中级班第一课：奥巴马开学第一课（一）

中级班第一课：奥巴马开学第一课（一） I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. 我首先要讲讲你们对自己应尽的责任。 Every single one of you has something that you’re good at. 你们每个人都有自己的长处。 Every single one of you has something to offer. 　你们每个人都能做出自己的贡献。 We have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world.我们拥有最敬业的教师，最尽力的家长和全世界最好的学校。 None of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, 如果你们大家不履行你们的责任，那么这一切都毫无用处。 And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. 你们对自己应尽的责任是发现自己的能力所在。 Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine你或许能成为一名创新者或发明家——甚至可能设计出新一代iPhone或研制出新型药物或疫苗 but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. 但你可能要在完成科学课的实验后才会发现自己的才华。 Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice ,but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team. 你或许能成为一名市长或参议员或最高法院的大法官-但你可能要在参加学生会的工作或辩论队后才会发现自己的才华。