奥巴马开学演讲稿
奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?
奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照) ——我们为什么要上学?(2011-05-24 13:36:16)转载▼标签:分类:国际瞭望台奥巴马上学励志中英杂谈阿文弗吉尼亚州,阿林顿市,2009年9月8日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.)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 probably wishing it were still summer and you could've 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 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.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, "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 I'm here today because I have something important 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.Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.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.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.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.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. 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 scienceclass. 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.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 train for it and work for it and learn for it. And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. 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.You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll 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. You'll need the creativity 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 don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.Now, I know it's 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 it's like. My father left my 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 wasn't 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 I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm 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 opportunity 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 didn't 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.Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't 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 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.Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't 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 to Brown University -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer -- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall.And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in 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 she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college. And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've 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.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your 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 you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because youbelieve, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready 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 don't 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 really 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 you're not going to be any of those things. The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- 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 shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over againin my life. And that's why I succeed."These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've 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 have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't 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 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.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's 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 Depression 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, 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?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got todo 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.Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you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。
美国总统奥巴马开学演讲《我们为什么要上学?》英文全文(共5则)
美国总统奥巴马开学演讲《我们为什么要上学?》英文全文(共5则)第一篇:美国总统奥巴马开学演讲《我们为什么要上学?》英文全文美国总统奥巴马开学演讲《我们为什么要上学?》英文全文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.)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 probably wishing it were still summer and you could've 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 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.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, “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 I'm here today because I have something important 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.Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education.And I've talked about responsibility a lot.I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.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.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.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.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.Maybe you could be a great writer--maybe even goodenough 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.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 train for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future.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.You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.You'll 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.You'll need the creativity 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 yourintellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems.If you don't do that--if you quit on school--you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.Now, I know it's 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 it's like.My father left my 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 wasn't 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 I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm 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 opportunity 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 didn't 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.Some of you might not have those advantages.Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need.Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around.Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't 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 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 noexcuse 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 doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas.Jazmin didn't 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 to Brown University--is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr.Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three.He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer--hundreds of extra hours--to do his schoolwork.But he never fell behind.He's headed to college this fall.And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois.Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in 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 she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you.They face challenges in their lives just like you do.In some cases they've 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.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education--and do everything you can to meetthem.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 you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll 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 you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready 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 don't 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 really 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 you're not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard.You won't love every subject that you study.You won't click with every teacher that you have.Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute.And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay.Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures.J.K.Rowling's--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 shots du ring his career.But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that's why I succeed.” These people succeeded because they understoodthat you can't let your failures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right.If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work.You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song.You've 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 have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions.Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't 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 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.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough.It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's 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 yousit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression 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, 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? Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions.I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.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.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank you.第二篇:美国总统奥巴马开学演讲英文原稿美国总统奥巴马开学演讲英文原稿整理:微薄哥哥ic for me either, buster.“(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.But I'm here today because I have something important 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.Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education.And I've talked about responsibility a lot.I've talkedabout teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.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.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.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.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.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.And no matter what you want to do with yourlife, 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 train for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future.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.You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.You'll 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.You'll need the creativity 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 don't do that--if you quit on school--you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.Now, I know it's 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 it's like.My father left my 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 wasn't always able to give us the things that otherkids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm 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 opportunity 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 didn't 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.Some of you might not have those advantages.Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need.Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around.Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't 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 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.Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas.Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school.Neither of her parents had gone to college.But sheworked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University--is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr.Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three.He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer--hundreds of extra hours--to do his schoolwork.But he never fell behind.He's headed to college this fall.And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois.Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in 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 she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you.They face challenges in their lives just like you do.In some cases they've 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.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your 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 you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll 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 you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready 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 don't 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 really 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 you're not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard.You won't love every subject that you study.You won't click with every teacher that you have.Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute.And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay.Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures.J.K.Rowling's--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 shots during his career.But he once said, ”I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that's why I succeed."These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right.If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work.You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a newsport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song.You've 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 have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions.Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't 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 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.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough.It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's 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 Depression 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, 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 aboutwhat 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 questions.I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.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.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank you.(Applause.)第三篇:《我们为什么要上学?》美国总统奥巴马开学演奥巴马开学演讲:我们为什么要上学?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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?
奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?各位读友大家好,此文档由网络收集而来,欢迎您下载,谢谢阿文弗吉尼亚州,阿林顿市,2009年9月8日嗨,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。
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。
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。
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?”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,你们应当做些什么。
我做过许多关于教育的讲话,也常常用到“责任”这个词。
我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们,督促你们学习。
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。
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学习机会的现状。
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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英文
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英文尊敬的各位老师、亲爱的同学们:大家好!今天,我非常荣幸能够在这里与你们交流。
我知道,对你们中的许多人来说,新的学期意味着新的开始,新的挑战,以及新的机遇。
首先,我想谈谈教育的重要性。
教育,不仅仅是在教室里获取知识,它更是一种能够改变你们人生的力量。
它是打开未来之门的钥匙,让你们能够追逐自己的梦想,实现自己的价值。
在我们生活的这个世界里,知识就是力量。
那些拥有丰富知识和技能的人,往往能够在生活中取得更大的成功。
他们能够解决复杂的问题,创造新的事物,为社会的进步做出贡献。
而这一切,都始于教育。
你们每个人都有自己独特的天赋和潜力。
也许有些人擅长数学,有些人擅长艺术,有些人擅长体育。
但无论你们的天赋在哪里,教育都能够帮助你们将其发挥到极致。
它能够培养你们的思维能力,让你们学会如何思考,如何分析问题,如何寻找解决方案。
我知道,学习并不总是轻松愉快的。
有时候,你们会遇到困难的课程,会有做不完的作业,会有考试的压力。
但是,我要告诉你们,这些挑战都是成长的一部分。
每一次克服困难,都是一次进步;每一次努力学习,都是在为未来打下坚实的基础。
在学校里,你们不仅要学习书本上的知识,还要学会如何与人相处,如何团队合作。
这些技能在未来的生活中同样重要。
因为,我们生活在一个相互关联的世界里,没有人能够独自成功。
我也知道,有些同学可能来自不太富裕的家庭,或者面临着各种各样的困难。
但是,不要让这些成为你们放弃学习的借口。
相反,要把它们当作动力,激励自己更加努力地去追求知识,去改变自己的命运。
在美国,我们相信每个人都应该有接受良好教育的机会。
无论你们的背景如何,无论你们来自哪里,只要你们愿意努力,就能够实现自己的梦想。
在这里,我想对老师们说一声谢谢。
你们是教育事业的中坚力量,是你们的辛勤付出,让孩子们能够茁壮成长。
你们的工作不仅仅是传授知识,更是点燃学生心中的火焰,激发他们对学习的热爱。
最后,我想对同学们说,你们是我们国家的未来,是我们的希望。
奥巴马开学演讲稿英文
奥巴马开学演讲稿英文Barack Obama's BacktoSchool SpeechGood morning!Hello, everyone! I'm honored to be here today to talk to all of you on this important occasion – the start of a new school yearLet me begin by asking you a question: What is the purpose of education? Some might say it's to get good grades, to go to a great college, or to land a highpaying job While those are all important goals, they are not the most important The true purpose of education is to help you discover who you are, to develop your potential, and to prepare you to make a difference in the worldYou see, in today's world, with all the technology and information at our fingertips, knowledge is more accessible than ever before But having access to knowledge is not the same as having the wisdom and skills to use it That's what school is for It's a place where you learn not only facts and figures but also how to think critically, how to solve problems, and how to work with othersI know that school can be tough sometimes There will be days when you feel like giving up, when the homework seems endless, or when you struggle to understand a concept But remember, every challenge is an opportunity to grow Every setback is a chance to learn and come back strongerAnd it's not just about what you do in the classroom It's also about what you do outside of it Get involved in extracurricular activities, join a club or a sports team, volunteer in your community These experiences will teach you valuable lessons about teamwork, leadership, and compassionI want to stress the importance of taking responsibility for your own education Your teachers are here to guide you, but ultimately, it's up to you to make the most of the opportunities you have Show up to class on time, pay attention, ask questions, and do your best on every assignmentLet me tell you a story There was a young girl named Emily She came from a poor family and faced many obstacles in her life But she was determined to get a good education She studied hard every day, even when she didn't have a quiet place to do her homework She sought help from her teachers when she needed it and never let setbacks stop her Eventually, she graduated at the top of her class and went on to a prestigious university Emily's story is a reminder that no matter where you come from or what challenges you face, you have the power to succeed through educationNow, I know that some of you might be worried about the future You might be thinking about the economy, or the competition for jobs But I want you to know that if you work hard and stay focused on your education, you will be prepared for whatever comes your way The world needs your talents, your creativity, and your passionSo, as you embark on this new school year, set high goals for yourself Believe in your ability to achieve them And don't be afraid to dream big Because if you do, there is no limit to what you can accomplishThank you, and have a great year!This speech by President Obama emphasizes the significance of education and encourages students to take ownership of their learning journey It highlights the importance of perseverance, responsibility, and the pursuit of knowledge not only for personal success but also for making a positive impact on the world The straightforward and inspiring language makes it accessible and relatable to students of all ages The use of personal stories and reallife examples helps to drive the message home and inspire students to strive for excellence in their educational endeavorsEducation is the key that unlocks countless doors of opportunity It equips us with the tools to think independently, to communicate effectively, and to adapt to an everchanging world Obama's words serve as a reminder that the effort we put into our studies today will shape our futures and enable us to contribute meaningfully to societyWhether it's in the sciences, the arts, or any other field, a solid education provides the foundation for success It allows us to explore our interests, discover our passions, and develop the skills needed to turn those passions into careersIn a world that is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected, the ability to learn and grow is more crucial than ever By emphasizing the value of education and inspiring students to take an active role in their learning, Obama's speech encourages a generation to reach for the stars and make the most of the educational opportunities available to themLet us all take these words to heart and approach this school year with determination, curiosity, and a commitment to making the most of oureducational journey Because the future belongs to those who are welleducated and willing to work hard to achieve their dreamsThe importance of education cannot be overstated It is the driving force behind progress, innovation, and social change Obama's speech serves as a powerful call to action for students to embrace the challenges and opportunities that come with learning, knowing that it is through education that they can shape a better world for themselves and for othersAs we move forward in this new academic year, let us remember that every day is a chance to learn something new, to grow as individuals, and to make a difference Let us rise to the occasion, work hard, and strive to become the best versions of ourselves through the power of educationEducation is not just about filling our minds with information; it's about nurturing our souls, expanding our horizons, and giving us the confidence to face whatever lies ahead It is a lifelong journey that begins in the classroom but extends far beyondSo, dear students, let this speech be a source of motivation and inspiration Let it fuel your desire to learn, to grow, and to make your mark on the world The road ahead may not always be easy, but with dedication and a love for learning, you have the potential to achieve greatnessNow, go forth and make this school year one to remember!。
