超燃演讲why not you
【励志英文演讲】Rock Bottom-最低谷
The thing about life is it's not always easy, and you can't always win. Some point of your life, it hits you. It hits you really really hard.生活不总是一帆风顺，你也不可能总是赢，他会打击你，无情的打击你。
The person you love doesn't love you back, you get fired, you lose a family member. At some point of your life, you're gonna hit rock bottom.你爱的人不爱你，你被解雇了，你失去家庭成员，在你人生的某个时刻，你会跌到人生低谷。
You're paralyzed, you're like, "Why?" And that why can really really destroy you. Once you start asking yourself, "Why me? Why not the others, why me?你瘫痪了，你会想，“为什么？”这就是为什么他能真的毁灭你。
一旦你开始问，“为什么是我？为什么不是别人？为什么是我？“I'm actually a good person, I never did something significantly bad, why the hell did it hit me?" Because that's life.我是个好人，我从来没做过做过什么坏事，生活为什么要打击我？因为这就是生活。
Life is unfair. Success is not measured on the days when the sun shines. Success is measured on the dark, stormy, cloudy days. And if you can't absorb failure, you're never gonna meet success.生活是不公平的，成功不是用阳光普照的日子（顺境）来衡量。
高三英文励志演讲稿带翻译
【导语】演讲有很多的话题，励志演讲对⾼中⽣来说可以起到⼀定的激励作⽤。
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欢迎阅读参考！【⾼三英⽂励志演讲稿带翻译⼀】Pain past is pleasure.过去的痛苦即快乐。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事必先难后易。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.⼼之所愿，⽆事不成。
Where there is life, there is hope.有⽣命必有希望。
I feel strongly that I can make it.我坚信我⼀定能成功。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.与其诅咒⿊暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
The shortest answer is doing.最简短的回答就是⾏动。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多⼀点点。
（凡事⽐别⼈多⼀点点！多⼀点努⼒，多⼀点⾃律，多⼀点实践，多⼀点疯狂。
多⼀点点就能创造奇迹！）DEFINITION OF CRAZINESS "Crazy" stands for the human spirit of transcending oneself. It stands for the single-minded pursuit of dreams. It stands for the total devotion to your work. It stands for the passion of commitment to reach the goal. Once you have this craziness, you can achieve anything you want. Let alone learning English!疯狂的定义"疯狂"代表着⼈类超越⾃我的精神，代表着对理想的执着追求，代表着对事业忘我的全情投⼊，代表着不达⽬的绝不罢休的激情。
TED《为什么我必须站出来》英文演讲稿
Geena Rocero: Why I must come outThe world makes you something that you‟re not, but you know inside what you are, and that question burns in your heart: How will you become that? I may be somewhat unique in this, but I am not alone, not alone at all. So when I became a fashion model, I felt that I‟d finally achieved the dream that I‟d always wanted since I was a young child. My outside self finally matched my inner truth, my inner self. For complicated reasons which I‟ll get to later, when I look at this picture, at that time I felt like, Geena, you‟ve done it, you‟ve made it, you have arrived. But this past October, I realized that I‟m only just beginning.All of us are put in boxes by our family, by our religion, by our society, our moment in history, even our own bodies. Some people have the courage to break free, not to accept the limitations imposed by the color of their skin or by the beliefs of those that surround them. Those people are always the threat to the status quo, to what is considered acceptable. In my case, for the last nine years, some of my neighbors, some of my friends, colleagues, even my agent, did not know about my history. I think, in mystery, this is called the reveal. Here is mine.I was assigned boy at birth based on the appearance of my genitalia. I remember when I was five years old in Philippines walking around our house, I would always wear this t-shirt on my head. And my mom asked me,” How come you always wear that t-shirt on your head?” I said,” Mom, this is my hair. I‟m a girl.” I knew then how to self-identify.Gender has always been considered a fact, immutable, but we now know it‟s actually more fluid, complex and mysterious. Because of my success, I never had the courage to share my story, not because I thought what I am is wrong, but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free. Every day, I was so grateful because I am a woman. I have a mom and dad and family who accepted me for who I am. Many are not so fortunate.There‟s a long tradition in Asian culture that celebrates the fluid mystery of gender. There is a Buddhist goddess of compassion. There is a Hindu goddess, hijra goddess. So when I was eight years old, I was at a fiesta in the Philippines celebrating these mysteries. I was in front of the stage, and I remember, out comes this beautiful woman right in front of me, and I remember that moment something hit me: That is the kind of women I would like to be.So when I was 15 years old, still dressing as a boy, I met this woman named T.L. She is a transgender beauty pageant manager. That night she asked me,” How come you are not joining the beauty pageant?” She convinced me that if I joined that she would take care of the registration fee and the garments, and that night, I won best in swimsuit and best in long gown and placed second runner up among 40-plus candidates. That moment changed my life. All of a sudden, I was introduced to the world of beauty pageants. Not a lot of people could say that your first job is a pageant queen for transgender women, but I‟ll take it.So from 15 to 17 years old, I joined the most prestigious pageant to the pageant where it‟s at the back of the truck, literally, or sometimes it would be a pavement next to a rice field, and when it rains—it rains a lot in the Philippines—the organizers would have to move it inside someone‟s house. I also experiences the goodness of strangers, especially when we would travel in remote provinces in the Philippines. But most importantly, I met some of my best friends in that community.In 2001, my mom, who had moved to San Francisco, called me and told me that my green card petition came through, that I could now move to the United States. I resisted it. I told my mom,” Mom, I‟m having fun. I‟m here with my friends. I love traveling, being a beauty pageant queen.” But then two weeks later she called me, she said,“Did you know that if you move to the United States you could change your name and gender marker?” That was all I need to hear.My mom also told me to put two E‟s in the spelling of my name. She also came withme when I had my surgery in Thailand at 19 years old. It‟s interesting, in some of the most rural cities in Thailand, they perform some of the most prestigious, safe and sophisticated surgery. At that time in the United States, you needed to have surgery before you could change your name and gender marker.So in 2001, I moved to San Francisco, and I remember looking at my California driver‟s license with my name Geena