万花筒 2009-07-21&07-22 奥巴马接见登月英雄

You inspired an entire generation of scientists and engineers that ended up really sparking the innovation¹ the drive the entrepreneurship², the creativity back here on earth. And I think it’s very important for us to constantly remember that NASA was not only about feeding our curiosity , that, that sense of wonder, but also had extraordinary practical applications.

 

And one of the things that I’ve committed to doing as President is making sure that math and science are cool again, and that we once again achieve the goal by 2020 of having the highest college graduation rates of any country on earth especially in the math and science fields.

 

So I think on this 40th anniversary we are, all of us, thankful and grateful to all of you for what you’ve done and we expect that there is, as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up to the sky and are gonna be the next Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrins. We wanna make sure that NASA is gonna be there for them when they want to take their journey, alright? Thank you so much. Mr. President, thank you. I'm very grateful. Thank you Mr President. Thank you so much. It’s a wonderful time, let's just make it occur again. Absolutely, thank you so much. All right, thank you everybody.

 

1 innovation   

n.改革，革新，新观念，新方法，新发明

参考例句：

• There are all sorts of possibilities for technical innovation.技术革新的门道很多。
• An enterprise should encourage innovation.企业应鼓励创新。

2 entrepreneurship   

企业家身份

参考例句：

• Spawr indeed personified American ingenuity, self-reliance, initiative and entrepreneurship. 斯帕尔看不上机构重叠和清规戒律，表现出美国人的机敏，有着独立、首创精神和企业家的风度。
• He provides evidence that n-achievement is highly correlated with entrepreneurship. 他提供的材料表明“n--成就”与企业家精神高度相关。