奥巴马开学励志演讲稿中英文
奥巴马开学励志演讲稿中英文推荐文章清晨励志演讲中英文500字热度:奥巴马的经典开学励志演讲中英文对照版热度:成功励志演讲稿2000字热度:弘扬红军长征精神演讲稿热度:英文经典歌曲的中英文歌词热度:今天是你们很多人开学的日子。
对于进入小学预备班、初中或高中的学生,今天是你们来到新学校的第一天。
以下是店铺为大家精心推荐的奥巴马开学励志演讲稿中英文版,希望能够对您有所帮助。
奥巴马开学励志演讲稿中英文全文For Immediate Release September 8, 2009REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTIN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN Wakefield High SchoolArlington, VirginiaTHE PRESIDENT: 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.)大家好!谢谢你们。
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英文
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英文奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英双语)Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, faculty members, and most importantly, dear students,女士们先生们,尊敬的来宾,教职员工以及最重要的,亲爱的学生们,It is an absolute honor for me to stand before you today as we gather to celebrate the commencement of another academic year. As we embark onthis new journey together, I want to share some words of wisdom that I hope will inspire and guide you in the pursuit of your dreams.今天能站在这里与大家一同庆祝新学年开始,对我而言是莫大的荣幸。
在我们共同开始这段新的旅程前,我希望分享一些智慧的话语,它们将激励并指导你们追逐梦想的过程。
Education is not merely about acquiring knowledge, but it is a transformative journey that enables you to shape your own destiny. It opens doors to opportunities, broadens your horizons, and empowers you to make a difference in the world. Each and every one of you has the ability to create positive change, and education is the key to unlocking that potential.教育不仅仅是获取知识,而是一段让你能够塑造自己命运的变革之旅。
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英对照
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英对照演讲稿具有宣传、鼓动、教育和欣赏等作用,它可以把演讲者的观点、主张与思想感情传达给听众以及读者,使他们信服并在思想感情上产生共鸣。
小编在这里大家推荐一篇美国总统奥巴马的开学演讲稿,希望大家借鉴阅读。
美国总统奥巴马9月8日开学演讲英文全文for immediate release september 8, 20XXremarkbthe presidentin a national addresto america'schoolchildrenwakefield high schoolarlington, virginiathe president: hello, everybody! thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. all right, everybodgo ahead and have a seat. how ieveryboddoing today? (applause.) how about tim spicer? (applause.) i am here with studentat wakefield high school in arlington, virginia. and we've got studenttuning in from all acrosamerica, from kindergarten through 12th grade. and i am just so glad that all could join utoday. and i want to thank wakefield for being such an outstanding host. give yourselvea big round of applause. (applause.)i know that for manof you, todaithe first daof school. and for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it'your first dain a new school, so it'understandable if you're a little nervous. i imagine there are some seniorout there who are feeling prettgood right now -- (applause) -- withjust one more year to go. and no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probablwishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer thimorning.i know that feeling. when i wayoung, mfamillived overseas.i lived in indonesia for a few years. and mmother, she didn't have the moneto send me where all the american kidwent to school, but she thought it waimportant for me to keep up with an american education. so she decided to teach me extra lessonherself, mondathrough friday. but because she had to go to work, the onltime she could do it waat 4:30 in the morning.now, ayou might imagine, i wasn't too happabout getting up that early. and a lot of times, i'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. but whenever i'd complain, mmother would just give me one of those lookand she'd say, "thiino picnic for me either, buster." (laughter.)so i know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. but i'm here todabecause i have something important to discuswith you. i'm here because i want to talk with you about your education and what'expected of all of you in thinew school year.now, i've given a lot of speecheabout education. and i've talked about responsibilita lot.i've talked about teachers' responsibilitfor inspiring studentand pushing you to learn.i've talked about your parents' responsibilitfor makingsure you staon track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend everwaking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox.i've talked a lot about your government'responsibilitfor setting high standards, and supporting teacherand principals, and turning around schoolthat aren't working, where studentaren't getting the opportunitiethat thedeserve.but at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schoolin the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unlesall of you fulfill your responsibilities, unlesyou show up to those schools, unlesyou paattention to those teachers, unlesyou listen to your parentand grandparentand other adultand put in the hard work it taketo succeed. that'what i want to focuon today: the responsibiliteach of you hafor your education.i want to start with the responsibilityou have to yourself. eversingle one of you hasomething that you're good at. eversingle one of you hasomething to offer. and you have a responsibilitto yourself to discover what that is. that'the opportunitan education can provide.maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articlein a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that english paper -- that english claspaper that'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 knowit 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 teaand 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 eversingle 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.and thiisn't just important for your own life and your own future. what you make of your education will decide nothing lesthan the future of thicountry. the future of america dependon you. what you're learning in school todawill determine whether we aa nation can meet our greatest challengein the future.you'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skillyou