【正文】 life。d like to talk about what Craig and I learned from our family about leading a rich life no matter how much money you while there are plenty of lessons I could share, there are three that I39。s what I39。t all fun and games growing parents were big believers in everyone doing their part around the often pared Saturday chores to boot my parents were even more serious about our mom taught Craig and I to read long before kindergarten started, and she spent hours volunteering in our neighborhood public school, making sure we got the education she knew we , that was the kind of childhood we one dayI will never forget, when my brother was about 10, he asked my dad a simple said, “Dad, are we rich?” To answer this question, my dad took his next paycheck from his job at the city water plant, and instead of depositing that check, he cashed it in small then came home and dumped out all that money on the kitchen was impressedwith all that money, he thought, we must be then my Dad started explaining where all the money went each month: little bit for rent, that much for gas, this much for by the time he was done, there wasn39。playing board games, card games for hours, huddled around the kitchen enjoyed the simple pleasures in life, like getting our report cards because good grades meant pizza for dinnerthat was a to hold in our giggles as Craig put shaving cream on my dad39。re conducting groundbreaking research on everything from agriculture, to nanotechnology, to childhood are serving others in so many waystutoring children, joining our armed forces, fighting hunger and disease here in America and around the let me just say, I can see why Craig feels so at home here at in so many ways, the values you all embody are the values that he and I were raised and I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and our family was very closeI mean literally close, real mom, my dad, Craig and I, we lived in a littlebitty apartment, and for years Craig and I shared a bedroom divided by a wooden partition to give us the illusion of separate at night, Craig and I would whisper to each other through the cracks in that partition until one of us feel asleep, or mom yelled and said, shut up, be quietone or the other.(Laughter.)But while we didn39。s mencement, he was going to tell mom on me.(Laughter.)And since our mother now lives with me, that threat actually still carries some weight.(Laughter.)But seriously, I39。s basketball coach, is my big brother.(Applause.)And last fall, Craig called me up and he said that if I didn39。s give another round of applause to your family, especially to all of the fathers out there on this beautiful Father39。ve grown, and all that you39。s show, the class of 2012congratulations!(Applause.)We are all so proud of are proud of how hard you39。t tell you how much this am so proud to receive this honorary degree from this phenomenal I am thrilled to be here today to celebrate the Oregon State University class of 2012!Go Beaves!(Applause.)I want to start by thanking President Ray for that very kind introduction and for the also want to thank Provost also want to recognize Mayor Julie Manning, who39。第一篇：米歇爾奧巴馬在俄亥俄州州立大學(xué)的演講Thank you so am so proud to receive this honorary degree from this great American I am thrilled to be here today to celebrate the Oregon State University class of 2012!I want to start by thanking President Ray for that very kind also want to recognize Provost Sabah Randhawa, Mayor Julie Manning … and all of the outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators here at of course, to the stars of today’s show, the class of 2012 … congratulations!We are all so proud of are so proud of how hard you’ve worked … and how much you’ve grown … and all that you’ve achieved during your time here at Oregon I know that none of you did this all are here today in large part because of those beautiful people up in the bleachers — the folks who pushed you, and believed in you, and answered the phone every time you called — even when you were just calling to ask for graduates, let’s give a special round of applause for your families … today is their day too.[PAUSE] Now, like all of you, I’m also here today because of my you know, Craig Robinson, your men’s basketball coach, is my big last fall, Craig called me up and said that if I didn’t speak at this year’s mencement, he would tell mom on since our mother now lives with me, that threat actually still carries some seriously, I’m not here today just because Craig has turned the Obamas into a family of Beaver ’m also here because I’m proud of everything this university is doing for this ’ve built one of the most sustainable campuses in ’re conducting groundbreaking research on everything from agriculture, to nanotechnology, to childhood ’re serving others in so many ways — tutoring children, joining our armed forces, fighting hunger and disease here in America and around the I can see why Craig feels so at home here at in so many ways, the values you all embody are the values that he and I were raised and I grew up on the South Side of our family was close — I mean really close … mom, my dad, Craig and I lived in a tiny apartment … and for years, Craig and I shared a bedroom divided by a wooden partition to give us the illusion of separate night, Craig and I would whisper to each other through the cracks in that partition until one of us feel asleep … or our Mom yelled at us to be while we didn’t have much space, our little home was bursting with spent lots of time together as a family — laughing and sharing stories at dinner each night。playing board games and cards for hours, huddled around the kitchen enjoyed the simple pleasures in life … like getting our report cards, because good grades meant pizza for dinner … trying to hold in giggles as we put shaving cream on my Dad’s glasses while he napped … sleeping on the back porch on hot summer nights when the temperature in our little apartment became it wasn’t all fun and