奥巴马在开学第一课上的演讲词(中英文对照)(9)

in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.

I’m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who’s fought

brain cancer since he was three. He’s endured 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, and he’s headed to college this fall. 。

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。

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, she managed to get a job at a local health 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。

Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you.

They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility 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 to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can