奧巴馬精彩演講

1、美國總統(tǒng)奧巴演講Thank you! Hello! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Well, hello, Philadelphia! (Applause.) And hello, Masterman. It is wonderful to see all of you. What a terrific introduction by Kelly. Give Kelly a big round of applause. (Applause.) I was saying backstage that when I was in high school, I

2、could not have done that. (Laughter.) I would have muffed it up somehow. So we are so proud of you and everything that youve done. And to all the students here, I m thrilled to be here.謝謝！你們好！(掌聲。)謝謝。謝謝。你好，費(fèi)城！(掌聲。)你好，馬斯特曼。見到 你們真是太好了。Kelly的介紹真是太棒了。讓我們對(duì)Kelly報(bào)以熱烈的掌聲。在后臺(tái)的 時(shí)候我說，我上高中的時(shí)候我就做不這么好，我可能會(huì)弄的一團(tuán)糟。所

3、以讓我們?yōu)槟愫?你做的一切自豪吧。站在這里我很激動(dòng)。kelly在奧巴馬總統(tǒng)演講前，一名叫Kelly的學(xué)生做了演講。backstage氏后臺(tái)muff 笨拙地處理，將事情弄糟thrilled a.激動(dòng)的Weve got a couple introductions I want to make. First of all, youve got the outstanding governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, in the house. (Applause.) The mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, is her

4、e. (Applause.) Congressman Chaka Fattah is here. (Applause.) Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz is here. (Applause.) Your own principal, Marge Neff, is here. (Applause.) The school superintendent, Arlene Ackerman, is here and doing a great job. (Applause.) And the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is

5、 here. (Applause.)我想介紹幾個(gè)人。首先，來到這兒的有，杰出的賓夕法尼亞州州長，Ed Rendello (掌聲。)費(fèi)城市長，Michael Nutter。國會(huì)議員 Fattah 和 Allyson Schwartz(掌聲)。你們的校長Marge Neff(掌聲)。學(xué)校管理人Arlene Ackerman是這個(gè)學(xué)校的，并 且為學(xué)校做了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。(掌聲)。還有教育部秘書長Arne Duncan。(掌聲)outstanding a.杰出的Congressman n.國會(huì)議員 principal n.校長 superintendent n.院長And I am here. (Appl

6、ause.) And I am thrilled to be here. I am just so excited. I ve heard such great things about what all of you are doing, both the students and the teachers and the staff here.還有我。(掌聲)，我感到非常的激動(dòng)。我耳聞了你們做的那些偉大的事，這里面 有在校的學(xué)生，老師和工作人員。Today is about welcoming all of you, and all of Americas students, back t

7、o school, even though I know youve been in school for a little bit now. And I cant think of a better place to do it than at Masterman. (Applause.) Because you are one of the best schools in Philadelphia. You are a leader in helping students succeed in the classroom. Just last week, you were recogniz

8、ed by a National Blue Ribbon -as a National Blue Ribbon School because of your record of achievement. And that is a testament to everybody here - - to the students, to the parents, to the teachers, to the school leaders. It s an example of excellence that I hope communities across America can embrac

9、e.今天歡迎你們，歡迎每一個(gè)美國學(xué)生回校上課，當(dāng)然你們?cè)趯W(xué)校已經(jīng)呆了一段 時(shí)間了。我想不出除了在Masterman夕卜，還有哪個(gè)地方更適合做這件事。(掌聲) 因?yàn)槟銈兪琴M(fèi)城最好的學(xué)校之一。你們?cè)诮逃矫媸穷I(lǐng)頭軍。就在上周，由于你 們的卓越貢獻(xiàn)，被授為國家藍(lán)絲帶勛章。這是對(duì)每個(gè)人的見證，對(duì)學(xué)生，家長， 老師還有學(xué)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。我希望全美的社會(huì)團(tuán)體都能欣然接受這個(gè)杰出代表的例子。embrace vt,擁抱；接受Over the past few weeks, Michelle and I have been getting Sasha and Malia ready for school. And t

10、heyre excited about it. Ill bet they had the same feelings that you do - youre a little sad to see the summer go, but youre also excited about the possibilities of a new year. The possibilities of building new friendships and strengthening old ones, of joining a school club, or trying out for a team

11、. The possibilities of growing into a better student and a better person and making not just your family proud but making yourself proud.幾周前，我和Michelle為Sasha和Malia上學(xué)的事做準(zhǔn)備。她們兩個(gè)對(duì)這非常的 期待。我敢打賭她們和你們一樣，有著相同的感覺。你們?yōu)橄奶斓氖湃ザ駛?但是你們更應(yīng)該期待新的一年。如你們可以結(jié)交新的朋友，加深同老朋友的感情， 加入學(xué)校俱樂部，參加各種團(tuán)隊(duì)的選拔賽。成長為一個(gè)更優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生和個(gè)人，不 僅僅讓你的家人自豪，

12、同樣讓你們自己也很有成就感。build friendships 結(jié)交新朋友But I know some of you may also be a little nervous about starting a new school year. Maybe youre making the jump from elementary to middle school, or from middle school to high school, and youre worried about what thafs going to be like. Maybe youre starting a n

13、ew school. Youre not sure how youll like it, trying to figure out how youre going to fit in. Or maybe youre a senior, and youre anxious about the whole college process; about where to apply and whether you can afford to go to college.我知道，你們中有些人在新學(xué)年會(huì)有些緊張?；蛟S你剛從小學(xué)升到初中，從初 中升到高中，會(huì)擔(dān)心，新的學(xué)年將會(huì)是什么樣的呢。也許你進(jìn)入一所新

