【正文】 tion, and set goals for I expect all of you to do the 39。t love every subject that you won39。t mean you39。s good enough to hand 39。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your story of America isn39。t let us 39。有了去年的“教訓(xùn)”，今年的總統(tǒng)開學(xué)演講，白宮意強(qiáng)調(diào)這是一次“非政治活動”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。讓我們對Kelly報以熱烈的掌聲。）費(fèi)城市長，Michael Nutter。我耳聞了你們做的那些偉大的事，這里面有在校的學(xué)生，老師和工作人員。embrace ；接受Over the past few weeks, Michelle and I have been getting Sasha and Malia ready for they’re excited about ’ll bet they had the same feelings that you doyou’re a little sad to see the summer go, but you’re also excited about the possibilities of a new possibilities of building new friendships and strengthening old ones, of joining a school club, or trying out for a possibilities of growing into a better student and a better person and making not just your family proud but making yourself ，我和Michelle為Sasha和Malia上學(xué)的事做準(zhǔn)備?；蛟S你剛從小學(xué)升到初中，從初中升到高中，會擔(dān)心，新的學(xué)年將會是什么樣的呢。姐姐哥哥在海外工作，你們會表現(xiàn)得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，或許媽媽去值第二班，你們就要照顧年幼的弟弟妹妹。只要你專注于學(xué)業(yè)，沒有什么事不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。你們在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)越好，生活中就能走得越遠(yuǎn)。老師們要履行好對學(xué)生所應(yīng)擔(dān)負(fù)起的責(zé)任。在美國各地，也有許多家長向當(dāng)?shù)亟逃賳T表示抗議，一些家長甚至威脅在奧巴馬演講時把孩子離教室。顯然，我不怎么喜歡那么早就爬起來，很多時候，我就這么在廚房的桌子前睡著了。——除非你每天準(zhǔn)時去上學(xué)、除非你認(rèn)真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否則這一切都會失去意義。不僅僅對于你們個人的未來有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會對這個國家、乃至世界的未來產(chǎn)生重要影響。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭，是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們都有的東西，有時我會想，假如父親在該多好，有時我會感到孤獨(dú)無助，與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。s expected of all of you in this new school , I39。ve talked a lot about your government39。ll need an education to do want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should my life could have easily taken a turn for the 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 didn39。t have to determine where you39。s headed to college this then there39。ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and you39。ve had the most 39。t love every subject that you won39。ve got it a lot worse off than many of they refused to give chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for I expect all of you to do the 39。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 39。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。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。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 39。s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 39。我的妻子——現(xiàn)在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾假如你不這么做——假如你放棄學(xué)習(xí)——那么你不僅是放棄了自己，也是放棄了你的國家。教育給你們提供了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己才能的機(jī)會。我談到過教師們有責(zé)任激勵和啟迪你們，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。我想也會有許多畢業(yè)班的學(xué)生們正自信滿滿地準(zhǔn)備最后一年的沖刺。背景知識這是奧巴馬第二次發(fā)表開學(xué)演講。So you’ve got an obligation to yourselves, and America has an obligation to you, to make sure you’re getting the best education making sure you get that kind of education is going to take all of us working hard and all of us working hand in ，你們要承擔(dān)起這樣的責(zé)任和義務(wù)。我確信，幾個月后會有一段時間，你們會完善熬夜寫作業(yè)，為考試臨時抱佛腳，或者在一個雨天的早晨把自己從被窩里拖出來，想，哦天，怎么不是下雪天？?。ㄐΓ゛bsolutely cram ；吃得過飽But let me tell you, what you’re doing is worth is nothing more important than what you’re doing right is going to have as great an impact on your success in life as your education, how you’re doing in ，你所做的一切都是值得的。handle ，應(yīng)對 scale back 縮減But I came to Masterman to tell all of you what I think you’re hearing from your principal and your superintendent, and from your parents and your teachers: Nobody gets to write your destiny but future is in your life is what you make of nothingabsolutely nothingis beyond your reach, so long as you’re willing to dream big, so long as you’re willing to work long as you’re willing to stay focused on your education, there is not a single thing that any of you cannot acplish, not a single believe ，我來到馬斯特曼，告訴你們一句話。你們知道新聞內(nèi)容，知道你們一些家庭中發(fā)發(fā)生的事情。如你們可以結(jié)交新的朋友，加深同老朋友的感情，加入學(xué)校俱樂部，參加各種團(tuán)隊(duì)的選拔賽。你們在教育方面是領(lǐng)頭軍。（掌聲）。kelly 在奧巴馬總統(tǒng)演講前，一名叫Kelly的學(xué)生做了演講。你好，費(fèi)城?。ㄕ坡暋W巴馬2009年的演講招來了許多批評和抵制。who fought for civil rights and put a man on the who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we municate with each today, I want to ask all of you, what39。s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don39。s born being good at all bee good at things through hard 39。ve had the most 39。ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and you39。s headed to college this then there39。t have to determine where you39。m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should my life could have easily taken a turn for the 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 didn39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。ll need an education to do want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You39。ve talked a lot about your government39。s expected of all of you in this new school , I39。ve given a lot of speeches about I39。s responsibili