鞍山雅思|奥巴马2020激情毕业演讲（下）

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”。

Injustice like this isn’t new. What is new is that so much of your generation has woken up to the fact that the status quo needs fixing; that the old ways of doing things don’t work; and that it doesn’t matter how much money you make if everyone around you is hungry and sick;   that our society and democracy only works when we think not just about ourselves, but about each other.

像这样的不公正早已不是新鲜事。新鲜的是，你们这一代人中的很多人已经意识到，现状需要改变；意识到，旧的做事方式行不通；意识到，如果身边每个人都饥病交迫，你们赚多少钱都无关紧要；意识到，只有当我们不仅考虑自己还考虑彼此时，我们的社会才会良好运转，民主才会发挥作用。

More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.

最重要的是，这场新冠疫情终于完全扯开了那块遮着的幕布——幕布扯开前，人们都以为那许多担负重责的人知道自己在干什么。他们中的很多人甚至都不装装样子，假装自己在负责做着什么。

In taking on this responsibility, I hope you are bold. I hope you have a vision that isn’t clouded by cynicism or fear. As young African Americans, you’ve been exposed, earlier than some, to the world as it is. But as young H.B.C.U. grads, your education has also shown you the world as it ought to be.

我希望你们勇敢担负起这一责任。我希望你们的视野不要被犬儒或恐惧所蒙蔽。作为年轻的非裔美国人，你们比一些人更早接触到了这个现实世界。但是，作为传统黑人大学的年轻毕业生，你们所受的教育也向你们展示了一个理想世界。

Many of you could have attended any school in this country. But you chose an H.B.CU. — specifically because it would help you sow seeds of change. You chose to follow in the fearless footsteps of people who shook the system to its core — civil rights icons like Thurgood Marshall and Dr. King, storytellers like Toni Morrison and Spike Lee. You chose to study medicine at Meharry, and engineering at NC A&T, because you want to lead and serve.

我在这里告诉你们，你们的选择非常棒。不管你们是否意识到，与民权运动那一代相比，你们拥有更多的指导、更多的榜样和更多的资源。与我们这一代相比，你们拥有更多的工具、技术和天赋。没有哪一代人比你们这一代更有能力成为伸张正义、重塑世界的斗士。

And finally, as H.B.C.U. graduates, you have to remember that you are inheritors of one of America’s proudest traditions. Which means you’re all role models now — whether you like it or not. Your participation in this democracy, your courage to stand up for what’s right, your willingness to forge coalitions — these actions will speak volumes. And if you are inactive, that will also speak volumes. Not just to the young folks coming up behind you — but to your parents, your peers, and the rest of the country. They need to see your leadership — you’re the folks we’ve been waiting for to come along.

最后，作为传统黑人大学的毕业生，你们一定要记住，你们是美国最值得骄傲的一项传统的继承者。这意味着，不管你们是否乐意，你们如今都是榜样。你们对这个国家民主政治的参与，你们为正义挺身而出的勇气，你们结成联盟的意愿——这些都将意义重大。而如果你们表现消极，那同样意义重大——不仅仅对你们身后的年轻人，还有你们的父母、同龄人和其他所有美国人。他们需要看到你们的领导力——你们是我们一直以来都在等待的人。

That’s the power you hold. The power to shine brightly for justice, and for equality, and for joy. You’ve earned your degree. And it’s up to you to use it. So many of us believe in you. I’m so proud of you. And as you set out to change the world, we’ll be the wind at your back.

这就是你们所拥有的力量。为正义、为平等、为快乐而闪耀的力量。你们已经获得了学位，现在就看你们如何利用了。我们很多人都对你们充满信心。我真为你们骄傲！当你们踏上改变世界的征程，我们将是你们身后那股助力的风，祝愿你们一路顺风。

Congratulations Class of 2020, and God bless all of you.

恭喜2020届的同学们，上帝保佑所有人。

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