公众人物毕业演讲 第84期:米歇尔奥巴马迪拉德大学(10)

 　　Now, perhaps when you hear these statistics, you might think to yourself

　　听到这些统计数据 你也许会想

　　well, those numbers are terrible, but I'm not part of the problem

　　这些数字很糟糕 但我没有这方面的问题

　　And you might be thinking that since you're not one of those statistics

　　你可能会想 你不是这些糟糕统计数字的一部分

　　and you're sitting here wearing that nice black robe today

　　你在这里穿着精美的毕业礼服

　　you can go on your way and never look back

　　你可以继续你的人生 而无需回头看

　　But folks like you and me, we can't afford to think like that

　　但是我想说 你我这样的人 绝对不能这样想

　　never

　　绝对不能

　　See, because we're the lucky ones

　　原因在于 我们都是幸运的人

　　and we can never forget that we didn't get where we are today all on our own

　　我们不能忘记 仅凭自身力量 我们永远走不到今天

　　We got here today because of so

　　我们能有今天

　　many people who toiled and sweat and bled and died for us

　　得益于很多前人的辛劳 汗水 流血甚至牺牲

　　people like our parents and grandparents and all those who came before them

　　包括我们的父辈 祖辈 以及他们的前人

　　people who never dreamed of getting a college education themselves

　　这些人可能自己从未梦想过自己能够上大学

　　but who worked and saved, and sacrificed so that we could be here today

　　但却不辞辛劳 极尽节俭 牺牲自我 供我们来到这里

　　We owe them

　　我们亏欠他们

　　We owe them

　　我们亏欠他们

　　And the only way to pay back that debt

　　要想还上这份债

　　is by making those same kinds of sacrifices and investments for the next generation

　　我们需要对下一代作出同样的牺牲和投资

　　And I know sitting here right now, that task could seem a bit overwhelming

　　我知道坐在这里 你们肯定感到这个压力太过巨大

　　I know it could seem like the deck is stacked way too high against our young people

　　我知道 我们现在对年轻人的要求变得有些太高

　　And the truth is that some of the problems we face

　　但现实情况是 我们现在所面临的各种问题

　　structural inequality, schools that lag behind, workplace and housing discrimination

　　结构性不平等 落后的学校教育 职场和生活中的歧视

　　those problems are too big for one person to fix on their own

　　这些问题都不是一个人能够解决的