奥巴马演讲：why-do-we-go-to-school-？.doc

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奥巴马演讲：why do we go to school ?
1. Hello, everybody! How is everybody doing today?
嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？
2. None of it will make a difference 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。
除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听老师讲课、除非你把父母、长辈和其他大人们说的话放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否则这一切都会失去意义。
3. And no matter what you want to do with your life， I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher， or a police officer？ You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
而且，我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育。—-你想当名医生、当名教师或当名警官？无论你选择哪一种职业，良好的教育都必不可少，这世上不存在不把书念完就能拿到好工作的美梦，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、训练与学习。
4。 But at the end of the day， the circumstances of your life -— what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home —- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school。 That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class， or dropping out of school。 There is no excuse for not trying。
但归根结底,你的生活状况—-你的长相、出身、经济条件、家庭氛围——都不是疏忽学业和态度恶劣的借口,这些不是你去跟老师顶嘴、逃课、或是辍学的借口，这些不是你不好好读书的借口.
5.Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up。 No one’s written your destiny for you, because you write your own destiny. You make your own future。
你的未来，并不取决于你现在的生活有多好或多坏.没有人为你编排好你的命运，你的命运由你自己书写，你的未来由你自己掌握。
6. Whatever you resolve to do， I want you to commit to it。 I want you to really work at it。
不管你决定做什么，我都希望你能坚持到底，希望你能真的下定决心。
7. Don't be afraid to ask questions。 Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day。
不要害怕提问。不要不敢向他人求助。——我每天都在这么做.
8。 And even when you’re struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you， don’t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself， you give up on your country。
你要记住，哪怕你表现不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你觉得身边的人都已经放弃了你——永远不要自己放弃自己。因为当你放弃自己的时候，你也放弃了自己的国家.
9。 So today， I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be？ What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make？ What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country？
因此，今天我想要问你们，你们会做出什么样的贡献?你们将解决什么样的难题？你们能发现什么样的事物?二十、五十或百年之后，假如那时的美国总统也来做一次开学演讲的话，他会怎样描述你们对这个国家所做的一切?
10。 But you've got to do your part, too。 So I expect all of you to get serious this year。 I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do。 I expect great things from each of you。 So don’t let us down。 Don’t let your family down or your country down. Most of all， don't let yourself down。 Make us all proud。
但你们也要担起自己的责任。因此我要求你们在今年能够认真起来，我要求你们尽心地去做自己着手的每一件事，我要求你们每一个人都有所成就。请不要让我们失望—-不要让你的家人、你的国家和你自己失望。你们要成为我们骄傲,我知道，你们一定可以做到.