奥巴马开学演讲稿我的教育我的未来英中对照.doc

奥巴马开学演讲稿英中对照My education, my future我的教育，我的未来THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody.总统：大家好！谢谢！谢谢！谢谢你们。All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.大家请就坐吧。How is everybody doing today? (Applause.)你们今天都好吗？（欢呼声）How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.)蒂姆斯派塞好吗？（欢呼声）I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.我很高兴与弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿市韦克菲尔德高中的同学们在一起。And weve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade.现在全美的孩子们，从幼儿园到高中都在收听收看。And I am just so glad that all could join us today.我很高兴大家今天到场参与。And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.我要感谢韦克菲尔德高中出色的组织。Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)请为你们自己热烈鼓掌。（欢呼声）I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.我知道，今天是你们很多人开学的日子。And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, its your first day in a new school.对于幼儿园的同学们，或者刚升入初中或高中的同学们，今天是你们进入新学校的第一天。So its understandable if youre a little nervous.如果你们心情紧张，那是可以理解的。I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now (applause) with just one more year to go.我能想象有些高年级的同学现在感觉很好，（欢呼声）因为还有一年就要毕业了。And no matter what grade youre in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you couldve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.不论是哪个年级，你们可能都希望暑假依然没有结束，今天早上还能再多睡一小会儿。I know that feeling.我了解这种感觉。When I was young, my family lived overseas.我小时候，我们家生活在海外。I lived in Indonesia for a few years.我在印尼住过几年。And my mother, she didnt have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school,我妈妈没有钱送我去其他美国孩子所上的学校，but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education.但是她认为必须让我接受美国的教育。So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday.因此，她决定从周一到周五亲自给我上课。But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.不过因为还要上班，所以只能在清晨四点半给我上课。Now, as you might imagine, I wasnt too happy about getting up that early.你们可以想象，我很不情愿那么早起床。And a lot of times, Id fall asleep right there at the kitchen table.有很多次，我趴在餐桌上睡着了。But whenever Id complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and shed say, This is no picnic for me either, buster. (Laughter)然而每当我抱怨的时候，我妈妈都会看我一眼，然后说：“小鬼，这对我也并不轻松。”（笑声）So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.我知道你们有些人还在适应开学后的生活。But Im here today because I have something important to discuss with you.但是我今天来到这里，是因为有重要的事情要跟你们说。Im here because I want to talk with you about your education and whats expected of all of you in this new school year.我要谈谈你们的教育以及新学年人们对你们的期望。Now, Ive given a lot of speeches about education.我做过很多次有关教育的演讲。And Ive talked about responsibility a lot.也多次谈到过责任。Ive talked about teachers responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.我谈到过教师激励学生并督促他们学校的责任。Ive talked about your parents responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done,我谈到过父母的责任，确保儿女们走正路，完成家庭作业，and dont spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.不要把大好时光都浪费在看电视或玩电子游戏上。Ive talked a lot about your governments responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals,我还多次谈到过政府的责任制定高标准，支持教师和校长的工作，and turning around schools that arent working, where students arent getting the opportunities that they deserve.彻底改善那些不能为学生提供应有教育机会的学校。But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers,然而归根结底，即使我们拥有最敬业的教师，the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world, and none of it will make a difference,最尽力的家长和全世界最好的学校，那也是毫无用处，none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities,那也是毫无意义，如果你们不履行你们的责任，unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers,不到校上课，不专心听见，unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.不听家长和其他大人的话，不付出取得成功所必须的努力。Thats what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.这就是我今天讲话的重点：你们要对自己的教育负责。I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.我首先要讲讲你们对自己应尽的责任。Every single one of you has something that youre good at.你们每个人都有自己的长处。Every single one of you has something to offer.你们每个人都能做出自己的贡献。And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.你们的责任是发现自己的能力所在。Thats the opportunity an education can provide.而教育能够提供这样的机会。