公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第87期:米歇爾奧巴馬迪拉德大學(xué)(13)

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Start by volunteering at an after-school program

例如在課后項(xiàng)目中擔(dān)任志愿者

or helping some high school kids fill out their collegeapplications

或是幫助高中學(xué)生填報(bào)大學(xué)志愿

Show them the path that you took

跟他們展示你的人生軌跡

Or you can think a little bigger

你也可以從大處著眼

you can get your entire congregation or your community to start a mentoring program

例如在整個(gè)社區(qū)中發(fā)起輔導(dǎo)項(xiàng)目

maybe convince your new employer to sponsor scholarships for underprivileged kids

或是說服你的新雇主 為貧困學(xué)生提供獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金資助

Or maybe you could think a little higher

你也可以有更高的目標(biāo)

maybe you could run for school board or Congress

也許你可以競選教委委員或國會(huì)議員

or, yes, even President of the United States

甚至美國總統(tǒng)

And then maybe you could build preschools for every single one of our kids

或許 你將能為每個(gè)孩子建立起學(xué)前教育機(jī)構(gòu)

Maybe you could help turn that pipeline to prison into a highway to college

或許 你將能夠?qū)⑼ㄍO(jiān)獄的末路轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橥ㄍ髮W(xué)的通途

help give every child in America an education that is truly worthy of their promise

幫助美國的每一個(gè)孩子接受到他們應(yīng)受的教育

Those are the kind of big dreams that folks who founded this university reached for

這些同這所大學(xué)建立者們的夢想一樣偉大

That is how high they set their bar

他們將目標(biāo)定得如此高遠(yuǎn)

And so we owe it to those folks

我們虧欠他們

the folks who had the audacity to call their little schools universities

這些敢于將學(xué)校命名為大學(xué)

and name their baby boys Emperor

將小孩命名為皇帝的人

we owe it to them to reach as high as they did

我們虧欠他們 我們需要和他們設(shè)定一樣高的目標(biāo)

and to bring others along the way

過程中 將其他人也引向正確的道路

As the history of this school has taught us

這所學(xué)校的歷史告訴我們

no dream is too big, no vision is too bold

沒有不可以做的夢 沒有不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望

as long as we stay hungry for education and let that hunger be our North Star

只要我們對教育充滿渴望 并讓這份渴望指引我們

there is nothing, graduates, nothing that we cannot achieve

就沒有任何目標(biāo)是我們不能達(dá)成的

So, graduates, this is your mission

畢業(yè)生們 這就是你們的使命

This is your obligation

這就是你們的責(zé)任

I want you to keep reaching higher

我希望你們不斷朝更高的方向努力

I want you all to keep raising your bars

我希望你們不斷抬高自己的目標(biāo)

Let the next generation know that there is no greater investment than a good education

讓下一代知道 沒有任何比良好教育更好的投資