and gender maker F. That was a powerful moment. For some people, their I.D. is their license to drive or even to get a drink, but for me, that was my license to live, to feel dignified. All of a sudden, my fears were minimized. I felt that I could conquer my dream and move to New York and be a model.Many are not so fortunate. I think of this woman named Ayla Nettless. She‟s from New York, she‟s a young woman who was courageously living her truth, but hatred ended her life. For most of my community, this is the reality in which we live. Our suicide rate is nine times higher than that of the general population. Every November 20, we have a global vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance. I …m here at this stage because it‟s a long history of people who fought and stood up for injustice. This is Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.Today, this very moment, is my real come out. I could no longer live my truth for and by myself. I want to do my best to help others live their truth without shame and terror.I am here, exposed, so that one day there will never be a need for a November 20 vigil.My deepest truth allowed me to accept who I am. Will you? Thank you very much. (Applause)Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause)Kathryn Schulz: Geena, one quick question for you. I‟m wondering what you would say, especially to parents, but in a more broad way, to friends, to family, to anyonewho finds themselves encountering a child or a person who is struggling with and uncomfortable with a gender that‟s being assigned them, what might you say to the family members of that person to help them become good and caring and kind family members to them?Geena Rocero: Sure. Well, first, really, I‟m so blessed. The support system, with my mom especially, and my family, that in itself is just so powerful. I remember every time I would coach young trans women, I would mentor them, and sometimes when they would call me and tell me that their parents can‟t accept it, I would pick up that phone call and tell my mom,”Mom, can you call this woman?”And sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn‟t, so… But it‟s just, gender identity is in the core of our being, right? I mean, we‟re all assigned gender at birth, so what I‟m trying to do is to have this conversation that sometimes that gender assignment doesn‟t match, and there should be a space that would allow people to self-identify, and that‟s a conversation that we should have with parents, with colleagues. The transgender movement, it‟s at the very beginning, to compare to how the gay movement started. There‟s still a lot of work that needs to be done. There should be an understanding. There should be a pace of curiosity and asking questions, and I hope all of you guys will be my allies.。
没有借口励志演讲英文作文
没有借口励志演讲英文作文No more excuses. It's time to take control of your life and make things happen. Stop blaming others for yourfailures and start taking responsibility for your own actions. You are the only one who can change your situation, so stop making excuses and start making progress.Life is full of challenges, and it's easy to make excuses when things don't go our way. But the truth is, excuses won't get you anywhere. If you want to achieve your goals, you need to put in the hard work and dedication. So stop making excuses and start working towards your dreams.Success doesn't come easy, and it certainly doesn't come to those who make excuses. If you want to be successful, you need to be willing to put in the effort and overcome any obstacles that come your way. So stop making excuses and start working towards your success.It's time to stop making excuses and start takingaction. If you want to achieve your goals, you need to be proactive and take control of your life. So stop making excuses and start making things happen.No more excuses. It's time to take charge of your life and start working towards your dreams. So stop making excuses and start making progress.。
永不言弃英语演讲稿奥巴马
永不言弃英语演讲稿奥巴马Ladies and gentlemen,Today, I stand before you to talk about a person who exemplifies the principle of never giving up. That person is none other than former President Barack Obama.Barack Obama's journey to becoming the 44th President of the United States is truly an inspiring tale of resilience, determination, and perseverance. Born to a Kenyan father and American mother, he faced countless challenges from a young age, including racial discrimination and a tumultuous family background. However, he never allowed these obstacles to define him or deter him from his goals.As a young man, Obama faced rejection in his pursuit of a career in politics. He lost his first Congressional election in 2000, and his bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2004. But he didn't let these setbacks deter him. Instead, he used them as motivation to work even harder and improve his skills as a leader.In 2008, Obama famously said, "Yes, we can." These three words encapsulate his unwavering beliefin the power of determination and persistence. Despite being a relatively unknown senator from Illinois, he ran for the highest office in the land against all odds. Many doubted his ability to overcome the challenges and win the presidency. Yet, with each setback or obstacle, he remained steadfast in his determination to bring change to America.Throughout his presidency, Obama faced numerous challenges, both domestically and globally. From economic crises to healthcare reform, each hurdle tested his leadership skills and resolve. But he never backed down. He worked tirelessly to address these issues and find solutions that would benefit the American people.One of the most inspiring aspects of Obama's presidency was his ability to remain calm and composed, even in the face of intense criticism and political opposition. He listened to differing opinions, engaged in constructive dialogue, and sought common ground wherever possible. Regardless of the obstacles he faced, he always remained focused on his vision for a more inclusive, prosperous, and united America.In conclusion, Barack Obama's journey is a testament to the power of perseverance and the refusal to give up. He faced countless challenges along the way, but his unwavering determination and relentless pursuit of his goals allowed him to overcome them and achieve unprecedented success. His story serves as a reminder that no matter how difficult or impossible our dreams may seem, as long as we never give up, we can achieve greatness.Thank you.。
