奧巴馬英文演講稿
美國總統奧巴馬於2012年再次當選為美國總統。儘管他的成功是多種因素綜合作用的結果，但他出色的演講才華對於其兩次當選有著不可忽視的作用。以下是小編為大家整理的關於，給大家作為參考，歡迎閱讀!
篇1：
Hello, Chicago!
If there is anyone out there who still doubts thatAmerica is a place where all things are possible; whostill wonders if the dream of our founders is alive inour time; who still questions the power of ourdemocracy, tonight is your answer.
I's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has neverseen; by people who waited three hours and four hours,many for the very first time in their lives, becausethey believed that this time must be different; thattheir voice could be that difference.
I's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and notdisabled — Americans who sent a message to the worldthat we have never been a collection of red states andblue states; we are, and always will be, the UnitedStates of America.
I's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtfulof what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc ofhistory and bend it once more toward the hope of abetter day.
I's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at thisdefining moment, change has come to America. I just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he'sfought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of uscannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for theservice rendered by this brave and selfless leader. Icongratulate him and Gov. Palin for all they haveachieved, and I look forward to working with them torenew this natio's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men andwomen he grew up with on the streets of Scranton androde with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. 。But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you.
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16years, the rock of our family and the love of my life,our natio's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha andMalia, I love you both so much, and you have earned thenew puppy tha's coming with us to the White House. Andwhile she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother iswatching, along with the family that made me who I am. Imiss them tonight, and know that my debt to them isbeyond measure.
To my campaign manager, David Plouffe; my chief strategist, David Axelrod; and the best campaign teamever assembled in the history of politics — you madethis happen, and I am forever grateful for what you'vesacrificed to get it done.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We did't start with much money or many endorsements. Ourcampaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington —it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the livingrooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 tothis cause. It grew strength from the young people whorejected the myth of their generatio's apathy; who lefttheir homes and their families for jobs that offeredlittle pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young peoplewho braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knockon the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions ofAmericans who volunteered and organized, and proved thatmore than two centuries later, a government of thepeople, by the people and for the people has notperished from this earth. This is your victory.
I know you did't do this just to win an election, and I know you did't do it for me. You did it because youunderstand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. Foreven as we celebrate tonight, we know the challengesthat tomorrow will bring are the greatest of ourlifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worstfinancial crisis in a century. Even as we stand heretonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up inthe deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan torisk their lives for us. There are mothers and fatherswho will lie awake after their children fall asleep andwonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay theirdoctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is newenergy to harness and new jobs to be created; newschools to build and threats to meet and alliances torepair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, butAmerica — I have never been more hopeful than I amtonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as apeople will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wo't agree with every decision or policy I make aspresident, and we know that government ca't solve everyproblem. But I will always be honest with you about thechallenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you join inthe work of remaking this nation the only way i's beendone in America for 221 years — block by block, brickby brick, callused hand by callused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is notthe change we seek — it is only the chance for us tomake that change. And that cannot happen if we go backto the way things were. It cannot happen without you. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch inand work harder and look after not only ourselves, buteach other. Let us remember that if this financialcrisis taught us anything, i's that we cannot have athriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In thiscountry, we rise or fall as one nation — as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that haspoisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember thatit was a man from this state who first carried thebanner of the Republican Party to the White House — aparty founded on the values of self-reliance, individualliberty and national unity. Those are values we allshare, and while the Democratic Party has won a greatvictory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility anddetermination to heal the divides that have held backour progress.
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, We are not enemies, but friends... Though passion mayhave strained, it must not break our bonds ofaffection. And, to those Americans whose support I haveyet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hearyour voices, I need your help, and I will be yourpresident, too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who arehuddled around radios in the forgotten corners of ourworld — our stories are singular, but our destiny isshared, and a new dawn of American leadership is athand. To those who would tear this world down: We willdefeat you. To those who seek peace and security: Wesupport you. And to all those who have wondered ifAmerica's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight, weproved once more that the true strength of our nationcomes not from the might of our arms or the scale of ourwealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America — that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we havealready achieved gives us hope for what we can and mustachieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one tha's on my mindtonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She's a lot like the millions of others who stood inline to make their voice heard in this election, exceptfor one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;when someone like her could't vote for two reasons —because she was a woman and because of the color of herskin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache andthe hope; the struggle and the progress; the times wewere told that we ca't and the people who pressed onwith that American creed: Yes, we can.
