名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第164期:服務(wù)—衡量成功的真正標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(5)

[00:00.39]You know, I grew up in one of those communities with similar values. 你們知道，我在一個(gè)有著相似價(jià)值觀的社區(qū)長(zhǎng)大。 [00:05.41]Like Merced, the South Side of Chicago is a community where people struggles financially,but worked hard, 就像摩賽德一樣，芝加哥南部是一個(gè)過(guò)去人們?cè)诮?jīng)濟(jì)困境中掙扎的社區(qū)，但是那里的人們辛勤工作、 [00:12.44]looked out for each other and rallies around their children. 彼此照料，以子女為中心。 [00:17.42]My father was a blue-collar worker,as you know. 你們都知道的，我的父親是藍(lán)領(lǐng)工人， [00:20.50]My mother stayed at home to raise me and my brother. 我的母親在家里撫養(yǎng)我和哥哥。 [00:23.34]We were the first to graduate from college in our immediate family. 我們兄妹是我們所有直系親屬中的第一批從大學(xué)畢業(yè)的成員。 [00:31.09]I know that many of you here are also the first in your families to achieve that distinction, as well. 我知道你們中的很多人也是你們家族中第一位獲得如此殊榮的成員。 [00:42.49]And as you know, being the first is often a big responsibility, 但正如你們所了解的那樣，成為第一就常常意味著肩負(fù)著更大的責(zé)任， [00:49.04]particularly in a community that, like many others around our country at the moment, 特別是在一個(gè)和當(dāng)前我們國(guó)家的很多其他社區(qū)一樣 [00:53.43]is struggling to cope with record high unemployment and foreclosure rates; 面對(duì)創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的高失業(yè)率和高抵押房屋贖回權(quán)喪失率的社區(qū)， [01:00.34]a community where are single payback or an emergency room visit away from homelessness. 特別是一個(gè)家庭是單一收入來(lái)源或者家庭只是為了避免無(wú)家可歸的緊急避難所的社區(qū)。 [01:08.38]And with jobs scarce, many of you maybe considering leaving town with your diploma in hand. 在這樣的社區(qū)里工作機(jī)會(huì)很少，你們中的很多人可能會(huì)考慮帶著你們的學(xué)位證書離開(kāi)城鎮(zhèn)。 [01:15.26]And it wouldn't be unreasonable. 這并非不合理。 [01:19.13]For those of you who came from communities facing similar economic hardships, 對(duì)于那些來(lái)自處于相似經(jīng)濟(jì)困境社區(qū)的同學(xué)而言， [01:24.40]you may also be wondering how you'll build decent lives for yourselves if you choose to return to those communities. 你們也許會(huì)有疑問(wèn)：假如我回到了那些社區(qū)，我怎么才能過(guò)上體面的生活呢？

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