【正文】 be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who es here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?而今天，我要問問你們大家，你們將做出什么貢獻?你們將解決什么問題?你們將有什么發(fā)現(xiàn)?20年、50年或100年后來到這里講話的總統(tǒng)將會怎樣評價你們大家為這個國家所做的一切?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these ’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the puters you need to you’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 don’t let us ’t let your family down or your country of all, don’t let yourself us all 、你們的老師和我正在竭盡全力保證你們接受必要的教育，以便回答上述問題。因此，請確定一位你信任的成年人，例如家長、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導(dǎo)員，請他們幫助你遵循既定計劃實現(xiàn)你的目標。同樣的道理適用于你的學(xué)業(yè)。你必須讓失敗向你展示下次如何以不同的方式去做這件事情。That’s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most ’swho wrote Harry Potterher first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally Jordan was cut from his high school basketball lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my that’s why I succeed.”這些都沒關(guān)系。我希望你腳踏實地地去做。我期待你們大家都會這樣做。他今年秋季將邁進大學(xué)。沒有人決定你們的命運，在美國，你們決定自己的命運。Some of you might not have those you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there’s not enough money to go3/7奧巴馬開學(xué)中英文演講稿 you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t 。有時我感到孤獨，感到自己不適應(yīng)社會。We 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 don’t do thatif you quit on schoolyou’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your ，以便幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的最棘手問題。你必須接受培訓(xùn)，為之努力，為之學(xué)習(xí)。你們對自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力所在。I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn’t too happy about getting up that a lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen whenever I’d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she’d say, “This is no piic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)你們可以想見，我不太情愿那么早起床。我能想象有些畢業(yè)班學(xué)生現(xiàn)在感覺很不錯還有一年就畢業(yè)了。你們今天都好嗎?蒂姆兩歲時，我父親離家而去，我是由一位單親母親撫養(yǎng)成人的，母親不得不工作，并時常為支付生活費用而苦苦掙扎，但有時仍無法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。你們將需要利用你們在歷史學(xué)和社會學(xué)課堂上所獲得的知識和獨立思考能力來抗擊貧困和解決無家可歸問題，打擊犯罪和消除歧視，使我們的國家更公平、更自由。你想當醫(yī)生、教師或警官嗎?你想當護士、建筑師、律師或軍人嗎?你必須接受良好的教育，才能從事上述任何一種職業(yè)。你們每個人都有自己的長處。Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about I’ve talked about responsibility a 。因此，她決定從周一到周五自己給我補課。(掌聲)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, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now(applause)with just one more year to no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this ，今天是你們很多人開學(xué)的日子。謝謝你們大家。斯派塞(Tim Spicer)好嗎?(掌聲)我現(xiàn)在與弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學(xué)生們在一起。不論在哪個年級，你們有些人可能希望暑假更長一點，今天早上還能多睡一小會兒。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the ，要確保你們走正路，完成家庭作業(yè)，不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox游戲。而教育能夠提供這樣的機會。And this isn’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 you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 。如果你們不這樣做，如果你們輟學(xué)，你們不僅僅是自暴自棄，也是拋棄自己的國家。So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I’m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should my life could have easily taken a turn for the ，我也曾做過我如今不能引以為豪的一些事情，我曾惹過不應(yīng)該惹的麻煩。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我小時候，我們家生活在海外?！?笑聲)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with ’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school 。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 ’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your ，即使我們擁有最敬業(yè)的教師，最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學(xué)?！绻銈兇蠹也宦男心銈兊呢?zé)任，不到校上課，不專心聽講，不聽家長、祖父祖母和其他大人的話，不付出取得成功所必須的勤奮努力，那么這一切都毫無用處，都無關(guān)緊要。你或許能成為一名創(chuàng)新者或發(fā)明家——甚至可能設(shè)計出新一代iPhone或研制出新型藥物或疫苗——但你可能要在完成科學(xué)課的實驗后才會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。美國的未來取決于你們。我知道你們許多人在生活中面臨挑戰(zhàn)，難以集中精力從事學(xué)業(yè)。But 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 didn’t have a lot of they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this ，我當年際遇不錯?；蛟S你們生活在使你們感覺不安全的社區(qū)，或有朋友逼迫你們?nèi)プ瞿銈冎啦粚Φ氖虑椤oung people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn’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 ?佩雷斯(Jazmin Perez)就是一個例證，她剛開始上學(xué)時并不會說英文。And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren’t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they’ve got it a lot worse off than many of they refused to give chose to take