At a time when wome's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up andspeak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itselfwith a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of commonpurpose. Yes, we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma and a preacher fromAtlanta who told a people that.We Shall Overcome. Yes,we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, shetouched her finger to a screen and cast her vote,because after 106 years in America, through the best oftimes and the darkest of hours, she knows how Americacan change. Yes, we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us askourselves: If our children should live to see the nextcentury; if my daughters should be so lucky to live aslong as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time — to put our people back towork and open doors of opportunity for our kids; torestore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; toreclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamentaltruth that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism,and doubt, and those who tell us that we ca't, we willrespond with that timeless creed that sums up the spiritof a people: Yes, we can.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
奧巴馬芝加哥演講稿譯文
芝加哥，你好!
如果有人懷疑美國是個一切皆有可能的地方，懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們這個時代依然燃燒，懷疑我們民主的力量，那麼今晚這些疑問都有了答案。
學校和教堂門外的長龍便是答案。排隊的人數之多，在美國曆史上前所未有。為了投票，他們排隊長達三、四個小時。許多人一生中第一次投票，因為他們認為這一次大選結果必須不同以往，而他們手中的一票可能決定勝負。
無論年齡，無論貧富，無論民主黨人或共和黨人，無論黑人、白人，無論拉美裔、亞裔、印地安人, 無論同性戀、異性戀，無論殘障人、健全人，所有的人，他們向全世界喊出了同一個聲音：我們並不隸屬 “紅州”與 “藍州”的對立陣營，我們屬於美利堅合眾國，現在如此，永遠如此!
長久以來，很多人說：我們對自己的能量應該冷漠，應該恐懼，應該懷疑。但是，歷史之輪如今已在我們手中，我們又一次將歷史之輪轉往更美好的未來。
漫漫征程，今宵終於來臨。特殊的一天，特殊的一次大選，特殊的決定性時刻，美國迎來了變革。
剛才，麥凱恩參議員很有風度地給我打了個電話。在這次競選中，他的努力持久而艱鉅。為了這個他摯愛的國家，他的努力更持久、更艱鉅。他為美國的奉獻超出絕大多數人的想象。他是一位勇敢無私的領袖，有了他的奉獻，我們的生活才更美好。我對他和佩林州長的成績表示祝賀。同時，我也期待著與他們共同努力，再續美國輝煌。
我要感謝我的競選搭檔——當選副總統喬·拜登。為了與他一起在斯克蘭頓市街頭長大、一起坐火車返回特拉華州的人們，拜登全心全意地竟選，他代表了這些普通人的聲音。
我要感謝下一位第一夫人米歇爾·奧巴馬。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最愛。沒有她在過去16年來的堅定支援，今晚我就不可能站在這裡。我要感謝兩個女兒薩沙和瑪麗婭，我太愛你們兩個了，你們將得到一條新的小狗，它將與我們一起入住白宮。我還要感謝已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上注視著我。她與我的家人一起造就了今天的我。今夜我思念他們，他們對我的恩情比山高、比海深。
我要感謝我的競選經理大衛·普魯夫，感謝首席策劃師大衛·阿克塞羅德以及整個競選團隊，他們是政治史上最優秀的競選團隊。你們成就了今夜，我永遠感謝你們為今夜所付出的一切
但最重要的是，我將永遠不會忘記這場勝利真正屬於誰---是你們!
