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)
Start by volunteering at an after-school program
例如在課后項目中擔(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
例如在整個社區(qū)中發(fā)起輔導(dǎo)項目
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 你將能為每個孩子建立起學(xué)前教育機構(gòu)
Maybe you could help turn that pipeline to prison into a highway to college
或許 你將能夠?qū)⑼ㄍO(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
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