learn in science and math to cure diseaselike cancer and aids, and to develop new energtechnologieand protect our environment. you'll need the insightand critical-thinking skillyou gain in historand social studieto fight povertand homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. you'll need the creativitand ingenuityou develop in all your classeto build new companiethat will create new joband boost our economy.we need eversingle one of you to develop your talentand your skilland your intellect so you can help uold folksolve our most difficult problems. if you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.now, i know it'not alwayeasto do well in school. i know a lot of you have challengein your liveright now that can make it hard to focuon your schoolwork.i get it. i know what it'like. mfather left mfamilwhen i watwo yearold, and i waraised ba single mom who had to work and who struggled at timeto pathe billand wasn't alwayable to give uthe thingthat other kidhad. there were timewhen i missed having a father in mlife. there were timewhen i waloneland i felt like i didn't fit in.so i wasn't alwayafocused ai should have been on school, and i did some thingi'm not proud of, and i got in more trouble than i should have. and mlife could have easiltaken a turn for the worse.but i wa-- i walucky. i got a lot of second chances, and i had the opportunitto go to college and law school and follow mdreams. mwife, our first ladmichelle obama, she haa similar story. neither of her parenthad gone to college, and thedidn't have a lot of money. but theworked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schoolin thicountry.some of you might not have those advantages. maybe you don'thave adultin your life who give you the support that you need. maybe someone in your familhalost their joand there'not enough moneto go around. maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friendwho are pressuring you to do thingyou know aren't right.but at the end of the day, the circumstanceof your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much moneyou have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that ian excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. that'no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. there ino excuse for not trying.where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. no one'written your destinfor you, because here in america, you write your own destiny. you make your own future.that'what young people like you are doing everday, all acrosamerica.young people like jazmin perez, from roma, texas. jazmin didn't speak english when she first started school. neither of her parenthad gone to college. but she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to brown universit-- inow in graduate school, studying public health, on her wato becoming dr. jazmin perez.i'm thinking about andoni schultz, from loaltos, california, who'fought brain cancer since he wathree. he'had to endure all sortof treatmentand surgeries, one of which affected himemory,so it took him much longer -- hundredof extra hour-- to do hischoolwork. but he never fell behind. he'headed to college thifall.and then there'shantell steve, from mhometown of chicago, illinois. even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoodin the city, she managed to get a joat a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she'on track to graduate high school with honorand go on to college.and jazmin, andoni, and shantell aren't andifferent from anof you. theface challengein their livejust like you do. in some casethey've got it a lot worse off than manof you. but therefused to give up. thechose to take responsibilitfor their lives, for their education, and set goalfor themselves. and i expect all of you to do the same.that'whtodai'm calling on each of you to set your own goalfor your education -- and do everything you can to meet the your goal can be something asimple adoing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each dareading a book. maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. maybe you'll decide to stand up for kidwho are being teased or bullied because of who theare or how thelook, because you believe, like i do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to studand learn. maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you canbe more readto learn. and along those lines, bthe way, i hope all of you are washing your handa lot, and that you stahome from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu thifall and winter.but whatever you resolve to do, i want you to commit to it.i want you to reallwork at it.i know that sometimeyou get that sense from tv that you can be rich and successful without anhard work -- that your ticket to succesithrough rapping or basketball or being a realittv star. chanceare you're not going to be anof those things.the truth is, being successful ihard. you won't love eversubject that you study. you won't click with everteacher that you have. not everhomework assignment will seem completelrelevant to your life right at thiminute. and you won't necessarilsucceed at everything the first time you try.that'okay. some of the most successful people in the world are the onewho've had the most failures. j.k. rowling'-- who wrote harrpotter -- her first harrpotter book warejected 12 timebefore it wafinallpublished. michael jordan wacut from hihigh school basketball tea he lost hundredof gameand missed thousandof shotduring hicareer. but he once said, "i have failed over and over and over again in mlife. and that'whi succeed."these people succeeded because theunderstood that you can't let your failuredefine you -- you have to let your failureteach you. you have to let them show you what to do differentlthe nexttime. so if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it meanyou need to trharder to act right. if you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just meanyou need to spend more time studying.no one'born being good at all things. you become good at thingthrough hard work. you're not a varsitathlete the first time you plaa new sport. you don't hit evernote the first time you sing a song. you've got to practice. the same principle applieto your schoolwork. you might have to do a math problem a few timebefore you get it right. you might have to read something a few timebefore you understand it. you definitelhave to do a few draftof a paper before it'good enough to hand in.don't be afraid to ask questions. don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. i do that everday. asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it'a sign of strength because it showyou have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allowyou 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 staon track to meet your goals.