我從來不是最有希望的候選人。起初，我們的資金不多，贊助人也不多。我們的競選並非始於華盛頓的華麗大廳，而是起於德莫奈地區某家的後院、康科德地區的某家客廳、查爾斯頓地區的某家前廊。
勞動大眾從自己的微薄積蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿來捐助我們的事業。年輕人證明了他們絕非所謂“冷漠的一代”。他們遠離家鄉和親人，拿著微薄的報酬，起早摸黑地助選。上了年紀的人也頂著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門助選。無數美國人自願組織起來，充當自願者。正是這些人壯大了我們的聲勢。他們的行動證明了在兩百多年以後，民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。
你們這樣做，並不只是為了贏得一場大選，更不是為了我個人。你們這樣做，是因為你們清楚未來的任務有多麼艱鉅。今晚我們在歡慶，明天我們就將面對一生之中最為嚴峻的挑戰--兩場戰爭、一個充滿危險的星球，還有百年一遇的金融危機。今晚我們在這裡慶祝，但我們知道在伊拉克的沙漠裡，在阿富汗的群山中，許許多多勇敢的美國人醒來後就將為了我們而面臨生命危險。許許多多的父母會在孩子熟睡後仍難以入眠，他們正在為月供、醫藥費，孩子今後的大學費用而發愁。我們需要開發新能源，創造就業機會，建造新學校，迎接挑戰和威脅，並修復與盟國的關係。
前方道路還很漫長，任務艱鉅。一年之內，甚至一屆總統任期之內，我們可能都無法完成這些任務。但我從未像今晚這樣對美國滿懷希望，我相信我們會實現這個目標。我向你們承諾--我們美利堅民族將實現這一目標!
我們會遇到挫折，會出師不利，會有許多人不認同我的某一項決定或政策。政府並不能解決所有問題，但我會向你們坦陳我們所面臨的挑戰。我會聆聽你們的意見，尤其是在我們意見相左之時。最重要的是，我會讓你們一起重建這個國家。用自己的雙手，從一磚一瓦做起。這是美國立國221年以來的前進方式，也是惟一的方式。
21個月前那個隆冬所開始的一切，絕不應在這一個秋夜結束。我們所尋求的變革並不只是贏得大選，這只是給變革提供了一個機會。假如我們照老路子辦事，就沒有變革;沒有你們，就沒有變革。
讓我們重新發揚愛國精神，樹立嶄新的服務意識、責任感，每個人下定決心，一起努力工作，彼此關愛;讓我們牢記這場金融危機帶來的教訓：不能允許商業街掙扎的同時卻讓華爾街繁榮。在這個國家，我們作為同一個民族，同生死共存亡。
黨派之爭、瑣碎幼稚，長期以來這些東西荼毒了我們的政壇。讓我們牢記，當來自伊利諾伊州的一位先生首次將共和黨大旗扛進白宮時，伴隨著他的是自強自立、個人自由、國家統一的共和黨建黨理念。這也是我們所有人都珍視的理念。雖然民主黨今晚大勝，但我們態度謙卑，並決心彌合阻礙我們進步的分歧。
當年,林肯面對的是一個遠比目前更為分裂的國家。他說：“我們不是敵人，而是朋友……雖然激情可能不再，但是我們的感情紐帶不會割斷。”對於那些現在並不支援我的美國人，我想說，雖然我沒有贏得你們的選票，但我聽到了你們的聲音，我需要你們的幫助，我也將是你們的總統。
對於關注今夜結果的國際人士，不管他們是在國會、皇宮關注，還是在荒僻地帶收聽電臺，我們的態度是：我們美國人的經歷各有不同，但我們的命運相關，新的美國領袖誕生了。對於想毀滅這個世界的人們，我們必將擊敗你們。對於追求和平和安全的人們，我們將支援你們。對於懷疑美國這盞燈塔是否依然明亮的人們，今天晚上我們已再次證明：美國的真正力量來源並非軍事威力或財富規模，而是我們理想的恆久力量：民主、自由、機會和不屈的希望。
美國能夠變革，這才是美國真正的精髓。我們的聯邦會不斷完善。我們已經取得的成就，將為我們將來能夠並且必須取得的成就增添希望。
這次大選創造了多項“第一”，誕生了很多將流芳後世的故事，但今晚令我最為難忘的卻是一位在亞特蘭大投票的婦女：安妮·庫波爾。她和無數排隊等候投票的選民沒有什麼差別，唯一的不同是她高齡106歲。
在她出生的那個時代，黑奴制剛剛廢除。那時路上沒有汽車，天上沒有飛機。當時像她這樣的人由於兩個原因不能投票--一第一因為她是女性，第二個原因是她的膚色。
今天晚上，我想到了安妮在美國過去一百年間的種種經歷：心痛和希望，掙扎和進步，那些我們被告知我們辦不到的年代，以及我們現在這個年代。現在，我們堅信美國式信念──是的，我們能!
