英語美文名人勵志故事47:奧巴馬在學(xué)校發(fā)表演講---夢想與責(zé)任，鼓舞學(xué)生不畏逆境，發(fā)奮學(xué)習(xí)的故事
47. Hope and Responsibility
47. 夢想與責(zé)任
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.
不論你的生活志向是什么，我敢肯定你必須接受教育才能實現(xiàn)它。你想當(dāng)醫(yī)生、教師或警官嗎?你想當(dāng)護士、建筑師、律師或軍人嗎?你必須接受良好的教育，才能從事上述任何一種職業(yè)。你不能指望輟學(xué)后能碰上個好工作。你必須接受培訓(xùn)，為之努力，為之學(xué)習(xí)。
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.
這并非只對你個人的人生和未來意義重大。教育給你們帶來的益處將完全可以決定這個國家的未來。美國的未采取決于你們。你們現(xiàn)在在校學(xué)習(xí)的知識將決定我們作為一個國家是否能夠迎接我們未來所面臨的最嚴(yán)峻挑戰(zhàn)。
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, 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.
你們將需要利用你們通過自然科學(xué)和數(shù)學(xué)課程所學(xué)到的知識和解決問題的能力來治愈像癌癥、艾滋病之類的疾病，開發(fā)新的能源技術(shù)和保護我們的環(huán)境。你們將需要利用你們在歷史學(xué)和社會學(xué)課堂上所獲得的知識和批判性思考能力來抗擊貧困和解決無家可歸問題，打擊犯罪和消除歧視，使我們的國家更公平、更自由。你們將需要利用你們在所有課堂上培養(yǎng)的創(chuàng)造力和智慧來創(chuàng)辦新公司，增加就業(yè)機會，振興我們的經(jīng)濟。
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.
我們需要你們每個人都發(fā)揮聰明才智和技能，以便幫助我們老一輩人解決我們最棘手的問題。如果你們不這樣做——如果你們輟學(xué)——你們不僅僅是放棄自己，也是放棄自己的國家。
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