为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿

为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿篇一

奥巴马开学演讲-为什么要上学中英对照

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia

韦克菲尔德高中 弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市

THE 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.)

嗨，大家好！谢谢！谢谢！好的，大家请就坐。你们今天过得怎么样？Tim Spicer(过得)好吗？

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。还有感谢韦克菲尔德高中出色的组织安排，请为你们热烈地鼓掌。

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，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。

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，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上课。不过因为她要上夜班，所以只能在凌晨4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.)

你们可以想象，我是不太情愿那么早起床的。很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡着了。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？”

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.

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，以及在新的学年对你们的期望。

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.

我作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确保你们走正道、完成家庭作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。

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.

我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准、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。

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.

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最敬业的教师、最尽力的家长和最好的学校，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。而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.

首先，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。你们每个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材。发现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己承担的责任。而教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会。

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.

或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍和报刊上——但假如不在英语课上经常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一个创新家、发明家——甚至设计出新一代的iPhone，或研制出新的药物与疫苗——但假如不在自然科学课堂上做上几次试验，你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名市长、参议员或最高法院的大法官，但假如你不去加入学生会或参加几次辩论赛，你不会发现自己有这样的才能。

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.

不管你将来想要做什么，我可以向你保证，你都需要相应的教育。——你想当名医生、教师或警官？你想成为护士、建筑师、律师或军人？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，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。今天你们在学校中学习的内容，将会决定我们整个国家在未来迎接重大挑战时的表现。

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.

你们需要在数理科学课程上学到的知识和技能，去治疗癌症、艾滋那样的疾病，研发新的能源技术和保护我们的环境；你们需要在历史社科课程上培养出的观察力与判断力，来抗击贫困和解决无家可归的问题、打击犯罪和消除歧视，让这个国家变得更加公平和自由；你们需要在各类课程中逐渐培养创造力和独创性，去创办公司，来制造就业机会和推动经济增长。

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.

我们需要你们中的每一个人都培养和发展自己的天赋、技能和才智，帮助老一辈人解决我们面临的最棘手的问题。假如你不这么做——假如你放弃学习——那么你不仅放弃了自己，也放弃了你的国家。

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. I get it. I know what it's like.

当然，我明白，读好书并不总是件容易的事。我知道你们中的许多人在生活中面临着各种各样的问题，很难把精力集中在专心读书之上。我明白这一点。我知道那种感受。

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.

我父亲在我两岁时就离开了家庭，是母亲一人将我抚大，她不得不工作并时常为支付帐单而苦苦挣扎。但有时仍无法为我们提供其他孩子们都有的东西，有时我渴望生活中能有一位父亲，有时我会感到孤独无助，觉得与周围的环境格格不入。

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. 因此我并不总是像我应该做到的那样专心学习，我做过许多自己觉得丢脸的事情，也惹过许多不该惹的麻烦，我的生活岌岌可危，随时可能急转直下。

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.

但我很幸运。我在许多事上都得到了重来的机会，我得到了机会读大学、上法学院、去追求自己的梦想。我的妻子——我们的第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马了——也有着相似的人生故事，她的父母都没读过大学，也没有什么财产，但他们都非常勤奋，她也是如此，因此她得以进入这个国家最好的学校读书。

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.

你们中有些人可能没有这些有利条件，或许你的生活中没有能为你提供帮助和支持的长辈，或许你的某个家长没有工作、经济拮据，或许你住的社区不那么安全，或许你认识一些会对你产生不良影响的朋友，等等。

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.

但归根结底，你的生活状况——你的长相、出身、经济 条件、家庭氛围——都不是疏忽学业和态度恶劣的借口，这些不是你去跟老师顶嘴、逃课、或是辍学的借口，这些不是你不好好读书的借口。

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.

你的未来，并不取决于你现在的生活有多好或多坏。没有人为你编排好你的命运，在美国，你的命运由你自己书写，你的未来由你自己掌握。而在这片土地上的每个地方，千千万万和你一样的年轻人正是这样在书写着自己的命运。

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.

例如德克萨斯州罗马市的贾斯敏·佩雷兹（Jazmin Perez）。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。

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.

