【正文】 談到過教師激勵學生并督促他們學習的責任。但我今天來到這里是因為有重要的事情要和你們說。d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she39。我小時候，我們家生活在海外。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 you39。你們今天都好嗎？（掌聲）（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生們在一起。謝謝你們。（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, it39。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。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn39。m here today because I have something important to discuss with 39。我多次談到過責任問題。I39。I want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。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/ 36do 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 ——甚至可能寫書或在報紙上發(fā)表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英文課的作文后才會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。你不能指望輟學后能碰上個好工作。You39。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。t always able to give us the things that other kids / 36There were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。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，我曾惹過不應該惹的麻煩。Some of you might not have those you don39。But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, where you e from, how much money you have, what you39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 。然而，她非常勤奮，成績優(yōu)秀，獲得了布朗大學的獎學金，她如今正在讀研究生，攻讀公共衛(wèi)生專業(yè)。And then there39。在某些情況下，他們的處境比起你們許多人更差。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/ 36environment to study and you39。But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to mit to want you to really work at ，我希望你保證去做。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you ，取得成功不是輕而易舉的事情。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 that39?！盩hese people succeeded because they understood that you can39。如果你有一門課分數低，那不表示你比別人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的時間學習。第一次從事新的體育項目時，你不可能是一位主力隊員。t be afraid to ask 39。因此，請確定一位/ 36你信任的成年人，例如家長、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導員，請他們幫助你遵循既定計劃實現(xiàn)你的目標。It39。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/ 36 expect great things from each of don39。我希望你們每個人都有出 色的表現(xiàn)。（掌聲）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/ 36hard work it takes to 39。你們對自己應盡的責任是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力所在。re going to need a good education for every single one of those cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good 39。可以毫不夸大地說，教育給你帶來的益處將決定這個國家的未來。你們將需要利用 你們在所有課堂上培養(yǎng)的創(chuàng)造力和智慧來創(chuàng)辦新公司，增加就業(yè)機會，振興我們的經濟。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業(yè)。有時我感到孤獨，感到自己不適應社會。我的妻子，也有著類似的經歷?；蛟S你們生活中沒有成年人為你們提供你們所需要的支持。Where you are right now doesn39。Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn39。s headed to college this （Andoni Schultz），他從三歲開始就一直與腦癌進行抗爭，他不得不忍受各類治療和手術帶來的痛苦，其中一項手術曾影響了他的記憶，因此他花在功課上的時間比一般人長得多，要多出數百個小時。t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they39。s why today I39。也許你會決定挺身而出保護那些因為身份或長相而受人戲弄或欺負的孩 子，原因是你和我一樣認為所有的年輕人都應該享有一個適合讀書和學習的安全環(huán)境。The truth is, being successful is won39。That39。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數百場比賽，有成千上萬個球沒有投中。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time ，因為他們懂得：你不能讓失敗來限制你，而必須讓失敗來開導你。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。你可能要把一些材料閱讀幾遍才能理解。不要在需要幫助時害怕請求別人幫助。The story of America isn39。So today, I want to ask all of you, what39。s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their ，而是堅持不懈、加倍努力的人，他們對國家的愛促使他們全力以赴。請求幫助不是軟弱的表現(xiàn)，它是力量的標志，因為它表明你有勇氣/ 36承認自己對某些事情 不懂，這樣做會使你學到新的東西。Don39。你通過勤奮而變得擅長于各種事情。因此，如果你遇到 麻煩，那并不表示你是麻煩的制造者，而意味著你需要更加努力去把它做對。這就是我成功的原因。ve had the most 39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。順便提一下，除 了這些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，身體感到不舒服的時候要呆在家里不去上學，這樣我們能防止人們在今年秋冬季節(jié)染上流感。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。跟你們一樣，他們在生活中面臨種種挑戰(zhàn)。他今年秋季將邁進大學。她的父母都沒有上過大學。ll end one39。或許你們生活在使你們感覺不安全的社區(qū)，或有朋友逼迫你們去做你們知道不對的事情。但他們非常勤奮，她也是如此，因此她得以進入一些美國最好的學校。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。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/ 36to pay the bills and wasn39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。你們今日在校學習的知識將決定我們作為一個國家是否能夠迎接我們未來所面臨的最嚴峻挑戰(zhàn)。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)。Maybe you could be a great writermaybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaperbut you might not know it until you write that English paperthat English class paper that39。這就是我今天講話的重點：你們每個人對自己的教育應盡的責任。不要讓你們的家人或你們的國家失望。t let your family down or your country of all, don39。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