公众人物毕业演讲第396期:奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(14)

 　　And focus instead on studying and inventing and competing and leading she'll think those are the only things.

　　而是专注学习发明创新 与人竞争 发挥领导作用她就会认为

　　That girls are supposed to care about Now, Michelle will say nothing wrong with caring about it a little bit.

　　这些才是女孩应该在意的事情好 米歇尔会说在意一点又何妨

　　You can be stylish¹ and powerful, too That's Michelle's advice And never forget that the most important example a young girl.

　　你可以既时髦又有力量那是米歇尔的建议千万不要忘记一个女孩仿效的

　　Will ever follow is that of a parent Malia and Sasha are going to be outstanding women because Michelle and Marian Robinson are outstanding women.

　　最重要榜样就是她的父母玛莉娅和莎夏将会成为杰出的女性因为米歇尔和玛丽安.鲁宾逊都是杰出的女性

　　So understand your power and use it wisely My last piece of advice, this is simple.

　　所以 要认识到你们的力量并且明智地加以运用我的最后一点建议 这很简单

　　But perhaps most important Persevere². Persevere Nothing worthwhile is easy.

　　但可能是最重要的一点坚持不懈 坚持不懈有价值的事物得之不易

　　No one of achievement has avoided failure sometimes catastrophic failures But they keep at it.

　　没有一个有成就的人能够避免失败有时甚至是一败涂地可是他们坚持不懈

　　They learn from mistakes. They don't quit You know, when I first arrived on this campus³ it was with little money, fewer options.

　　从错误中学习 他们绝不放弃你们知道 我刚到这个校园时没多少钱 更没多少选择

1 stylish   

adj.流行的，时髦的；漂亮的，气派的

参考例句：

• He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
• What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。

2 persevere   

v.坚持，坚忍，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• They are determined to persevere in the fight.他们决心坚持战斗。
• It is strength of character enabled him to persevere.他那坚强的性格使他能够坚持不懈。

3 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。