【正文】 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(xiě)書(shū)或在報(bào)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(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。但每當(dāng)我抱怨的時(shí)候，我媽媽都會(huì)那樣地看我一眼，然后說(shuō)：“小子，這對(duì)我也并不輕松。美國(guó)各地從小學(xué)預(yù)備班到中學(xué)12年級(jí)的學(xué)生正在收聽(tīng)收看。請(qǐng)為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。我來(lái)這里是要和你們談?wù)勀銈兊慕逃龁?wèn)題，以及在這個(gè)新學(xué)年對(duì)你們所有人的期望。And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you’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? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good ’ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for ，我敢肯定你必須上學(xué)讀書(shū)才能實(shí)現(xiàn)它。我有親身感受。你們沒(méi)有理由不服從你們的老師、逃學(xué)、或輟學(xué)。在某些情況下，他們的處境比起你們?cè)S多人更差。你不會(huì)與你的每一位老師都很投契。第一次從事新的體育項(xiàng)目時(shí)，你不可能是一位主力隊(duì)員。還有75年前坐在你們的位置上的年輕人和學(xué)生，他們走出了大蕭條并打贏了一場(chǎng)世界大戰(zhàn)；他們?yōu)槊駲?quán)而奮斗并把宇航員送上了月球。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)講演的風(fēng)格很口語(yǔ)化,講道理深入淺出,我的孩子上周也進(jìn)入小學(xué)一年級(jí),激勵(lì)孩子,跟他(她)討論一下,讓孩子理解一下他(她)身上所承擔(dān)的對(duì)自己,躊躇再三,畢竟講教育的主題跟股市大家談的主旨有些不合,但我覺(jué)得從投資角度而言,教育上面花費(fèi)的時(shí)間、精力，金錢(qián)的投資,不管是投向自己,還是孩子,都是我們一生中所能做出的最好的,永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)后悔的投資選擇之一．畢竟，一個(gè)更好的未來(lái)，一個(gè)更強(qiáng)大的國(guó)家，一個(gè)更美，更和諧的世界愿景都要依靠我們的孩子們?nèi)?shí)現(xiàn)．弗吉尼亞州，阿林頓市，2009年9月8日嗨，大家好！你們今天過(guò)得怎么樣？我現(xiàn)在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學(xué)生們?cè)谝黄?，全?guó)各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學(xué)生們通過(guò)電視關(guān)注這里，我很高興你們能共同分享這一時(shí)刻。首先，我想談?wù)勀銈儗?duì)于自己有什么責(zé)任。但我很幸運(yùn)。因此，在今天，我號(hào)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。不要害怕提問(wèn)。本文來(lái)自學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng)( for me either, buster.“(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that 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。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don39。ll end one39。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。因此我要求你們?cè)诮衲昴軌蛘J(rèn)真起來(lái)，我要求你們盡心地去做自己著手的每一件事，我要求你們每一個(gè)人都有所成就。沒(méi)有哪一個(gè)人一生出來(lái)就擅長(zhǎng)做什么事情的，只有努力才能培養(yǎng)出技能。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(guò)多次收養(yǎng)家庭，從小在治安很差的地區(qū)長(zhǎng)大，但她努力爭(zhēng)取到了在當(dāng)?shù)乇＝≌竟ぷ鞯臋C(jī)會(huì)、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?xún)?yōu)異的成績(jī)從中學(xué)畢業(yè)，去大學(xué)深造。我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種各樣的問(wèn)題，很難把精力集中在專(zhuān)心讀書(shū)之上。我也很多次談到過(guò)政府有責(zé)任設(shè)定高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)嚴(yán)要求、協(xié)助老師和校長(zhǎng)們的工作，改變?cè)谟行W(xué)校里學(xué)生得不到應(yīng)有的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)的現(xiàn)狀。愿主保佑你們。And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don’t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your 、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對(duì)你不抱希望時(shí)，也不要對(duì)你自己?jiǎn)适判?，因?yàn)楫?dāng)你自暴自棄時(shí)，你也拋棄了自己的國(guó)家。