【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“責任”這個詞。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。小時候，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的地方去讀書，因此她決定自己給我上課——時間是每周一到周五的凌晨4點半。我想也會有許多畢業(yè)班的學生們正自信滿滿地準備最后一年的沖刺。.. . . ..美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬9月8日開學演講（中英對照版）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、在讀哪個年級，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于開學還需要時間來調(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任設(shè)定高標準嚴要求、協(xié)助老師和校長們的工作，改變在有些學校里學生得不到應(yīng)有的學習機會的現(xiàn)狀。s the opportunity an education can provide.你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對自己擔起的責任?！阆氘斆t(yī)生、當名教師或當名警官？你想成為護士、成為建筑設(shè)計師、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，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓練與學習。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)理科學課程上學習的知識和技能，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)機會和推動經(jīng)濟的增長。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習，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.我知道有些時候，電視上播放的節(jié)目會讓你產(chǎn)生這樣那樣的錯覺，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認為只要會唱rap、會打籃球或參加個什么真人秀節(jié)目就能坐享其成，但現(xiàn)實是，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自己的不足、并愿意去學習新的知識。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，堅持堅持，就過來了。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻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