect you to put your best effort into everything you expect great things from each of d