我还想起了加利福尼亚州洛斯拉图斯市的安多尼·舒尔兹（Andoni Schultz），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。

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.

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(Shantell Steve)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。

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。

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.

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。

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.

或者你打算参加一些课外活动，或在社区做些志愿工作；或者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；或者你认为该学着更好的照顾自己，来为将来的学习做准备„„

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.

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。

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

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。

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.

真相是，成功是件难事。你不可能对要读的每门课程都兴趣盎然，你不可能和每名带课教师都相处顺利，你也不可能每次都遇上看起来和现实生活有关的作业。而且，并不是每件事，你都能在头一次尝试时获得成功。

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."

但那没有关系。因为在这个世界上，最最成功的人们往往也经历过最多的失败。J.K.罗琳的第一本《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的篮球队刷了下来，在他的职业生涯里，他输了几百场比 赛、投失过几千次射篮，知道他是怎么说的吗？“我一生不停地失败、失败再失败，这就是我现在成功的原因。”

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.

他们的成功，源于他们明白人不能让失败左右自己——而是要从中吸取经验。从失败中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎样的改变；假如你惹了什么麻烦，那并不说明你就是个捣蛋贵，而是在提醒你，在将来要对自己有更严格的要求；假如你考了个低分，那并不说明你就比别人笨，而是在告诉你，自己得在学习上花更多的时间。

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.

没有哪一个人一生出来就擅长做什么事情的，只有努力才能培养出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接触一项体育运动时就成为校队的代表，任何人都不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。

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.

对于学业也是一样，你或许要反复运算才能解出一道数学题的正确答案，你或许需要读一段文字好

为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿篇二

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？ 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。

而这就是我今天讲话的主题：对于自己的教育，你们中每一个人的责任。首先，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。

你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材，而发现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任。教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会。

或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍和报刊上——但假如不在英语课上经常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一个发明家、创造家——甚至设计出像今天的iPhone一样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗——但假如不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验，你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名议员或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么学生会或参加几次辩论赛，你也不会发现自己的才能。

而且，我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育。——你想当名医生、当名教师或当名警官？你想成为护士、成为建筑设计师、律师或军人？无论你选择哪一种职业，良好的教育都必不可少，这世上不存在不把书念完就能拿到好工作的美梦，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、训练与学习。{为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿}.

不仅仅对于你们个人的未来有重要意义，你们的教育如何也会对这个国家、乃至世界的未来产生重要影响。今天你们在学校中学习的内容，将会决定我们整个国家在未来迎接重大挑战时的表现。

你们需要在数理科学课程上学习的知识和技能，去治疗癌症、艾滋那样的疾病，和解决我们面临的能源问题与环境问题；你们需要在历史社科课程上培养出的观察力与判断力，来减轻和消除无家可归与贫困、犯罪问题和各种歧视，让这个国家变得更加公平和自由；你们需要在各类课程中逐渐累积和发展出来的创新。

为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿篇三

奥巴马《我们为什么要上学》演讲稿

博主按：9月4日，是合肥寿春中学新学期开学的第三天，在学校教务处的安排下，寿春中学初一到初三的3000多名学生，早读课上读起了奥巴马的一篇开学演讲稿。有人议论，“早读课不读课本不背诗文，怎么读起美国总统的演讲稿呢?”校方表示，在求学这个层面，全世界的孩子都有共性。现发此演讲稿，以飨博友。

奥巴马开学演讲稿《我们为什么要上学》{为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿}.

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。

我知道对于你们中的许多人而言，今天是新学期的开始，尤其是初入园、初入校的新生，更是你们在新环境中的第一天，难免会有些小小紧张。还可以想象有些即将面临毕业的高年级生，现在的感觉一定不错。当然不管你是几年级，有些同学可能还希望现在继续处在暑假中，可以睡懒觉。

能理解这种想法。当我还是个孩子的时候，在印度尼西亚住了几年。我的母亲没钱送我去当地都是美国孩子上的学校，但她认为让我紧跟美国教育是很重要的，于是由她自己教我。从星期一到星期五，但是因为她必须工作，能教我的时间也就只能是在凌晨4点半。

