介绍:
Hi everybody. I'm speaking with you from the DC Public Library in Anacostia, where I just met with a group of promising middle school students.
大家好.我在阿纳卡斯蒂亚的哥伦比亚特区公共图书馆和你们对话.在这里我刚刚会见了一群充满朝气的中学生.
We spent some time talking about their lives, and how we all care about their success – and how that starts with a good education.
我们花时间就他们的生活进行了交流,以及我们所有人如何得关注他们的成功--还有成功是如何开始于良好教育的.
So one thing I announced here in Anacostia is a new project by libraries and major publishers to provide more than $250 million in free e-Books for low-income students.
所以我在阿纳卡斯蒂亚宣布的一件事情是,由图书馆和主要出版社发起的新工程,为低收入家庭学生提供超过价值$2.5亿的免费电子图书.
We also issued a challenge to mayors, libraries, and school leaders to help every student get a library card, so they can expand their horizons in a place like this.
我们也向市长们,图书馆和学校领导发出挑战,帮助每一个学生都能得到借阅证.这样他们可以在这样的地方开阔视野.
It's all part of our ConnectED initiative to connect 99% of America's students to high-speed Internet. Because no matter who you are, where you live, or how much money you've got, you should be able to access the world's knowledge and information just like anyone else.
这些都是我们连接教育倡议的一部分.这一倡议要让99%的美国学生使用上高速互联网.因为不管你是谁,你生活在哪里,也不管你有多少财富,你都应该能够学到这个世界的知识,获得这个世界的信息,和任何其他人一样.
In a global economy, we've got to help ensure that everyone, of every age, in every zip code – urban and rural – has the chance to learn the skills that lead directly to a good job.
在全球化经济中,我们要确保每一个人,每一个年龄段,在每一个地区--不管是城市还是乡村--都要有机会学到让他们直接获得好工作的技能.
That's also why I've put forward a plan to make two years of community college as free and universal for every American as high school is today. It's something I'll talk about in my commencement address next week at Lake Area Tech, in the small town of Watertown, South Dakota. It's a community college with a graduation rate that is nearly twice the national average. They're proving that a great education can be within everyone's reach.
也因此,我已经提出规划,让两年的社区大学像现在每一个国人都能获得的高中教育一样免费和普遍.这也是我下周将在湖区科技学院毕业典礼上要谈到的事情.这个学院在南达科塔州的小镇,名叫水城.这是一所社区大学,毕业率是全国平均水平的将近两倍.他们在证明良好的教育,是能够被每一个人都触手可及的.
All of us have a responsibility to not only make sure our own children have pathways to success but that all children do. And a great education is the ticket to a better life like never before. Making sure all our kids receive one is the surest way to show them that their lives matter. And it's the smartest way to prove to them that in communities like this, and in a country like ours, we believe in opportunity for all.
我们所有人都有责任,不仅确保我们自己的孩子能够走向成功,而是所有孩子都能这样.良好的教育是过上比以往更好生活的通行证.确保所有我们的孩子都获得这样的通行证,这是展示给他们说明他们生命有价值的最可靠方式.这也是最明智的方式,向他们证明,在像这样的社会,在像我们这样的国家,我们相信机遇为所有人所拥有.
Thanks, everybody. And have a great weekend.
谢谢大家,周末快乐.