14、的學(xué)校， 不知道是否會(huì)喜歡這個(gè)學(xué)校，想著怎么來融入這個(gè)學(xué)校。或許你到了高三年級(jí)， 對(duì)整個(gè)的大學(xué)入學(xué)程序感到不安，比如申請(qǐng)那里的學(xué)校，能不能支付上大學(xué)的費(fèi) 用等等。elementary school n.小學(xué)figure out想明白，弄清楚fit in融入，適應(yīng)afford to do承擔(dān)得起And beyond all those concerns, I know a lot of you are also feeling the strain of some difficult times. You know whats going on in the news and you also

15、know whats going on in some of your own families. Youve read about the war in Afghanistan. You hear about the recession that we ve been through. And sometimes maybe you re seeing the worries in your parents faces or sense it in their voice.除此之外，我知道你們還有來自困難時(shí)期的壓力。你們知道新聞內(nèi)容，知道你們 一些家庭中發(fā)發(fā)生的事情。你們讀過有關(guān)阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭的

16、信息，聽說過我們經(jīng)歷過 的經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣。有時(shí)你們還看到了雙親臉上掛著的憂慮，或從他們的聲音中感受 到了這些。strain氏壓力So a lot of you as a consequence, because were going through a tough time a country, are having to act a lot older than you are. You got to be strong for your family while your brother or sister is serving overseas, or youve got to look a

17、fter younger siblings while your mom is working that second shift. Or maybe some of you who are little bit older, you re taking on a part-time job while your dad s out of work.所以，因?yàn)槲覀儑颐媾R困難時(shí)期，你們?cè)S多人的行為看上去比實(shí)際年齡要大。 姐姐哥哥在海外工作，你們會(huì)表現(xiàn)得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，或許媽媽去值第二班，你們就要照顧 年幼的弟弟妹妹?；蛟S你們有些人年長一點(diǎn)的，父親失了業(yè)，你們還要做兼職。as a consequence

18、結(jié)果，所以tough time困難時(shí)期【tough a.艱難的】sibling n.兄弟姐妹，同胞shift n.輪班And thafs a lot to handle. Its more than you should have to handle. And it may make you wonder at times what your own future will look like, whether youre going to be able to succeed in school, whether you should maybe set your sights a litt

19、le lower, scale back your dreams.有太多事情要做了，很多是你們不應(yīng)該做的。這讓你們迷茫，不知道自己的未來 會(huì)是什么樣，在學(xué)校能不能取得好成績，是不是應(yīng)該把目光降低些，把理想放低 些。handle v.處理，應(yīng)對(duì) scale back 縮減But I came to Masterman to tell all of you what I think youre hearing from your principal and your superintendent, and from your parents and your teachers: Nobody ge

20、ts to write your destiny but you. Your future is in your hands. Your life is what you make of it. And nothing - absolutely nothing - is beyond your reach, so long as youre willing to dream big, so long as youre willing to work hard. So long as youre willing to stay focused on your education, there i

21、s not a single thing that any of you cannot accomplish, not a single thing. I believe that.但是，我來到馬斯特曼，告訴你們一句話。我想這句話你們的校長、院長、父母 以及老師都曾告訴過你們，那就是，沒有人，只有你才能書寫你自己的命運(yùn)。未 來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。只要志向遠(yuǎn)大，并努力為之奮斗，沒有什么 是不能得到的。只要你專注于學(xué)業(yè)，沒有什么事不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。我確信。destiny n.命運(yùn)accomplish v.完成And that last part is absolutely essential,

22、 that part about really working hard in school, because an education has never been more important than it is today. Im sure there are going to be times in the months ahead when youre staying up late doing your homework or cramming for a test, or you re dragging yourself out of bed on a rainy mornin

23、g and you re thinking, oh, boy, I wish maybe it was a snow day. (Laughter.)最后這一點(diǎn)，在學(xué)校努力奮斗是必要的。因?yàn)榻逃龔奈聪瘳F(xiàn)在這樣重要。我確信，幾個(gè)月后會(huì)有一段時(shí)間，你們會(huì)完善熬夜寫作業(yè)，為考 試臨時(shí)抱佛腳，或者在一個(gè)雨天的早晨把自己從被窩里拖出來，想，哦天，怎么 不是下雪天、absolutely ad.絕對(duì)地cram v.臨時(shí)抱佛腳；吃得過飽But let me tell you, what you re doing is worth it. There is nothing more important than

24、 what you re doing right now. Nothing is going to have as great an impact on your success in life as your education, how youre doing in school.但是讓我告訴你，你所做的一切都是值得的。你們現(xiàn)在要做的事情無比重要。沒 有什么比你的受教育程度以及你在學(xué)校的所做之事更能決定你的成功。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you are going to be determined

25、by how far you go in school. The farther you go in school, the farther youre going to go in life. And at a time when other countries are competing with us like never before, when students around the world in Beijing, China, or Bangalore, India, are working harder than ever, and doing better than eve

26、r, your success in school is not just going to determine your success, its going to determine Americas success in the 21st century.能否能抓住機(jī)遇，越來越取決于你們?cè)趯W(xué)校的努力。你們?cè)趯W(xué)校的表現(xiàn)越好， 生活中就能走得越遠(yuǎn)。當(dāng)今，其他國家正與我們競爭，而且比以往任何時(shí)候都激 烈。在中國北京或者印度邦加羅爾的學(xué)生比以前更加努力，而且比以前表現(xiàn)更好。 你們?cè)趯W(xué)校的成功并不只決定了自己一人的成功，還決定了美國在21世界是否 能夠成功。So youve got an obligation to yourselves, and America has an obligation to you, to make sure youre getting the best education possible. And making sure you get that kind of education is going to take all of us working hard and all of us wor