超燃英文句子
超燃英文句子1.Be a voice, not an echo.2.Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction.3.The harder you work, the luckier you get.4.Believe you can and you're halfway there.5.Don't stop when you're tired, stop when you're done.6.Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.7.Dream big, work hard, stay focused.8.In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.9.Do it with passion or not at all.10.The only way to do great work is to love what you do.11.Strive for progress, not perfection.12.The only limit is your mind.13.Chase your dreams, in high heels of course.14.Make it happen, shock everyone.15.Work until your idols become your rivals.16.Your only limit is yourself.17.Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.18.Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.19.Good things come to those who hustle.20.It always seems impossible until it's done.21.Sparkle in the chaos.22.Chase your dreams... in high heels of course.23.Stay wild, moon child.24.Life is tough but so are you.25.Make today so awesome yesterday gets jealous.26.She believed she could, so she did.27.Keep your face towards the sun and shadows will fall behind you.28.Create the things you wish existed.29.Be a voice, not an echo.30.Let your light shine.31.Stars can't shine without darkness.32.Stay strong, make them wonder how you're still smiling.33.Do it with passion or not at all.34.Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.35.Dream big, work hard, stay focused.36.Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.37.Embrace the glorious mess that you are.38.Own who you are.39.Surround yourself with those who light your path.40.Today is a great day to start something new.41.Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish them.42.Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.43.The only way to do great work is to love what you do.44.Believe you can and you're halfway there.45.Whether you think you can, or think you can't – you're right.46.Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.47.In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.48.If not us, who? If not now, when?49.Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are.50.Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.51.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.52.Every moment is a fresh beginning.53.The best way to predict the future is to create it.54.Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.55.What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.56.Why fit in when you were born to stand out?57.The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.58.Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.59.Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.60.Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.61.Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.62.Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.63.The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.64.Believe you can and you’re halfway there.65.Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.66.In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.67.Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.68.Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.69.Dream it. Wish it. Do it.70.Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.71.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.72.Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.73.Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.74.Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.75.Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.76.Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.77.Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.78.Remember why you started.79.Nothing worth having comes easy.80.Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.81.Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.82.Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.83.The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.84.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.85.The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.86.You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.87.Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.88.Believe you can and you’re halfway there.89.The best way to predict the future is to create it.90.The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.91.Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.92.Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.93.You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.94.Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.95.The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.96.Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.97.Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.98.No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up.99.The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.100.Your time is limited, so don’t waste it li ving someone else’s life.101.Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.102.Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on.103.The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it.104.It's not about perfect. It's about effort.105.You are your only limit.106.Believe you can and you're halfway there.107.Dream it. Believe it. Achieve it.108.The only way to do great work is to love what you do.109.Success doesn't just happen. It's planned for.110.You have the power to change your story.111.Every day is a second chance.112.You are capable of more than you know.113.You don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for.114.The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.115.Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.116.The road to success is always under construction.117.You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.118.The secret of getting ahead is getting started.119.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.120.Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.。
扎克伯格哈佛演讲稿中英文
