业精于勤荒于嬉，行成于思毁于随。为了让此次演讲满足他人的期待，我们需要开始准备好合适自己的演讲稿了。熟练的演讲者习惯现场发挥一些想法。那么怎样的演讲稿才算得上是优秀呢？经过搜索和整理，小编为大家呈上奥巴马演讲稿，欢迎你的品鉴！

奥巴马演讲稿 篇1

　　很高兴回家，回到芝加哥!回家真好!

　　正如你们所见，我现在是个跛脚鸭总统，因为没有人再听从我的指示，正如现场大家每个人都有个座位。

　　我和米歇尔对于近几周我们收到来自各方的祝福表示十分的感动。今晚，我该向大家说句谢谢了!也许我们为曾见面，也许我们意见不合，但谢谢美国人民对我的真诚。是你们让我成为了一位美国总统，是你们让我成为一个更棒的人。

　　我二十多岁的时候来到芝加哥，那个时候我还在探求我是谁，人生的意义是什么。那个时候我工作的地方就离现在这里不远，也正是在这几条街道上我意识到了信念的力量和面临磨难的尊严。在这里，我知道，只有普通人真正融入、团结在一起，我们才可以做出改变。即使在我作为总统的这八年中，我依然坚信。

　　这不仅只是我的信仰，也是全体美国人的心声。美国的与众不同是我们能变得更好的能力。

　　权力从一个自由选举的总统向下一任转移的过程是平稳有序的，这是非常重要的。我曾向特朗普承诺，我的政治团队将确保此次换届过程非常平稳，就像当初布什总统把权力交接给我一样。因为，我们每个人首先要保证美国政府未来有能力解决我们现在仍然面临的问题。

　　在美国历史中，曾经有过几次内部团结被破坏的时候。本世纪初，就是美国社会团结遭到威胁的一个时期。世界各国联系更加紧密，但是社会不平等问题更加突出，恐怖主义的威胁也更加严重。这些因素不仅仅会考验美国的安全和法弄，也对美国的民众体制产生威胁。未来，我们如何迎接这些民主挑战将关系到我们是否能正确教育下一代、继续创造就业岗位并保护美国的国土安全。

奥巴马演讲稿 篇2

　　奥巴马20xx年庆祝独立日演讲稿

　　Hi everybody, and Happy Fourth of July weekend. On Monday, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and I will celebrate the Fourth like most of you in the backyard. Well hang out with family and friends, throw some burgers and dogs on the grill, and watch the fireworks show.

　　Of course, were fortunate enough to have the South Lawn as our backyard. So were also going to fill it with hundreds of our troops, our veterans, and their families. Over the past seven and a half years, its become one of my favorite traditions. We get to celebrate our freedoms while doing what we can to honor all those who serve and sacrifice to make that freedom possible.

　　And I know that honoring our service members, our veterans, and their families is something that so many Americans try to do every day, without fanfare, or expectation of anything in return.

　　For the past five years, Michelle and Dr. Jill Biden have tried to follow the example of so many of those Americans with their Joining Forces initiative. Theyve rallied businesses to hire more than 1.2 million veterans and military spouses, and helped reduce veteran homelessness. And just this week, Michelle and Jill announced a breakthrough on a concern theyve heard again and again from the military spouses they spend so much time with and thats the issue of professional licensing.

　　This is something that most Americans arent familiar with. But for military families, its a big challenge. Heres why. Our troops are often transferred from base to base. Its part of the job. And because their families serve with them, that means their spouses move ten times more often than the rest of us. Ten times more often. Thats tough on a career. And more than one in three of these spouses works in a profession that requires a professional license or certification. Nurses. Childcare providers. Accountants. Social workers. And lots of other jobs.

　　And until recently, when these spouses were asked to move across state lines, they often needed to re-certify for a job theyre already qualified for. A nurse with years of experience might have to take entry-level classes, or pay a fee, or wait months for paperwork to be processed before he or she could get back to work on the job they love and that lets them support their families.