Maybe you could be a great writer, maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper,你也许能成为一名出色的作家，出版你的专著或在报纸上发表文章，but you might not know it until you write that English paper, that English class paper thats assigned to you.但你可能要在完成那篇英文课的作文后，才会发现自己的写作潜质。Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor, maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine,你也许能成为一名革新者或发明家，甚至可能设计出新一代苹果手机或研制出新型药物或疫苗，but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class.但你可能要在完成课堂实验后才会发现自己的科学天赋。Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice,你也许能成为市长、参议员或最高法院的大法官，but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.但你可能要在参加学生会工作或辩论赛后才会发现自己的政治才华。And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that youll need an education to do it.不论你的生活志向是什么，我敢肯定你必须接受教育才能实现它。You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer?你想成为医生、教师或警官吗？You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military?你想成为护士、建筑师、律师或军人吗？Youre going to need a good education for every single one of those careers.你必须接受良好的教育，才能从事上述任何一种职业。You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job.你不能指望辍学后能碰上个好工作。Youve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.你必须接受教育，并为之不懈努力。And this isnt just important for your own life and your own future.教育并非只对你个人的人生和未来意义重大。What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.你们的教育将决定这个国家的未来。The future of America depends on you.美国的未来掌握在你们手中。What youre learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.你们今日在校学习的知识将决定我们的国家能否迎接未来最严峻的挑战。Youll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS,你们在理科和数学方面的知识与能力有助于治愈癌症、艾滋病及其他疾病，and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.有助于发展新能源技术，保护我们的环境。Youll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness,你们在历史学和社会学方面的观察与思考有助于解决贫困和无家可归的问题，crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free.有助于打击犯罪、消除歧视，使我们的国家更加公正自由。Youll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.你们在课堂上所培养的创造发明能力有助于创办新的公司、增加就业机会、振兴我们的经济。We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect,我们需要你们每个人发挥你们的聪明才智，so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems.帮助老一辈人解决那些最棘手的问题。If you dont do that, if you quit on school, youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on your country.如果你们不这样做，如果你们辍学，你们抛弃的不仅仅是自己，也抛弃了你们的国家。I know its not always easy to do well in school.我知道要做到学业优秀并非总是易事。I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.我知道你们许多人在生活中面临挑战，难以集中精力从事学业。I get it. I know what its like.我可以理解，我知道那种感受。My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom,在我两岁时，我父亲离家而去，我是由单亲母亲抚养成人的，who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills, and wasnt always able to give us the things that other kids had.她为了生计不得不辛苦奔波，但有时仍无法为我们提供其他孩子享有的东西。There were times when I missed having a father in my life.有时，我渴望生活中能有一位父亲。There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didnt fit in.有时我感到孤独，感到自己不适应社会。So I wasnt always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things Im not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have.所以我并没有始终专注于学业，也曾做过不能引以为豪的事情，并且惹过不应该惹的麻烦。And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.我的人生原本会轻易陷入更糟糕的境地。But I was, I was lucky.但是，我当年际遇不错I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams.我有过许多第二次机会，所以有幸能上大学，学习法学，并追求自己的理想。My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story.我的妻子，第一夫人，米歇尔奥巴马，也有类似的经历。Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didnt have a lot of money.他的父母都未曾上过大学，家里也并不富裕。But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.但是他们非常勤奋，她也是如此，因此她得以进入美国最好的学校读书。Some of you might not have those advantages.你们有些人可能没有经历这些磨砺。Maybe you dont have adults in your life who give you the support that you need.或许你们身边没有成年人为你们提供你们所需要的支持。Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and theres not enough money to go around.或许你们家中有人失业了经济非常拮据。Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you dont feel safe,或许你们生活在感觉并不安全的社区，or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know arent right.或有朋友逼迫你们去做你们知道不对的事情。But at the end of the day,然而说到底，the circumstances of your life, what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what youve got going on at home,你们的生活环境、你们的肤色、你们的出身、你们的家庭收入、你们家中目前的境况，none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.