【正文】 s. That39。t working, where students aren39。我做過許多關(guān)于教育的講話，也常常用到“責(zé)任”這個(gè)詞。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。小時(shí)候，我們家在印度尼西亞住過幾年，而我媽媽沒錢送我去其他美國孩子們上學(xué)的地方去讀書，因此她決定自己給我上課——時(shí)間是每周一到周五的凌晨4點(diǎn)半。我想也會(huì)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。.. . . ..美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬9月8日開學(xué)演講（中英對(duì)照版）Hello, everybody! Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? How about Tim Spicer? I am here with students at Wake field High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we39。不過，我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個(gè)年級(jí)，許多人都打心底里希望現(xiàn)在還在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn39。s expected of all of you in this new school year.所以，我可以理解你們中的許多人對(duì)于開學(xué)還需要時(shí)間來調(diào)整和適應(yīng)，但今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。I39。t getting the opportunities that they deserve.我也很多次談到過政府有責(zé)任設(shè)定高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)嚴(yán)要求、協(xié)助老師和校長們的工作，改變?cè)谟行W(xué)校里學(xué)生得不到應(yīng)有的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)的現(xiàn)狀。s the opportunity an education can provide.你們中的每一個(gè)人都會(huì)有自己擅長的東西，每一個(gè)人都是有用之材，而發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對(duì)自己擔(dān)起的責(zé)任?！阆氘?dāng)名醫(yī)生、當(dāng)名教師或當(dāng)名警官？你想成為護(hù)士、成為建筑設(shè)計(jì)師、律師或軍人？無論你選擇哪一種職業(yè)，良好的教育都必不可少，這世上不存在不把書念完就能拿到好工作的美夢(mèng)，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓(xùn)練與學(xué)習(xí)。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.你們需要在數(shù)理科學(xué)課程上學(xué)習(xí)的知識(shí)和技能，去治療癌癥、艾滋那樣的疾病，和解決我們面臨的能源問題與環(huán)境問題；你們需要在歷史社科課程上培養(yǎng)出的觀察力與判斷力，來減輕和消除無家可歸與貧困、犯罪問題和各種歧視，讓這個(gè)國家變得更加公平和自由；你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發(fā)展出來的創(chuàng)新意識(shí)和思維，去創(chuàng)業(yè)和建立新的公司與企業(yè)，來制造就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)的增長。我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種各樣的問題，很難把精力集中在專心讀書之上。m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.因此我并不總是能專心學(xué)習(xí)，我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情，也惹出過許多不該惹的麻煩，我的生活岌岌可危，隨時(shí)可能急轉(zhuǎn)直下。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.你的未來，并不取決于你現(xiàn)在的生活有多好或多壞。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your munity. Maybe you39。re not going to be any of those things.我知道有些時(shí)候，電視上播放的節(jié)目會(huì)讓你產(chǎn)生這樣那樣的錯(cuò)覺，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會(huì)認(rèn)為只要會(huì)唱rap、會(huì)打籃球或參加個(gè)什么真人秀節(jié)目就能坐享其成，但現(xiàn)實(shí)是，你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。s okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39?！盩hese people succeeded because they understood that you can39。s born being good at all things. You bee good at things through hard work. You39。Don39。求助并不是軟弱的表現(xiàn)，恰恰相反，它說明你有勇氣承認(rèn)自己的不足、并愿意去學(xué)習(xí)新的知識(shí)。t about people who quit when things got tough. It39。ve got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don39。你們要成為我們驕傲，我知道，你們一定可以做到。努力過后，才知道許多事情，堅(jiān)持堅(jiān)持，就過來了。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻(xiàn)給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻(xiàn)給你的也是一些色彩。1. 若不給自己設(shè)限，則人生中就沒有限制你發(fā)揮的藩籬。t let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don39。It39。And even when you39。t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn39。t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You39。t mean you39。s who wrote Harry Potter her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that39。t love every subject that you study. You won39。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don39。ve got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.賈