在那個年代，婦女的聲音被壓制，她們的希望被剝奪。但安妮活到了今天，看到婦女們站起來了，可以大聲發表意見了，有選舉權了。是的，我們能。
安妮經歷了上世紀三十年代的大蕭條。農田荒蕪，絕望籠罩美國大地。她看到了美國以新政、新的就業機會以及嶄新的共同追求戰勝了恐慌。是的，我們能。
二戰時期，炸彈襲擊我們的海港，全世界受到獨裁專制威脅，安妮見證了一代美國人的英雄本色，他們捍衛了民主。是的，我們能。
安妮經歷了蒙哥馬利公交車事件、伯明翰黑人暴動事件、塞爾馬血醒週末事件。來自亞特蘭大的一位牧師告訴人們：我們終將勝利。是的，我們能。
人類登上了月球、柏林牆倒下了，科學和想像把世界連成了一塊。今年，在這次選舉中，安妮的手指輕觸電子螢幕，投下自己的一票。她在美國生活了106年，其間有最美好的時光，也有最黑暗的時刻，她知道美國能夠變革。是的，我們能。
美利堅，我們已經一路走來，我們已經看到了那麼多變化，但我們仍有很多事情要做。今夜，讓我們問自己這樣一個問題：假如我們的孩子能夠活到下一個世紀，假如我的女兒們有幸與安妮一樣長壽，她們將會看到怎樣的改變?我們又取得了怎樣的進步?
現在，我們獲得了回答這個問題的機會。這是我們的時刻，我們的時代。讓我們的人民重新就業，為我們的孩子開啟機會的大門;恢復繁榮，促進和平;讓美國夢重放光芒，再證這一根本性真理，那就是：團結一致，眾志成城;一息尚存，希望就在;倘若有人嘲諷和懷疑，說我們不能，我們就以這一永恆信條迴應，因為它凝聚了整個民族的精神——是的，我們能!
謝謝大家!願上帝保佑你們，保佑美利堅合眾國。
篇2：
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!你們今天過得怎麼樣?我現在和弗吉尼亞州阿林頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學生們在一起，全國各地也有從幼兒園到高三的眾多學生們通過電視關注這裡，我很高興你們能共同分享這一時刻。
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you inkindergarten, 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，對你們中的許多人來說，今天是開學的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進入幼兒園或升上初高中，對你們來說，這是在新學校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。我想也會有許多畢業班的學生們正自信滿滿地準備最後一年的衝刺。不過，我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個年級，許多人都打心底裡希望現在還在放暑假，以及今天不用那麼早起床。
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.
我可以理解這份心情。小時候，我們家在大洋彼岸——我們在印度尼西亞住過幾年。我媽媽沒錢送我去其他美國孩子們上學的地方去讀書，因此她決定自己給我上課——時間是每週一到週五的凌晨4點半。
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.***
顯然，我不怎麼喜歡那麼早就爬起來，很多時候，我就這麼在廚房的桌子前睡著了。每當我埋怨的時候，我媽總會用同一副表情看著我說：“小鬼，你以為教你我就很輕鬆?”
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，我可以理解你們中的許多人對於開學還需要時間來調整和適應，但今天我站在這裡，是為了和你們談一些重要的事情。我要和你們談一談你們每個人的教育，以及在新的學年裡，你們應當做些什麼。
Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked about responsibility a lot.
我做過許多關於教育的講話，也常常用到“責任”這個詞。
I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.
我談到過教師們有責任激勵和啟迪你們，督促你們學習。
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.
我談到過家長們有責任看管你們認真學習、完成作業，不要成天只會看電視或打遊戲機。
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.
我也很多次談到過政府有責任設定高標準嚴要求、協助老師和校長們的工作，改變在有些學校裡學生得不到應有的學習機會的現狀。
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.
但哪怕這一切都達到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優秀的學校，假如你們不去履行自己的責任的話，那麼這一切努力都會白費。——除非你每天準時去上學、除非你認真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否則這一切都會失去意義。
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.