　　It didnt make any sense. So we changed it. When Michelle and Jill took up this cause five years ago, only three states had taken action on military spouse licensing. But they rallied governors and state legislatures to action. And this week, we reached a milestone. Today, all fifty states have acted to streamline many of these licensing issues. This is a big step forward, but were not done yet. Were going to keep working with states to make licensing simpler for more jobs and reach more qualified workers. But we can finally say to so many of our military families when you move, youll no longer be forced to put the career you love on hold just because you and your families have chosen to serve this country.

　　Thats what this is about serving our men and women in uniform as well as they have served us. But you dont have to be a governor or a First Lady to make a difference. So this holiday weekend, take a look at JoiningForces.gov to find out how you can serve the troops, veterans, and military families in your community.

　　And to all our brave men and women in uniform you represent the best of who we are as a nation. On this day and every day, we thank you.

　　Thanks everybody. Have a great Fourth of July.

　　奥巴马20xx年庆祝独立日演讲稿

　　Hi, everybody. I hope youre all having a great Fourth of July weekend.

　　大家好!我衷心祝愿大家度过一个愉快的独立日。

　　I want to begin today by saying a special word to the U.S. Mens Soccer Team, who represented America so well the past few weeks. We are so proud of you. Youve got a lot of new believers. And I know theres actually a petition on the White House website to make Tim Howard the next Secretary of Defense. Chuck Hagels got that spot right now, but if there is a vacancy, Ill think about it.

　　我今天的讲话想以对美国男足的特别祝福开场，他们在过去的几个星期里代表美国参赛。我们为你们感到自豪。你们的表现得到了大量新的拥趸。我知道白宫网站上有一封推荐蒂姆霍华德出任下一任国防部长的请愿书。现在这一职位由查克哈格尔担任，如果将来有空缺了，我会考虑的。

　　It was 238 years ago that our founders came together in Philadelphia to launch our American experiment. There were farmers and businessmen, doctors and lawyers, ministers and a kite-flying scientist.

　　238年前，我们的建国者们齐聚费城，开始创建美国的历程。他们当中有农民和商人，有医生和律师，也有部长和放风筝的科学家。

　　Those early patriots may have come from different backgrounds and different walks of life. But they were united by a belief in a simple truth -- that we are all created equal; that we are all endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

　　这些早年的爱国人士有着不同的背景和不同的人生经历。但是他们为了一个共同而简单的信仰走到一起我们人人生而平等，我们都享有造物主赐予的不可分割的确定权利，这些权利包括生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。

　　Over the years, that belief has sustained us through war and depression; peace and prosperity. Its helped us build the strongest democracy, the greatest middle class, and the most powerful military the world has ever known. And today, there isnt a nation on Earth that wouldnt gladly trade places with the United States of America.

　　年复一年，这些理念支撑这我们度过战争和萧条时期，也度过了和平和繁荣时期。正是有了她，我们建立起最强大的民主政权，最强大的中产阶级以及全球有史以来最强大的军队。时至今日，世界上没有任何一个国家不乐意与美利坚合众国互换角色。

　　But our success is only possible because we have never treated those self-evident truths as self-executing. Generations of Americans have marched, organized, petitioned, fought and even died to extend those rights to others; to widen the circle of opportunity for others; and to perfect this union we love so much.

　　但正是因为我们从来不把这些不言自明的事实当作自动发生的事，我们才取得了成功。一代又一代美国人的前进、组织、请愿、奋斗甚至死去才将这些权利扩大至其他人，拓宽了有机会享受这些权利的人群范围，也让我们所深爱的合众国更加完美。

　　Thats why I want to say a special thanks to the men and women of our armed forces and the families who serve with them -- especially those service members who spent this most American of holidays serving your country far from home.

　　因此，我特别想对我们的男女将士以及他们的家人说一声感谢，谢谢他们的付出，尤其是在大多数美国人在家过节的时候依然要在异国他乡为国服务的军人，谢谢你们!

　　You keep us safe, and you keep the United States of America a shining beacon of hope for the world. And for that, you and your families deserve not only the appreciation of a grateful nation, but our enduring commitment to serve you as well as youve served us.

　　正是你们保证了我们的安宁，正是你们保证美利坚合众国成为全世界闪亮的希望灯塔。为此，你们和你们的家人理应得到的不仅仅是全国人民对你们的感激和爱戴，更有你们为我们付出之后我们要一样为你们服务的不变的承诺。

　　God bless you all. And have a great weekend.