你们可以想象，早起不是件乐意的事。很多时候，在餐桌边，我就睡着了。但是每当我抱怨时，母亲就只是给我一本书，然后说：“伙计，我也没空去野餐。”

有些人仍在调整心态以适应新的学习生活，之所以我今天在这里，是有些非常重要的话想要告诉你们，有关教育和对新学期的期望。

迄今为止，我作过很多有关教育的演讲，也多次提到了社会责任性。

我提到过教师的责任是鼓励学生和促进他们学习。 父母的责任是确保你做你该做的事，完成你的作业，而不是把所有空闲时间都用来看电视或玩xbox。

政府的责任是建立好标准，支持教师和校长的工作，扶

持那些较弱的学校，让失学的孩子得到他们应有的。

但是退一万步讲，除非你们完成了你们的责任，除非你们关注那些学校，除非你们注意到那些老师，除非你们听从父母，祖辈或是那些通过努力获得成功的长辈，否则即使我们拥有世界上最杰出的师资，最有支持力的家长，最好的学校，一切都不会有所不同。这就是我今天的讲话核心，你们每个人对教育的责任。 我想从你们每个人对自己的责任讲起。每个人都有擅长的事情，每个人都能贡献些什么。所以你有责任发现自己的长处是什么，而学习就提供了这样一个发挥的机会。

也许你会是一个作家——能写书和在报纸上发表文章——但是如果你不完成英语课上布置给你的英语论文，你又怎么发现自己的才能？也许你会是一个发明家——可以设计出下一代iphone或是新药甚至是疫苗——但是如果你不完成自然课上的作业，你又怎能知道自己的潜能？也许你会成为市长，参议员或者最高法院大法官——但是如果你不参加学生会或辩论队，你又怎么了解自己的长处？

不管你将走上怎样的道路，我敢保证你都需要接受教育。你想成为医生，教师或是警察？护士，建筑师，律师还是军人？这任何一个职业都需要受过良好教育的才能够胜任，你不可能中途退学然后找到一份好工作，你必须得到相关培训和相关教育。 学习并不仅仅对你的生活和将来是重要的，它对整个国家的未来也是至关重要的，因为美国的未来就在你们身上。你们今天在学校所学关系到我们国家将来是否会遇到极大的挑战。 你们需要利用在自然课和数学课上学到的知识和解决问

题的能力去攻克癌症和艾滋病；需要在历史课和社会学上学到的洞察力和决断力去对抗贫穷、饥寒、犯罪和歧视，使国家更公平和自由；需要在所有课程里学到的创造力去开办公司解决就业问题和发展经济。

我们需要你们当中的每一个人都去发展自己的天分，技能和智慧，这样你们才能帮我们这群老家伙们解决大难题。如果你们不那样做，如果你退学了，那你就不仅仅是你个人的事，还牵涉到你的国家。

我知道，要学得好，并不容易，很多人现在还有一些困难以致无法全身心地投入到学习上去。

我明白那样的处境。我父亲在我两岁的时候就离开了我们，母亲一人抚养我，还得拼命工作付账单，因此不能总是给我其他孩子有的东西。那也是我最想有个父亲的日子，那段时间里，我感到孤独和离群。

因此，我无法集中注意力学习，我做了一些不太好的事情，而且陷入了一些不必要的麻烦。那时的生活很容易就会变得更糟。

但是，我很幸运，得到了修正的机会。进入了大学的法学院，并一步一步实现我的梦想。我的妻子，第一夫人米歇尔.奥巴马，她也有类似的经历。她的父母都没上过大学，而且也不富有。但是他们工作努力，而她勤奋学习，因此她能进入这个国家最好的大学。

也许有些人并没有这样的条件。也许你的生活中并没有给予你所需支持的长辈，也许因为家人失业了而没有足够的钱来

生活，也许你住在一个不能给你安全感的地方，或是你有一些朋友，唆使你去做些不该做的事情。

但归根结底，你生活的环境，你的样子，你从哪里来，你有多少钱，你的家庭怎么样，这些都不能成为你不做功课和不好好上学的借口。与老师吵架，逃课，退学都是没有借口可言的。不去尝试也是说不过去的。

