【正文】 。t love every subject that you won39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you 。因為在這個世界上，最最成功的人們往往也經(jīng)歷過最多的失敗?！豆?波特》被出版商拒絕了十二次才最終出版；邁克爾?喬丹上高中時被學(xué)校的籃球隊刷了下來，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。”That39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。ve had the most 39。swho wrote Harry Potterher first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally Jordan was cut from his high school basketball lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my that39。s why I succeed.”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。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搗蛋貴，而是在提醒你，在將來要對自己有更嚴格的要求；假如你考了個低分，那并不說明你就比別人笨，而是在告訴你，自己得在學(xué)習上花更多的時間。These people succeeded because they understood that you can39。t let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach have to let them show you what to do differently the next if you get into trouble, that doesn39。t mean you39。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act you get a bad grade, that doesn39。t mean you39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time ，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體育運動時就成為校隊的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌時就找準每一個音，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準。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自己的不足、并愿意去學(xué)習新的知識。所以，有不懂時，就向大人們求助吧——找個你信得過的對象，例如父母、長輩、老師、教練或輔導(dǎo)員——讓他們幫助你向目標前進。No one39。s born being good at all bee good at things through hard 39。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new don39。t hit every note the first time you sing a 39。ve got to same principle applies to your might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it might have to read something a few times before you understand definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。s good enough to hand 39。t be afraid to ask 39。t be afraid to ask for help when you need do that every for help isn39。t a sign of weakness, it39。s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don39。t know something, and that then allows you to learn something find an adult that you trusta parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselorand ask them to help you stay on track to meet your ，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——永遠不要自己放棄自己。因為當你放棄自己的時候，你也放棄了自己的國家。And even when you39。re struggling, even when you39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your ，在這個國家，人們堅持到底、人們加倍努力，為了他們所熱愛的國度，每一個人都盡著自己最大的努力，不會給自己留任何余地。The story of America isn39。t about people who quit when things got 39。s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their ，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？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國家所做的一切？It39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。who fought for civil rights and put a man on the who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we municate with each today, I want to ask all of you, what39。s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who es here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?你們的家長、你們的老師和我，每一個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、更先進的設(shè)施與計算機。但你們也要擔起自己的責任。因此我要求你們在今年能夠認真起來，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。Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these 39。m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the puters you need to you39。ve got to do your part, I expect all of you to get serious this expect you to put your best effort into everything you expect great things from each of don39。t let us 39。t let your family down or your country of all, don39。t let yourself us all you very much, bless bless you.(Applause.)第四篇：奧巴馬就職演說中英對照稿奧巴馬的就職演說中英對照稿(20090122 10:00:30)標簽：音樂 奧巴馬 就職演說美國 美國 演講 總統(tǒng) 雜談巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)于2009年1月20日宣誓就職美國第44任總統(tǒng)。以下是奧巴馬總統(tǒng)就職演說的中英文對照全文，中文由美國國務(wù)院國際信息局(IIP)根據(jù)演說記錄稿翻譯。My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this ：我今天站在這里，深感面前使命的重大，深謝你們賦予的信任，并銘記我們前輩所付的代價。我感謝布什總統(tǒng)對國家的貢獻以及他在整個過渡階段給予的大度合作。Fortyfour Americans have now taken the presidential words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of , every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding ，有四十四個美國人發(fā)出總統(tǒng)誓言。這些字詞曾在蒸蒸日上的繁榮時期和寧靜安詳?shù)暮推侥甏b讀。但是間或，它們也響徹在陰云密布、風暴降臨的時刻。美國能夠歷經(jīng)這些時刻而勇往直前，不僅因為當政者具有才干或遠見，而且也因為“我們?nèi)嗣瘛笔冀K堅信我們先輩的理想，對我們的建國理念忠貞不渝。So it has it must be with this generation of 。這是這一代美國的必由之路。That we are in the midst of crisis is now well nation is at war, against a farreaching network of violence and economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new have bee