【正文】 something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that ’s the opportunity an education can 。我來這里是要和你們談談你們的教育問題，以及在這個新學年對你們所有人的期望。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國孩子上的學校，但她認為必須讓我接受美式教育。請為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。謝謝你們。美國各地從小學預備班到中學12年級的學生正在收聽收看。I know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the 。但每當我抱怨的時候，我媽媽都會那樣地看我一眼，然后說：“小子，這對我也并不輕松。I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where students aren’t getting the opportunities that they ，要制定高標準，支持教師和校長的工作，徹底改善不能為學生提供應有機會的、教育質量差的學校。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 that’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 do 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。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。Now, I know it’s not always easy to do well in know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your 。我的人生原本會輕易陷入更糟糕的境地?；蛟S你們家中有人失業(yè)，經(jīng)濟非常拮據(jù)。That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across ，全美各地都是如此。她曾在芝加哥最困難的社區(qū)生活，寄養(yǎng)于多個不同的家庭，但她最終在一家地方醫(yī)療中心找到工作，并開始了一項幫助年輕人遠離流氓團伙的計劃，她即將以優(yōu)異成績從中學畢業(yè)，緊接著將上大學。你的目標可以是一件十分簡單的事情，例如完成家庭作業(yè)、上課專心聽講、或每天花一點時間讀一本書。但實際情況是：你可能不會成為其中的一員。（）所寫的系列小說《哈利 波特》（Harry Potter）第一部在獲得出版之前被退稿12次。如果你有一門課分數(shù)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。你可能要把一些材料閱讀幾遍才能理解。The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got ’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?nèi)σ愿啊Ｒ虼?，我希望你們大家從今年起認真對待這個問題。愿主保佑美國。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。但哪怕這一切都達到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優(yōu)秀的學校，假如你們不去履行自己的責任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費?！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。我知道你們的感受。你的未來，并不取決于你現(xiàn)在的生活有多好或多壞。賈斯敏、安多尼和香特爾與你們并沒有什么不同。你不可能對要讀的每門課程都興趣盎然，你不可能和每名帶課教師都相處順利，你也不可能每次都遇上看起來和現(xiàn)實生活有關的作業(yè)。任何人都不是在第一次接觸一項體育運動時就成為校隊的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌時就找準每一個音，一切都需要熟能生巧。你要記住，哪怕你表現(xiàn)不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經(jīng)放棄了你——永遠不要自己放棄自己。請不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你的國家和你自己失望。ve talked about responsibility a 39。t working, where students aren39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for this isn39。re quitting on your , I know it39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 39。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren39。t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and whatever you resolve to do, I want you to mit to want you to really work at know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard workthat your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV are you39。s why I succ。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。謝謝大家，上帝保佑你們，上帝保佑美國。美國不是一個人們遭遇困難就輕易放棄的國度，在這個國家，人們堅持到底、人們加倍努力，為了他們所熱愛的國度，每一個人都盡著自己最大的努力，不會給自己留任何余地。這都是很正常的。但那沒有關系。我希望你們中的每一個人，都能做得到這些。而在這片土地上的每個地方，千千萬萬和你一樣的年輕人正是這樣在書寫著自己的命運。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，隨時可能急轉直下。今天你們在學校中學習的內(nèi)容，將會決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰(zhàn)時的表現(xiàn)。而這就是我今天講話的主題：對于自己的教育，你們中每一個人的責任。每當我埋怨的時候，我媽總會用同一副表情看著我說：“小鬼，你以為教你我就很輕松？”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，但今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。（掌聲）第二篇：奧巴馬開學演講稿(中英文對照)早晨偶然在報紙上看到了9月8日美國開學日的時候,奧巴馬總統(tǒng)給全國從幼兒園到高中生做的一個開學演講,，,翻譯得基本上做到了信、達、雅。我希望你們每個人都有出色的表現(xiàn)。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 ，他們后來進行了獨立戰(zhàn)爭并創(chuàng)建了這個國家。Don’t be afraid to ask ’t be afraid to ask for help when you need do that every for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and that then allows you to learn something find an adult that you trusta parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselorand ask them to help you stay on track to meet your 。你通過勤奮而變得擅長于各種事情。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數(shù)百場比賽，有成千上萬個球沒有投中。你不會喜歡你學習的每一門課目。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。跟你們一樣，他們在生活中面臨種種挑戰(zhàn)。她的父母都沒有上過大學。But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, w