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1、奥巴马开学演讲稿（中英对照)我们为什么要上学？阿文弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市，9月8日嗨，人们好！你们今天过得怎么样？我目前和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我不久乐你们能共同分享这一时刻。我懂得，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有某些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，如果你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。我想也会有许多毕业班的学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年的冲刺。但是，我想无论你有多大、在读哪个年级，许多人都打心底里但愿目前还在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。我可以理解这份心

2、情。小时候，我们家在印度尼西亚住过几年，而我妈妈没钱送我去其她美国孩子们上学的地方去读书，因此她决定自己给我上课时间是每周一到周五的凌晨4点半。显然，我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，诸多时候，我就这样在厨房的桌子前睡着了。每当我抱怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情看着我说：“小鬼，你觉得教你我就很轻松？”因此，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要时间来调节和适应，但今天我站在这里，是为了和你们谈某些重要的事情。我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，以及在新的年里，你们应当做些什么。我做过许多有关教育的发言，也常常用到“责任”这个词。我谈到过教师们有责任鼓励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。我谈到过家长们有责任看

3、守你们认真学习、完毕作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。我也诸多次谈到过政府有责任设定高原则严规定、协助教师和校长们的工作，变化在有些学校里学生得不到应有的学习机会的现状。但哪怕这一切都达到最佳，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最佳的家长、和最优秀的学校，如果你们不去履行自己的责任的话，那么这一切努力都会白费。除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听教师授课、除非你把父母、长辈和其她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。而这就是我今天发言的主题：对于自己的教育，你们中每一种人的责任。一方面，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。你们中的每一种人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一种人

4、都是有用之材，而发现自己的才干是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任。教育给你们提供了发现自己才干的机会。或许你能写出优美的文字甚至有一天能让那些文字出目前书籍和报刊上但如果不在英语课上常常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一种发明家、发明家甚至设计出像今天的iPhone同样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗但如果不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验，你不会懂得自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名议员或最高法院法官，但如果你不去加入什么学生会或参与几次辩论赛，你也不会发现自己的才干。并且，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？你想成为护

5、士、成为建筑设计师、律师或军人？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。不仅仅对于你们个人的将来有重要意义，你们的教育如何也会对这个国家、乃至世界的将来产生重要影响。今天你们在学校中学习的内容，将会决定我们整个国家在将来迎接重大挑战时的体现。你们需要在数理科学课程上学习的知识和技能，去治疗癌症、艾滋那样的疾病，和解决我们面临的能源问题与环境问题；你们需要在历史社科课程上培养出的观测力与判断力，来减轻和消除无家可归与贫困、犯罪问题和多种歧视，让这个国家变得更加公平和自由；你们需要在各类课程中逐渐累积和发展出来的

6、创新意识和思维，去创业和建立新的公司与公司，来制造就业机会和推动经济的增长。我们需要你们中的每一种人都培养和发展自己的天赋、技能和才智，来解决我们所面对的最困难的问题。如果你不这样做如果你放弃学习那么你不仅是放弃了自己，也是放弃了你的国家。固然，我明白，读好书并不总是件容易的事。我懂得你们中的许多人在生活中面临着多种各样的问题，很难把精力集中在用心读书之上。我懂得你们的感受。我爸爸在我两岁时就离开了家庭，是妈妈一人将我们拉扯大，有时她付不起帐单，有时我们得不到其她孩子们均有的东西，有时我会想，如果爸爸在该多好，有时我会感到孤单无助，与周边的环境格格不入。因此我并不总是能用心学习，我做过许多自己

7、觉得丢脸的事情，也惹出过许多不该惹的麻烦，我的生活岌岌可危，随时也许急转直下。但我很幸运。我在许多事上都得到了重来的机会，我得到了去大学读法学院、实现自己梦想的机会。我的妻子目前得叫她第一夫人米歇尔?奥巴马了也有着相似的人生故事，她的父母都没读过大学，也没有什么财产，但她们和她都辛勤工作，好让她有机会去这个国家最优秀的学校读书。你们中有人也许没有这些有利条件，或许你的生活中没有能为你提供协助和支持的长辈，或许你的某个家长没有工作、经济拮据，或许你住的社区不那么安全，或许你结识某些会对你产生不良影响的朋友，等等。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

