第一篇：我們為什么要上學(英文)

美國總統奧巴馬開學演講 英文全文

2009年9月8日 在弗吉尼亞州阿林頓市

Hello, everybody!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you, everybody.All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.How is everybody doing today?(Applause。)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause。)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.And we've got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade.And I am just so glad that all could join us today.And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause。)I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous.I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now--(applause)--with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling.When I was young, my family lived overseas.I lived in Indonesia for a few years.And my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education.So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday.But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting up that early.And a lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table.But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she'd say, “This is no picnic for me either, buster.”(Laughter。)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you.I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year.Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education.And I've talked about responsibility a lot.I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't working, where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world--and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.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.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.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.And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it.You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers.You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job.You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future.What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.The future of America depends on you.What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free.You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems.If you don't do that--if you quit on school--you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school.I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.I get it.I know what it's like.My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have.And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.But I was--I was lucky.I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams.My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story.Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money.But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.Some of you might not have those advantages.Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need.Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around.Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life--what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home--none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school.There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas.Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school.Neither of her parents had gone to college.But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University--is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr.Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three.He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer--hundreds of extra hours--to do his schoolwork.But he never fell behind.He's headed to college this fall.And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois.Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you.They face challenges in their lives just like you do.In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you.But they refused to give up.They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves.And I expect all of you to do the same.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education--and do everything you can to meet them.Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book.Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn.Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn.And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.I want you to really work at it.I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work--that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star.Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard.You won't love every subject that you study.You won't click with every teacher that you have.Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute.And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay.Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures.J.K.Rowling's--who wrote Harry Potter--her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that's why I succeed.” These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right.If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work.You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song.You've got to practice.The same principle applies to your schoolwork.You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right.You might have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions.Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new.So find an adult that you trust--a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor--and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough.It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation.Young people.Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war;who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon.Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.So today, I want to ask all of you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country? Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions.I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.But you've got to do your part, too.So I expect all of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do.I expect great things from each of you.So don't let us down.Don't let your family down or your country down.Most of all, don't let yourself down.Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank you。

第二篇：《我們為什么要上學？》

21．作文

寒窗讀書十余載，驀然回首，幾多歡喜，幾多悲辛；而今，大家面臨高考，將上大學，參加工作，展望未來，幾許期盼，幾許迷茫 ??

請你選擇一個角度，以“我們為什么要讀書”為題，寫一篇作文，談談自己的認識。要求：1，寫出自己的真情實感；2，除詩歌外，文體不限；3，不少于800字。

美國總統奧巴馬在開學第一天（2009年9月8日），到弗吉尼亞州，阿林頓市，一所高中參加集會，并發表電視演講《我們為什么要上學？》：你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發現自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對自己擔起的責任，教育給你們提供了發現自己才能的機會；我可以向你保證，不管你將來想要做什么，你都需要相應的教育；我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養和發展自己的天賦、技能和才智，來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題??

今年合肥某初中曾要求全校學生在早自習時間誦讀奧巴馬的這篇演說詞。消息一出，網上議論紛紛，或贊成或反對，吵得沸沸揚揚。

不管人們對這所學校的做法有何看法，但大家都應思考一下：我們為什么要讀書？無論你是學生，是家長，還是教育工作者。

高中畢業生即將上大學，走向社會，必須樹立正確的人生觀，學習觀，價值觀。此時認真思考一下“為什么要讀書”，是十分必要的。

從寫作的角度說，本文可以寫成一篇記敘文，記敘自己學習生活的經歷與感悟，也可以寫成一篇議論文，談一談對讀書學習的理解認識。但立意有高下，感情有真偽。

評價這篇作文，在內容方面，主要看立意高下，感情真偽。此題沒有多少審題難度，學生可以自由抒寫自己的學習生活感受。小而言之，可寫為改變家庭生活境遇，為自己的人生發展爭取一個高起點；可寫為改變家鄉貧窮落后的面貌，投身家鄉經濟建設，提高文化生活水平，回報桑梓；大而言之，可寫為國家富強、民族振興、人民幸福，為實現中國夢。但不管從哪個角度寫，都要寫出自己的真情實感，都應做到內容集中，觀點鮮明。空談大道理，言之無物，或格調低俗，鼠目寸光，均不會得到閱卷老師的認可。人生風云，筆底波瀾。學生可聯系現實生活，談自己對讀書目的的認識，大學畢業生擇業問題（北大高材生賣豬肉問題，清華畢業生當保安問題，碩士生競爭環衛工人，大學生爭當掏糞工等），那些讀書成才為父母爭光、為國家爭光的正面人物，那些讀書做官又貪污腐敗鋃鐺入獄的反面人物，均可入題。

第三篇：爸爸,我們為什么要上學[范文]

爸爸，我們為什么要上學?

