【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 否會喜歡這個學(xué)校，想著怎么來融入這個學(xué)校。或許你到了高三年級，對整個的大學(xué)入學(xué)程序感?a href=“” target=“_blank” class=“keylink”講話玻熱縞昵肽搶锏難?，能不能支付上大学的费用爹o取?/p elementary school
figure out 想明白，弄清楚
fit in 融入，適應(yīng)
afford to do 承擔(dān)得起
And beyond all those concerns, I know a lot of you are also feeling the strain of some difficult times. You know what’s going on in the news and you also know what’s going on in some of your own families. You’ve read about the war in Afghanistan. You hear about the recession that we’ve been through. And sometimes maybe you’re seeing the worries in your parents’ faces or sense it in their voice.
除此之外，我知道你們還有來自困難時期的壓力。你們知道新聞內(nèi)容，知道你們一些家庭中發(fā)發(fā)生的事情。你們讀過有關(guān)阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭的信息，聽說過我們經(jīng)歷過的經(jīng)濟不景氣。有時你們還看到了雙親臉上掛著的憂慮，或從他們的聲音中感受到了這些。
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 are. 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 shift. Or maybe some of you who are little bit older, you’re taking on a parttime job while your dad’s out of work.
所以，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。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?；蛟S你們有些人年長一點的，父親失了業(yè)，你們還要做兼職。
as a consequence 結(jié)果，所以
tough time 困難時期【tough 】
sibling ，同胞
shift
And that’s a lot to handle. It’s more than you should have to handle. And it may make you wonder at times what your own future will look like, whether you’re going to be able to succeed in school, whether you should maybe set your sights a little lower, scale back your dreams.
有太多事情要做了，很多是你們不應(yīng)該做的。這讓你們迷茫，不知道自己的未來會是什么樣，在學(xué)校能不能取得好成績，是不是應(yīng)該把目光降低些，把理想放低些。
handle ，應(yīng)對
scale back 縮減
But I came to Masterman to tell all of you what I think you’re hearing from your principal and your superintendent, and from your parents and your teachers: Nobody gets to write your destiny but you. Your future is in your hands. Your life is what you make of it. And nothing absolutely nothing is beyond your reach, so long as you’re willing to dream big, so long as you’re willing to work hard. So long as you’re willing to stay focused on your education, there is not a single thing that any of you cannot acplish, not a single thing. I believe that.
但是，我來到馬斯特曼，告訴你們一句話。我想這句話你們的校長、院長、父母以及老師都曾告訴過你們，那就是，沒有人，只有你才能書寫你自己的命運。未來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。只要志向遠大，并努力為之奮斗，沒有什么是不能得到的。只要你專注于學(xué)業(yè)，沒有什么事不能實現(xiàn)的。我確信。
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 today. I’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(xué)校努力奮斗是必要的。因為教育從未像現(xiàn)在這樣重要。我確信，幾個月后會有一段時間，你們會完善熬夜寫作業(yè)，為考試臨時抱佛腳，或者在一個雨天的早晨把自己從被窩里拖出來，想，哦天，怎么不是下雪天、
absolutely
cram ；吃得過飽
But let me tell you, what you’re doing is worth it. There is nothing more important than what you’re doing right now. Nothing is going to have as great an impact on your success in life as your education, how you’re doing in school.
但是讓我告訴你，你所做的一切都是值得的。你們現(xiàn)在要做的事情無比重要。沒有什么比你的受教育程度以及你在學(xué)校的所做之事更能決定你的成功。
More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you are going to be determined by how far you go in school. The farther you go in school, the farther you’re going to go in life. And 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 century.
能否能抓住機遇，越來越取決于你們在學(xué)校的努力。你們在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)越好，生活中就能走得越遠。當今，其他國家正與我們競爭，而且比以往任何時候都激烈。在中國北京或者印度邦加羅爾的學(xué)生比以前更加努力，而且比以前表現(xiàn)更好。你們在學(xué)校的成功并不只決定了自己一人的成功，還決定了美國在21世界是否能夠成功。
So you’ve got an obligation to yourselves, and America has an obligation to you, to make sure you’re getting the best education possible. And making sure you get that kind of education is going to take all of us working hard and all of us working hand in ，你們要承擔(dān)起這樣的責(zé)任和義務(wù)。同時國家也向你們承擔(dān)責(zé)任和義務(wù)，那就是為你們提供最好的教育，為此我們要努力，共同奮斗。
obligation ，義務(wù)
It takes all of us in government from the governor to the mayor to the superintendent to the President all of us doing our part to prepare our students, all of them, for success in the classroom and in college and in a career. It’s going to take an outstanding principal, like Principal Neff, and outstanding teachers like the ones you have here at Masterman teachers who are going above and beyond the call of duty for their students. And it’s going to take parents who are mitted to your education. 所有政府工作人員，從州長到市長，到院長，到總統(tǒng)，所有人都要履行職責(zé)為我們的學(xué)生做好準備，幫助他們在教室、在大學(xué)、在事業(yè)上取得成功。這就需要我們有一個杰出的校