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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。不管你決定做什么,我都希望你能堅(jiān)持到底,希望你能真的下定決心。我知道有些時(shí)候,電視上播放的節(jié)目會讓你產(chǎn)生這樣那樣的錯(cuò)覺,似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認(rèn)為只要會唱rap、會打籃球或參加個(gè)什么真人秀節(jié)目就能坐享其成,但現(xiàn)實(shí)是,你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。因?yàn)椋晒κ羌y事。你不可能對要讀的每門課程都興趣盎然,你不可能和每名帶課教師都相處順利,你也不可能每次都遇上看起來和現(xiàn)實(shí)生活有關(guān)的作業(yè)。而且,并不是每件事,你都能在頭一次嘗試時(shí)獲得成功。但那沒有關(guān)系。因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)世界上,最最成功的人們往往也經(jīng)歷過最多的失敗。《哈利波特》被出版商拒絕了十二次才最終出版;邁克爾喬丹上高中時(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。”他們的成功,源于他們明白人不能讓失敗左右自己——而是要從中吸取經(jīng)驗(yàn)。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,那并不說明你就是個(gè)搗蛋貴,而是在提醒你,在將來要對自己有更嚴(yán)格的要求;假如你考了個(gè)低分,那并不說明你就比別人笨,而是在告訴你,自己得在學(xué)習(xí)上花更多的時(shí)間。沒有哪一個(gè)人一生出來就擅長做什么事情的,只有努力才能培養(yǎng)出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接觸一項(xiàng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)就成為校隊(duì)的代表,任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌時(shí)就找準(zhǔn)每一個(gè)音,一切都需要熟能生巧。對于學(xué)業(yè)也是一樣,你或許要反復(fù)運(yùn)算才能解出一道數(shù)學(xué)題的正確答案,你或許需要讀一段文字好幾遍才能理解它的意思,你或許得把論文改上好幾次才能符合提交的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。這都是很正常的。不要害怕提問。不要不敢向他人求助?!颐刻於荚谶@么做。求助并不是軟弱的表現(xiàn),恰恰相反,它說明你有勇氣承認(rèn)自己的不足、并愿意去學(xué)習(xí)新的知識。所以,有不懂時(shí),就向大人們求助吧——找個(gè)你信得過的對象,例如父母、長輩、老師、教練或輔導(dǎo)員——讓他們幫助你向目標(biāo)前進(jìn)。你要記住,哪怕你表現(xiàn)不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經(jīng)放棄了你——永遠(yuǎn)不要自己放棄自己。因?yàn)楫?dāng)你放棄自己的時(shí)候,你也放棄了自己的國家。美國不是一個(gè)人們遭遇困難就輕易放棄的國度,在這個(gè)國家,人們堅(jiān)持到底、人們加倍努力,為了他們所熱愛的國度,每一個(gè)人都盡著自己最大的努力,不會給自己留任何余地。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。因此,今天我想要問你們,你們會做出什么樣的貢獻(xiàn)?你們將解決什么樣的難題?你們能發(fā)現(xiàn)什么樣的事物?二十、五十或百年之后,假如那時(shí)的美國總統(tǒng)也來做一次開學(xué)演講的話,他會怎樣描述你們對這個(gè)國家所做的一切?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。例如我正在努力為你們提供更安全的教室、更多的書籍、更先進(jìn)的設(shè)施與計(jì)算機(jī)。但你們也要擔(dān)起自己的責(zé)任。因此我要求你們在今年能夠認(rèn)真起來,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。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。你們要成為我們驕傲,我知道,你們一定可以做到。謝謝大家,上帝保佑你們,上帝保佑美國。Hello, everybody!Thank you, right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th I am just so glad that all could join us I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause.)大家好!謝謝你們。謝謝你們。謝謝你們大家。好,大家請就坐。你們今天都好嗎?(掌聲)蒂姆?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)生們在一起。美國各地從小學(xué)預(yù)備班到中學(xué)12年級的學(xué)生正在收聽收看。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我還要感謝韋克菲爾德高中出色的組織安排。請為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。(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學(xué)的日子。對于進(jìn)入小學(xué)預(yù)備班、初中或高中的學(xué)生,今天是你們來到新學(xué)校的第一天,心里可能有點(diǎn)緊張,這是可以理解的。我能想象有些畢業(yè)班學(xué)生現(xiàn)在感覺很不錯(cuò)——(掌聲)——還有一年就畢業(yè)了。不論在哪個(gè)年級,你們有些人可能希望暑假更長一點(diǎn),今天早上還能多睡一小會兒。I know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the 。我小時(shí)候,我們家生活在海外。我在印度尼西亞住了幾年。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國孩子上的學(xué)校,但她認(rèn)為必須讓我接受美式教育。因此,她決定從周一到周五自己給我補(bǔ)課。不過她還要上班,所以只能在清晨四點(diǎn)半給我上課。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn’t too happy about getting up that a lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen whenever I’d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she’d say, “This is no piic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)你們可以想見,我不太情愿那么早起床。有很多次,我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。但每當(dāng)我抱怨的時(shí)候,我媽媽都會那樣地看我一眼,然后說:“小子,這對我也并不輕松。”(笑聲)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with ’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school 。但我今天來到這里是因?yàn)橛兄匾氖虑橐湍銈冋f。我來這里是要和你們談?wù)勀銈兊慕逃龁栴},以及在這個(gè)新學(xué)年對你們所有人的期望。Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about I’ve talked about responsibility a 。我多次談到過責(zé)任問題。I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 。I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the ,要確保你們走正路,完成家庭作業(yè),不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox游戲。I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where students aren’t getting the opportunities that they ,要制定高標(biāo)準(zhǔn),支持教師和校長的工作,徹底改善不能為學(xué)生提供應(yīng)有機(jī)會的、教育質(zhì)量差的學(xué)校。But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the worldand none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to ’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your ,即使我們擁有最敬業(yè)的教師,最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學(xué)?!绻銈兇蠹也宦男心銈兊呢?zé)任,不到校上課,不專心聽講,不聽家長、祖父祖母和其他大人的話,不付出取得成功所必須的勤奮努力,那么這一切都毫無用處,都無關(guān)緊要。這就是我今天講話的重點(diǎn):你們每個(gè)人對自己的教育應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。I want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you’re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that ’s the opportunity an education can 。你們每個(gè)人都有自己的長處。你們每個(gè)人都能做出自己的貢獻(xiàn)。你們對自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機(jī)會。Maybe 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 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