【正文】 eeches about I39。ve talked about responsibility a 。也常常用到“責(zé)任”這個詞。I39。ve talked about teachers39。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to ，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。I39。ve talked about your parents39。 responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 、完成家庭作業(yè)，不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機。I39。ve talked a lot about your government39。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。t working, where students aren39。t getting the opportunities that they ，改變在有些學(xué)校學(xué)生得不到應(yīng)有的學(xué)習(xí)機會的現(xiàn)狀。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 39。s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your ，哪怕我們擁有最敬業(yè)的教師，最盡力的家長和全世界最好的學(xué)校，假如你們不去履行自己的責(zé)任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費。除非你每天準時去上學(xué)，除非你認真聽老師講課，除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們的話放在心上。除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力。否則這一切都會失去意識。而這就是我今天講話的重點：你們每個人對自己的教育應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。I want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that 39。s the opportunity an education can 。你們每一個都有自己的長處，你們每個人都時有用之才。你們對自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任時發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機會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 that39。s assigned to ，甚至有一天能將那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報刊上，但假如不再英語課上經(jīng)常練習(xí)寫作，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的才能。Maybe 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 the debate 。甚至可能設(shè)計出新一代iPhone，或研制出新型藥物與疫苗。但假如不再自然科學(xué)課堂上做上幾次試驗，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的才能。或許你能成為一名市長或參議員，或最高法院的大法官，但假如你不去加入或參加幾次辯論賽，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的才能。And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。ll need an education to do ，我敢肯定你都需要相應(yīng)的教育。You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You39。re going to need a good education for every single one of those cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good 39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for 、教師或警官嗎？你想當(dāng)護士、建筑師、律師或軍人嗎？你必須接受良好的教育才能從事上述任何一種職業(yè)。你不能指望輟學(xué)后碰上個好工作。你必須接受培訓(xùn)，為之努力，為之學(xué)習(xí)。And this isn39。t just important for your own life and your own you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this future of America depends on you39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 。教育給你帶來的益處將決定這個國家的未來。美國的未來取決于你們。今天你們在學(xué)校中的學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容，將決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰(zhàn)時的表現(xiàn)。You39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our ，去治療癌癥、艾滋病那樣的疾病。開發(fā)新的能源技術(shù)保護我們的環(huán)境。You39。ll need the insights and criticalthinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more 39。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our ，讓這個國家變得更加公平和自由。你們需要在各類課程中逐漸培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力和智慧去創(chuàng)辦公司，制造就業(yè)機會和推動經(jīng)濟增長。We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult you don39。t do thatif you quit on schoolyou39。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。re quitting on your 、技能和才智，幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的最棘手問題。如果你們不這樣做，入股你們輟學(xué)，你們不僅放棄了自己，也放棄了自己的國家。Now, I know it39。s not always easy to do well in know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your ，我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種問題。很難把精力集中在專心讀書上。I get know what it39。s father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn39。t always able to give us the things that other kids ，我有親身感受。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭，是我母親一個人將我拉扯大，母親不得不工作并時 常為支付生活費而苦苦掙扎。但有時仍無法位我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。There were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。t fit 。有時我也會感到孤獨無助，感覺到與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。So I wasn39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should my life could have easily taken a turn for the ，我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情，也惹出許多不該惹的麻煩。我的生活岌岌可危，隨時可能急轉(zhuǎn)直下。But I wasI was got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar of her parents had gone to college, and they didn39。t have a lot of they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this ，在許多事情上都得到了重來的機會。我有幸能上大學(xué)，上法學(xué)院，追求自己的理想。我的妻子，也有著類似的人生故事。她的父母親都沒有讀過大學(xué)，也沒有什么財產(chǎn)，但他們都非常勤奮，她也是如此。因此她得以進入一些美國最好的學(xué)校。Some of you might not have those you don39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39。s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don39。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。t 。或許你們的生活中沒有能為你提供幫助的長輩?；蛟S你們家長中有人失業(yè)，經(jīng)濟非常拮據(jù)?；蛟S你住的社區(qū)不那么安全，或許你認識一些會對你產(chǎn)生不良影響的朋友。But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, where you e from, how much money you have, what you39。ve got going on at homenone of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude i