【正文】 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。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 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。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 結果，所以tough time 困難時期【tough 】 sibling ，同胞 shift And that’s a lot to ’s more than you should have to 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 ，很多是你們不應該做的。這讓你們迷茫，不知道自己的未來會是什么樣，在學校能不能取得好成績，是不是應該把目光降低些，把理想放低些。handle ，應對 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 future is in your life is what you make of nothingabsolutely nothingis beyond your reach, so long as you’re willing to dream big, so long as you’re willing to work 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 believe ，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 ’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。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？?。ㄐΓ゛bsolutely cram ；吃得過飽But let me tell you, what you’re doing is worth is nothing more important than what you’re doing right is going to have as great an impact on your success in life as your education, how you’re doing in ，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 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。你們在學校的表現(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生比以前更加努力，而且比以前表現(xiàn)更好。你們在學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 making sure you get that kind of education is going to take all of us working hard and all of us working hand in ，你們要承擔起這樣的責任和義務。同時國家也向你們承擔責任和義務，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It takes all of us in governmentfrom the governor to the mayor to the superintendent to the Presidentall of us doing our part to prepare our students, all of them, for success in the classroom and in college and in a ’s going to take an outstanding principal, like Principal Neff, and outstanding teachers like the ones you have here at Mastermanteachers who are going above and beyond the call of duty for their it’s going to take parents who are mitted to your ，從州長到市長，到院長，到總統(tǒng)，所有人都要履行職責為我們的學生做好準備，幫助他們在教室、在大學、在事業(yè)上取得成功。這就需要我們有一個杰出的校長，像校長Neff，和優(yōu)秀的老師，正如你們的馬斯特曼的老師們。老師們要履行好對學生所應擔負起的責任。我也希望家長負起責任。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。未來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。背景知識這是奧巴馬第二次發(fā)表開學演講。奧巴馬2009年的演講招來了許多批評和抵制。一些反對者指責稱，奧巴馬試圖通過演講向學生灌輸政治理念。部分媒體還批評奧巴馬試圖建立個人崇拜。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。有了去年的“教訓”，今年的總統(tǒng)開學演講，白宮意強調這是一次“非政治活動”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。轉自[英美者]英語專業(yè)網(wǎng)站：:///Listening_Speaking/Oral_English/第三篇：奧巴馬開學中英文演講稿：（本站推薦）奧巴馬開學中英文演講稿Hello, everybody!Thank you, right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody doing today? How about Tim Spicer? 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 !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?蒂姆斯派塞(Tim Spicer)好嗎?我現(xiàn)在與弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學生們在一起。美國各地從小學預備班到中學12年級的學生正在收聽收看。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。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 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的日子。對于進入小學預備班、初中或高中的學生，今天是你們來到新學校的第一天，心里可能有點緊張，這是可以理解的。我能想象有些畢業(yè)班學生現(xiàn)在感覺很不錯還有一年就畢業(yè)了。不論在哪個年級，你們有些人可能希望暑假更長一點，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