公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第84期:米歇爾奧巴馬迪拉德大學(10)

Now, perhaps when you hear these statistics, you might think to yourself

聽到這些統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù) 你也許會想

well, those numbers are terrible, but I'm not part of the problem

這些數(shù)字很糟糕 但我沒有這方面的問題

And you might be thinking that since you're not oneof those statistics

你可能會想 你不是這些糟糕統(tǒng)計數(shù)字的一部分

and you're sitting here wearing that nice black robe today

你在這里穿著精美的畢業(yè)禮服

you can go on your way and never look back

你可以繼續(xù)你的人生 而無需回頭看

But folks like you and me, we can't afford to think like that

但是我想說 你我這樣的人 絕對不能這樣想

never

絕對不能

See, because we're the lucky ones

原因在于 我們都是幸運的人

and we can never forget that we didn't get where we are today all on our own

我們不能忘記 僅憑自身力量 我們永遠走不到今天

We got here today because of so

我們能有今天

many people who toiled and sweat and bled and died for us

得益于很多前人的辛勞 汗水 流血甚至犧牲

people like our parents and grandparents and all those who came before them

包括我們的父輩 祖輩 以及他們的前人

people who never dreamed of getting a college education themselves

這些人可能自己從未夢想過自己能夠上大學

but who worked and saved, and sacrificed so that we could be here today

但卻不辭辛勞 極盡節(jié)儉 犧牲自我 供我們來到這里

We owe them

我們虧欠他們

We owe them

我們虧欠他們

And the only way to pay back that debt

要想還上這份債

is by making those same kinds of sacrifices and investments for the next generation

我們需要對下一代作出同樣的犧牲和投資

And I know sitting here right now, that task could seem a bit overwhelming

我知道坐在這里 你們肯定感到這個壓力太過巨大

I know it could seem like the deck is stacked way too high against our young people

我知道 我們現(xiàn)在對年輕人的要求變得有些太高

And the truth is that some of the problems we face

但現(xiàn)實情況是 我們現(xiàn)在所面臨的各種問題

structural inequality, schools that lag behind, workplace and housing discrimination

結(jié)構(gòu)性不平等 落后的學校教育 職場和生活中的歧視

those problems are too big for one person to fix on their own

這些問題都不是一個人能夠解決的