【正文】 ing 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?cè)趯W(xué)校的努力。你們現(xiàn)在要做的事情無比重要。因?yàn)榻逃龔奈聪瘳F(xiàn)在這樣重要。我確信。只要志向遠(yuǎn)大，并努力為之奮斗，沒有什么是不能得到的。我想這句話你們的校長(zhǎng)、院長(zhǎng)、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(yùn)。這讓你們迷茫，不知道自己的未來會(huì)是什么樣，在學(xué)校能不能取得好成績(jī)，是不是應(yīng)該把目光降低些，把理想放低些?；蛟S你們有些人年長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)的，父親失了業(yè)，你們還要做兼職。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?yàn)槲覀儑颐媾R困難時(shí)期，你們?cè)S多人的行為看上去比實(shí)際年齡要大。你們讀過有關(guān)阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的信息，聽說過我們經(jīng)歷過的經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣。elementary school figure out 想明白，弄清楚 fit in 融入，適應(yīng) afford to do 承擔(dān)得起And beyond all those concerns, I know a lot of you are also feeling the strain of some difficult know what’s going on in the news and you also know what’s going on in some of your own ’ve read about the war in hear about the recession that we’ve been sometimes maybe you’re seeing the worries in your parents’ faces or sense it in their ，我知道你們還有來自困難時(shí)期的壓力。也許你進(jìn)入一所新的學(xué)校，不知道是否會(huì)喜歡這個(gè)學(xué)校，想著怎么來融入這個(gè)學(xué)校。about where to apply and whether you can afford to go to ，你們中有些人在新學(xué)年會(huì)有些緊張。成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)更優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生和個(gè)人，不僅僅讓你的家人自豪，同樣讓你們自己也很有成就感。你們?yōu)橄奶斓氖湃ザ駛?，但是你們更?yīng)該期待新的一年。她們兩個(gè)對(duì)這非常的期待。我希望全美的社會(huì)團(tuán)體都能欣然接受這個(gè)杰出代表的例子。就在上周，由于你們的卓越貢獻(xiàn)，被授為國家藍(lán)絲帶勛章。（掌聲）因?yàn)槟銈兪琴M(fèi)城最好的學(xué)校之一。Today 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 ，歡迎每一個(gè)美國學(xué)生回校上課，當(dāng)然你們?cè)趯W(xué)校已經(jīng)呆了一段時(shí)間了。（掌聲），我感到非常的激動(dòng)。還有教育部秘書長(zhǎng)Arne Duncan。學(xué)校管理人Arlene Ackerman是這個(gè)學(xué)校的，并且為學(xué)校做了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。國會(huì)議員Fattah和Allyson Schwartz（掌聲）。（掌聲。backstage muff ，將事情弄糟 thrilled We’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.)我想介紹幾個(gè)人。站在這里我很激動(dòng)。在后臺(tái)的時(shí)候我說，我上高中的時(shí)候我就做不這么好，我可能會(huì)弄的一團(tuán)糟。Kelly的介紹真是太棒了。）你好，馬斯特曼。謝謝。轉(zhuǎn)自[英美者]英語專業(yè)網(wǎng)站：:///Listening_Speaking/Oral_English/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 ！你們好?。ㄕ坡暋Ｔ诿绹鞯?，也有許多家長(zhǎng)向當(dāng)?shù)亟逃賳T表示抗議，一些家長(zhǎng)甚至威脅在奧巴馬演講時(shí)把孩子離教室。一些反對(duì)者指責(zé)稱，奧巴馬試圖通過演講向?qū)W生灌輸政治理念。這是奧巴馬第二次發(fā)表開學(xué)演講。t let your family down or your country of all, don39。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。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?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。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。t about people who quit when things got 39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on 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 even when you39。t a sign of weakness, it39。t be afraid to ask 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。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new don39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time one39。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act you get a bad grade, that doesn39。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。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 of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。re not going to be any of those truth is, being successful is won39。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home