这一切都不能成为你们不完成作业甚至自暴自弃的理由。Thats no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school.你们没有理由顶撞老师，没有理由逃学或辍学。There is no excuse for not trying.没有理由不付出努力。Where you are right now doesnt have to determine where youll end up.你们目前的情况并不代表你们的未来。No ones written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny.没有人决定你们的命运，在美国，你们书写自己的命运。You make your own future.你们掌握自己的未来。Thats what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.在美国，像你们一样的年轻人每天都在努力向梦想迈进。Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas.我想起了得州罗马城的贾兹敏佩雷斯。Jazmin didnt speak English when she first started school.她刚开始上学时并不会说英语。Neither of her parents had gone to college.她的父母也都没有上过大学。But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University,然而，她非常勤奋，成绩优秀，获得了布朗大学的奖学金，now is in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.如今正在读研究生，攻读公共卫生专业，不久她将成为贾兹敏佩雷斯博士。Im thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California,我想起了加州洛斯阿尔托斯城的安多尼舒尔茨，whos fought brain cancer since he was three.他从三岁开始就一直与脑癌进行抗争。Hes had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory,他不得不忍受各种治疗和手术带来的痛苦，其中一项手术曾影响了他的记忆，so it took him much longer - hundreds of extra hours - to do his schoolwork.因此他要比一般人在功课上多花许多时间。But he never fell behind.可是，他从未落后。Hes headed to college this fall.今年秋季他将迈进大学校门。And then theres Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois.我还想起我的家乡，伊利诺伊州芝加哥市的尚特尔史蒂夫。Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city,她曾寄养于多个家庭生活在芝加哥最困难的社区，she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs,但她最终在一家地方医疗中心找到工作，并开始了一项帮助年轻人远离流氓团伙的计划。and shes on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.她即将以优异成绩从高中毕业并将升入大学。And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell arent any different from any of you.贾兹敏、安多尼和尚特尔与你们没有任何区别。They face challenges in their lives just like you do.像你们一样，他们也在生活中面临挑战。In some cases theyve got it a lot worse off than many of you.在某些情况下，他们的处境比你们更差。But they refused to give up.但是他们拒绝放弃。They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves.他们决定要为自己的一生、自己的教育负起责任，为自己定下奋斗目标。And I expect all of you to do the same.我期待你们也去都做同样的事情。Thats why today Im calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education, and do everything you can to meet them.因此，我今天呼吁你们每一个人为自己的教育设定目标，并尽自己的最大努力来加以实现。Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book.你的目标可以是一件简单的事情，例如完成家庭作业、上课专心听讲、或每天花些时间去认真读书。Maybe youll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. 也许你决定要参加课外活动或为你的社区提供志愿服务。Maybe youll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look,也许你决定挺身而出去保护那些因为身份或长相而被人取笑或欺负的孩子。because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn.原因是你和我一样，认为所有年轻人都应该享有一个适合读书和学习的安全环境。Maybe youll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn.也许你决定更好地照料自己，以便有更充沛的精力来学习。And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot,顺便提醒大家，除了这些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，and that you stay home from school when you dont feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.身体不适的时候要待在家里而不要去上学，这样我们就能防止人们在今年秋冬季节染上流感。But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.但是无论你决定做什么，我希望你能下定决心。I want you to really work at it.我希望你能脚踏实地。I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work,我知道有时候你会从电视上得到这样的印象：不用努力工作就能发财致富并取得成功。that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star.玩说唱、打篮球或成为电视明星就可以让你们走向成功。Chances are youre not going to be any of those things.但实际情况是：你可能不会成为其中的一员。The truth is, being successful is hard.事实上，取得成功很难。You wont love every subject that you study.你不会喜欢你所学习的每一门课程。You wont click with every teacher that you have.你不会与你的每一位老师都很投缘。Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. 不是所有的家庭作业都与你目前的生活密切相关。And you wont necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.你第一次尝试的时候不一定成功。Thats okay.不过这些都没关系。Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones whove had the most failures.世界上最成功的一些人士往往是遭遇失败最多的人。J.K. Rowlings, who wrote Harry Potter, her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.J.k. 罗琳写出的系列小说哈利波特，第一部在获得出版之前被退稿12次。Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.迈克尔乔丹曾被他的高中篮球队除名。He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.乔丹曾在职业生涯中输过