【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 竭盡全力在發(fā)展事業(yè)與照顧幼小的孩子之間找到平衡。但是說實(shí)話，不管我當(dāng)時可能認(rèn)為自己是多么開通，在我外出旅行時，在我不在家時，家事往往更多地落在她的肩上。我知道，在照顧我們的兩個女兒時，她為沒有在工作上付出足夠時間感到內(nèi)疚；而當(dāng)她上班時，又為沒有給孩子足夠的時間感到內(nèi)疚。我們倆都唯愿我們有某種超人的能力，使我們能夠兩者兼顧。但我們堅持住了，我們的努力保證了婚姻的成功。And the reason Michelle had the strength to juggle everything, and put up with me and eventually the public spotlight, was because she, too, came from a family of folks who didn’t quitbecause she saw her dad get up and go to work every day even though he never finished college, even though he had crippling saw her mother, even though she never finished college, in that school, that urban school, every day making sure Michelle and her brother were getting the education they saw how her parents never never indulged in selfpity, no matter how stacked the odds were against didn39。t ，而且最終忍受公眾聚光，是因為她同樣來自一個不輕易退卻的家庭——因為她看到她的父親每天一大早起來去上班，盡管他從未念完大學(xué)，盡管他患有影響行動的多發(fā)性硬化癥。她看到，盡管她的母親從未念完大學(xué)，但在那個學(xué)校，那個貧民區(qū)的學(xué)校，她每天都確保米歇爾和她哥哥受到他們應(yīng)該得到的教育。米歇爾看到她的父母從不放棄。他們從不沉溺于自憐，不管他們面臨多么不利的境況。他們從不放棄。Those are the folks who inspire ask me sometimes, who inspires you, ? Those quiet heroes all across this countrysome of your parents and grandparents who are sitting hereno fanfare, no articles written about them, they just just do their meet their don39。t 39。m only here because of may not have set out to change the world, but in small, important ways, they certainly changed 。人們有時問我，總統(tǒng)先生，是誰激勵著你？是這個國家各地那些默默耕耘的英雄——今天在座的你們一些人的父母和祖父母——他們不張揚(yáng)，沒有文章報道他們，他們只是堅持不懈。他們只是做好本職工作。他們履行自己的責(zé)任。他們不放棄。正是因為有他們我才站到這里。他們或許并沒有從一開始就要改變世界，但他們以一點(diǎn)一滴的重要方式，改變了世界。他們無疑改變了我的世界。So whether it’s starting a business, or running for office, or raising an amazing family, remember that making your mark on the world is takes takes es with plenty of setbacks and it es with plenty of failures.第二篇：奧巴馬哥倫比亞大學(xué)巴納德學(xué)院的畢業(yè)典禮演講稿Remarks by the President at Barnard College Commencement CeremonyBarnard College Columbia University New York, New York1:28 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.(Applause.)Thank , please have a you.(Applause.)Thank you, President Spar, trustees, President , Class of 2012!(Applause.)Congratulations on reaching this you for the honor of being able to be a part of are so many people who are proud of youyour parents, family, faculty, friendsall who share in this please give them a big round of applause.(Applause.)To all the moms who are here today, you could not ask for a better Mother’s Day gift than to see all of these folks graduate.(Applause.)I have to say, though, whenever I e to these things, I start thinking about Malia and Sasha graduating, and I start tearing up and(laughter)it39。s don39。t know how you guys are holding it together.(Laughter.)I will begin by telling a hard truth: I’m a Columbia college graduate.(Laughter and applause.)I know there can be a little bit of a sibling rivalry here.(Laughter.)But I’m honored nevertheless to be your mencement speaker todayalthough I’ve got to say, you set a pretty high bar given the past three years.(Applause.)Hillary Clinton(applause)Meryl Streep(applause)Sheryl Sandbergthese are not easy acts to follow.(Applause.)But I will point out Hillary is doing an extraordinary job as one of the finest Secretaries of State America has ever had.(Applause.)We gave Meryl the Presidential Medal of Arts and Humanities.(Applause.)Sheryl is not just a good friend。she’s also one of our economic it’s like the old saying goeskeep your friends close, and your Barnard mencement speakers even closer.(Applause.)There39。s wisdom in that.(Laughter.)Now, the year I graduatedthis area looks familiar(laughter)the year I graduated was 1983, the first year women were admitted to Columbia.(Applause.)Sally Ride was the first American woman in was all about Michael and the Moonwalk.(Laughter.)AUDIENCE MEMBER: Do it!(Laughter.)THE PRESIDENT: No Moonwalking.(Laughter.)No Moonwalking today.(Laughter.)We had the Walkman, not of the streets around here were not quite so inviting.(Laughter.)Times Square was not a family destination.(Laughter.)So I know this is all ancient worse than mencement speakers droning on about bygone days.(Laughter.)But for all the differences, the Class of 1983 actually had a lot in mon with all of we, too, were heading out into a world at a moment when our country was still recovering from a particularly severe economic was a time of was a time of was a time of passionate political can relate to this because just as you were starting out finding your way around this campus, an economic crisis struck that would claim more than 5 million jobs before the end of your freshman then, some of you have probably seen parents put off retirement, friends struggle to find you may be looking toward the future with that same sense of concern that my generation did when we were sitting where you are course, as young women, you’re also going to grapple with some unique challenges, like whether you’ll be able to earn equal pay for equal work。whether you’ll be able to balance the demands of your job and your family。whether you’ll be able to fully control decisions about your own while opportunities for women have grown exponentially over the last 30 years, as young people, in many ways you have it even tougher than we recession has been more brutal, the job losses seems more gridlocked than folks in the financial world have not exactly been model corporate citizens.(Laughter.)No wonder that faith in our institutions has never been lower, particularly when good news doesn’t get the same kind of ratings as bad news day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message that suggest change isn’t possible。that you can’t make a difference。that you won’t be able to close that gap between life as it is and life as you want it to job today is to tell you don’t believe as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are ’ve seen your passion and I’ve seen your ’ve seen you engage and I’ve seen you turn out in record ’ve heard your voices amplified by creat