　　愿上帝保佑大家!祝大家周末愉快!

　　奥巴马20xx年庆祝独立日演讲稿

　　Hi everybody. I hope you all had a safe and happy Fourth of July, filled with parades, cookouts, fireworks and family reunions.

　　大家好。我希望你们所有人都过一个到处是欢乐游行、野餐、烟花和家庭团聚的安全幸福的独立日。

　　We celebrated at the White House with a few hundred members of the military and their families. And we took a moment amid the festivities to remember what our Independence Day is all about what happened 237 years ago, and what it meant to the world.

　　我们在白宫与几百名军人和他们的家属共同欢庆独立日。我们在节日里缅怀独立日的全部意义237年前发生的一切以及它对世界的影响。

　　On July 4th, 1776, a small band of patriots declared that we were a people created equal free to think and worship and live as we please. It was a declaration heard around the world that we were no longer colonists, we were Americans, and our destiny would not be determined for us; it would be determined by us.

　　在1776年7月4日，为数不多的爱国者们宣布我们是生来就平等的民族自由思考、崇拜和过我们希望的生活。这个宣言响彻世界我们不再是殖民者，我们是美国人，我们的命运不再由他人主宰;我们的命运由我们自己主宰。

　　It was a bold and tremendously brave thing to do. It was also nearly unthinkable. At that time, kings and princes and emperors ruled the world. But those patriots were certain that a better way was possible. And to achieve it to win their freedom they were willing to lay it all on the line. Their lives. Their fortunes. Their sacred honor.

　　这是个英勇无比的壮举。它几乎是不可想象的。在那个时代，国王们、王子们和皇帝们统治这个世界。但是爱国者们认为我们当然可能有更好的生活方式。为了实现这个理想赢得自由他们立志为此付出一切。他们的生命、他们的财富和他们的神圣荣誉。

　　They fought a revolution. Few would have bet on our side to win. But for the first of many times to come, America proved the doubters wrong.

　　他们发动了一次革命。几乎没有人认为我们能赢。但是在此后的多个第一次里，美国证明了怀疑者们错了。

　　And now, 237 years later, the United States this improbable nation is the greatest in the world. A land of liberty and opportunity. A global defender of peace and freedom. A beacon of hope to people everywhere who cherish those ideals.

　　现在，237年以后，美利坚合众国一个几乎不能诞生的国家成了世界上最伟大的国家。一个充满自由和希望的乐土。一个全球和平和自由的捍卫者。一个世界各地珍惜这些理想的人们的希望的灯塔。

　　Generations of Americans made our country what it is today farmers and teachers, engineers and laborers, entrepreneurs and elected leaders people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, all pulling in the same direction.

　　一代代美国人农民们、工程师们和工人们、企业家们和民选领导人们来自各行各业的人们、来自世界各地的走向同一方向的人们--把美国打造成今天的样子。

　　And now we, the people, must make their task our own to live up to the words of that Declaration of Independence, and secure liberty and opportunity for our own children, and for future generations.

　　现在我们，人民，必须继承他们的使命践行独立宣言，保障我们的儿女们和未来未来后代的自由和机会。

　　I want to say a special word of thanks to the men and women of our military, who have played such a vital role in the story of our nation. You have defended us at home and abroad. And you have fought on our nation s behalf to make the world a better, safer place. People in scattered corners of the world are living in peace today, free to write their own futures, because of you. We are grateful for your service and your sacrifice, especially those still serving in harms way and your families here at home.

　　我想对在我们国家历史上起着中流砥柱作用的军人们表示特别的感谢。你们在本土和海外保卫了我们的国家。你们为了我们国家的利益而战，使我们国家成了更加美好和安全的乐土。因为你们，世界各地的人们今天生活在和平中，可以自由地书写他们的历未来。我们感谢你们的坚守岗位和无私奉献，特别是那些至今仍然远离家人置身险境的军人们。

　　So, God bless you all. And may God bless the United States of America.