而這就是我今天講話的主題：對於自己的教育，你們中每一個人的責任。首先，我想談談你們對於自己有什麼責任。你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發現自己的才能是什麼，就是你們要對自己擔起的責任。教育給你們提供了發現自己才能的機會。
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.
或許你能寫出優美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現在書籍和報刊上——但假如不在英語課上經常練習寫作，你不會發現自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一個發明家、創造家——甚至設計出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產品，或研製出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學課程上做上幾次實驗，你不會知道自己有這樣的天賦;或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什麼學生會或參加幾次辯論賽，你也不會發現自己的才能。
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 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.
而且，我可以向你保證，不管你將來想要做什麼，你都需要相應的教育。——你想當名醫生、當名教師或當名警官?你想成為護士、成為 建築設計師、律師或軍人?無論你選擇哪一種職業，良好的教育都必不可少，這世上不存在不把書唸完就能拿到好工作的美夢，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓練與 學習。
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.
不僅僅對於你們個人的未來有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會對這個國家、乃至世界的未來產生重要影響。今天你們在學校中學 習的內容，將會決定我們整個國家在未來迎接重大挑戰時的表現。
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.
你們需要在數理科學課程上學習的知識和技能，去治療癌症、艾滋那樣的疾病，和解決我們面臨的能源問題與環境問題;你們需要在歷史社科課程上培養出的觀察力與判斷力，來減輕和消除無家可歸與貧困、犯罪問題和各種歧視，讓這個國家變得更加公平和自由;你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發展出來的創新意識和思維，去創業和建立新的公司與企業，來製造就業機會和推動經濟的增長。
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and yourintellect 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.
我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養和發展自己的天賦、技能和才智，來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題。假如你不這麼做——假如你放棄學習——那麼你不僅是放棄了自己，也是放棄了你的國家。
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.
當然，我明白，讀好書並不總是件容易的事。我知道你們中的許多人在生活中面臨著各種各樣的問題，很難把精力集中在專心讀書之上。
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.
我知道你們的感受。我父親在我兩歲時就離開了家庭，是母親一人將我們拉扯大，有時她付不起帳單，有時我們得不到其他孩子們都有的東西，有時我會想，假如父親在該多好，有時我會感到孤獨無助，與周圍的環境格格不入。
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.
因此我並不總是能專心學習，我做過許多自己覺得丟臉的事情，也惹出過許多不該惹的麻煩，我的生活岌岌可危，隨時可能急轉直下。
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.
但我很幸運。我在許多事上都得到了重來的機會，我得到了去大學讀法學院、實現自己夢想的機會。我的妻子——現在得叫她第一夫人米歇爾奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事，她的父母都沒讀過大學，也沒有什麼財產，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她有機會去這個國家最優秀的學校讀書。
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.
你們中有些人可能沒有這些有利條件，或許你的生活中沒有能為你提供幫助和支援的長輩，或許你的某個家長沒有工作、經濟拮据，或許你住的社群不那麼安全，或許你認識一些會對你產生不良影響的朋友，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.
但歸根結底，你的生活狀況——你的長相、出身、經濟條件、家庭氛圍——都不是疏忽學業和態度惡劣的藉口，這些不是你去跟老師頂嘴、逃課、或是輟學的藉口，這些不是你不好好讀書的藉口。
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.
你的未來，並不取決於你現在的生活有多好或多壞。沒有人為你編排好你的命運，在美國，你的命運由你自己書寫，你的未來由你自己掌握。
That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
而在這片土地上的每個地方，千千萬萬和你一樣的年輕人正是這樣在書寫著自己的命運。
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.
例如德克薩斯州羅馬市的賈斯敏佩雷茲***Jazmin Perez***。剛進學校時，她根本不會說英語，她住的地方几乎沒人上過大學，她的父母也沒有受過高等教育，但她努力學習，取得了優異的成績，靠獎學金進入了布朗大學，如今正在攻讀公共衛生專業的博士學位。
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.
我還想起了加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯市的安多尼舒爾茲***Andoni Schultz***，他從三歲起就開始與腦癌病魔做鬥爭，他熬過了一次次治療與手術——其中一次影響了他的記憶，因此他得花出比常人多幾百個小時的時間來完成學業，但他從不曾落下自己的功課。這個秋天，他要開始在大學讀書了。
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.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.
