【正文】 feel like other people have given up on you, don39。在美國各地，也有許多家長向當?shù)亟逃賳T表示抗議，一些家長甚至威脅在奧巴馬演講時把孩子離教室。（掌聲。我希望全美的社會團體都能欣然接受這個杰出代表的例子。strain So a lot of you as a consequence, because we’re going through a tough time a country, are having to act a lot older than you got to be strong for your family while your brother or sister is serving overseas, or you’ve got to look after younger siblings while your mom is working that second maybe some of you who are little bit older, you’re taking on a parttime job while your dad’s out of ，因為我們國家面臨困難時期，你們許多人的行為看上去比實際年齡要大。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you are going to be determined by how far you go in farther you go in school, the farther you’re going to go in at a time when other countries are peting with us like never before, when students around the world in Beijing, China, or Bangalore, India, are working harder than ever, and doing better than ever, your success in school is not just going to determine your success, it’s going to determine America’s success in the 21st ，越來越取決于你們在學校的努力。部分媒體還批評奧巴馬試圖建立個人崇拜。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。我知道你們的感受。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our 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。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。ve talked about teachers39。我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養(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。我做過許多關(guān)于教育的講話，也常常用到“責任”這個詞。未來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。因為教育從未像現(xiàn)在這樣重要。elementary school figure out 想明白，弄清楚 fit in 融入，適應(yīng) afford to do 承擔得起And beyond all those concerns, I know a lot of you are also feeling the strain of some difficult know what’s going on in the news and you also know what’s going on in some of your own ’ve read about the war in hear about the recession that we’ve been sometimes maybe you’re seeing the worries in your parents’ faces or sense it in their ，我知道你們還有來自困難時期的壓力。（掌聲）因為你們是費城最好的學校之一。站在這里我很激動。這是奧巴馬第二次發(fā)表開學演講。t a sign of weakness, it39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longerhundreds of extra hoursto do his he never fell 39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。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 no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39?！颐刻於荚谶@么做。不管你決定做什么，我都希望你能堅持到底，希望你能真的下定決心。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，也沒有什么財產(chǎn)，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她有機會去這個國家最優(yōu)秀的學校讀書。教育給你們提供了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己才能的機會。每當我埋怨的時候，母親便會對我說：“孩子，你以為媽媽教你很輕松嗎？”今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。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。但那沒有關(guān)系。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。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 39。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。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 mean you39。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your story of America isn39。有了去年的“教訓”，今年的總統(tǒng)開學演講，白宮意強調(diào)這是一次“非政治活動”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。）費城市長，Michael Nutter。embrace ；接受Over the past few weeks, Michelle and I have been getting Sasha and Malia ready for they’re excited about ’ll bet they had the same feelings that you doyou’re a little sad to see the summer go, but you’re also excited about the possibilities of a new possibilities of building new friendships and strengthening old ones, of joining a school club, or trying out for a possibilities of growing into a better student and a better person and making not just your family proud but making yourself ，我和Michelle為Sasha和Malia上學的事做準備。姐姐哥哥在海外工作，你們會表現(xiàn)得堅強，或許媽媽去值第二班，你們就要照顧年幼的弟弟妹妹。你們在學校的表現(xiàn)越好，生活中就能走得越遠。在美國各地，也有許多家長向當?shù)亟逃賳T表示抗議，一些家長甚至威脅在奧巴馬演講時把孩子離教室?！悄忝刻鞙蕰r去上學、除非你認真地聽老師講課、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。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭，是母親一人將我們拉扯大，有時她付不起帳單，有時我們得不到其他孩子們都有的東西，有時我會想，假如父親在該多好，有時我會感到孤獨無助，與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。ve talked a lot about your government39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for this isn39。ve talked about responsibility a 39。你們需要在數(shù)理科學課程上學習的知識和技能，去治療癌癥、艾滋那樣的疾病，和解決我們面臨的能源問題與環(huán)境問題；你們需要在歷史社科課程上培養(yǎng)出的觀察力與判斷力，來減輕和消除無家可歸與貧困、犯罪問題和各種歧視，讓這個國家變得更加公平和自由；你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發(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)機會和推動經(jīng)濟的增長。我要和你們談一談你們每個人的教育，以及在新的學年里，你們應(yīng)當做些什么。佳句欣賞Nobody gets to write your destiny but future is in your life is what you make of ，只有你才能書寫你自己的命運。destiny acplish And that last part is absolutely essential, that part about really working hard in school, because an education has never been more important than it is ’m sure there are going to be times in the months ahead when you’re staying up late doing your homework or cramming for a test, or you’re dragging yourself out of bed on a rainy morning and you’re thinking, oh, boy, I wish maybe it was a snow day.(Laughter.)最后這一點，在學校努力奮斗是必要的?；蛟S你到了高三年級，對整個的大學入學程序感到不安，比如申請那里的學校，能不能支付上大學的費用等等。我想不出除了在Masterman外，還有哪個地方更適合做這件事。所以讓我們?yōu)槟愫湍阕龅囊磺凶院腊?。t let yourself us all you very much, bless bless you.(Appla