　　上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。

奥巴马演讲稿 篇3

　　我读了奥巴马总统的信之后总结了一个道理，那就是要想实现你的梦想那你就必须坚持。

　　你可以想象坚持就是一把钥匙，而你需要打开梦想这扇走向光明的门，你试过了好多的钥匙，可是，都打不开梦想这扇门。而你有一次试到了坚持，这是唯一可以插进去的一把钥匙，你必须得珍惜这把钥匙，所以你要不断的坚持，心里想：“总有一天，我会打开这扇梦想之门。总有一天，我会看到光明。”

　　这扇梦想之门里有无数种选择，例如；医生、老师、科学家、企业家、军人……

　　而成功的人也有很多，例如；像电灯发明者爱迪生，他用了成百上千次的实验，最终发明出了能持久照亮的电灯，因为以前他找不到可以持久耐高温的材料。想想，成百上千次的实验，成百上千次的失败，但爱迪生并没有放弃，而是坚持了下来，才造就了成功。

　　像飞机的发明者莱特兄弟，他们从小就有个飞行的梦想，他们经过不断地实验，失败，终于成功了，发明了世界上第一架飞机——飞行者1号，进行了第一次试飞，飞行了12秒，36.5米。

　　而他们都是经过无限的坚持，才打开了这扇光明之门。

　　这就是坚持的力量，只要你坚持认真努力。就一定可以成功、实现梦想！

奥巴马演讲稿 篇4

　　为了我们，他们打点起贫寒的行装上路，远涉重洋，追求新生活。

　　为了我们，他们在血汗工厂劳作，在西部原野拓荒，忍着鞭笞之痛在坚硬的土地上耕耘。

　　为了我们，他们奔赴疆场，英勇捐躯，长眠于康科德、葛底斯堡、诺曼底和溪山。

　　为了我们能够过上更好的生活，他们前赴后继，历尽艰辛，全力奉献，不辞劳苦，直至双手结起层层老茧。他们看到的美国超越了我们每一个人的雄心壮志，也超越了所有种族、财富或派系的差异。

　　今天，作为后来者，我们踏上了这一未竟的旅程。我们依然是地球上最繁荣、最强大的国家。我们的劳动者的创造力并没有因为眼前的这场危机而减弱。我们的头脑依然像以往那样善于发明创新。我们的产品与服务仍旧像上星期、上个月或去年一样受人欢迎。我们的能力丝毫无损。但是，维持现状、保护狭隘的利益集团、推迟困难的抉择的时代无疑已成为过去。从今天起，我们必须振作起来，扫除我们身上的尘土，重新开启再造美国的事业。

　　多么鼓舞人心的演讲！

　　第一次看美国总统就职典礼直播，以前没看过，以前也不关心。就象我的一个朋友说的，以前也不管这些，只注意自己身边的事，现在炒股了，又是金融危机，所以比较关心国家大事，原来世界还是比较精彩，能够丰富自己的生活。我也是这样，于是就抱着好玩的心理看一看美国总统的就职典礼。

　　看美国就职典礼，感觉奥巴马确实象一个明星，很酷。但昨天有点紧张，也许就是这样子，严肃认真，只是宣誓时有口误，才露出玩皮的笑。倒是他夫人显得很大气，从出来到结束整个过程神定气闲。很佩服奥巴马的演讲，我英文听不懂，只能感觉其声音，感觉没有选举胜利时的演讲好，但这么长，脱稿，连贯，节奏感强，不经过特殊的训练确实难办到。但不管怎样，能感觉到他的激情和诚恳。也许这正是打动这么多人的地方。民众的热情难以想象。有这么热情的听众提前到场，等了这么长的时间，又是这么冷的天气。据说有四百万人之多，比最近一次滚石乐队演出还人多，但不管怎样，从这些人的眼中可以看出，人们对奥巴马的希望和喜爱，他们在听一个总统讲话，更象在听一个邻家大哥哥在表演那样，这也是我百思不得其解的地方。就职典礼说是典礼，更象一个家庭聚会，只不过是个超级聚会。来的人都是一家一家的，拖家带口的，电视上看见有一个可能不到一岁的小孩被他爸爸抱着也来参加典礼。当然，奥巴马一家人也来了，他女儿很漂亮，也很兴奋。每个人都很个性，包括三位前总统，不像我们这边的典礼，在主席台按位子坐好，面无表情，别说是带小孩啦。总之，感觉其国典礼不象我们的典礼形式，我们显得庄重严肃，他们显得随意亲和。

