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39。我的妻子——現(xiàn)在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾但我很幸運(yùn)。我父親在我兩歲時(shí)就離開(kāi)了家庭，是母親一人將我們拉扯大，有時(shí)她付不起帳單，有時(shí)我們得不到其他孩子們都有的東西，有時(shí)我會(huì)想，假如父親在該多好，有時(shí)我會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)無(wú)助，與周圍的環(huán)境格格不入。我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種各樣的問(wèn)題，很難把精力集中在專心讀書(shū)之上。假如你不這么做——假如你放棄學(xué)習(xí)——那么你不僅是放棄了自己，也是放棄了你的國(guó)家。你們需要在數(shù)理科學(xué)課程上學(xué)習(xí)的知識(shí)和技能，去治療癌癥、艾滋那樣的疾病，和解決我們面臨的能源問(wèn)題與環(huán)境問(wèn)題；你們需要在歷史社科課程上培養(yǎng)出的觀察力與判斷力，來(lái)減輕和消除無(wú)家可歸與貧困、犯罪問(wèn)題和各種歧視，讓這個(gè)國(guó)家變得更加公平和自由；你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發(fā)展出來(lái)的創(chuàng)新意識(shí)和思維，去創(chuàng)業(yè)和建立新的公司與企業(yè)，來(lái)制造就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)的增長(zhǎng)。不僅僅對(duì)于你們個(gè)人的未來(lái)有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會(huì)對(duì)這個(gè)國(guó)家、乃至世界的未來(lái)產(chǎn)生重要影響。而且，我可以向你保證，不管你將來(lái)想要做什么，你都需要相應(yīng)的教育。教育給你們提供了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己才能的機(jī)會(huì)。首先，我想談?wù)勀銈儗?duì)于自己有什么責(zé)任?！悄忝刻鞙?zhǔn)時(shí)去上學(xué)、除非你認(rèn)真地聽(tīng)老師講課、除非你把父母、長(zhǎng)輩和其他大人們說(shuō)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(huì)失去意義。我也很多次談到過(guò)政府有責(zé)任設(shè)定高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)嚴(yán)要求、協(xié)助老師和校長(zhǎng)們的工作，改變?cè)谟行W(xué)校里學(xué)生得不到應(yīng)有的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)的現(xiàn)狀。我談到過(guò)教師們有責(zé)任激勵(lì)和啟迪你們，督促你們學(xué)習(xí)。我要和你們談一談你們每個(gè)人的教育，以及在新的學(xué)年里，你們應(yīng)當(dāng)做些什么。顯然，我不怎么喜歡那么早就爬起來(lái)，很多時(shí)候，我就這么在廚房的桌子前睡著了。我可以理解這份心情。我想也會(huì)有許多畢業(yè)班的學(xué)生們正自信滿滿地準(zhǔn)備最后一年的沖刺。弗吉尼亞州，阿林頓市，2009年9月8日 嗨，大家好！你們今天過(guò)得怎么樣？我現(xiàn)在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學(xué)生們?cè)谝黄?，全?guó)各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學(xué)生們通過(guò)電視關(guān)注這里，我很高興你們能共同分享這一時(shí)刻。在美國(guó)各地，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(guò)演講向?qū)W生灌輸政治理念。背景知識(shí)這是奧巴馬第二次發(fā)表開(kāi)學(xué)演講。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(shū)寫(xiě)你自己的命運(yùn)。老師們要履行好對(duì)學(xué)生所應(yīng)擔(dān)負(fù)起的責(zé)任。obligation ，義務(wù)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(zhǎng)到市長(zhǎng)，到院長(zhǎng)，到總統(tǒng)，所有人都要履行職責(zé)為我們的學(xué)生做好準(zhǔn)備，幫助他們?cè)诮淌?、在大學(xué)、在事業(yè)上取得成功。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(dān)起這樣的責(zé)任和義務(wù)。在中國(guó)北京或者印度邦加羅爾的學(xué)生比以前更加努力，而且比以前表現(xiàn)更好。你們?cè)趯W(xué)校的表現(xiàn)越好，生活中就能走得越遠(yuǎn)。沒(méi)有什么比你的受教育程度以及你在學(xué)校的所做之事更能決定你的成功。我確信，幾個(gè)月后會(huì)有一段時(shí)間，你們會(huì)完善熬夜寫(xiě)作業(yè)，為考試臨時(shí)抱佛腳，或者在一個(gè)雨天的早晨把自己從被窩里拖出來(lái)，想，哦天，怎么不是下雪天？！（笑）absolutely cram ；吃得過(guò)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。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(diǎn)，在學(xué)校努力奮斗是必要的。只要你專注于學(xué)業(yè)，沒(méi)有什么事不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。未來(lái)在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。handle ，應(yīng)對(duì) 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(lái)到馬斯特曼，告訴你們一句話。as a consequence 結(jié)果，所以tough time 困難時(shí)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(yīng)該做的。姐姐哥哥在海外工作，你們會(huì)表現(xiàn)得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，或許媽媽去值第二班，你們就要照顧年幼的弟弟妹妹。有時(shí)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。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?；蛟S你到了高三年級(jí)，對(duì)整個(gè)的大學(xué)入學(xué)程序感到不安，比如申請(qǐng)那里的學(xué)校，能不能支付上大學(xué)的費(fèi)用等等?；蛟S你剛從小學(xué)升到初中，從初中升到高中，會(huì)擔(dān)心，新的學(xué)年將會(huì)是什么樣的呢。build friendships 結(jié)交新朋友But 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。如你們可以結(jié)交新的朋友，加深同老朋友的感情，加入學(xué)校俱樂(lè)部，參加各種團(tuán)隊(duì)的選拔賽。我敢打賭她們和你們一樣，有著相同的感覺(jué)。embrace ；接受Over 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 ，我和Michelle為Sasha和Malia上學(xué)的事做準(zhǔn)備。這是對(duì)每個(gè)人的見(jiàn)證，對(duì)學(xué)生，家長(zhǎng)，老師還有學(xué)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。你們?cè)诮逃矫媸穷I(lǐng)頭軍。我想不出除了在Masterman外，還有哪個(gè)地方更適合做這件事。我耳聞了你們做的那些偉大的事，這里面有在校的學(xué)生，老師和工作人員。（掌聲）outstanding Congressman principal superintendent 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 。（掌聲）。你們的校長(zhǎng)Marge Neff（掌聲）。）費(fèi)城市長(zhǎng)，Michael Nutter。首先，來(lái)到這兒的有，杰出的賓夕法尼亞州州長(zhǎng)，Ed Rendell。kelly 在奧巴馬總統(tǒng)演講前，一名叫Kelly的學(xué)生做了演講。所以讓我們?yōu)槟愫湍阕龅囊磺凶院腊?。讓我們?duì)Kelly報(bào)以熱烈的掌聲。見(jiàn)到你們真是太好了。你好，費(fèi)城！（掌聲。）謝謝。有了去年的“教訓(xùn)”，今年的總統(tǒng)開(kāi)學(xué)演講，白宮意強(qiáng)調(diào)這是一次“非政治活動(dòng)”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。部分媒體還批評(píng)奧巴馬試圖建立個(gè)人崇拜。奧巴馬20