你现在的处境并不能决定你将来也是这样。没人能决定你的命运，因为在美国，你要自己谱写自己的命运，你的将来由你自己创造。

……

这就是我今天为什么要号召大家确定一个学习目标的原因，去做每一件让你更接近目标的事情。你的目标可以很简单，比如做完所有的功课，专心听讲，或者每天多花些时间来看书。也许你决定参加课外活动，或是参加社区的志愿者。也许你想保护那些因为外表或身份而遭到他人讥笑和欺负的小孩子，因为你和我一样相信，所有的孩子都有权利得到一个安全的学习环境。也许你想更好地照顾自己，这样才能为学习做更充分的准备。 不管你的目标是什么，我希望你们去做，去真正地付诸于行动。

我知道有些时候你们会从电视里得到这样的信息，即使不努力也可以变得有钱和成功，比如成为歌手，篮球明星或是电视名人。但更大的可能性是，这几种，你一样也成不了。 事实是，成功是非常艰难的事。你不可能喜欢所有的课程，你不可能和所有的老师合拍，不是所有的作业看起来都和你

为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿篇四

奥巴马演讲稿《我们为什么要上学》经典语录{为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿}.

奥巴马演讲稿《我们为什么要上学》经典语录

1、父母的责任是确保你做你该做的事，完成你的作业，而不是把所有空闲时间都用来看电视或玩xbox.

2、每个人都有擅长的事情，每个人都能贡献些什么。所以你有责任发现自己的长处是什么，而学习就提供了这样一个发挥的机会。

3、也许你会是一个作家——能写书和在报纸上发表文章——但是如果你不完成英语课上布置给你的英语论文，你又怎么发现自己的才能？也许你会是一个发明家——可以设计出下一代iphone或是新药甚至是疫苗——但是如果你不完成自然课上的作业，你又怎能知道自己的潜能？也许你会成为市长，参议员或者最高法院大法官——但是如果你不参加学生会或辩论队，你又怎么了解自己的长处？

4、不管你将走上怎样的道路，我敢保证你都需要接受教育。

5、你生活的环境，你的样子，你从哪里来，你有多少钱，你的家庭怎么样，这些都不能成为你不做功课和不好好上学的借口。

6、你现在的处境并不能决定你将来也是这样。没人能决定你的命运，因为在美国，你要自己谱写自己的命运，你的将来由你自己创造。

7、不管你的目标是什么，我希望你们去做，去真正地付诸于行动。

8、成功是非常艰难的事。你不可能喜欢所有的课程，你不可能和所有的老师合拍，不是所有的作业看起来都和你现在的生活息息相关，而且你不可能，也不必要在第一次尝试时，就获得成功。

9、一些最成功的人同时也是失败次数最多的人。

10、你不能被失败打倒，你必须从失败中学习，如何在下一次做出改变。因此如果你陷入困境，那并不意味着你是倒霉蛋，那只说明你要加倍努力来走向成功。如果你成绩不好，那并不代表你很笨，只说明你需要花更多的时间在学习上。

11、没有人生来就是天才，只有熟能生巧。你不会在接触一项新运动时就进校队，你也不会在第一次唱歌时一点不走音，因此你需要练习。这个道理同样适用于学习。你也许要做好几遍才能答对一道数学题，你也许要读好几遍才能读懂一篇文章，你一定要打好几遍草稿才能完成一篇可以上交的论文。

12、不要害怕问问题，不要害怕在你需要的时候请求帮助，像我每天都在请求他人帮忙。助于人不是弱者的象征，恰恰相反是强者的特质，因为这说明你有勇气承认你在某方面的无知，而这能帮助你学到新知识。

13、当你挣扎，当你怯懦，甚至当你觉得大家都放弃你的时候，你千万不要放弃你自己，因为当你放弃你自己的时候，你也就放弃了你的国家。

14、首先，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。 你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材，而发现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任。教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会。

15、或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍和报刊上——但假如不在英语课上经常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一个发明家、创造家——甚至设计出像今天的iPhone一样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗——但假如不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验，你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名议员或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么学生会或参加几次辩论赛，你也不会发现自己的才能。而且，我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育。

为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿篇五

奥巴马精彩演讲 我们为什么要上学(中英对照)

奥巴马精彩演讲：我们为什么要上学

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.) 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。

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in , 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，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。

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 ause she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.