又比如在我的家鄉，伊利諾斯州芝加哥市，身為孤兒的香特爾史蒂夫***Shantell Steve***換過多次收養家庭，從小在治安很差的地區長大，但她努力爭取到了在當地保健站工作的機會、發起了一個讓青少年遠離犯罪團伙的專案，很快，她也將以優異的成績從中學畢業，去大學深造。賈斯敏、安多尼和香特爾與你們並沒有什麼不同。和你們一樣，他們也在生活中遭遇各種各樣的困難與問題，但他們拒絕放棄，他們選擇為自己的教育擔起責任、給自己定下奮鬥的目標。我希望你們中的每一個人，都能做得到這些。
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. 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，在今天，我號召你們每一個人都為自己的教育定下一個目標——並在之後，儘自己的一切努力去實現它。你的目標可以很簡單，像是完成作業、認真聽講或每天閱讀——或許你打算參加一些課外活動，或在社群做些志願工作;或許你決定為那些因為長相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺負的孩子做主、維護他們的權益，因為你和我一樣，認為每個孩子都應該能有一個安全的學習環境;或許你認為該學著更好的照顧自己，來為將來的學習做準備……當然，除此之外，我希望你們都多多洗手、感到身體不舒服的時候要多在家休息，免得大家在秋冬感冒高發季節都得流感。
But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. 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.
不管你決定做什麼，我都希望你能堅持到底，希望你能真的下定決心。我知道有些時候，電視上播放的節目會讓你產生這樣那樣的錯覺，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認為只要會唱rap、會打籃球或參加個什麼真人秀節目就能坐享其成，但現實是，你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。
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.
因為，成功是件難事。你不可能對要讀的每門課程都興趣盎然，你不可能和每名帶課教師都相處順利，你也不可能每次都遇上看起來和現實生活有關的作業。而且，並不是每件事，你都能在頭一次嘗試時獲得成功。
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.
"但那沒有關係。因為在這個世界上，最最成功的人們往往也經歷過最多的失敗。J.K.羅琳的第一本《哈利·波特》被出版商拒絕了十二次才最終出版;邁克爾·喬丹上高中時被學校的籃球隊刷了下來，在他的職業生涯裡，他輸了幾百場比賽、投失過幾千次射籃，知道他是怎麼說的嗎?“我一生不停地失敗、失敗再失敗，這就是我現在成功的原因。”
These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures defineyou -- 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.
他們的成功，源於他們明白人不能讓失敗左右自己——而是要從中吸取經驗。從失敗中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎樣的改變;假如你惹了什麼麻煩，那並不 說明你就是個搗蛋貴，而是在提醒你，在將來要對自己有更嚴格的要求;假如你考了個低分，那並不說明你就比別人笨，而是在告訴你，自己得在學習上花更多的時間。
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.
沒有哪一個人一生出來就擅長做什麼事情的，只有努力才能培養出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接觸一項體育運動時就成為校隊的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一 首歌時就找準每一個音，一切都需要熟能生巧。對於學業也是一樣，你或許要反覆運算才能解出一道數學題的正確答案，你或許需要讀一段文字好幾遍才能理解它的意思，你或許得把論文改上好幾次才能符合提交的標準。這都是很正常的。
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.
不要害怕提問。不要不敢向他人求助。——我每天都在這麼做。求助並不是軟弱的表現，恰恰相反，它說明你有勇氣承認自己的不足、並願意去學習新的知識。所以，有不懂時，就向大人們求助吧——找個你信得過的物件，例如父母、長輩、老師、教練或輔導員——讓他們幫助你向目標前進。
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.
你要記住，哪怕你表現不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經放棄了你——永遠不要自己放棄自己。因為當你放棄自己的時候，你也放棄了自己的國家。
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.
美國不是一個人們遭遇困難就輕易放棄的國度，在這個國家，人們堅持到底、人們加倍努力，為了他們所熱愛的國度，每一個人都盡著自己最大的努力，不會給自己留任何餘地。
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.
