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ernment39。s expected of all of you in this new school , I39。ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn39。謝謝你們,上帝保佑你們,上帝護佑美利堅。這是一個國家給她的全部而且公平的機會。她告訴我關(guān)于她有多努力,關(guān)于她和她母親一起做的社區(qū)義工。So, what I want to say to you today – what I want all of you to take away from my speech – is that life is precious, and part of its beauty lies in its shouldn39。我在你們這么大的時候,我糾結(jié)于我是誰,作為一個白人媽媽和黑人爸爸的兒子意味著什么,以及我的生活中沒有那個爸爸。t always not in middle or high a teenager isn39。這就是為什么今天,我宣布第二屆―畢業(yè)挑戰(zhàn)(Commencement Challenge 不知道是什么,應該類似于一種學校評比)‖。s 39。不要回避新的挑戰(zhàn)——把他們找出來,不要呆在你們舒服的地方,不要害怕求助。t be afraid to ask for help。的確我們每個人有自己需要發(fā)掘和培養(yǎng)的天賦與專長。s true that we each have our own gifts and talents we need to discover and just because you39。她說:你不能坐等好運撞到你身上。如她用―危險‖來描述我的未來。t always have wasn39。s what we have to do for 39。So, you have an obligation to yourselves, and America has an obligation to you to make sure you39。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you will be determined by how far you go in other words, the farther you go in school, the farther you39。只要你愿意夢想遠大,只要你愿意努力工作,只要你愿意持續(xù)關(guān)注與你的教育。這也許會使你時常想你自己的未來將會怎樣;你們是否能學業(yè)有成;是否應該放低你的眼光并且調(diào)低你的夢想。當你們的兄長姐姐在海外服役,為了你們的家庭而你變得堅強;在你們母親出去兼職時照顧好你的弟弟妹妹;當你父親失業(yè)的時候去做一份鐘點工。 faces and sense it in their ,我知道你們對現(xiàn)在的一些艱難時事也感覺到壓力。about where to apply and whether you can afford to 。你們會對夏季的結(jié)束略感悲傷,但你們又對新的一年中的種種可能感到興奮——結(jié)交新朋友加強舊友誼的可能,加入一個學校社團或者參加一只校隊的可能,成為一個更優(yōu)秀的學生,更好的人并使你的家庭為之驕傲的可能。就在上一周,由于你們所取得的成就而獲得了―全國藍絲帶學?! wonderful to be is about weling all of you and all of America39。re one of the best schools in Philadelphia – a leader in helping students succeed in the just last week, you were recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for your record of 39。Over the past few weeks, Michelle and I have been getting Sasha and Malia ready for I bet a lot of you are feeling the same way they39。ll be you39?;蛘吣闶歉呷龑W生正在為升學感到焦慮,為申請哪所大學和自己能否負擔得起而焦慮。你們可以從你們父母的臉上看出這些從他們的聲音中聽出這些。it39。re willing to work long as you39。re staying up late cramming for a test, or dragging yourselves out of bed on a rainy morning, and wondering if it39。your success in school will also help determine America39。It will take all of us in government – from Harrisburg to Washington – doing our part to prepare our students, all of them, for success in the classroom, in college, and in a will take an outstanding principal and outstanding teachers like the ones here at Masterman。s your up to school on attention in your for out of kind of discipline and drive – that kind of hard work – is absolutely essential for !這是我們的責任。t even started my college applications, how I was acting, as she put it, “casual” about my 39。s attitude is in a conversation like was like, I don39。但是最后,她的話起到了她希望的作用。t be if you don39。由此你也許會發(fā)現(xiàn)你擁有你從未設(shè)想過的天賦。t succeed at something – try it again, and learn from your 39。不要因為你的朋友們做得好而感到威脅,為他們驕傲,看看你在他們作對的事情中可以學到些什么。if you show us how teachers, students, and parents are working together to prepare your kids for college and a career。s about giving each and every one of us the chance to fulfill our promise。re wrestling with a lot of I was your age, I was wrestling with questions about who I was。ve got bullies in class who try to use those differences to pick on you or poke fun at you。我們不應該為使得我們不同的事情感到難為情。那就是她將如何做。And I39。ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th I am just so glad that all could join us I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause.)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。d fall asleep right there at the kitchen whenever I39。ve talked about teachers39。t getting the opportunities that they 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 hard work it takes to 39。t just important for your own life and your own you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this future of America depends on you39。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 get know what it39。s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn39。t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they39。re not going to be any of those truth is, being successful is won39。t let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach have to let them show you what to do differently the next if you get into trouble, that doesn39。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。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。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 expect great things from each of don39。d like to do is to make some opening ments, and then what I39。m in Beijing to see the majesty of the Forbidden City and the wonder of the Great , this is a nation that enpasses both a rich history and a belief in the promise of the same can be said of the relationship between our two , of course, is a city that has great meaning in the history of the relationship between the United States and was here, 37 years ago, that the Shanghai Communique opened the door to a new chapter of engagement between our governments and among our , Americ