　　在他的演讲中毫不掩饰的表达了对家庭成员的挚爱，对选民们参与方式所做的种种努力而表达的诚挚谢意，对竞选对手麦凯恩所做出成绩表示了赞叹，对那些没有投给他票的人们，也表达了自己诚恳的看法，并从一位106岁的高龄选民妇女，引申了她所见证的美国历史，谈到了共和党和民主党之间的关系，同时也阐明了他们将要面对的种种困难和挑战，表明了他们战胜困难的勇气和决心。

　　从他的演讲中，我看到的是一位率真，诚恳，有才识也略带霸气的奥巴马，一位愿意与美国民众齐心协力，谦恭听取民众心声，并与共和党风雨同舟，以美国恢复繁荣发展，推进和平事业的奥巴马，一位以民主、自由、机会和不屈的希望为信念来引领世界和平与安全的奥巴马。巴马能够广得人心，博得广大民众的推崇和喜爱，其个人魅力深深地吸引着每一位美国民众，主要还是其个人能力，个人意愿符合美国人民的根本利益，或许他是下一个林肯，下一个罗斯福，全世界人民期待着他能够领导美国人民再创辉煌。

　　通过奥巴马的演讲，让我了解了美国的民主选举，原来民众可以公开筹集资金来拉取选票，这让我想起了我们国家的选举制度。我国的选举是通过人民代表大会来完成的。因为从来没有当过什么人民代表，所以从真正意义上来说是没有真正参与过国家的大事，当然小小的代表还是当过滴，譬如；单位的职大会代表，可是仅仅因为没有按照学校领导的意愿行事，我行我素的公开串票反对领导推举的某某人，结果尽管他的票在后选人中得票率最低，但最终还是因为等额选举已经超过了半数而光荣当选。而我的代表资格，则在下一轮当中莫名的消失了，而且永远在也没有参加过职代会。嘻嘻，是不是有点丢人啊。

　　不过这对我丝毫没有影响，以后再遇上类似的选举，差额举时我全选部圈上，相当废票，或者当个人情把不认识的人叉掉，遇上什么居委会或街道的什么选举，就干脆懒得动笔，自动放弃。之所以这样，是不愿意参加这些毫无意义的事情。当然尽管没有参加过人代会和党代会，不清楚里面的选举流程，可是咱们作为民主党派人士，还是参加过党派领导的选举，咳，怎么说呢，反正就是那么回事吧。

　　另外，从奥巴马的演讲当中，也让我感受到中西文化的不同，这么庄重的演讲，可奥巴马的出场让我感觉不像政要人物出场，而象明星出场，而他的演讲涉足的内容也很丰富，既表达了对家人的情感，也表达了对选民的谢意，既谈到了美国金融危机带来的严峻，表达了对民众生活的担忧，又以极强的魄力表达了新政府的坚定信心。他还从美国历史谈到当今的现实，从共和党谈到民主党，从美国谈到世界，林林总总，方方面面，无不涉及。

　　奥巴马的当选，推翻了种族歧视，奥巴马的演讲，让我看到了美国的新政，我只希望，奥巴马的新政不在充当世界警察的角色，而是一位和平天使，能立志与把世界建成一个和谐的地球村而努力。

　　小奥的胜利，再次透射出伟人毛泽东的伟大政治战略思想，那就是农村包围城市。我们的竞选活动并非诞生于华盛顿的高门华第之内，而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。

　　赢得年轻人的支持，是他胜利的重要原因，所以永远不能低估年轻一代的力量。

　　让我们抵制重走老路的诱惑，避免重新回到令美国政治长期深受毒害的党派纷争和由此引发的遗憾和不成熟表现。虽然党派纷争永远不可能结束，但作为领导人，依然希望能团结一切可以团结的力量。

　　感谢你们。上帝保佑你们。愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。那就感谢上帝吧。

　　有时候想想，有个上帝也真不是坏事，因为所有的坏人和好人、任何国家的本国人和外国人，做了好事可以找他来奖励，做了坏事找他来惩罚，到了他那里，谁也不必争执了，一切都变的和谐了。

奥巴马演讲稿 篇5

　　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。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。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，心里可能有点紧张，这是可以理解的。我能想象有些毕业班学生现在感觉很不错——(掌声)——还有一年就毕业了。不论在哪个年级，你们有些人可能希望暑假更长一点，今天早上还能多睡一小会儿。

　　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.