8、借口，这些不是你去跟教师顶嘴、逃课、或是辍学的借口，这些不是你不好好读书的借口。你的将来，并不取决于你目前的生活有多好或多坏。没有人为你编排好你的命运，在美国，你的命运由你自己书写，你的将来由你自己掌握。而在这片土地上的每个地方，千千万万和你同样的年轻人正是这样在书写着自己的命运。例如德克萨斯州罗马市的贾斯敏?佩雷兹（Jazmin Perez）。刚进学校时，她主线不会说英语，她住的地方几乎没人上过大学，她的父母也没有受过高等教育，但她努力学习，获得了优秀的成绩，靠奖学金进入了布朗大学，如今正在攻读公共卫生专业的博士学位。我还想起了加利福尼亚州洛斯拉图斯市的安多尼?舒尔兹（Andoni Schu

9、ltz），她从三岁起就开始与脑癌病魔做斗争，她熬过了一次次治疗与手术其中一次影响了她的记忆，因此她得花出比常人多几百个小时的时间来完毕学业，但她从不曾落下自己的功课。这个秋天，她要开始在大学读书了。又例如在我的家乡，伊利诺斯州芝加哥市，身为孤儿的香特尔?史蒂夫（Shantell Steve）换过多次收养家庭，从小在治安很差的地区长大，但她努力求取到了在本地保健站工作的机会、发起了一种让青少年远离犯罪团伙的项目，不久，她也将以优秀的成绩从中学毕业，去大学深造。贾斯敏、安多尼和香特尔与你们并没有什么不同。和你们同样，她们也在生活中遭遇多种各样的困难与问题，但她们回绝放弃，她们选择为自己的教育担起责

10、任、给自己定下奋斗的目的。我但愿你们中的每一种人，都能做得到这些。因此，在今天，我号召你们每一种人都为自己的教育定下一种目的并在之后，尽自己的一切努力去实现它。你的目的可以很简朴，像是完毕作业、认真听讲或每天阅读或许你打算参与某些课外活动，或在社区做些志愿工作；或许你决定为那些由于长相或出身等等因素而受嘲弄或欺负的孩子做主、维护她们的权益，由于你和我同样，觉得每个孩子都应当能有一种安全的学习环境；或许你觉得该学着更好的照顾自己，来为将来的学习做准备固然，除此之外，我但愿你们都多多洗手、感到身体不舒服的时候要多在家休息，免得人们在秋冬感冒高发季节都得流感。不管你决定做什么，我都但愿你能坚持究竟，

11、但愿你能真的下定决心。我懂得有些时候，电视上播放的节目会让你产生这样那样的错觉，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰缠万贯、功成名就你会觉得只要会唱rap、会打篮球或参与个什么真人秀节目就能坐享其成，但现实是，你几乎没有也许走上其中任何一条道路。由于，成功是件难事。你不也许对要读的每门课程都爱好盎然，你不也许和每名带课教师都相处顺利，你也不也许每次都遇上看起来和现实生活有关的作业。并且，并不是每件事，你都能在头一次尝试时获得成功。但那没有关系。由于在这个世界上，最最成功的人们往往也经历过最多的失败。J.K.罗琳的第一本哈利波特被出版商回绝了十二次才最后出版；迈克尔乔丹上高中时被学校的篮球队刷了下来

12、，在她的职业生涯里，她输了几百场比赛、投失过几千次射篮，懂得她是怎么说的吗？“我毕生不断地失败、失败再失败，这就是我目前成功的因素。”她们的成功，源于她们明白人不能让失败左右自己而是要从中吸取经验。从失败中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出如何的变化；如果你惹了什么麻烦，那并不阐明你就是个捣蛋贵，而是在提示你，在将来要对自己有更严格的规定；如果你考了个低分，那并不阐明你就比别人笨，而是在告诉你，自己得在学习上花更多的时间。没有哪一种人毕生出来就擅长做什么事情的，只有努力才干培养出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接触一项体育运动时就成为校队的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌时就找准每一种音，一切都需要熟

13、能生巧。对于学业也是同样，你或许要反复运算才干解出一道数学题的对的答案，你或许需要读一段文字好几遍才干理解它的意思，你或许得把论文改上好几次才干符合提交的原则。这都是很正常的。不要胆怯提问。不要不敢向她人求助。我每天都在这样做。求助并不是软弱的体现，恰恰相反，它阐明你有勇气承认自己的局限性、并乐意去学习新的知识。因此，有不懂时，就向大人们求助吧找个你信得过的对象，例如父母、长辈、教师、教练或辅导员让她们协助你向目的迈进。你要记住，哪怕你体现不好、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。由于当你放弃自己的时候，你也放弃了自己的国家。美国不是一种人们遭遇困难就容易放弃

