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that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV are you39。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39。re quitting on your , I know it39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for this isn39。t working, where students aren39。ve talked about responsibility a 39。t too happy about getting up that a lot of times, I39。t let yourself us all you very much, bless bless you.(Applause.)第二篇:奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿Wakefield High School Arlington, VirginiaTHE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody!Thank you, right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we39。請(qǐng)不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你的國(guó)家和你自己失望。s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their ,有一群和你們一樣的學(xué)生,他們之后奮起努力、用一場(chǎng)革命最終造就了這個(gè)國(guó)家;75年前,有一群和你們一樣的學(xué)生,他們之后戰(zhàn)勝了大蕭條、贏得了二戰(zhàn);就在20年前,和你們一樣的學(xué)生們,他們后來創(chuàng)立了Google、Twitter和Facebook,改變了我們?nèi)伺c人之間溝通的方式。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 ,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(yuǎn)不要自己放棄自己。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new don39。這都是很正常的。These people succeeded because they understood that you can39。因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)世界上,最最成功的人們往往也經(jīng)歷過最多的失敗。I 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。That39。和你們一樣,他們也在生活中遭遇各種各樣的困難與問題,但他們拒絕放棄,他們選擇為自己的教育擔(dān)起責(zé)任、給自己定下奮斗的目標(biāo)。That39。Where you are right now doesn39。Some of you might not have those you don39。但我很幸運(yùn)。We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult you don39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our 39。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。教育給你們提供了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己才能的機(jī)會(huì)。而這就是我今天講話的主題:對(duì)于自己的教育,你們中每一個(gè)人的責(zé)任。ve talked about responsibility a 39。So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。I know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn39。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。當(dāng)然你也可以說是為了報(bào)效祖國(guó)!但是,我想還是有很多人對(duì)這個(gè)問題的理解還是很模糊的。請(qǐng)不要放棄自己,放棄自己的責(zé)任!引人深思,看完后,希望能對(duì)你有所幫助!Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia 韋克菲爾德高中,弗吉尼亞州,阿林頓市,September 8,2009REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA39。s understandable if you39。t too happy about getting up that a lot of times, I39。s expected of all of you in this new school ,也常常用到“責(zé)任”這個(gè)詞。ve talked about your parents39。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。s the opportunity an education can ——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報(bào)刊上——但假如不在英語課上經(jīng)常練習(xí)寫作,你不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一個(gè)發(fā)明家、創(chuàng)造家——甚至設(shè)計(jì)出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產(chǎn)品,或研制出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學(xué)課程上做上幾次實(shí)驗(yàn),你不會(huì)知道自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官,但假如你不去加入什么學(xué)生會(huì)或參加幾次辯論賽,你也不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能。今天你們?cè)趯W(xué)校中學(xué)習(xí)的內(nèi)容,將會(huì)決定我們整個(gè)國(guó)家在未來迎接重大挑戰(zhàn)時(shí)的表現(xiàn)。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(guó)家。re quitting on your , I know it39。So I wasn39。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 make your own ,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(yùn)。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。而且,并不是每件事,你都能在頭一次嘗試時(shí)獲得成功。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act you get a bad grade, that doesn39?!颐刻於荚谶@么做。s good enough to hand 39。re struggling, even when you39。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。Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these 39。s understandable if you39。d say, “This is no piic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。ve talked about your parents39。re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that 39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our 39。t always able to give us the things that other kids were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。t 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。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。s why today I39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act you get a bad grade, that doesn39。t be afraid to ask 39。t about people who quit when things got 39。t let your family down or your country o