　　我了解这种感觉。我小时候，我们家生活在海外。我在印度尼西亚住了几年。我妈妈没有钱送我上其他美国孩子上的学校，但她认为必须让我接受美式教育。因此，她决定从周一到周五自己给我补课。不过她还要上班，所以只能在清晨四点半给我上课。

　　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.)

　　你们可以想见，我不太情愿那么早起床。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡着了。但每当我抱怨的时候，我妈妈都会那样地看我一眼，然后说：“小子，这对我也并不轻松。”(笑声)

　　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.

　　我知道你们有些人还在适应开学后的生活。但我今天来到这里是因为有重要的事情要和你们说。我来这里是要和你们谈谈你们的教育问题，以及在这个新学年对你们所有人的期望。

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

　　我做过很多次有关教育问题的演讲。我多次谈到过责任问题。

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

　　我谈到过教师激励学生并督促他们学习的责任。

　　I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.

　　我谈到过家长的责任，要确保你们走正路，完成家庭作业，不要整天坐在电视前或玩Xbox游戏。

　　I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where students aren’t getting the opportunities that they deserve.

　　我多次谈到过政府的责任，要制定高标准，支持教师和校长的工作，彻底改善不能为学生提供应有机会的、教育质量差的学校。

　　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.

　　然而，即使我们拥有最敬业的教师，最尽力的家长和全世界最好的学校——如果你们大家不履行你们的责任，不到校上课，不专心听讲，不听家长、祖父祖母和其他大人的话，不付出取得成功所必须的勤奋努力，那么这一切都毫无用处，都无关紧要。这就是我今天讲话的重点：你们每个人对自己的教育应尽的责任。

　　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.

　　我首先要讲讲你们对自己应尽的责任。你们每个人都有自己的长处。你们每个人都能做出自己的贡献。你们对自己应尽的责任是发现自己的能力所在。而教育能够提供这样的机会。

　　Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that’s assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.

　　你或许能成为一名出色的作家——甚至可能写书或在报纸上发表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英文课的作文后才会发现自己的才华。你或许能成为一名创新者或发明家——甚至可能设计出新一代iPhone或研制出新型药物或疫苗——但你可能要在完成科学课的实验后才会发现自己的才华。你或许能成为一名市长或参议员或最高法院的大法官——但你可能要在参加学生会的工作或辩论队后才会发现自己的才华。

　　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.

　　不论你的生活志向是什么，我敢肯定你必须上学读书才能实现它。你想当医生、教师或警官吗?你想当护士、建筑师、律师或军人吗?你必须接受良好的教育，才能从事上述任何一种职业。你不能指望辍学后能碰上个好工作。你必须接受培训，为之努力，为之学习。

　　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.

　　这并非只对你个人的人生和未来意义重大。可以毫不夸大地说，教育给你带来的益处将决定这个国家的未来。美国的未来取决于你们。你们今日在校学习的知识将决定我们作为一个国家是否能够迎接我们未来所面临的最严峻挑战。

　　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.

　　你们将需要利用你们通过自然科学和数学课程所学到的知识和解决问题的能力来治愈癌症、艾滋病及其他疾病，开发新的能源技术和保护我们的环境。你们将需要利用你们在历史学和社会学课堂上所获得的知识和独立思考能力来抗击贫困和解决无家可归问题，打击犯罪和消除歧视，使我们的国家更公平、更自由。你们将需要利用你们在所有课堂上培养的创造力和智慧来创办新公司，增加就业机会，振兴我们的经济。

　　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.

　　我们需要你们每个人发挥你们的聪明才智和技能，以便帮助老一辈人解决我们面临的最棘手问题。如果你们不这样做，如果你们辍学，你们不仅仅是自暴自弃，也是抛弃自己的国家。

　　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.