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.the storof america isn't about people who quit when thinggot tough. it'about people who kept going, who tried harder, wholoved their countrtoo much to do anything lesthan their best.it'the storof studentwho sat where you sit 250 yearago, and went on to wage a revolution and thefounded thination. young people. studentwho sat where you sit 75 yearago who overcame a depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rightand put a man on the moon. studentwho sat where you sit 20 yearago who founded google and twitter and facebook and changed the wawe communicate with each other.so today, i want to ask all of you, what'your contribution going to be? what problemare you going to solve? what discoveriewill you make? what will a president who comehere in 20 or 50 or 100 yearsaabout what all of you did for thicountry?now, your families, your teachers, and i are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. i'm working hard to fix up your classroomand get you the bookand the equipment and the computeryou need to learn. but you've got to do your part, too. so i expect all of you to get seriouthiyear. i expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. i expect great thingfrom each of you. so don't let udown. don't let your famildown or your countrdown. most of all, don't let yourself down. make uall proud.thank you vermuch, everybody. god blesyou. god blesamerica. thank you. (applause.)end12:22 p. edt奥巴马开学演讲稿(中文版)大家好!谢谢你们。
奥巴马开学演讲稿
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,2009年9月8日嗨,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。
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。
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。
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?”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,你们应当做些什么。
我做过许多关于教育的讲话,也常常用到“责任”这个词。
我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们,督促你们学习。
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。
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学习机会的现状。
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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿中英对照
奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)按语:同学们,我们为什么要上学?这个问题的答案可能五花八门。
有人说是为了以后更轻松的赚钱,有人说是为了有个更好的将来,有人说是为了摆脱现在的窘境,甚至有人说仅仅是为了将来有个饭碗,有个好家庭。
当然你也可以说是为了报效祖国!但是,我想还是有很多人对这个问题的理解还是很模糊的。
今天,我给大家推荐一个视频,是美国总统奥巴马在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿高中面向全美中小学生发表的电视开学演讲。
他用平实的语言向全美的学生讲述为什么要学习,经济窘迫、家庭问题、情感问题是否能成为与老师辩驳,消极学习的借口?他鼓励学生不畏逆境、发奋学习。
请不要放弃自己,放弃自己的责任!引人深思,看完后,希望能对你有所帮助!Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia韦克菲尔德高中,弗吉尼亚州,阿林顿市,September 8,2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'SSCHOOLCHILDREN(原文题目:总统对学校孩子们的全国讲话)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。
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.)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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿My education My future
My education, My future.——Barack·ObamaI am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.And we've got students turning in from all across American 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.I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, of starting middle or high school, it's you 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 with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you are in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've 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 didn't have the money to send me where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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿myeducationmyfuture
My education, My future.——Barack·ObamaI am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we've got students turning in from all across American from kindergarten through 12th I am just so glad that all could join us I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, of starting middle or high school, it's you 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 with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you are in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American she decided to teach me extra lessons herself,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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿(精选多篇)
奥巴马开学演讲稿(精选多篇)第一篇:奥巴马开学演讲稿奥巴马开学演讲稿.txt——某天你一定会感谢那个遗弃你的人,感谢那个你曾深爱着却置之你不顾的人。
做一个没心没肺的人,比什么都强。
________舍不得又怎样到最后还不是说散就散。
总统:嗨,大家好!谢谢你。
谢谢你。
谢谢你,每一个人。
好吧,每个人都走在前面,有一个座位。
大家都今天要做什么?(喝彩).蒂姆spicer怎么样?(喝彩).我在这里用学生高中胜在阿林顿国家公墓,维吉尼亚。
而且我们有学生在美国所有的调整,从幼儿园到12th品位。
我只是很高兴能加入我们今天所有。
我要感谢长得这么一个优秀的主人。
给你们自己热烈的掌声。
(喝彩).我知道你们中的很多,今天是开学的第一天。
对于那些你在幼儿园,还是开始中学或大学,今天是你第一天在一所新学校,所以它是可以理解的,如果你是一个有些紧张。
我想有一些老年人有心情不错,现在是-(掌声)-只有一年多的时间去。
无论你是几年级,你们中有些人可能希望它还是夏天,你可能已经躺在床上只是一点点时间今天早上。
我知道那种感觉。
当我年轻的时候,我的家人住在国外。
我在印度尼西亚呆过几年。
和我的妈妈,她没钱给我,在那里所有的美国孩子上学了,但是她认为这件事很重要,我赶上美国教育。
所以她决定要教我额外的课程,她从星期一到星期五。
但是因为她不得不去工作,只有一次,她所能做的就是在4:30在早上。
现在,正如你所能想象的,我还不太满意,早期起床。
还有许多的时候,我就会睡着了的权利,有在厨房的桌子旁。
但每当我抱怨,我妈妈会给我那些看起来,她会说,“这可不是闹着玩的,我不是克星。
”(笑声)。
) 所以我知道你们中的一些人还在调整回学校了。
但我今天在这里,因为我有重要的事情要和你商量。
我在这里,因为我想跟你谈谈你的教育,什么是你们所有人的期望在这个新学年。
现在,我已经给了很多关于教育的讲话。
和我谈过很多责任。
我一直在谈论有关教师负责鼓励学生和推动你去学习。
奥巴马开学演讲范文5篇
奥巴马开学演讲范文5篇生命的密度比生命的長度更值得追求。
下面是的小编为你们整理的文章,希望你们能够喜欢奥巴马开学演讲弗吉尼亚州,阿林顿市嗨,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。
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。
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。
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?”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,你们应当做些什么。
我做过许多关于教育的讲话,也常常用到“责任”这个词。
我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们,督促你们学习。
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。
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学习机会的现状。
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。
奥巴马开学演讲稿myeducationmyfuture
My education, My future.——Barack·ObamaI am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we've got students turning in from all across American from kindergarten through 12th I am just so glad that all could join us I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, of starting middle or high school, it's you 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 with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you are in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that I was young, my family lived lived in Indonesia for a few my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American she decided to teach me extra lessons herself,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。
[奥巴马我们为什么要上学]奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?