14、的国度，在这个国家，人们坚持究竟、人们加倍努力，为了她们所热爱的国度，每一种人都尽着自己最大的努力，不会给自己留任何余地。250年前，有一群和你们同样的学生，她们之后奋起努力、用一场革命最后造就了这个国家；75年前，有一群和你们同样的学生，她们之后战胜了大萧条、赢得了二战；就在前，和你们同样的学生们，她们后来创立了Google、Twitter和Facebook，变化了我们人与人之间沟通的方式。因此，今天我想要问你们，你们会做出什么样的奉献？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，如果那时的美国总统也来做一次开学演讲的话，她会如何描述你们对这个国家所做的一切？你们的

15、家长、你们的教师和我，每一种人都在尽最大的努力，保证你们都能得到应有的教育来回答这些问题。例如我正在努力为你们提供更安全的教室、更多的书籍、更先进的设施与计算机。但你们也要担起自己的责任。因此我规定你们在今年可以认真起来，我规定你们尽心地去做自己着手的每一件事，我规定你们每一种人均有所成就。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，我懂得，你们一定可以做到。谢谢人们，上帝保佑你们，上帝保佑美国。美国总统奥巴马9月8日开学演讲英文全文Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All

16、right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And weve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just

17、 so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)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, its you

18、r first day in a new school, so its understandable if youre a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now - (applause) - with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade youre in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and yo

19、u couldve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didnt have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me

20、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.Now, as you might imagine, I wasnt too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times, Id

21、 fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. 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.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But Im here today because I have somethin

22、g important to discuss with you. Im here because I want to talk with you about your education and whats expected of all of you in this new school year.Now, Ive given a lot of speeches about education. And Ive talked about responsibility a lot.Ive talked about teachers responsibility for inspiring st

23、udents and pushing you to learn.Ive talked about your parents responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and dont spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.Ive talked a lot about your governments responsibility for setting high standards, and

24、supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that arent working, where students arent getting the opportunities that they deserve.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 mak

25、e 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. Thats what I want

26、 to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that youre good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what

27、 that is. Thats the opportunity an education can provide.Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write that English paper - that English class paper thats assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innova

28、tor or an inventor - maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine - but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice - but you might not know that until you join stu

29、dent government or the debate team.And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that youll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? Youre going to need a good

30、 education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. Youve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isnt just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than

31、the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What youre learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.Youll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer an

32、d AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. Youll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. Youll need the creativity

33、and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you dont do that - if you

34、 quit on school - youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on your country.Now, I know its not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.I get it. I know what its like. My father left my

35、family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom 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. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like

36、 I didnt fit in.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. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.But I was - I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunit

37、y to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didnt have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country

38、.Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you dont have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and theres not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you dont feel safe, or have friends who are p

39、ressuring you to do things you know arent right.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 youve got going on at home - none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. T

40、hats no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesnt have to determine where youll end up. No ones written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make you

41、r own future.Thats what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didnt speak English when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college. But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship

42、 to Brown University - is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.Im thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, whos fought brain cancer since he was three. Hes had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected

43、his memory, so it took him much longer - hundreds of extra hours - to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. Hes headed to college this fall.And then theres Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods i

44、n the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and shes on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell arent any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives

45、just like you do. In some cases theyve got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.Thats why today Im calling on each of you to set y

46、our own goals for your education - and do everything you can to meet them. 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. Maybe youll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in you

47、r community. Maybe youll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe youll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more re

48、ady to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, 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.But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to reall

49、y work at it.I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work - that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are youre not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is h

50、ard. You wont love every subject that you study. You wont click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you wont necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.Thats okay. Some of the most successf

51、ul people in the world are the ones whove had the most failures. J.K. Rowlings - who wrote Harry Potter - her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of

52、shots during his career. But he once said, I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And thats why I succeed.These people succeeded because they understood that you cant let your failures define you - you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do diff

53、erently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesnt mean youre a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesnt mean youre stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No ones born being good at all things. You become good at

54、things through hard work. Youre not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You dont hit every note the first time you sing a song. Youve got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might

55、have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before its good enough to hand in.Dont be afraid to ask questions. Dont be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isnt a sign of weakness, its a sign

56、of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you dont know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust - a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor - and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.And even

57、when youre struggling, even when youre discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, dont ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.The story of America isnt about people who quit when things got tough. Its about people who kept g

58、oing, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.Its the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depressi

59、on and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.So today, I want to ask all of you, whats your contribution going to be? What prob

60、lems 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?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these

61、questions. Im working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But youve 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 dont let us down. Dont let your family down or your country down. Most of all, dont let yourself down. Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you.