　　我自然知道要做到学业优秀并非总是易事。我知道你们许多人在生活中面临挑战，难以集中精力从事学业。

　　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.

　　我明白这一点。 我有亲身感受。两岁时，我父亲离家而去，我是由一位单亲母亲抚养成人的，母亲不得不工作，并时常为支付生活费用而苦苦挣扎，但有时仍无法为我们提供其他孩子享有的东西。有时，我渴望生活中能有一位父亲。有时我感到孤独，感到自己不适应社会。

　　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.

　　我并非总是像我应该做到的那样专心学习，我也曾做过我如今不能引以为豪的一些事情，我曾惹过不应该惹的麻烦。我的人生原本会轻易陷入更糟糕的境地。

　　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.

　　但是，我当年际遇不错。我有过许多第二次机会，我有幸能上大学，上法学院，追求自己的理想。我的妻子，我们的第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马，也有着类似的经历。她的父母都未曾上过大学，家里很穷。但他们非常勤奋 ，她也是如此，因此她得以进入一些美国最好的学校。

　　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.

　　你们中有一些人可能没有那些有利条件。或许你们生活中没有成年人为你们提供你们所需要的支持。或许你们家中有人失业，经济非常拮据。或许你们生活在使你们感觉不安全的社区，或有朋友逼迫你们去做你们知道不对的事情。

　　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.

　　然而说到底，你们生活的环境、你们的肤色、你们的原籍、你们的经济收入、你们家中的境况等等，这一切都不能成为你们不用功或不努力的理由。你们没有理由不服从你们的老师、逃学、或辍学。没有理由不付出努力。

　　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.

　　你们目前的状况并不决定着你们的未来。没有人决定你们的命运，在美国，你们决定自己的命运。你们掌握自己的未来。

　　That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.

　　这就是像你们这样的年轻人每天都在做的事情，全美各地都是如此。

　　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.

　　来自得州罗马城的贾兹敏•佩雷斯(Jazmin Perez)就是一个例证，她刚开始上学时并不会说英文。她的父母都没有上过大学。然而，她非常勤奋，成绩优秀，获得了布朗大学的奖学金，她如今正在读研究生，攻读公共卫生专业，不久将成为贾兹敏•佩雷斯博士。

　　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.

　　我想起了加州洛斯阿尔托斯城的安多尼•舒尔茨(Andoni Schultz)，他从三岁开始就一直与脑癌进行抗争，他不得不忍受各类治疗和手术带来的痛苦，其中一项手术曾影响了他的记忆，因此他花在功课上的时间比一般人长得多，要多出数百个小时。然而，他从未落后。他今年秋季将迈进大学。

　　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.

　　我还想起家乡伊利诺伊州芝加哥市的尚特尔•史蒂夫(Shantell Steve)。她曾在芝加哥最困难的社区生活，寄养于多个不同的家庭，但她最终在一家地方医疗中心找到工作，并开始了一项帮助年轻人远离流氓团伙的计划，她即将以优异成绩从中学毕业，紧接着将上大学。

　　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.

　　贾兹敏、安多尼和尚特尔与你们中间的每个人没什么两样。跟你们一样，他们在生活中面临种种挑战。在某些情况下，他们的处境比起你们许多人更差。但他们拒绝放弃。他们决定要为自己的一生、自己的教育负起责任，为自己设定各项奋斗目标。我期待你们大家都会这样做。

　　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.

　　因此，我今天呼吁你们每一个人为自己的教育设定目标，并尽自己的最大努力来实现这些目标。你的目标可以是一件十分简单的事情，例如完成家庭作业、上课专心听讲、或每天花一点时间读一本书。也许你会决定要参加课外活动或在你的社区提供志愿服务。也许你会决定挺身而出保护那些因为身份或长相而受人戏弄或欺负的孩子，原因是你和我一样认为所有的年轻人都应该享有一个适合读书和学习的安全环境。也许你会决定更好地照料自己，以便有更充沛的精力来学习。顺便提一下，除了这些事情外，我希望大家要勤洗手，身体感到不舒服的时候要呆在家里不去上学，这样我们能防止人们在今年秋冬季节染上流感。

　　But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

　　但无论你决定做什么，我希望你保证去做。我希望你脚踏实地地去做。

　　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.