[奥巴马我们为什么要上学]奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?[奥巴马我们为什么要上学]奥巴马开学演讲稿(中英对照)——我们为什么要上学?篇⼀: 奥巴马开学演讲稿。
刚进学校时,她根本不会说英语,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,取得了优异的成绩,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,他从三岁起就开始与脑癌病魔做⽃争,他熬过了⼀次次治疗与⼿术——其中⼀次影响了他的记忆,因此他得花出⽐常⼈多⼏百个⼩时的时间来完成学业,但他从不曾落下⾃⼰的功课。
这个秋天,他要开始在⼤学读书了。
⼜⽐如在我的家乡,伊利诺斯州芝加哥市,⾝为孤⼉的⾹特尔?史蒂夫换过多次收养家庭,从⼩在治安很差的地区长⼤,但她努⼒争取到了在当地保健站⼯作的机会、发起了⼀个让青少年远离犯罪团伙的项⽬,很快,她也将以优异的成绩从中学毕业,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。
和你们⼀样,他们也在⽣活中遭遇各种各样的困难与问题,但他们拒绝放弃,他们选择为⾃⼰的教育担起责任、给⾃⼰定下奋⽃的⽬标。
我希望你们中的每⼀个⼈,都能做得到这些。
因此,在今天,我号召你们每⼀个⼈都为⾃⼰的教育定下⼀个⽬标——并在之后,尽⾃⼰的⼀切努⼒去实现它。
你的⽬标可以很简单,像是完成作业、认真听讲或每天阅读——或许你打算参加⼀些课外活动,或在社区做些志愿⼯作;或许你决定为那些因为长相或出⾝等等原因⽽受嘲弄或欺负的孩⼦做主、维护他们的权益,因为你和我⼀样,认为每个孩⼦都应该能有⼀个安全的学习环境;或许你认为该学着更好的照顾⾃⼰,来为将来的学习做准备……当然,除此之外,我希望你们都多多洗⼿、感到⾝体不舒服的时候要多在家休息,免得⼤家在秋冬感冒⾼发季节都得流感。
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。
我知道有些时候,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——你会认为只要会唱rap、会打篮球或参加个什么真⼈秀节⽬就能坐享其成,但现实是,你⼏乎没有可能⾛上其中任何⼀条道路。
奥巴马开学演讲稿4篇_演讲稿
奥巴马开学演讲稿4篇以下是xx演讲稿网整理的奥巴马开学中英文演讲稿,供参考! 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, virg inia. 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.) 大家好!谢谢你们。
谢谢你们。
谢谢你们大家。
好,大家请就坐。
你们今天都好吗?(掌声)蒂姆·斯派塞(tim spicer)好吗?(掌声)我现在与弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起。
美国各地从小学预备班到中学XX年级的学生正在收听收看。
我很高兴大家今天都能参与。
我还要感谢韦克菲尔德高中出色的组织安排。
请为你们自己热烈鼓掌。
(掌声)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, 1/ 57so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. iimagine 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 probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道,今天是你们很多人开学的日子。
奥巴马全美学生开学中英文演讲稿(中英文对照)
奥巴马开学中英文演讲稿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 Arli ngton, 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.)大家好!谢谢你们。
谢谢你们。
谢谢你们大家。
好,大家请就坐。
你们今天都好吗?(掌声)蒂姆·斯派塞(Tim Spicer)好吗?(掌声)我现在与弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起。
美国各地从小学预备班到中学12年级的学生正在收听收看。
我很高兴大家今天都能参与。
我还要感谢韦克菲尔德高中出色的组织安排。
请为你们自己热烈鼓掌。
(掌声) 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 probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道,今天是你们很多人开学的日子。
09年奥巴马开学典礼演讲稿
09年奥巴马开学典礼演讲稿篇一:2009年奥巴马全美开学典礼上的讲话奥巴马2009年全美开学典礼上的讲话Obama’s Speech to School Students奥巴马总统在开学日的讲话9月8日是美国中小学统一开学的日子,奥巴马借此机会向全国的中小学生做了一次讲话,以下是白宫网站上预先发布的演讲稿全文的翻译。
奥巴马总统在开学日的讲话弗吉尼亚州,阿林顿市,2009年9月8日嗨,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。
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。
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。
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?”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,你们应当做些什么。
