【正文】 lot of times, I39。ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn39。re a little imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now(applause)with just one more year to no matter what grade you39。s your first day in a new school, so it39。參見第二篇：奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿Wakefield High School Arlington, VirginiaTHE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody!Thank you, right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we39。謝謝你們，上帝保佑你們，上帝護佑美利堅。if you keep fighting for your dreams and if all of us help you reach them。m absolutely confident that if all our students – here at Masterman, and across this country – keep doing their part。一個讓他們實現(xiàn)天賦的機會。這是一個國家給她的全部而且公平的機會。是的我們需要承擔我們自己生活的責(zé)任。是的，我們需要努力。I agree with is how the world should , we need to work , we need to take responsibility for our own , we need to take responsibility for our own what makes us who we are is that here, in this country, we not only reach for our own dreams, we help others do the is a country that gives all its daughters and all its sons a fair chance to make the most of their chance to fulfill their Godgiven 。她告訴我關(guān)于她有多努力，關(guān)于她和她母親一起做的社區(qū)義工。而且這個國家的強大和個性正來源于我們認識在人群中自我的能力，無論我們是誰，從哪里來，我們的長相，或者我們擁有的能力與不足。我們應(yīng)該為此感到驕傲。s the things that make us different that make us who we the strength and character of this country have always e from our ability to recognize ourselves in one another, no matter who we are, or where we e from, what we look like, or what abilities or disabilities we ，我今天想告訴你們——我想讓你們所有人從我的演講中明白——生命寶貴，它的一部分美麗根植于多樣性。So, what I want to say to you today – what I want all of you to take away from my speech – is that life is precious, and part of its beauty lies in its shouldn39。在我家鄉(xiāng)芝加哥的鄰近社區(qū)，有孩子相互傷害。to make you feel bad about some places, the problem is more are neighborhoods in my hometown of Chicago, where kids have hurt one the same thing has happened here in ，這回讓前面提到的東西變得更加困難，讓你我感覺不好。And I know that figuring all that out can be even more difficult when you39。我在你們這么大的時候，我糾結(jié)于我是誰，作為一個白人媽媽和黑人爸爸的兒子意味著什么，以及我的生活中沒有那個爸爸。做一個十來歲的人并不容易。about what it meant to be the son of a white mother and a black father, and not having that father in my of you may be working through your own questions right now, and ing to terms with what makes you 。s a time when we39。t always not in middle or high a teenager isn39。部分上它意味著以我們希望被對待的方式對待他人——充滿善意和尊重。to be the best version of ourselves we can part of what that means is treating others the way we want to be treated – with kindness and ，教育不僅僅意味著當你們畢業(yè)后能進入一所著名大學(xué)或得到一份好的工作。我將用在你們的畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演講來向你們表明我個人的祝賀！But the truth is, an education is about more than getting into a good college or getting a good job when you 39。這就是為什么今天，我宣布第二屆―畢業(yè)挑戰(zhàn)（Commencement Challenge 不知道是什么，應(yīng)該類似于一種學(xué)校評比）‖。ll congratulate you in person by speaking at your ，Masterman公學(xué)，促進著的卓越的文化。if you show us how you39。m announcing our second Commencement your school is the winner。s 39。and that39。That39。如果某件事情沒有成功，不要灰心或放棄——再來！從你的錯誤中學(xué)習(xí)。不要回避新的挑戰(zhàn)——把他們找出來，不要呆在你們舒服的地方，不要害怕求助。re doing ，在學(xué)習(xí)或在生活中優(yōu)異并不主要由于比其他人聰明。t feel threatened if your friends are doing well。t feel discouraged or give up if you don39。t be afraid to ask for help。s about working harder than everybody 39。You see, excelling in school or in life isn39。即便是你不認為你是一個精于數(shù)學(xué)或精于科學(xué)（物理、化學(xué)一類的學(xué)科）的人，你依然能在那些課程上十分出色，只有你肯努力。的確我們每個人有自己需要發(fā)掘和培養(yǎng)的天賦與專長。d never dreamed 。t think of yourself as a math person or as a science person – you can still excel in those subjects if you39。t mean you can39。s true that we each have our own gifts and talents we need to discover and just because you39。而且我知道好好學(xué)習(xí)會使我變得不同，他也能使你們變得不同。我開始認真學(xué)習(xí)。她盯著我補充道：―別忘了這是什么，努力！‖It was pretty jolting, hearing my mother say eventually, her words had their intended got serious about my made an I began to see my grades – and my prospects – I know that if hard work could make the difference for me, it can make the difference for you, 。她說：你不能坐等好運撞到你身上。s like? Effort?”我在談話中的態(tài)度正如我猜想每個十幾歲的孩子那樣。t need to hear all , I started to say that, and she just cut me right can39。And my attitude was what I imagine every teenager39。如她用―危險‖來描述我的未來。事實上，我依然能記得我和我母親在我高中時的一次談話，那時我和你們中的一些人年齡差不多。s a conversation I suspect will sound familiar to some of the students and parents here ，因為我并不總是那樣。I made my share of fact, I can still remember a conversation I had with my mother in high school, when I was about the age of some of you here was about how my grades were slipping, how I hadn39。t always have wasn39。這些原則和驅(qū)動力——當然也是苦功——對成功是至關(guān)重要的。我們的工作。s our here39。s what we have to do for 39。這也包括致力于你們教育的家長們。teachers who go above and beyond for their it will take parents who are mitted to your ，從哈瑞斯堡到華盛頓，要做好我們的本職去為我們的學(xué)生們，也就是你們，在課堂、在大學(xué)、在職場的成功作準備。而且用我們的齊心協(xié)力確保你們將得到的教育。So, you have an obligation to yourselves, and America has an obligation to you to make sure you39。此刻其他國家正在和我們進行前所未有的競爭；此時，全世界的學(xué)生都比從前更加努力，做得比從前更好。s success in the 21st 。when students around the world are working harder than ever, and doing better than ever。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you will be determined by how far you go in other words, the farther you go in school, the farther you39。讓我告訴你，這絕對不是問題。s all worth me tell you, there is no question about will have as great an impact on your success in life as your ——因為教育從來沒有如此重要。m sure there will be times in the months ahead when you39。只要你愿意夢想遠大，只要你愿意努力工作，只要你愿意持續(xù)關(guān)注與你的教育。你的生命是由你創(chuàng)造的。re willing to stay focused on your ：除了你沒有人能書寫你的命運。re willing to dream long as you39。這也許會使你時常想你自己的未來將會怎樣；你們是否能學(xué)業(yè)有成；是否應(yīng)該放低你的眼光并且調(diào)低你的夢想。ll be able to succeed in school。s more than you should have to it may make you wonder at times what your own future will look like。s a lot to handle。當你們的兄長姐姐在海外服役，為了你們的家庭而你變得堅強；在你們母親出去兼職時照顧好你的弟弟妹妹；當你父親失業(yè)的時候去做一份鐘點工。to look after younger siblings while your mom works that second shift。A lot of you are having to act a lot older than you are。你們讀到阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭，你們聽到我們正在經(jīng)歷的