上大学的好处英语作文

第 1 页 共 7 页 上大学的好处英语作文

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？我如今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，我很快乐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 kindergarten,

or starting middle or high school, it’s your first

day in a new school, so it’s understandable if 第 2 页 共 7 页 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，假设你们感到有些紧张，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如今还在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。

我可以理解这份心情。小时候，我们家在大洋此岸——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 第 3 页 共 7 页 whenever I’d plain, 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。每当我抱怨的时候，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 responsibility a lot.

我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到“责任”这个词。 第 4 页 共 7 页 I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for

inspiring students and pushing you to learn.

我谈到过老师们有责任鼓励和启迪你们，催促你们学习。

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。

I’ve talked a lot about your gover____ent’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.

我也很屡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时机的现状。

但哪怕这一切都到达最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的老师、最好的家长、和最优秀的学校，假设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，否那么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 第 5 页 共 7 页 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时机。

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 e 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 gover____ent or the debate

team. 第 6 页 共 7 页 或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出如今书籍和报刊上——但假设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造家、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——但假设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，但假设你不去参加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 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、当名老师或当名警官？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