09年奥巴马开学演讲中英文对照.docx

1、09年奥巴马开学演讲中英文对照9月8日是美国大部分 公立中学的新学年开学第 一天，这一天美国总统奥巴 马弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的 Wakefield High School 中 学给全国中学生上了新学 年第一课：MY EDUCATION, MY FUTURE。奥巴马总统向学 生们传达的信息很简单：努 力学习、专心听讲、珍惜学 习的机会。但这个演讲也遭 到很多家长的抵制。巴拉克？奥巴马总统在 重返学校活动中的预稿 弗吉尼亚阿灵顿2009年9月8日星期二总统：大家好，大家今 天都好吗？我现在是和弗 吉尼亚州韦柯菲尔德高中 的学生在一起。全国各地的 学生，从幼儿园到12年级, 也都在收听。我很高兴你们 大

2、家今天都参与了进来。我知道对你们中的很 多人来说，今天是开学第一 天。而对于那些在幼儿园或 是刚刚开始初中或高中生 涯的你来说，今天还是你们 在新学校的第一天，所以你 们难免会有一点紧，这是很 可以理解的。我还想象着今 天会有一些高年级学生这 会儿可能感觉挺不错的，因 为还有一年就可以毕业了。 不管现在你们上几年级了， 有些人可能希望现在还是IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TOAMERICAS SCHOOLCHILDRENWakefield High SchoolArli ngto n, Virgi nia12:06 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Hello, ev

3、erybody! 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 stude nts at Wakefield High School in Arli ngton, Virginia. And weve got stude nts tuning n from all across A

4、merica, from kin dergarte n through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to tha nk Wakefield for being such an outsta nding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)I know that for many of you, today s the first day of school. And for those of y

5、ou in kin dergarte n, or start ing middle or high school, its your first day n a new school, so its un dersta ndable if youre a little n ervous. I imag ine 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

6、re in, some of you are probably wishi ng it were still summer and you couldve stayed in bed just a little bit Ion ger this morni ng.I know that feeli ng. Whe n I wasyoung, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she did nt have the money to send me where all th

7、e American kids went to school, but she thought it was mporta nt for me to keep up with an American educati on. So she decided to teach me extra less ons herself, Mon day 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 ima

8、g in e, I wasnt too happy about gett ing up that early. And a lot of times, Id fall asleep right there at the kitche n table. But when ever rd compla in, my mother would just give me one of those looks and shed say, This is no pic nic for me either, buster. (Laughter.)So I know that some of you are

9、still adjust ing to being back at school. But rm here today because I have somethi ng importa nt to discuss with you. Im here because I want to talk with you about your educati on and whats expected of all of you in this new school year.Now, Ive give n a lot of speeches about educati on. And rve tal

10、ked about resp on sibility a lot.rve talked about teachersresp on sibility for in spiri ng stude nts and push ing you to lear n.夏天，今天早上可能还会有 点不想起床。我完全理解这种感觉。 在我小的时候，我们家在印 度尼西亚生活过几年。那时 候我妈妈没有足够的钱送 我去全是美国孩子念书的 学校。所以她决定自己给我 额外补一些课，开始于周一 到周五的每天早上4:30。起这么早我可是不怎 么有愉快的心情。很多次， 我就趴在厨房的桌子上睡 着了。但是每一次我要抱怨 的时候，我

11、妈妈就会那样看 着我说：“这对我来说也不 是什么享受，小家伙。”所以我知道你们中有 一些人还在调整自己重返 学校。但是我今天在这里的 原因是有一些重要的事情 想和你们商讨。我在这里是 因为想和你们谈谈你们的 学习，在新学年里对大家的 期望。关于教育我做了很多 次演讲了。而且有关责任我 也谈了很多。我已经谈过了你们的教师 启发你们，推动你们学习的rve talked about your pare nts resp on sibility for maki ng sure you stay on track, and you get your homeworkdone, and dont spe

12、 nd every wak ing hour in front of the TV or with theXbox.我讲过了你们的父母让你 们坚持学习，做家庭作业， 不要整天看电视，玩 Xbox 的责任。rve talked a lot about your governmen ts resp on sibility for sett ing high sta ndards, and support ing teachers and prin cipals, and tur ning around schools that arent work ing, where stude nts are

13、nt gett ing the opport un ities that they deserve.But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive pare nts, the best schools in the world - and none of it will make a differe nee, none of it will matter uni ess all of you fulfill your resp on sibilities, uni e

14、ss you show up to those schools, uni ess you pay atte nti on to those teachers, uni ess you liste n to your pare nts and gran dpare nts and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.Thats what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your educati on.I want to

15、start with the resp on sibility you have to yourself. Every sin gle one of you has somethi ng that youre good at. Every sin gle one of you has someth ing to offer. And you have a resp on sibility to yourself to discover what that is. Thats the opport un ity an educati on can provide.我讲了很多政府制定高标 准，支持

16、教师和校长，改善 那些运转不良以至于学生 得不到应有机会的那些学 校的责任。但是最后，我们可以有 最专注的教师，最支持的父 母，以及世界上最好的学 校，而只有当你们都履行了 你们的责任时，这些因素才 能发挥作用。只有你们到学 校来上课，注意听老师讲 课，听父母，祖父母以及其 他大人的话，努力学习，才 能成功。这就是今天我想重点讲的 主题：你们每一个人对你们 的教育所负有的责任。我想先讲讲你们对自己的 责任。你们每一个人都有自 己的擅长。你们每一个人都 可以贡献一些东西。你们有 责任自己发现这些究竟是 什么。这是教育可以提供的 机会。Maybe you could be a great writer -maybe eve n good eno ugh to write a book or articles in a n ewspaper - but you might not kn