90后到10后的一代，是物質及其富足的一代，他們從小就在優越的環境中長大，過著吃喝不愁的生活。父母對他們唯一的期望與要求就是：好好讀書!可是為什么要好好讀書，讀書的意義究竟是什么，卻很少有人告訴他們。

面對這個問題，一位平民爸爸的回答，很接地氣，值得參考.....“爸爸，我為什么要上學呢?”兒子上學不久問爸爸。

爸爸說：兒子，你知道吧？一顆小樹長一年的話，只能用來做籬笆，或當柴燒。

十年的樹可以做檁條。

二十年的樹用處就大了，可以做粱，可以做柱子，可以做家具......一個小孩子如果不上學，他7歲就可以放羊，長大了能放一大群羊，但他除了放羊，基本干不了別的。

如果上6六年學，小學畢業，在農村他可以用一些新技術種地，在城市可以到建筑工地打工，做保安，也可以當個小商小販，小學的知識夠用了。

如果上9年學，初中畢業，他就可以學習一些機械的操作了。

如果上12年學，高中畢業，他就可以學習很多機械的修理了。

如果大學畢業，他就可以設計高樓大廈，鐵 路橋梁了。

如果他碩士博士畢業，他就可能發明創造出一些我們原來沒有的東西。

知道了嗎?

兒子：知道了。

爸爸又問：放羊、種地、當保安，丟人不丟人?

兒子：丟人。

爸爸說：兒子，不丟人。他們不偷不搶，干活賺錢，養活自己的孩子和父母，一點也不丟人。?

不是說不上學，或上學少就沒用。就像一年的小樹一樣，有用，但用處不如大樹多。不讀書或讀書少也有用，但對社會的貢獻少，他們賺的錢就少。讀書多，花的錢也多，用的時間也多，但是貢獻大，自己賺的錢也多。

第四篇：高中英語作文：為什么我們要學英文

高中英語作文范文：為什么我們要學英文

為什么我們要學英文

If you want to ask me why we should study English, my answer will be simple and clear.Now let me enumerate the reasons one by one in the following.In the first place, English has become an international language.If you know English, you van make a trip round the world without being misunderstood.In the second place, most valuable books, newspapers and magazines are written in English.If you wish to get knowledge, you must learn English.“為什么我們要學英文”英語作文譯文:

如果你要問我們為什么我們要學英文。我的答復很簡單明了。現在讓我來把我的理由一一列舉在下面:

英文已成為一種國際語言。如果你通曉它,你可以環游世界不會被人誤解。

大多數有價值的書籍,報紙和雜志都是用英文寫的。如果你希望獲得知識,你必須學習英文。

第五篇：奧巴馬演講——我們為什么要上學

同學們：

今天跟大家談談責任的問題。

我們學校的老師們都在不停的激勵和啟迪你們，督促你們學習。

大部分的家長們也認真看管你們認真學習、完成作業，教育你們不要成天

只會看電視或上網玩手機。

現在政府也設定了高標準嚴要求、協助老師和校長們的工作，改變在有些

學校里學生得不到應有的學習機會的現狀。

但哪怕這一切都達到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最

優秀的學校，假如你們不去履行自己的責任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費。——除非你每天準時去上學、除非你認真地聽老師講課、除非你把父母、長輩和其他大人們說的話放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否則這一切都會失去意義。

而這就是我今天講話的主題：對于自己的教育，你們中每一個人的責任。

首先，我想談談你們對于自己有什么責任。

你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發

現自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對自己擔起的責任。教育給你們提供了發現自己才能的機會。

或許你能寫出優美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現在書籍和報刊

上——但假如不在語文課上經常練習寫作，你不會發現自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一個發明家、創造家——甚至設計出像今天的蘋果一樣流行的產品，或研制出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在物理化學課程上做上幾次實驗，你不會知道自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一名政府官員或公務員、企業經理，但假如你不去加入什么學生會或參加幾次演講賽，你也不會發現自己的才能。

而且，我可以向你保證，不管你將來想要做什么，你都需要相應的教育。

——你想當名醫生、當名教師或當名警察？你想成為護士、成為建筑設計師、律師或軍人？無論你選擇哪一種職業，良好的教育都必不可少，這世上不存在不把書念完就能拿到好工作的美夢，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓練與學習。