250年前，有一群和你們一樣的學生，他們之後奮起努力、用一場革命最終造就了這個國家;75年前，有一群和你們一樣的學生，他們之後戰勝了大蕭條、贏得 了二戰;就在20年前，和你們一樣的學生們，他們後來創立了Google、Twitter和Facebook，改變了我們人與人之間溝通的方式。
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?
因此，今天我想要問你們，你們會做出什麼樣的貢獻?你們將解決什麼樣的難題?你們能發現什麼樣的事物?二十、五十或百年之後，假如那時的美國總統也來做一次開學演講的話，他會怎樣描述你們對這個國家所做的一切?
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.
你們的家長、你們的老師和我，每一個人都在盡最大的努力，確保你們都能得到應有的教育來回答這些問題。例如我正在努力為你們提供更安全的教室、更多的書籍、更先進的設施與計算機。但你們也要擔起自己的責任。因此我要求你們在今年能夠認真起來，我要求你們盡心地去做自己著手的每一件事，我要求你們每一個人都有所成就。請不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你的國家和你自己失望。你們要成為我們驕傲，我知道，你們一定可以做到。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you.
謝謝大家，上帝保佑你們，上帝保佑美國。
篇3：
正文：PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. It is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of you. I'd like to thank Fudan University's President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious welcome. I'd also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our nations. I don't know what he said, but I hope it was good. ***Laughter.***
奧巴馬總統：你們好。能夠有機會在上海跟你們大家交談，我深感榮幸。我要感謝復旦大學的楊校長，感謝他的款待和熱情的歡迎。我還要感謝我們出色的大使洪博培，他代表了我們兩國之間的深遠聯絡和相互尊重。我不知道他剛才說什麼，但是希望他說得不錯。***笑聲***
What I'd like to do is to make some opening comments, and then what I'm really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we've received questions online, which will be asked by some of the students who are here in the audience, as well as by Ambassador Huntsman. And I am very sorry that my Chinese is not as good as your English, but I am looking forward to this chance to have a dialogue.
我今天準備先做一個開場白，但我真正希望做的是回答問題，不但回答在座的學生提出的問題，同時也回答從網上提出的一些問題，這些問題由在座的一些學生和洪博培大使代為提出。很抱歉，我的中文不如你們的英文，但我期待著這個和你們對話的機會。
This is my first time traveling to China, and I'm excited to see this majestic country. Here, in Shanghai, we see the growth that has caught the attention of the world -- the soaring skyscrapers, the bustling streets and entrepreneurial activity. And just as I'm impressed by these signs of China's journey to the 21st century, I'm eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China's distant past. Tomorrow and the next day I hope to have a chance when I'm in Beijing to see the majesty of the Forbidden City and the wonder of the Great Wall. Truly, this is a nation that encompasses both a rich history and a belief in the promise of the future.
這是我首次訪問中國，看到你們壯麗的國家，我感到很興奮。在上海，我們看到了全球矚目的發展——高聳的大廈、繁忙的街道、創業的動態。這些都是中國步入 21世紀的跡象，讓我感到讚歎。同時，我也期盼看到向我們展現中國悠久歷史的古蹟。明天和後天我我會在北京，希望有機會看到壯觀的故宮和奇蹟般的長城。的確，這是一個既有豐富的歷史，又對未來的希望充滿信心的國家。
The same can be said of the relationship between our two countries. Shanghai, of course, is a city that has great meaning in the history of the relationship between the United States and China. It was here, 37 years ago, that the Shanghai Communique opened the door to a new chapter of engagement between our governments and among our people. However, America's ties to this city -- and to this country -- stretch back further, to the earliest days of America's independence.