扎克伯格哈佛演讲稿中英文英文原文：President Faust, Board of Overseers, faculty, alumni, friends, proud parents, members of the ad board, and graduates of the greatest university in the world, I'm honored to be with you today because, let's face it, you accomplished something I never could. If I get through this speech, it'll be the first time I actually finish something at Harvard. Class of 2017, congratulations!I'm an unlikely speaker, not just because I dropped out, but because we're technically in the same generation. We walked this yard less than a decade apart, studied the same ideas and slept through the same Ec10 lectures. We may have taken different paths to get here, especially if you came all the way from the Quad, but today I want to share what I've learned about our generation and the world we're building together.But first, the last couple of days have brought back a lot of good memories. How many of you remember exactly what you were doing when you got that email telling you that you got into Harvard? I was playing Civilization and I ran downstairs, got my dad, and for some reason, his reaction was to video me opening the email. That could have been a really sad video. I swear, getting into Harvard is still the thing my parents are most proud of me for.What about your first lecture at Harvard? Mine was Computer Science 121 with the incredible Harry Lewis. I was late, so I threw on a t-shirt and didn't realize until afterwards it was inside out and backwards with my tag sticking out the front. I couldn't figure out why no one would talk to me — except one guy, KX Jin, he just went with it. We ended up doing our problem sets together, and now he runs a big part of Facebook. And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people.But my best memory from Harvard was meeting Priscilla. I had just launched this prank website Facemash, and the ad board wanted to "see me." Everyone thought I was going to get kicked out. My parents came to help me pack. My friends threw me a going away party. As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friend. We met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho Belltower, and in what must be one of the all-time romantic lines, I said: "I'm going to get kicked out in three days, so we need to go on adate quickly."Actually, any of you graduating can use that line.Today I want to talk about three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose: by taking on big meaningful projects together, by redefining equality so everyone has the freedom to pursue purpose and by building community across the world.First, let's take on big meaningful projects. Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation like self-driving cars and trucks. But we have the potential to do so much more together. Every generation has its defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon – including that janitor. Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio. Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects.These projects didn't just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.Now it's our turn to do great things. I know, you're probably thinking: I don't know how to build a dam, or get a million people involved in anything.But let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin. Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.If I had to understand everything about connecting people before I began, I never would have started Facebook.Movies and pop culture get this all wrong. The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. It makes us feel inadequate since we haven't had ours. It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started. Oh, you know what else movies get wrong about innovation? No one writes math formulas on glass. That's not a thing.It's good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood. Anyone working on a big vision will get called crazy, even if you end up right. Anyone working on a complex problem will get blamed for not fully understanding the challenge, even though it's impossible to know everything upfront. Anyone taking initiative will get criticized for moving too fast, because there's always someone who wants to slow you down.But if you know what you're sure about, if you know what you want to build, then you must be bold and be committed to it. You'll make mistakes. It's tough, but it's a part of being bold. You'll make mistakes, but you'll learn from them, and that's the best way to build something great.中文翻译：福斯特校长、监事会成员、老师、校友、朋友们、自豪的家长们、管理委员会的委员们，以及全世界最伟大学校的毕业生们，今天和你们在一起我感到非常荣幸，因为，说实话，你们完成了一个我永远无法完成的成就。
奥巴马演讲why-do-you-go-to-school中英文本
奥巴马双语演讲稿我们为什么上学？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.)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 -- (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.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." (Laughter.)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.But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something 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.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 come 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 government or the debate team.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.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.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, and 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.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.Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college. But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure 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. He's headed to college this fall.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 in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care 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. And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some 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 young people 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, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. I know that sometimes you get that 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. Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed."These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you -- you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to actright. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new. So find an adult that you trust -- a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor -- and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don't let yourself down. Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you.嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在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，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。
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The first question to ponder when you go home is why
第一个问题：当你回家之时是为了什么？
Why go this far？
为什么走这么远？
Why try to learn this much?