你們需要在數理化生課程上學習的知識和技能，去治療癌癥、艾滋那樣的疾病，和解決我們面臨的能源問題與環境問題；你們需要在歷史政治課程上培養出的觀察力與判斷力，來減輕和消除無家可歸與貧困、犯罪問題；你們需要在各類課程中逐漸累積和發展出來的創新意識和思維，去創業和建立新的公司與企業，來制造就業機會和推動經濟的增長。

當然，我明白，讀好書并不總是件容易的事。我知道你們中的許多人在生

活中面臨著各種各樣的問題，很難把精力集中在專心讀書之上。

你們中有些人可能沒有有利條件，或許你的生活中沒有能為你提供幫助和支持的長輩，或許你的某個家長沒有良好經濟收入，家庭困難，或許你認識一些會對你產生不良影響的朋友，等等。

但歸根結底，你的生活狀況——你的長相、出身、經濟條件、家庭氛圍——都不是疏忽學業和態度惡劣的借口，這些不是你去跟老師頂嘴、逃課、或是輟學的借口，這些不是你不好好讀書的借口。

你的未來，并不取決于你現在的生活有多好或多壞。沒有人為你編排好你的命運，你的命運由你自己書寫，你的未來由你自己掌握。

因此，在今天，我號召你們每一個人都為自己的教育定下一個目標——并在之后，盡自己的一切努力去實現它。你的目標可以很簡單，像是完成作業、認真聽講或每天閱讀——或許你打算參加一些課外活動，或在學校做一些志愿工作；或許你決定為那些因為長相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺負的孩子做主、維護他們的權益，因為你和我們老師一樣，認為每個孩子都應該能有一個安全的學習環境；或許你認為該學著更好的照顧自己，來為將來的學習做準備??當然，除此之外，我希望你們都多多洗手、天冷加衣，免得大家在秋冬感冒高發季節都得流感。

不管你決定做什么，我都希望你能堅持到底，希望你能真的下定決心。我知道有些時候，電視上播放的節目會讓你產生這樣那樣的錯覺，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰纏萬貫、功成名就——你會認為只要會唱歌、會打籃球或參加個選秀節目，嫁個富二代就能坐享其成，但現實是，你幾乎沒有可能走上其中任何一條道路。

因為，成功是件難事。你不可能對要讀的每門課程都興趣盎然，你不可能和每名科任教師都相處順利，你也不可能每次都遇上看起來和現實生活有關的作業。而且，并不是每件事，你都能在頭一次嘗試時獲得成功。

但那沒有關系。因為在這個世界上，最最成功的人們往往也經歷過最多的失敗。J.K.羅琳的第一本《哈利·波特》被出版商拒絕了十二次才最終出版；邁克爾·喬丹上高中時被學校的籃球隊刷了下來，在他的職業生涯里，他輸了幾百場比賽、投失過幾千次射籃，知道他是怎么說的嗎？“我一生不停地失敗、失敗再失敗，這就是我現在成功的原因。”

他們的成功，源于他們明白/人不能讓失敗左右自己——而是要從中吸取經驗。從失敗中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎樣的改變；假如你惹了什么麻煩，那并不說明你就是個搗蛋鬼，而是在提醒你，在將來要對自己有更嚴格的要求；假如你考了個低分，那并不說明你就比別人笨，而是在告訴你，自己得在學習上花更多的時間。

沒有哪一個人一生出來就擅長做什么事情的，只有努力才能培養出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接觸一項體育運動時就成為我們學校參加縣運會的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌時就找準每一個音，一切都需要熟能生巧。對于學業也是一樣，你或許要反復運算才能解出一道數學題的正確答案，你或許需要讀一段文字好幾遍才能理解它的意思，你或許得把作文修改上好幾次才能符合上交的標準。這都是很正常的。

不要害怕提問。不要不敢向他人求助。求助并不是軟弱的表現，恰恰相反，它說明你有勇氣承認自己的不足、并愿意去學習新的知識。所以，有不懂時，就向大人們求助吧——找個你信得過的對象，例如父母、長輩、老師——讓他們幫助你向目標前進。

你要記住，哪怕你表現不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你覺得身邊的人都已經放棄了你——永遠不要自己放棄自己。

你們的家長、你們的老師和我，每一個人都在盡最大的努力，確保你們都能得到應有的教育來回答這些問題。例如我上們正在努力為你們提供更安全的教室、更多的書籍、更先進的教學設施。但你們也要擔起自己的責任。因此我要求你們從今天開始能夠認真起來，我要求你們盡心地去做自己著手的每一件事，我要求你們每一個人今后都有所成就。請不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你自己失望。你們要成為我們的驕傲，我知道，你們一定可以做到。

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