【正文】 nts here, I’m thrilled to be ！你們好！（掌聲。謝謝。）你好，馬斯特曼。Kelly的介紹真是太棒了。在后臺的時候我說，我上高中的時候我就做不這么好，我可能會弄的一團(tuán)糟。站在這里我很激動。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.)我想介紹幾個人。（掌聲。國會議員Fattah和Allyson Schwartz（掌聲）。學(xué)校管理人Arlene Ackerman是這個學(xué)校的，并且為學(xué)校做了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。還有教育部秘書長Arne Duncan。（掌聲），我感到非常的激動。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 ，歡迎每一個美國學(xué)生回校上課，當(dāng)然你們在學(xué)校已經(jīng)呆了一段時間了。（掌聲）因?yàn)槟銈兪琴M(fèi)城最好的學(xué)校之一。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。我希望全美的社會團(tuán)體都能欣然接受這個杰出代表的例子。她們兩個對這非常的期待。你們?yōu)橄奶斓氖湃ザ駛?，但是你們更?yīng)該期待新的一年。成長為一個更優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生和個人，不僅僅讓你的家人自豪，同樣讓你們自己也很有成就感。about where to apply and whether you can afford to go to ，你們中有些人在新學(xué)年會有些緊張。也許你進(jìn)入一所新的學(xué)校，不知道是否會喜歡這個學(xué)校，想著怎么來融入這個學(xué)校。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期的壓力。你們讀過有關(guān)阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭的信息，聽說過我們經(jīng)歷過的經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣。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困難時期，你們許多人的行為看上去比實(shí)際年齡要大?；蛟S你們有些人年長一點(diǎn)的，父親失了業(yè)，你們還要做兼職。這讓你們迷茫，不知道自己的未來會是什么樣，在學(xué)校能不能取得好成績，是不是應(yīng)該把目光降低些，把理想放低些。我想這句話你們的校長、院長、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)。只要志向遠(yuǎn)大，并努力為之奮斗，沒有什么是不能得到的。我確信。因?yàn)榻逃龔奈聪瘳F(xiàn)在這樣重要。你們現(xiàn)在要做的事情無比重要。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you are going to be determined by how far you go in farther you go in school, the farther you’re going 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 ，越來越取決于你們在學(xué)校的努力。當(dāng)今，其他國家正與我們競爭，而且比以往任何時候都激烈。你們在學(xué)校的成功并不只決定了自己一人的成功，還決定了美國在21世界是否能夠成功。同時國家也向你們承擔(dān)責(zé)任和義務(wù)，那就是為你們提供最好的教育，為此我們要努力，共同奮斗。這就需要我們有一個杰出的校長，像校長Neff，和優(yōu)秀的老師，正如你們的馬斯特曼的老師們。我也希望家長負(fù)起責(zé)任。未來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。奧巴馬2009年的演講招來了許多批評和抵制。部分媒體還批評奧巴馬試圖建立個人崇拜。有了去年的“教訓(xùn)”，今年的總統(tǒng)開學(xué)演講，白宮意強(qiáng)調(diào)這是一次“非政治活動”，而奧巴馬本人也在演講中回避政治話題。我知道，對你們中的許多人來說，今天是開學(xué)的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進(jìn)入幼兒園或升上初高中，對你們來說，這是在新學(xué)校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。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。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(xué)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(diǎn)半。每當(dāng)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？” 所以，我可以理解你們中的許多人對于開學(xué)還需要時間來調(diào)整和適應(yīng)，但今天我站在這里，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。我做過許多關(guān)于教育的講話，也常常用到“責(zé)任”這個詞。我談到過家長們有責(zé)任看管你們認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)、完成作業(yè)，不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機(jī)。但哪怕這一切都達(dá)到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)校，假如你們不去履行自己的責(zé)任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費(fèi)。而這就是我今天講話的主題：對于自己的教育，你們中每一個人的責(zé)任。你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對自己擔(dān)起的責(zé)任。或許你能寫出優(yōu)美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報刊上——但假如不在英語課上經(jīng)常練習(xí)寫作，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一個發(fā)明家、創(chuàng)造家——甚至設(shè)計(jì)出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產(chǎn)品，或研制出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學(xué)課程上做上幾次實(shí)驗(yàn)，你不會知道自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么學(xué)生會或參加幾次辯論賽，你也不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能?！阆氘?dāng)名醫(yī)生、當(dāng)名教師或當(dāng)名警官？你想成為護(hù)士、成為建筑設(shè)計(jì)師、律師或軍人？無論你選擇哪一種職業(yè)，良好的教育都必不可少，這世上不存在不把書念完就能拿到好工作的美夢，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓(xùn)練與學(xué)習(xí)。今天你們在學(xué)校中學(xué)習(xí)的內(nèi)容，將會決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰(zhàn)時的表現(xiàn)。我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養(yǎng)和發(fā)展自己的天賦、技能和才智，來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題。當(dāng)然，我明白，讀好書并不總是件容易的事。我知道你們的感受。因此我并不總是能專心學(xué)習(xí)，我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情，也惹出過許多不該惹的麻煩，我的生活岌岌可危，隨時可能急轉(zhuǎn)直下。我在許多事上都得到了重來的機(jī)會，我得到了去大學(xué)讀法學(xué)院、實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢想的機(jī)會。奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事，她的父母都沒讀過大學(xué)，也沒有什么財產(chǎn)，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她[本_文_來_源_于_我_的_學(xué)_習(xí)_網(wǎng) for me either, buster.“(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。ve given a lot of speeches about I39。ve talked about teachers39。ve talked about your parents39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。t getting the opportunities that they at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the worldand 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 39。re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that 39。s assigned to you could be an innovator or an inventormaybe even good enough to e up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccinebut you might not know it until you do your project for your science you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justicebut you might not know that until you join student government or the debate no matter what you want to do with your life, I guara