奥巴马在开学第一课上的演讲词(中英文对照)(10)

be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in

class, or spending 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 kids 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, I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and 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 —— 或许你打算参加一些课外活动，或在社区做些志愿工作；或许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；或许你认为该学着更好的照顾自己，来为将来的学习做准备 …… 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。

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 the 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, when 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。