奥巴马精彩演讲

1、美国总统奥巴演讲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.谢谢！你们好！(掌声。)谢谢。谢谢。你好，费城！(掌声。)你好，马斯特曼。见到 你们真是太好了。Kelly的介绍真是太棒了。让我们对Kelly报以热烈的掌声。在后台的 时候我说，我上高中的时候我就做不这么好，我可能会弄的一团糟。所

3、以让我们为你和 你做的一切自豪吧。站在这里我很激动。kelly在奥巴马总统演讲前，一名叫Kelly的学生做了演讲。backstage氏后台muff 笨拙地处理，将事情弄糟thrilled a.激动的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.)我想介绍几个人。首先，来到这儿的有，杰出的宾夕法尼亚州州长，Ed Rendello (掌声。)费城市长，Michael Nutter。国会议员 Fattah 和 Allyson Schwartz(掌声)。你们的校长Marge Neff(掌声)。学校管理人Arlene Ackerman是这个学校的，并 且为学校做了很大的贡献。(掌声)。还有教育部秘书长Arne Duncan。(掌声)outstanding a.杰出的Congressman n.国会议员 principal n.校长 superintendent n.院长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.还有我。(掌声)，我感到非常的激动。我耳闻了你们做的那些伟大的事，这里面 有在校的学生，老师和工作人员。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.今天欢迎你们，欢迎每一个美国学生回校上课，当然你们在学校已经呆了一段 时间了。我想不出除了在Masterman夕卜，还有哪个地方更适合做这件事。(掌声) 因为你们是费城最好的学校之一。你们在教育方面是领头军。就在上周，由于你 们的卓越贡献，被授为国家蓝丝带勋章。这是对每个人的见证，对学生，家长， 老师还有学校领导人。我希望全美的社会团体都能欣然接受这个杰出代表的例子。embrace vt,拥抱；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.几周前，我和Michelle为Sasha和Malia上学的事做准备。她们两个对这非常的 期待。我敢打赌她们和你们一样，有着相同的感觉。你们为夏天的逝去而神伤， 但是你们更应该期待新的一年。如你们可以结交新的朋友，加深同老朋友的感情， 加入学校俱乐部，参加各种团队的选拔赛。成长为一个更优秀的学生和个人，不 仅仅让你的家人自豪，

12、同样让你们自己也很有成就感。build friendships 结交新朋友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，你们中有些人在新学年会有些紧张。或许你刚从小学升到初中，从初 中升到高中，会担心，新的学年将会是什么样的呢。也许你进入一所新

14、的学校， 不知道是否会喜欢这个学校，想着怎么来融入这个学校。或许你到了高三年级， 对整个的大学入学程序感到不安，比如申请那里的学校，能不能支付上大学的费 用等等。elementary school n.小学figure out想明白，弄清楚fit in融入，适应afford to do承担得起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，我知道你们还有来自困难时期的压力。你们知道新闻内容，知道你们 一些家庭中发发生的事情。你们读过有关阿富汗战争的

16、信息，听说过我们经历过 的经济不景气。有时你们还看到了双亲脸上挂着的忧虑，或从他们的声音中感受 到了这些。strain氏压力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，因为我们国家面临困难时期，你们许多人的行为看上去比实际年龄要大。 姐姐哥哥在海外工作，你们会表现得坚强，或许妈妈去值第二班，你们就要照顾 年幼的弟弟妹妹。或许你们有些人年长一点的，父亲失了业，你们还要做兼职。as a consequence

18、结果，所以tough time困难时期【tough a.艰难的】sibling n.兄弟姐妹，同胞shift n.轮班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，很多是你们不应该做的。这让你们迷茫，不知道自己的未来 会是什么样，在学校能不能取得好成绩，是不是应该把目光降低些，把理想放低 些。handle v.处理，应对 scale back 缩减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，我来到马斯特曼，告诉你们一句话。我想这句话你们的校长、院长、父母 以及老师都曾告诉过你们，那就是，没有人，只有你才能书写你自己的命运。未 来在你自己手中，生活由自己缔造。只要志向远大，并努力为之奋斗，没有什么 是不能得到的。只要你专注于学业，没有什么事不能实现的。我确信。destiny n.命运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.)最后这一点，在学校努力奋斗是必要的。因为教育从未像现在这样重要。我确信，几个月后会有一段时间，你们会完善熬夜写作业，为考 试临时抱佛脚，或者在一个雨天的早晨把自己从被窝里拖出来，想，哦天，怎么 不是下雪天、absolutely ad.绝对地cram v.临时抱佛脚；吃得过饱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.但是让我告诉你，你所做的一切都是值得的。你们现在要做的事情无比重要。没 有什么比你的受教育程度以及你在学校的所做之事更能决定你的成功。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.能否能抓住机遇，越来越取决于你们在学校的努力。你们在学校的表现越好， 生活中就能走得越远。当今，其他国家正与我们竞争，而且比以往任何时候都激 烈。在中国北京或者印度邦加罗尔的学生比以前更加努力，而且比以前表现更好。 你们在学校的成功并不只决定了自己一人的成功，还决定了美国在21世界是否 能够成功。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