公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第85期:米歇爾奧巴馬迪拉德大學(11)

But that's still no excuse to stand on the sidelines

但這不能成為我們袖手旁觀的借口

Because we know that today

因為我們知道 如今

education is still the key to real and lasting freedom

教育仍然是真正持久自由的關(guān)鍵

it is still true today

現(xiàn)如今仍然如此

So it is now up to us

現(xiàn)在輪到我們

to cultivate that hunger for education in our own lives and in those around us

來滿足自己和周圍其他人對教育的渴望

And we know that hunger is still out there we know it

我們知道很多人仍然對教育非常渴望

We see it in students like DeShawn and Nicole and

德肖恩和妮可這些學生就是如此

all of you who scraped and clawed so you could make it to this day

你們很多人也都克服了重重阻礙才走到今天

We see it in the single moms who work three jobs

有些單親母親甚至要打三份工

so their kids might have a shot at earning a degree like yours

才能讓她們的孩子獲得同你們一樣的學位

We see that hunger all around the world

這份渴望在全世界范圍內(nèi)無處不在

in that young woman named Malala who was shot on her school bus in Pakistan

名叫馬拉拉的巴基斯坦少女在校車上慘遭槍擊

just for speaking out in support of girls getting an education

僅僅因為她在公開場合發(fā)表言論支持女性教育

and the more than 200 girls

還有200多名女孩

kidnapped from their own school in Nigeria for wanting an education

由于希望接受教育 在尼日利亞的學校遭到綁架

young people who are knowingly risking their lives every day just to go to school

每天都有年輕人為了上學 不顧自己的生命

And in fact, you've seen that hunger right here at Dillard

實際上 迪拉德大學也充滿了這種渴望

your valedictorian, three salutatorians are

畢業(yè)典禮上致辭的第一名和三位第二名畢業(yè)生

all from Nigeria

都來自尼日利亞

They studied hard at an early age

他們經(jīng)過早年的努力學習

earned scholarships to come here to this university

才獲得獎學金并來到這所大學

achieved 4.0 GPAs

獲得了4.0的GPA

And now they are off pursuing master's degrees, work in software development

現(xiàn)在 他們正準備繼續(xù)研讀碩士學位 從事軟件開發(fā)

teaching math and science to young people here in the United States

教美國年輕人數(shù)學和科學知識

See, now, that's the kind of hunger for education that we have to

這就是我們需要在整個社會上

reignite in all of our communities

重新點燃的對教育的渴望