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(duì)。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 you’re not going to be any of those ：你不用做任何艱苦的工作就能發(fā)財(cái)致富并取得成功，唱小調(diào)、打籃球或成為真人秀明星是走向成功的途徑。And then there’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 she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to 史蒂夫（Shantell Steve）?；蛟S你們生活中沒(méi)有成年人為你們提供你們所需要的支持。如果你們不這樣做，如果你們輟學(xué)，你們不僅僅是自暴自棄，也是拋棄自己的國(guó)家。而教育能夠提供這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。斯派塞（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(xué)生們?cè)谝黄?。（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, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’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 you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this ，今天是你們很多人開(kāi)學(xué)的日子。Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about I’ve talked about responsibility a 。你想當(dāng)醫(yī)生、教師或警官嗎？你想當(dāng)護(hù)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)。兩歲時(shí)，我父親離家而去，我是由一位單親母親撫養(yǎng)成人的，母親不得不工作，并時(shí)常為支付生活費(fèi)用而苦苦掙扎，但有時(shí)仍無(wú)法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。沒(méi)有理由不付出努力。但他們拒絕放棄。不是所有的家庭作業(yè)似乎都與你眼前的生活完全有關(guān)。第一次唱一首歌曲時(shí)，你不可能唱準(zhǔn)每個(gè)音。至于20年前坐在你們的位置上的學(xué)生，他們創(chuàng)辦了谷歌（Google）、嘰喳網(wǎng)（Twitter）和臉譜網(wǎng)（Facebook），改變了我們交流溝通的方式。我知道，對(duì)你們中的許多人來(lái)說(shuō)，今天是開(kāi)學(xué)的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進(jìn)入幼兒園或升上初高中，對(duì)你們來(lái)說(shuō)，這是在新學(xué)校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。你們中的每一個(gè)人都會(huì)有自己擅長(zhǎng)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(duì)自己擔(dān)起的責(zé)任。我在許多事上都得到了重來(lái)的機(jī)會(huì)，我得到了去大學(xué)讀法學(xué)院、實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)想的機(jī)會(huì)。你的目標(biāo)可以很簡(jiǎn)單，像是完成作業(yè)、認(rèn)真聽(tīng)講或每天閱讀——或許你打算參加一些課外活動(dòng)，或在社區(qū)做些志愿工作；或許你決定為那些因?yàn)殚L(zhǎng)相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺負(fù)的孩子做主、維護(hù)他們的權(quán)益，因?yàn)槟愫臀乙粯?，認(rèn)為每個(gè)孩子都應(yīng)該能有一個(gè)安全的學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境；或許你認(rèn)為該學(xué)著更好的照顧自己，來(lái)為將來(lái)的學(xué)習(xí)做準(zhǔn)備……當(dāng)然，除此之外，我希望你們都多多洗手、感到身體不舒服的時(shí)候要多在家休息，免得大家在秋冬感冒高發(fā)季節(jié)都得流感。不要不敢向他人求助。m here today because I have something important to discuss with 39。s the opportunity an education can 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。t fit I wasn39。s fought brain cancer since he was 39。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you 39。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 environment to study and you39。t have to determine where you39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。ve talked a lot about your government39。但你們也要擔(dān)起自己的責(zé)任。從失敗中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎樣的改變；假如你惹了什么麻煩，那并不說(shuō)明你就是個(gè)搗蛋貴，而是在提醒你，在將來(lái)要對(duì)自己有更嚴(yán)格的要求；假如你考了個(gè)低分，那并不說(shuō)明你就比別人笨，而是在告訴你，自己得在學(xué)習(xí)上花更多的時(shí)間。這個(gè)秋天，他要開(kāi)始在大學(xué)讀書(shū)了。當(dāng)