奥巴马精彩演讲 我们为什么要上学 中英文翻译

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All 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

we’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 Wakefield for

being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)

嗨，

大家好！

你们今天过得怎么样？我现在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，

我很高兴你们能共

同分享这一时刻。

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, it’s your first day

in a new school, so it’s

understandable if you’re 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 you’re in, some of you are probab

ly wishing it were still summer and

you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.

我知道，

对你们中 的许多人来说，

今天是开学的第一天，

你们中的有一些刚刚进入 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，假如你们感到有些紧 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。

不过，

我想

无论你有多大、

在读哪个年级，

许多人都打心底里希望现在还在 放暑假，

以及今天不用那么

早起床。

I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a

few years. And my mother, she didn’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. < /p>

我可以理解这份心情。

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他美

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。

Now, as you might imagine, I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of

times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I’d complain, my mother

would just give me one of those looks and she’d

say,

buster.

显然，

我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，很多时候，

我就这么在厨房的桌子前睡着了。每当我

埋怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情 看着我说：

“

小鬼，你以为教你我就很轻松？

< br>”

So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today

because I have something im

portant to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk

with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.

所以，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要 时间来调整和适应，但今天我站在这里，

是为了和你们谈一些重要的事情。

我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，

以及在新的学年里，

< br>你们应当做些什么。

Now, I’ve given

a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked about responsibility a

lot.

我做过许多关 于教育的讲话，也常常用到

“

责任

”< /p>

这个词。

I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们

学习

< br>。

I’ve talked about

your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you

get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the

Xbox.

我谈到过家长们有责任 看管你们认真

学习

、完成作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机 。

I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, and

supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where

students aren’t getting the opportunities that they deserve.

我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准严要求、

协助老师和校长们 的工作，

改变在有些学

校里学生得不到应有的

< br>学习

机会的现状。

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. That’s what I

want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最好的家 长、和最优秀的学校，

假如

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。

I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has

something that you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you

have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an

education can provide.

而这就是我 今天讲话的主题：对于自己的教育，你们中每一个人的责任。首先，我想谈谈你

们对于自 己有什么责任。

你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，

每一 个人都是有用之材，

而发现自己的才能是什么，

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能

的机会。

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 that’s assigned to you. 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 -- 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 student government or the debate team.

或许你能写出优美的文字

——

甚至有一天能让那些文 字出现在书籍和报刊上

——

但假如不

在

英语

课上经常练习写作，

你不会发现自 己有这样的天赋；

或许你能成为一个发明家、

创造

家

——

甚至设计出像今天的

iPhone

一样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗

——< /p>

但假如

不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验，

你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；

或许你能成为一名议员

或最高 法院法官，

但假如你不去加入什么学生会或参加几次辩论赛，

你 也不会发现自己的才

能。

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 want to be a nurse or

an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military 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 trai

n 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？你想成为护士、

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

。

And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own fu

ture. What you make of your

education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America

depends on you. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a

nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.

不仅仅对 于你们个人的未来有重要意义，

你们的教育如何也会对这个国家、

乃至世界的未来

产生重要影响。

今天你们在学校中