我可以理解这份心情。小时候，我们家在大洋彼岸——我们在印度尼西亚住过几年。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。

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.)

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？”

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.

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。

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

我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到“责任”这个词。

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

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on , 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。

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。

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.

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。 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.

而这就是我今天讲话的主题：对于自己的教育，你们中每一个人的责任。首先，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材，而发现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任。教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会。

Maybe you could be a at 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 or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next or the new medicine or -- 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.

或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍和报刊上——但假如不在英语课上经常练习，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一个发明家、创造家——甚至设计出像今天的iPhone一样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗——但假如不在自然科学课程上做上几次实验，你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名议员或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么学生会或参加几次辩论赛，你也不会发现自己的才能。

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 ? 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.

而且，我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育。——你想当名医生、当名教师或当名警官？你想成为护士、成为建筑设计师、律师或军人？无论你选择哪一种职业，良好的教育都必不可少，这世上不存在不把书念完就能拿到好工作的美梦，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、训练与学习。

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 atest challenges in the future.

不仅仅对于你们个人的未来有重要意义，你们的教育如何也会对这个国家、乃至世界的未来产生重要影响。今天你们在学校中学习的内容，将会决定我们整个国家在未来迎接重大挑战时的表现。

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 you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.{为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿}.

你们需要在数理科学课程上学习的知识和技能，去治疗癌症、艾滋那样的疾病，和解决我们面临的能源问题与环境问题；你们需要在历史社科课程上培养出的观察力与判断力，来减轻和消除无家可归与贫困、犯罪问题和各种歧视，让这个国家变得更加公平和自由；你们需要在各类课程中逐渐累积和发展出来的创新意识和思维，去创业和建立新的公司与企业，来制造就业机会和推动经济的增长。 We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your 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.

我们需要你们中的每一个人都培养和发展自己的天赋、技能和才智，来解决我们所面对的最困难的问题。假如你不这么做——假如你放弃学习——那么你不仅是放弃了自己，也是放弃了你的国家。

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.

当然，我明白，读好书并不总是件容易的事。我知道你们中的许多人在生活中面临着各种各样的问题，很难把精力集中在专心读书之上。

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.

我知道你们的感受。我父亲在我两岁时就离开了家庭，是母亲一人将我们拉扯大，有时她付不起帐单，有时我们得不到其他孩子们都有的东西，有时我会想，假如父亲在该多好，有时我会感到孤独无助，与周围的环境格格不入。{为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿}.

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.

因此我并不总是能专心学习，我做过许多自己觉得丢脸的事情，也惹出过许多不该惹的麻烦，我的生活岌岌可危，随时可能急转直下。

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. 但我很幸运。我在许多事上都得到了重来的机会，我得到了去大学读法学院、实现自己梦想的机会。我的妻子——现在得叫她第一夫人米歇尔奥巴马了——也有着相似的人生故事，她的父母都没读过大学，也没有什么财产，但他们和她都辛勤工作，好让她有机会去这个国家最优秀的学校读书。

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.

你们中有些人可能没有这些有利条件，或许你的生活中没有能为你提供帮助和支持的长辈，或许你的某个家长没有工作、经济拮据，或许你住的社区不那么安全，或许你认识一些会对你产生不良影响的朋友，等等。

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. 但归根结底，你的生活状况——你的长相、出身、经济条件、家庭氛围——都不是疏忽学业和态度恶劣的借口，这些不是你去跟老师顶嘴、逃课、或是辍学的借口，这些不是你不好好读书的借口。

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your for you, ause here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

你的未来，并不取决于你现在的生活有多好或多坏。没有人为你编排好你的命运，在美国，你的命运由你自己书写，你的未来由你自己掌握。

That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America. 而在这片土地上的每个地方，千千万万和你一样的年轻人正是这样在书写着自己的命运。

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