【正文】 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you!Hello!(Applause.)Thank , hello, Philadelphia!(Applause.)And hello, is wonderful to see all of a terrific introduction by Kelly a big round of applause.(Applause.)I was saying backstage that when I was in high school, I could not have done that.(Laughter.)I would have muffed it up we are so proud of you and everything that you’ve to all the students here, I’m thrilled to be ’ve got a couple introductions I want to of all, you’ve got the outstanding governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, in the house.(Applause.)The mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, is here.(Applause.)Congressman Chaka Fattah is here.(Applause.)Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz is here.(Applause.)Your own principal, Marge Neff, is here.(Applause.)The school superintendent, Arlene Ackerman, is here and doing a great job.(Applause.)And the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is here.(Applause.)And I am here.(Applause.)And I am thrilled to be am just so ’ve heard such great things about what all of you are doing, both the students and the teachers and the staff is about weling all of you, and all of America’s students, back to school, even though I know you’ve been in school for a little bit I can’t think of a better place to do it than at Masterman.(Applause.)Because you are one of the best schools in are a leader in helping students succeed in the last week, you were recognized by a National Blue Ribbonas a National Blue Ribbon School because of your record of that is a testament to everybody here –to the students, to the parents, to the teachers, to the school ’s an example of excellence that I hope munities across America can the past few weeks, Michelle and I have been getting Sasha and Malia ready for they’re excited about ’ll bet they had the same feelings that you doyou’re a little sad to see the summer go, but you’re also excited about the possibilities of a new possibilities of building new friendships and strengthening old ones, of joining a school club, or trying out for a possibilities of growing into a better student and a better person and making not just your family proud but making yourself I know some of you may also be a little nervous about starting a new school you’re making the jump from elementary to middle school, or from middle school to high school, and you’re worried about what that’s going to be you’re starting a new ’re not sure how you’ll like it, trying to figure out how you’re going to fit maybe you’re a senior, and you’re anxious about the whole college process。第四篇：奧巴馬開學(xué)演講2010年9月14日，奧巴馬來到位于賓州費(fèi)城的一所中學(xué)進(jìn)行了他第二次的中學(xué)演講?；蛟S你們家中有人失業(yè)，經(jīng)濟(jì)非常拮據(jù)。Some of you might not have those you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there’s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t 。她的父母都未曾上過大學(xué)，家里很窮。我有過許多第二次機(jī)會(huì)，我有幸能上大學(xué)，上法學(xué)院，追求自己的理想。我的人生原本會(huì)輕易陷入更糟糕的境地。有時(shí)我感到孤獨(dú)，感到自己不適應(yīng)社會(huì)。兩歲時(shí)，我父親離家而去，我是由一位單親母親撫養(yǎng)成人的，母親不得不工作，并時(shí)常為支付生活費(fèi)用而苦苦掙扎，但有時(shí)仍無法為我們提供其他孩子享有的東西。I get know what it’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 wasn’t always able to give us the things that other kids were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn’t fit 。Now, I know it’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 。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 don’t do thatif you quit on schoolyou’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your ，以便幫助老一輩人解決我們面臨的最棘手問題。你們將需要利用你們?cè)跉v史學(xué)和社會(huì)學(xué)課堂上所獲得的知識(shí)和獨(dú)立思考能力來抗擊貧困和解決無家可歸問題，打擊犯罪和消除歧視，使我們的國(guó)家更公平、更自由。你們今日在校學(xué)習(xí)的知識(shí)將決定我們作為一個(gè)國(guó)家是否能夠迎接我們未來所面臨的最嚴(yán)峻挑戰(zhàn)?？梢院敛豢浯蟮卣f，教育給你帶來的益處將決定這個(gè)國(guó)家的未來。你必須接受培訓(xùn)，為之努力，為之學(xué)習(xí)。你想當(dāng)醫(yī)生、教師或警官嗎？你想當(dāng)護(hù)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)。你或許能成為一名市長(zhǎng)或參議員或最高法院的大法官——但你可能要在參加學(xué)生會(huì)的工作或辯論隊(duì)后才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。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 the debate ——甚至可能寫書或在報(bào)紙上發(fā)表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英文課的作文后才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。你們對(duì)自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力所在。你們每個(gè)人都有自己的長(zhǎng)處。這就是我今天講話的重點(diǎn)：你們每個(gè)人對(duì)自己的教育應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。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(zhǎng)的工作，徹底改善不能為學(xué)生提供應(yīng)有機(jī)會(huì)的、教育質(zhì)量差的學(xué)校。I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 。Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about I’ve talked about responsibility a 。但我今天來到這里是因?yàn)橛兄匾氖虑橐湍銈冋f。但每當(dāng)我抱怨的時(shí)候，我媽媽都會(huì)那樣地看我一眼，然后說：“小子，這對(duì)我也并不輕松。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。因此，她決定從周一到周五自己給我補(bǔ)課。我在印度尼西亞住了幾年。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