奥巴马开学演讲全文

青春献礼

以下是美国奥巴马总统2009年9月8日在美国美国阿林顿中学开学典礼上的演讲内容，其中许多句子发人深省。谨以此文献给所有会员及会干以及所有在校大学生。这场演讲虽然是做给美国学生的，但对照我们自己，想想我们的责任与梦想是什么？我们为什么而学习，我们可以学到什么？我们又真的学到了什么？我们又该怎样学习？思考的时间到了，同学们，花片刻的时间仔细读一读这篇文章吧。空虚和寂寞不应是青春的主旋律。诚然，在大学，我们需要完成从无忧无虑的孩子到社会成员的角色蜕变，一夜长大的痛苦是不言而喻的，但这决不是自我放逐浑浑噩噩的借口，我们长大了，我们应该并且能够承担起属于自己的责任。就像奥巴马对所有美国学子所说的“Make us all proud”.是的，我们可以做到的。最后祝各位莘莘学子身体健康，学有所成。You can do it!

We Are What We Learn

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? How about Tim Spicer? 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.

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 you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- -- 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. 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.

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."

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.

Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot. I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.

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.

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.