为什么要尝试学这么多？
Why study? Why put yourself out?
为什么要钻研？为什么要忘我？
Why try to learn as much as you can learn, shares but you can share? 为什么要尝试尽可能多的学习，分享尽可能多的知识？
Why try to become all that you can possibly become?
为什么要尽你所能成为最好？
Why develop yourself to the full?
为什么要充实自己完善自己？
Why try to do it all?
为什么要做这一切？
Why try to take on this responsibility?
为什么要承担这个责任？
develop every skill you possibly can，see every human you possibly can 掌握所有可能掌握的技能，见识所有可能见识的人
go to every class you possibly can，watch everybody you possibly can 听每一堂可能听到的课，观察你遇到的每一个人
Why do that much? Why go that far?
为什么要做这么多？为什么要走这么远？
Why share that much? Why give that much away?
为什么要分享这么多？为什么要奉献这么多？
Why try to see everything? why try to do everything? Why try to become everything? 为什么要去看这一切？为什么要去做所有事？为什么要尝试成为这些呢？
The first question to ponder when you go home is why?
第一个问题是：当你回家之时是为了什么？
Here’s another good answer to why is the second question: why not
关于为什么的另一个很好的答案就是第二个问题：为什么不呢？
Why not see how much you can earn? Why not see how much you can learn?
为什么不去看看你能挣取多少？为什么不去看看你能了解多少？
Why not see how many skills you can develop？
为什么不去试试你能掌握多少技能？
Why not see what kind of person you can become?
为什么不去试试你能成为什么样的人？
Why not see what kind of influence you can have?
为什么不去看看你能带来什么样的影响？
Why not see how many people you can rescue from oblivion?
为什么不去看看你能在尘世的湮没中拯救多少人？
Iwant you to take that personal，why not? Why not?
我希望你能成为那个人，为什么不呢？
You’ve got to stay here do you go
你曾经不为所动，现在你即将出发
I mean what else are you gonna do
我是说，你将要做点不同于以往的事
Why not see how much you can do how far you can go
为什么不看看你能有多少成就？你能抵达多远的地方？
Now, here’s number three
现在是第三个问题
Why not you？
怎么不是你？
You’ve got the brains
你拥有健全的大脑
You can make decisions, you can study the pan, you can change your life. 你能自己做决定，你能探讨研究，你能改变你的命运
You can grow immensely in the next few years
在接下来的年月里，你拥有无限的可能。
You can make your dreams come true，
你可以实现你的梦想
youcan build a financial wall around your family nothing can get through.
你可以建筑一道经济长城，让你的家人衣食无忧
You can become healthy, you can become powerful
你可以变得健康，变得强大。
Why not you?
为什么不是你？
My very last question
我的最后一个问题
On the questions to ponder is why not now?
想一下这个问题：问什么不是现在？
There never was a better time.
从来没有比这更好的时间了
And what a time now for us to take this dream and not let it die
现在我们就可以让自己的梦想变得鲜活，而非南柯一梦。
Take this dream and give it life.
拾起我们的梦想并赋予它生命力。
Take this dream and breathe into it your own personal spirit,
拾起你的梦想并让它与你同呼吸共命运
Until finally it becomes a flame that burns around the whole world. 直到它从星星之火变得可以燎原，最终点亮世界。