我做过许多关于教育的讲话,也常常用到“责任”这个词。
我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们,督促你们学习。
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。
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学习机会的现状。
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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,2009年9月8日嗨,大家好!您们今天过得怎么样?我现在与弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中得学生们在一起,全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三得众多学生们通过电视关注这里,我很高兴您们能共同分享这一时刻。
我知道,对您们中得许多人来说,今天就是开学得第一天,您们中得有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中,对您们来说,这就是在新学校得第一天,因此,假如您们感到有些紧张,那也就是很正常得。
我想也会有许多毕业班得学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年得冲刺。
不过,我想无论您有多大、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。
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她美国孩子们上学得地方去读书,因此她决定自己给我上课——时间就是每周一到周五得凌晨4点半。
显然,我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来,很多时候,我就这么在厨房得桌子前睡着了。
每当我埋怨得时候,我妈总会用同一副表情瞧着我说:“小鬼,您以为教您我就很轻松?”所以,我可以理解您们中得许多人对于开学还需要时间来调整与适应,但今天我站在这里,就是为了与您们谈一些重要得事情。
我要与您们谈一谈您们每个人得教育,以及在新得学年里,您们应当做些什么。
我做过许多关于教育得讲话,也常常用到“责任”这个词。
我谈到过教师们有责任激励与启迪您们,督促您们学习。
我谈到过家长们有责任瞧管您们认真学习、完成作业,不要成天只会瞧电视或打游戏机。
我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准严要求、协助老师与校长们得工作,改变在有些学校里学生得不到应有得学习机会得现状。
但哪怕这一切都达到最好,哪怕我们有最尽职得教师、最好得家长、与最优秀得学校,假如您们不去履行自己得责任得话,那么这一切努力都会白费。
——除非您每天准时去上学、除非您认真地听老师讲课、除非您把父母、长辈与其她大人们说得话放在心上、除非您肯付出成功所必需得努力,否则这一切都会失去意义。
而这就就是我今天讲话得主题:对于自己得教育,您们中每一个人得责任。
首先,我想谈谈您们对于自己有什么责任。
您们中得每一个人都会有自己擅长得东西,每一个人都就是有用之材,而发现自己得才能就是什么,就就是您们要对自己担起得责任。
教育给您们提供了发现自己才能得机会。
或许您能写出优美得文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍与报刊上——但假如不在英语课上经常练习写作,您不会发现自己有这样得天赋;或许您能成为一个发明家、创造家——甚至设计出像今天得iPhone一样流行得产品,或研制出新得药物与疫苗——但假如不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验,您不会知道自己有这样得天赋;或许您能成为一名议员或最高法院法官,但假如您不去加入什么学生会或参加几次辩论赛,您也不会发现自己得才能。
而且,我可以向您保证,不管您将来想要做什么,您都需要相应得教育。
——您想当名医生、当名教师或当名警官?您想成为护士、成为建筑设计师、律师或军人?无论您选择哪一种职业,良好得教育都必不可少,这世上不存在不把书念完就能拿到好工作得美梦,任何工作,都需要您得汗水、训练与学习。
不仅仅对于您们个人得未来有重要意义,您们得教育如何也会对这个国家、乃至世界得未来产生重要影响。
今天您们在学校中学习得内容,将会决定我们整个国家在未来迎接重大挑战时得表现。
您们需要在数理科学课程上学习得知识与技能,去治疗癌症、艾滋那样得疾病,与解决我们面临得能源问题与环境问题;您们需要在历史社科课程上培养出得观察力与判断力,来减轻与消除无家可归与贫困、犯罪问题与各种歧视,让这个国家变得更加公平与自由;您们需要在各类课程中逐渐累积与发展出来得创新意识与思维,去创业与建立新得公司与企业,来制造就业机会与推动经济得增长。
我们需要您们中得每一个人都培养与发展自己得天赋、技能与才智,来解决我们所面对得最困难得问题。
假如您不这么做——假如您放弃学习——那么您不仅就是放弃了自己,也就是放弃了您得国家。
当然,我明白,读好书并不总就是件容易得事。
我知道您们中得许多人在生活中面临着各种各样得问题,很难把精力集中在专心读书之上。
我知道您们得感受。
我父亲在我两岁时就离开了家庭,就是母亲一人将我们拉扯大,有时她付不起帐单,有时我们得不到其她孩子们都有得东西,有时我会想,假如父亲在该多好,有时我会感到孤独无助,与周围得环境格格不入。
因此我并不总就是能专心学习,我做过许多自己觉得丢脸得事情,也惹出过许多不该惹得麻烦,我得生活岌岌可危,随时可能急转直下。
但我很幸运。
我在许多事上都得到了重来得机会,我得到了去大学读法学院、实现自己梦想得机会。
