奥巴马开学演讲致辞中英版(4)

　　I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has

　　something that you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.

　　我首先要讲讲你们对自己应尽的责任。你们每一个都有自己的长处，你们每个人都时有用之才。你们对自己应尽的责任时发现自己的才能所在。而教育能够提供这样的机会

　　Maybe you could be a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper -- that English class paper that's assigned to you.

　　或许你能写出优美的文字，甚至有一天能将那些文字出现在书籍和报刊上，但假如不再英语课上经常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的才能。

　　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 -- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. 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. 或许你能成为一名创新家或发明家。甚至可能设计出新一代iPhone，或研制出新型药物与疫苗。但假如不再自然科学课堂上做上几次试验，你不会发现自己有这样的才能。或许你能成为一名市长或参议员，或最高法院的大法官，但假如你不去加入或参加几次辩论赛，你不会发现自己有这样的才能。

　　And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it.

　　不论你的生活的志向是什么，我敢肯定你都需要相应的教育。

　　You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an