我們兩國的關係也是如此。毫無疑問，上海在美中關係史上是一個具有重大意義的城市。正是在這裡，37年前釋出的《上海公報》***Shanghai Communique***開啟了我們兩國政府和兩國人民接觸交往的新篇章。然而，美國與這個城市以及這個國家的紐帶可以追溯到更久遠的過去，直至美國獨立初期。
In 1784, our founding father, George Washington, commissioned the Empress of China, a ship that set sail for these shores so that it could pursue trade with the Qing Dynasty. Washington wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like China. This is a common American
impulse -- the desire to reach for new horizons, and to forge new partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
1784年，我們的建國之父喬治?華盛頓主持了“中國女皇號”***Empress of China***的下水儀式。這條船前往中國海岸，尋求與清朝通商。華盛頓希望看到這條懸掛美國國旗的船前往世界各地，與像中國這樣的國家締結新的紐帶。這是通常的美國人的願望——希望達到新的地平線，建立新的、互利的夥伴關係。
Over the two centuries that have followed, the currents of history have steered the relationship between our countries in many directions. And even in the midst of tumultuous winds, our people had opportunities to forge deep and even dramatic ties. For instance, Americans will never forget the hospitality shown
to our pilots who were shot down over your soil during World War II, and cared for by Chinese civilians who risked all that they had by doing so. And Chinese veterans of that war still warmly greet those American veterans who return to the sites where they fought to help liberate China from occupation.
在此後的兩個世紀中，歷史洪流使我們兩國關係向許多不同的方向發展，但即使在動盪的歲月中，兩國人民也抓住機會發展了深入的、甚至極不平凡的關係。例如，美國人民永遠不會忘記，二戰期間，美國飛行員在中國上空被擊落後，中國公民冒著失去一切的危險護理他們。參加過二戰的中國老兵仍然熱情歡迎故地重遊的美國老兵，他們曾經在那裡作戰，幫助中國從佔領下獲得解放。
A different kind of connection was made nearly 40 years ago when the frost between our countries began to thaw through the simple game of table tennis. The very unlikely nature of this engagement contributed to its success -- because for all our differences, both our common humanity and our shared curiosity were revealed. As one American player described his visit to China -- "[The]people are just like us…The country is very similar to America, but still very different."
近40年前，簡單的乒乓球比賽帶來了兩國關係的解凍，使我們兩國建立起另一種聯絡。這種接觸令人意外，但卻恰恰促成了其成功，因為儘管我們之間存在許多分歧，但是我們共同的人性和共同的好奇心得以從中顯現。正如一位美國乒乓球隊員在回憶對中國的訪問時所說：“那裡的人民和我們一樣……這個國家和美國有許多相似之處，也有很大區別。”
Of course this small opening was followed by the achievement of the Shanghai Communique, and the eventual establishment of formal relations between the United States and China in 1979. And in three decades, just look at how far we have come.
無須贅言，這個小小的契機帶來了《上海公報》的問世，並最終促使美中兩國在1979年建立正式外交關係。請看在此後的30年，我們取得了多麼長足的進展。
In 1979, trade between the United States and China stood at roughly $5 billion -- today it tops over $400 billion each year. The commerce affects our people's lives in so many ways. America imports from China many of the computer parts we use, the clothes we wear; and we export to China machinery that helps power your industry. This trade could create even more jobs on both sides of the Pacific, while allowing our people to enjoy a better quality of life. And as demand becomes more balanced, it can lead to even broader prosperity.
1979年，美中貿易額約為50億美元，今天，年度貿易額已經超過4000億美元。貿易在許多方面影響著兩國人民的生活，美國電腦中的許多元件以及我們身穿的服裝都是從中國進口的，我們向中國出口你們的工業需要的機器。這種貿易可以在太平洋兩岸創造更多的就業機會，讓我們的人民過上質量更高的生活。隨著需求趨於平衡，繁榮的範圍將進一步擴大。
In 1979, the political cooperation between the United States and China was rooted largely in our shared rivalry with the Soviet Union. Today, we have a positive, constructiveand comprehensive relationship that opens the door to partnership on the key global issues of our time -- economic recovery and the development of clean energy; stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and the scourge of climate change; the promotion of peace and security in Asia and around the globe. All of these issues will be on the agenda tomorrow when Imeet with President Hu.
1979年，美中之間的政治合作主要立足於雙方共同面對的競爭對手蘇聯。如今我們享有積極的、建設性的、全面的關係，為我們在當今時代的關鍵性全球問題上建立夥伴關係打開了大門，這些問題包括：經濟復甦和清潔能源開發、制止核武器擴散和氣候變化的影響、在亞洲及全球各地促進和平與安全。所有這些問題都是我明天與胡主席會談的內容。