公众人物毕业演讲 第85期:米歇尔奥巴马迪拉德大学(11)

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

　　但这不能成为我们袖手旁观的借口

　　Because we know that today

　　因为我们知道 如今

　　education is still the key to real and lasting¹ freedom

　　教育仍然是真正持久自由的关键

　　it is still true today

　　现如今仍然如此

　　So it is now up to us

　　现在轮到我们

　　to cultivate² that hunger for education in our own lives and in those around us

　　来满足自己和周围其他人对教育的渴望

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

　　我们知道很多人仍然对教育非常渴望

　　We see it in students like DeShawn and Nicole and

　　德肖恩和妮可这些学生就是如此

　　all of you who scraped³ and clawed so you could make it to this day

　　你们很多人也都克服了重重阻碍才走到今天

　　We see it in the single moms who work three jobs

　　有些单亲母亲甚至要打三份工

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

　　才能让她们的孩子获得同你们一样的学位

　　We see that hunger all around the world

　　这份渴望在全世界范围内无处不在

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

　　名叫马拉拉的巴基斯坦少女在校车上惨遭枪击

　　just for speaking out in support of girls getting an education

　　仅仅因为她在公开场合发表言论支持女性教育

　　and the more than 200 girls

　　还有200多名女孩

　　kidnapped from their own school in Nigeria for wanting an education

　　由于希望接受教育 在尼日利亚的学校遭到绑架

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

　　每天都有年轻人为了上学 不顾自己的生命

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

　　实际上 迪拉德大学也充满了这种渴望

　　your valedictorian, three salutatorians are

　　毕业典礼上致辞的第一名和三位第二名毕业生

　　all from Nigeria

　　都来自尼日利亚

　　They studied hard at an early age

　　他们经过早年的努力学习

　　earned scholarships to come here to this university

　　才获得奖学金并来到这所大学

　　achieved 4.0 GPAs

　　获得了4.0的GPA

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

　　现在 他们正准备继续研读硕士学位 从事软件开发

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

　　教美国年轻人数学和科学知识

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

　　这就是我们需要在整个社会上

　　reignite in all of our communities

　　重新点燃的对教育的渴望

1 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

2 cultivate   

vt.耕作，栽培，养殖；培养，陶冶，发展

参考例句：

• Farmers cultivate their farms with cows.农夫用牛耕田。
• One should cultivate good manners from childhood.一个人从小要学讲礼貌。

3 scraped   

v.刮掉(scrape的过去式和过去分词)；擦伤

参考例句：

• She scraped the mud off her boots. 她刮掉了靴子上的泥。
• He scraped his boots clean before coming into the house. 进屋前他先把靴子擦干净。 来自《简明英汉词典》