【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 , she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and sheamp。rsquo。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.
　　我還想起家鄉(xiāng)伊利諾伊州芝加哥市的尚特爾amp。bull。史蒂夫(Shantell Steve)。她曾在芝加哥最困難的社區(qū)生活，寄養(yǎng)于多個不同的家庭，但她最終在一家地方醫(yī)療中心找到工作，并開始了一項幫助年輕人遠離流氓團伙的計劃，她即將以優(yōu)異成績從中學畢業(yè)，緊接著將上大學。
　　And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell arenamp。rsquo。t any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases theyamp。rsquo。ve got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the 、安多尼和尚特爾與你們中間的每個人沒什么兩樣。跟你們一樣，他們在生活中面臨種種挑戰(zhàn)。在某些情況下，他們的處境比起你們許多人更差。但他們拒絕放棄。他們決定要為自己的一生、自己的教育負起責任，為自己設(shè)定各項奮斗目標。我期待你們大家都會這樣做。
　　Thatamp。rsquo。s why today Iamp。rsquo。m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe youamp。rsquo。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your munity. Maybe youamp。rsquo。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 learn. Maybe youamp。rsquo。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And 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 donamp。rsquo。t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
　　因此，我今天呼吁你們每一個人為自己的教育設(shè)定目標，并盡自己的最大努力來實現(xiàn)這些目標。你的目標可以是一件十分簡單的事情，例如完成家庭作業(yè)、上課專心聽講、或每天花一點時間讀一本書。也許你會決定要參加課外活動或在你的社區(qū)提供志愿服務(wù)。也許你會決定挺身而出保護那些因為身份或長相而受人戲弄或欺負的孩子，原因是你和我一樣認為所有的年輕人都應(yīng)該享有一個適合讀書和學習的安全環(huán)境。也許你會決定更好地照料自己，以便有更充沛的精力來學習。順便提一下，除了這些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，身體感到不舒服的時候要呆在家里不去上學，這樣我們能防止人們在今年秋冬季節(jié)染上流感。
　　But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to mit to it. I want you to really work at ，我希望你保證去做。我希望你腳踏實地地去做。
　　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 youamp。rsquo。re not going to be any of those ：你不用做任何艱苦的工作就能發(fā)財致富并取得成功，唱小調(diào)、打籃球或成為真人秀明星是走向成功的途徑。但實際情況是：你可能不會成為其中的一員。
　　The truth is, being successful is hard. You wonamp。rsquo。t love every subject that you study. You wonamp。rsquo。t click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you wonamp。rsquo。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
　　事實上，取得成功不是輕而易舉的事情。你不會喜歡你學習的每一門課目。你不會與你的每一位老師都很投契。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)。你第一次嘗試做每件事的時候，不一定成功。
　　Thatamp。rsquo。s okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones whoamp。rsquo。ve had the most failures. . Rowlingamp。rsquo。s who wrote Harry Potter her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, amp。ldquo。I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And thatamp。rsquo。s why I succeed.amp。rdquo。
　　這些都沒關(guān)系。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失敗最多的人。作者Jamp。bull。Kamp。bull。羅琳(. Rowling)所寫的系列小說《哈利amp。bull。波特》(Harry Potter)第一部在獲得出版之前被退稿12次。邁克爾amp。bull。喬丹(Michael Jordan)曾被他的高中籃球隊除名。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數(shù)百場比賽，有成千上萬個球沒有投中。但他曾說過：amp。ldquo。在我的一生中，我失敗了一次又一次、一次又一次。這就是我成功的原因。amp。rdquo。
　　These people succeeded because they understood that you canamp。rsquo。t let your failures define you you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesnamp。rsquo。t mean youamp。rsquo。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesnamp。rsquo。t mean youamp。rsquo。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
　　這些人士獲得成功，因為他們懂得：你不能讓失敗來限制你，而必須讓失敗來開導你。你必須讓失敗向你展示下次如何以不同的方式去做這件事情。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。如果你有一門課分數(shù)低，那不表示你比別人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的時間學習。
　　No oneamp。rsquo。s born being good at all things. You bee good at things through hard work. Youamp。rsquo。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You donamp。rsquo。t hit every note the first time you sing a song. Youamp。rsquo。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 itamp。rsquo。s good enough to hand in.
　　沒有一個人天生擅長做各種事情。你通過勤奮而變得擅長于各種事情。第一次從事新的體育項目時，你不可能是一位主力隊員。第一次唱一首歌曲時，你不可能唱準每個音。你必須練習。同樣的道理適用于你的學業(yè)。你可能要把一道數(shù)學題做幾次才把它做對。你可能要把一些材料閱讀幾遍才能理解。在交出一篇優(yōu)美的作文之前，你肯定需要打幾遍草稿。
　　Donamp。rsquo。t be afraid to ask questions. Donamp。rsquo。t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isnamp。rsquo。t a sign of weakness, itamp。rsquo。s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you donamp。rsquo。t know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
　　不要害怕提問。不要在需要幫助時害怕請求別人幫助。我天天請求別人的幫助。請求幫助不是軟弱的表現(xiàn)，它是力量的標志，因為它表明你有勇氣承認自己對某些事情不懂，這樣做會使你學到新的東西。因此，請確定一位你信任的成年人，例如家長、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導員，請他們幫助你遵循既定計劃實現(xiàn)你的目標。
　　And even when youamp。rsquo。re struggling, even when youamp。rsquo。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, donamp。rsquo。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
　　即使當你苦苦掙扎、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對你不抱希望時，也不要對你自己喪失信心，因為當你自暴自棄時，你也拋棄了自己的國家。
　　The story of America isnamp。rsquo。t about people who quit when things got tough. Itamp。rsquo。s about people who kept going, who