鞍山雅思|奥巴马2020激情毕业演讲（上）

鞍山际丰留学为准备出国留学的同学推出“鞍山雅思”系列英语训练，希望同学们通过当前各种前沿的资讯和报道，来学习地道的雅思英语，从而提高阅读和写作的能力，欢迎大家学习“鞍山雅思”。

Hi, everybody. Congratulations to H.B.C.U. (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) class of 2020. Michelle and I are so proud of you.

大家好。祝贺传统黑人大学2020届毕业生。我和米歇尔真为你们骄傲。

Graduating from college is a big achievement under any circumstances. And so many of you overcame a lot to get here. You navigated challenging classes, and challenges outside the classroom. Many of you had to stretch to afford tuition. And some of you are the first in your families to reach this milestone.

无论如何，从大学毕业都是一项巨大的成就。而且你们中有很多人是克服了重重困难才走到今天。你们成功完成了充满挑战的课堂学习，妥善应对了课外挑战。你们中的许多人不得不自己赚取学费。还有些人是家族中取得这一重要成就的第一人。

So even if half this semester was spent at Zoom University, you’ve earned this moment. You should be very proud. Everybody who supported you along the way is proud of you — parents, grandparents, professors, mentors, aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, second cousins, cousins who you aren’t even sure are cousins. Show them some gratitude today.

因此，即使这个学期有一半是在网上完成的，你们也成功毕业了。你们应该非常自豪。一路支持你们的每个人都以你们为荣——除了父母和祖父母外祖父母，还有教授和导师、姨姑和叔伯、兄弟和姐妹、堂亲和表亲、远房堂亲和表亲，甚至你们自己都不确定是不是亲戚的亲戚们。今天对他们都表示感谢吧。

Now look, I know this isn’t the commencement any of you really imagined. Because while our H.B.C.U.s are mostly known for an education rooted in academic rigor, community, higher purpose — they also know how to turn up. Nobody shines quite like a senior on the yard in springtime. Springfest at schools like Howard and Morehouse, that’s the time when you get to strut your stuff a little bit. And I know that in normal times, rivals like Grambling and Southern, Jackson State and Tennessee State, might raise some eyebrows at sharing a graduation ceremony.

我想说，我知道这实在不是你们想象中的毕业典礼。因为虽然我们传统黑人大学主要以学术严谨、奉献社区、目标高远的教育理念而闻名，但大家也知道如何让自己成为耀眼的明星。春日的校园里，没有人比毕业班的同学更闪亮。霍华德和莫尔豪斯等学校的春季庆典就是让你们显露身手的。我知道，正常情况下，像格兰布林和南方大学、杰克逊州立大学和田纳西州立大学这样的对手，每个的毕业典礼都会有令人惊喜之处。

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