　　我知道有时候你会从电视上得到这样的印象：你不用做任何艰苦的工作就能发财致富并取得成功，唱小调、打篮球或成为真人秀明星是走向成功的途径。但实际情况是：你可能不会成为其中的一员。

　　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.

　　事实上，取得成功不是轻而易举的事情。你不会喜欢你学习的每一门课目。你不会与你的每一位老师都很投契。不是所有的家庭作业似乎都与你眼前的生活完全有关。你第一次尝试做每件事的时候，不一定成功。

　　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.”

　　这些都没关系。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失败最多的人。作者J•K•罗琳(J.K. Rowling)所写的系列小说《哈利•波特》(Harry Potter)第一部在获得出版之前被退稿12次。迈克尔•乔丹(Michael Jordan)曾被他的高中篮球队除名。在乔丹的篮球生涯中，他输过数百场比赛，有成千上万个球没有投中。但他曾说过：“在我的一生中，我失败了一次又一次、一次又一次。这就是我成功的原因。”

　　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.

　　这些人士获得成功，因为他们懂得：你不能让失败来限制你，而必须让失败来开导你。你必须让失败向你展示下次如何以不同的方式去做这件事情。因此，如果你遇到麻烦，那并不表示你是麻烦的制造者，而意味着你需要更加努力去把它做对。如果你有一门课分数低，那不表示你比别人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的时间学习。

　　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.

　　没有一个人天生擅长做各种事情。你通过勤奋而变得擅长于各种事情。第一次从事新的体育项目时，你不可能是一位主力队员。第一次唱一首歌曲时，你不可能唱准每个音。你必须练习。同样的道理适用于你的学业。你可能要把一道数学题做几次才把它做对。你可能要把一些材料阅读几遍才能理解。在交出一篇优美的作文之前，你肯定需要打几遍草稿。

　　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.

　　不要害怕提问。不要在需要帮助时害怕请求别人帮助。我天天请求别人的帮助。请求帮助不是软弱的表现，它是力量的标志，因为它表明你有勇气承认自己对某些事情不懂，这样做会使你学到新的东西。因此，请确定一位你信任的成年人，例如家长、祖父母或老师、教练或辅导员，请他们帮助你遵循既定计划实现你的目标。

　　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.

　　即使当你苦苦挣扎、灰心丧气、感到其他人对你不抱希望时，也不要对你自己丧失信心，因为当你自暴自弃时，你也抛弃了自己的国家。

　　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.

　　书写美国历史的不是在困难时刻退缩的人，而是坚持不懈、加倍努力的人，他们对国家的爱促使他们全力以赴。

　　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.

　　书写美国历史的是250年前坐在你们的位置上的学生，他们后来进行了独立战争并创建了这个国家。还有75年前坐在你们的位置上的年轻人和学生，他们走出了大萧条并打赢了一场世界大战;他们为民权而奋斗并把宇航员送上了月球。至于20年前坐在你们的位置上的学生，他们创办了谷歌(Google)、叽喳网 (Twitter)和脸谱网(Facebook)，改变了我们交流沟通的方式。

　　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?

　　而今天，我要问问你们大家，你们将做出什么贡献?你们将解决什么问题?你们将有什么发现?20年、50年或100年后来到这里讲话的总统将会怎样评价你们大家为这个国家所做的一切?

　　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.

　　你们的家人、你们的老师和我正在竭尽全力保证你们接受必要的教育，以便回答上述问题。我正在努力工作，以便你们的教室得到修缮，你们能够得到学习所需的课本、设备和电脑。但你们也必须尽自己的努力。因此，我希望你们大家从今年起认真对待这个问题。我希望你们尽最大努力做好每一件事。我希望你们每个人都有出色的表现。不要让我们失望。不要让你们的家人或你们的国家失望。而最重要的是，不要辜负你们自己，而要让我们都能[为你们]感到骄傲。

　　Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)

　　非常感谢你们大家。愿主保佑你们。愿主保佑美国。谢谢你们。(掌声)

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