【正文】 ies that they deserve.我也很多次談到過政府有責任設定高標準嚴要求、協(xié)助老師和校長們的工作，改變在有些學校里學生得不到應有的學習機會的現(xiàn)狀。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。I39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.ve talked about your parents39。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.我談到過教師們有責任激勵和啟迪你們，督促你們學習。I39。ve talked about responsibility a lot.Now, I39。s expected of all of you in this new school year.所以，我可以理解你們中的許多人對于開學還需要時間來調(diào)整和適應，但今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I39。d say, This is no piic for me either, buster. 顯然，我不怎么喜歡那么早就爬起來，很多時候，我就這么在廚房的桌子前睡著了。d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I39。Now, as you might imagine, I wasn39。我可以理解這份心情。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 education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.不過，我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個年級，許多人都打心底里希望現(xiàn)在還在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道，對你們中的許多人來說，今天是開學的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進入幼兒園或升上初高中，對你們來說，這是在新學校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。s understandable if you39。I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it39。.. . . ..美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬9月8日開學演講（中英對照版）Hello, everybody! Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? How about Tim Spicer? I am here with students at Wake field High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we39。ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wake field for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause.嗨，大家好！你們今天過得怎么樣？我現(xiàn)在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學生們在一起，全國各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學生們通過電視關注這里，我很高興你們能共同分享這一時刻。s your first day in a new school, so it39。re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you39。我想也會有許多畢業(yè)班的學生們正自信滿滿地準備最后一年的沖刺。I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didn39。小時候，我們家在印度尼西亞住過幾年，而我媽媽沒錢送我去其他美國孩子們上學的地方去讀書，因此她決定自己給我上課——時間是每周一到周五的凌晨4點半。t too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, I39。d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she39。每當我埋怨的時候，我媽總會用同一副表情看著我說：“小鬼，你以為教你我就很輕松？”So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。我要和你們談一談你們每個人的教育，以及在新的學年里，你們應當做些什么。ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I39。我做過許多關于教育的講話，也常常用到“責任”這個詞。ve talked about teachers39。I39。 responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don39。我談到過家長們有責任看管你們認真學習、完成作業(yè)，不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機。ve talked a lot about your government39。t working, where students aren39。But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That39。——除非你每天準時去上學、除非你認真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所