我得妻子——现在得叫她第一夫人米歇尔?奥巴马了——也有着相似得人生故事,她得父母都没读过大学,也没有什么财产,但她们与她都辛勤工作,好让她有机会去这个国家最优秀得学校读书。
您们中有些人可能没有这些有利条件,或许您得生活中没有能为您提供帮助与支持得长辈,或许您得某个家长没有工作、经济拮据,或许您住得社区不那么安全,或许您认识一些会对您产生不良影响得朋友,等等。
但归根结底,您得生活状况——您得长相、出身、经济条件、家庭氛围——都不就是疏忽学业与态度恶劣得借口,这些不就是您去跟老师顶嘴、逃课、或就是辍学得借口,这些不就是您不好好读书得借口。
您得未来,并不取决于您现在得生活有多好或多坏。
没有人为您编排好您得命运,在美国,您得命运由您自己书写,您得未来由您自己掌握。
而在这片土地上得每个地方,千千万万与您一样得年轻人正就是这样在书写着自己得命运。
例如德克萨斯州罗马市得贾斯敏?佩雷兹(Jazmin Perez)。
刚进学校时,她根本不会说英语,她住得地方几乎没人上过大学,她得父母也没有受过高等教育,但她努力学习,取得了优异得成绩,靠奖学金进入了布朗大学,如今正在攻读公共卫生专业得博士学位。
我还想起了加利福尼亚州洛斯拉图斯市得安多尼?舒尔兹(Andoni Schultz),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——其中一次影响了她得记忆,因此她得花出比常人多几百个小时得时间来完成学业,但她从不曾落下自己得功课。
这个秋天,她要开始在大学读书了。
又比如在我得家乡,伊利诺斯州芝加哥市,身为孤儿得香特尔?史蒂夫(Shantell Steve)换过多次收养家庭,从小在治安很差得地区长大,但她努力争取到了在当地保健站工作得机会、发起了一个让青少年远离犯罪团伙得项目,很快,她也将以优异得成绩从中学毕业,去大学深造。
贾斯敏、安多尼与香特尔与您们并没有什么不同。
与您们一样,她们也在生活中遭遇各种各样得困难与问题,但她们拒绝放弃,她们选择为自己得教育担起责任、给自己定下奋斗得目标。
我希望您们中得每一个人,都能做得到这些。
因此,在今天,我号召您们每一个人都为自己得教育定下一个目标——并在之后,尽自己得一切努力去实现它。
您得目标可以很简单,像就是完成作业、认真听讲或每天阅读——或许您打算参加一些课外活动,或在社区做些志愿工作;或许您决定为那些因为长相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺负得孩子做主、维护她们得权益,因为您与我一样,认为每个孩子都应该能有一个安全得学习环境;或许您认为该学着更好得照顾自己,来为将来得学习做准备……当然,除此之外,我希望您们都多多洗手、感到身体不舒服得时候要多在家休息,免得大家在秋冬感冒高发季节都得流感。
不管您决定做什么,我都希望您能坚持到底,希望您能真得下定决心。
我知道有些时候,电视上播放得节目会让您产生这样那样得错觉,似乎您不需要付出多大得努力就能腰缠万贯、功成名就——您会认为只要会唱rap、会打篮球或参加个什么真人秀节目就能坐享其成,但现实就是,您几乎没有可能走上其中任何一条道路。
因为,成功就是件难事。
您不可能对要读得每门课程都兴趣盎然,您不可能与每名带课教师都相处顺利,您也不可能每次都遇上瞧起来与现实生活有关得作业。
而且,并不就是每件事,您都能在头一次尝试时获得成功。
但那没有关系。
因为在这个世界上,最最成功得人们往往也经历过最多得失败。
J、K、罗琳得第一本《哈利·波特》被出版商拒绝了十二次才最终出版;迈克尔·乔丹上高中时被学校得篮球队刷了下来,在她得职业生涯里,她输了几百场比赛、投失过几千次射篮,知道她就是怎么说得吗?“我一生不停地失败、失败再失败,这就就是我现在成功得原因。
”她们得成功,源于她们明白人不能让失败左右自己——而就是要从中吸取经验。
从失败中,您可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎样得改变;假如您惹了什么麻烦,那并不说明您就就是个捣蛋贵,而就是在提醒您,在将来要对自己有更严格得要求;假如您考了个低分,那并不说明您就比别人笨,而就是在告诉您,自己得在学习上花更多得时间。
没有哪一个人一生出来就擅长做什么事情得,只有努力才能培养出技能。
任何人都不就是在第一次接触一项体育运动时就成为校队得代表,任何人都不就是在第一次唱一首歌时就找准每一个音,一切都需要熟能生巧。
对于学业也就是一样,您或许要反复运算才能解出一道数学题得正确答案,您或许需要读一段文字好几遍才能理解它得意思,您或许得把论文改上好几次才能符合提交得标准。
这都就是很正常得。
不要害怕提问。
不要不敢向她人求助。
——我每天都在这么做。
求助并不就是软弱得表现,恰恰相反,它说明您有勇气承认自己得不足、并愿意去学习新得知识。
所以,有不懂时,就向大人们求助吧——找个您信得过得对象,例如父母、长辈、老师、教练或辅导员——让她们帮助您向目标前进。
您要记住,哪怕您表现不好、哪怕您失去信心、哪怕您觉得身边得人都已经放弃了您——永远不要自己放弃自己。
因为当您放弃自己得时候,您也放弃了自己得国家。
美国不就是一个人们遭遇困难就轻易放弃得国度,在这个国家,人们坚持到底、人们加倍努力,为了她们所热爱得国度,每一个人都尽着自己最大得努力,不会给自己留任何余地。
250年前,有一群与您们一样得学生,她们之后奋起努力、用一场革命最终造就了这个国家;75年前,有一群与您们一样得学生,她们之后战胜了大萧条、赢得了二战;就在20年前,与您们一样得学生们,她们后来创立了Google、Twitter与Facebook,改变了我们人与人之间沟通得方式。
因此,今天我想要问您们,您们会做出什么样得贡献?您们将解决什么样得难题?您们能发现什么样得事物?二十、五十或百年之后,假如那时得美国总统也来做一次开学演讲得话,她会怎样描述您们对这个国家所做得一切?您们得家长、您们得老师与我,每一个人都在尽最大得努力,确保您们都能得到应有得教育来回答这些问题。
例如我正在努力为您们提供更安全得教室、更多得书籍、更先进得设施与计算机。
但您们也要担起自己得责任。
因此我要求您们在今年能够认真起来,我要求您们尽心地去做自己着手得每一件事,我要求您们每一个人都有所成就。