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2009奥巴马开学演讲 2009奥巴马的秋季开学演讲稿 奥巴马2009年秋季开学致辞美国中小学生（中英对照） REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A 美国总统奥巴马对全美中小学生的ADDRESS TO AMERICA’Wakefield High School, Arlington, Virginia 弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡韦克菲尔德高 September 8, 2009 Hello, everybody! Thank you. 中 2009年9月8日 大家好！谢谢你们。谢谢你们。讲话 谢谢你们大家。好，大家请就坐。你们今天都好吗？（掌声）蒂姆?斯派seat. How is everybody doing today? 塞（Tim Spicer）好吗？（掌声）我(Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? 现在与弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡韦克菲(Applause.) I am here with students 尔德高中的学生们在一起。美国各地Wakefield High School in Arlington, 从小学预备班到中学12年级的学生Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, 正在收听收看。我很高兴大家今天都能参与。我还要感谢韦克菲尔德高中from kindergarten through 12th 出色的组织安排。请为你们自己热烈鼓掌。（掌声） join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.) I know that for many of you, 我知道，今天是你们很多人is the first day of school. And for 开学的日子。对于进入小学预备those of you in kindergarten, or 班、初中或高中的学生，今天是 starting middle or high school, it’你们来到新学校的第一天，心里可能有点紧张，这是可以理解的。it’s understandable if you’re a 我能想象有些毕业班学生现在感nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling 觉很不错——（掌声）——还有一年就毕业了。不论在哪个年级，pretty good right now -- (applause) 你们有些人可能希望暑假更长一点，今天早上还能多睡一小会儿。 matter what grade you’you are probably wishing it were summer and you could’ve stayed in just a little bit longer this I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived overseas. I 我了解这种感觉。我小时候，我们家生活在海外。我在印度尼lived in Indonesia for a few years. 西亚住了几年。我妈妈没有钱送my mother, she didn’我上其他美国孩子上的学校，但to send me where all the American 她认为必须让我接受美式教育。went to school, but she thought it 因此，她决定从周一到周五自己important for me to keep up with an 给我补课。不过她还要上班，所American education. So she decided 以只能在清晨四点半给我上课。 teach me extra lessons herself, through Friday. But because she had go to work, the only time she could it was at 4:30 in the morning. Now, as you might imagine, I wasnt too happy about getting up that 你们可以想见，我不太情愿那么早起床。有很多次，我趴在early. And a lot of times, I’餐桌上就睡着了。但每当我抱怨 asleep right