【正文】 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(jī)會和推動經(jīng)濟(jì)的增長。s the opportunity an education can provide.你們中的每一個(gè)人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個(gè)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(dān)起的責(zé)任。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(xué)還需要時(shí)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。不過，我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個(gè)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。我想也會有許多畢業(yè)班的學(xué)生們正自信滿滿地準(zhǔn)備最后一年的沖刺。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That39。ll need the insights and criticalthinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。ll end up. No one39。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.又比如在我的家鄉(xiāng)，伊利諾斯州芝加哥市，身為孤兒的香特爾?史蒂夫（Shantell Steve）換過多次收養(yǎng)家庭，從小在治安很差的地區(qū)長大，但她努力爭取到了在當(dāng)?shù)乇＝≌竟ぷ鞯臋C(jī)會、發(fā)起了一個(gè)讓青少年遠(yuǎn)離犯罪團(tuán)伙的項(xiàng)目，很快，她也將以優(yōu)異的成績從中學(xué)畢業(yè)，去大學(xué)深造。I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you39。喬丹上高中時(shí)被學(xué)校的籃球隊(duì)刷了下來，在他的職業(yè)生涯里，他輸了幾百場比賽、投失過幾千次射籃，知道他是怎么說的嗎？“我一生不停地失敗、失敗再失敗，這就是我現(xiàn)在成功的原因。這都是很正常的。The story of America isn39。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。你必須努力，當(dāng)有一天驀然回首時(shí)，你的回憶里才會多一些色彩斑斕，少一些蒼白無力。t let yourself down. Make us all proud.你們的家長、你們的老師和我，每一個(gè)人都在盡最大的努力，確保你們都能得到應(yīng)有的教育來回答這些問題。re struggling, even when you39。ve got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。s why I succeed.但那沒有關(guān)系。t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.因此，在今天，我號召你們每一個(gè)人都為自己的教育定下一個(gè)目標(biāo)——并在之后，盡自己的一切努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)它。s headed to college this fall.我還想起了加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯市的安多尼?舒爾茲（Andoni Schultz），他從三歲起就開始與腦癌病魔做斗爭，他熬過了一次次治療與手術(shù)——其中一次影響了他的記憶，因此他得花出比常人多幾百個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間來完成學(xué)業(yè)，但他從不曾落下自己的功課。ve got going on at home none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That39。t always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.不僅僅對于你們個(gè)人的未來有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會對這個(gè)國家、乃至世界的未來產(chǎn)生重要影響?！悄忝刻鞙?zhǔn)時(shí)去上學(xué)、除非你認(rèn)真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否則這一切都會失去意義。I39。d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she39。s your first day in a new school, so it39。ve talked about responsibility a lot.I39。And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。re quitting on your country.我們需要你們中的每一個(gè)人都培養(yǎng)和發(fā)展自己的天賦、技能和才智，來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題。我的妻子——現(xiàn)在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾?奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事，她的父母都沒讀過大學(xué)，也沒有什么財(cái)產(chǎn)，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她有機(jī)會去這個(gè)國家最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)校讀書。Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roman, Texas. Jazmin didn39。我希望你們中的每一個(gè)人，都能做得到這些。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.因?yàn)?，成功是件難事。t mean you39。s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don39。 who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we municate with each other.250年前，有一群和你們一樣的學(xué)生，他們之后奮起努力、用一場革命最終造就了這個(gè)國家；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。在紛雜的塵世里，為自己留下一片純靜的心靈空間，不管是潮起潮落，也不管是陰晴圓缺，你都可以免去浮躁，義無反顧，勇往直前，輕松自如地走好人生路上的每一步3. 花一些時(shí)間，總會看清一些事。有時(shí)候覺得自己像個(gè)神經(jīng)病。s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you