我们为什么要上学(英文)

第一篇：我们为什么要上学(英文)

美国总统奥巴马开学演讲 英文全文

2009年9月8日 在弗吉尼亚州阿林顿市

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：《我们为什么要上学？》

21．作文

寒窗读书十余载，蓦然回首，几多欢喜，几多悲辛；而今，大家面临高考，将上大学，参加工作，展望未来，几许期盼，几许迷茫 „„

请你选择一个角度，以“我们为什么要读书”为题，写一篇作文，谈谈自己的认识。要求：1，写出自己的真情实感；2，除诗歌外，文体不限；3，不少于800字。

美国总统奥巴马在开学第一天（2009年9月8日），到弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市，一所高中参加集会，并发表电视演讲《我们为什么要上学？》：你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材，而发现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任，教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会；我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育；我们需要你们中的每一个人都培养和发展自己的天赋、技能和才智，来解决我们所面对的最困难的问题„„

今年合肥某初中曾要求全校学生在早自习时间诵读奥巴马的这篇演说词。消息一出，网上议论纷纷，或赞成或反对，吵得沸沸扬扬。

不管人们对这所学校的做法有何看法，但大家都应思考一下：我们为什么要读书？无论你是学生，是家长，还是教育工作者。

高中毕业生即将上大学，走向社会，必须树立正确的人生观，学习观，价值观。此时认真思考一下“为什么要读书”，是十分必要的。

从写作的角度说，本文可以写成一篇记叙文，记叙自己学习生活的经历与感悟，也可以写成一篇议论文，谈一谈对读书学习的理解认识。但立意有高下，感情有真伪。

评价这篇作文，在内容方面，主要看立意高下，感情真伪。此题没有多少审题难度，学生可以自由抒写自己的学习生活感受。小而言之，可写为改变家庭生活境遇，为自己的人生发展争取一个高起点；可写为改变家乡贫穷落后的面貌，投身家乡经济建设，提高文化生活水平，回报桑梓；大而言之，可写为国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福，为实现中国梦。但不管从哪个角度写，都要写出自己的真情实感，都应做到内容集中，观点鲜明。空谈大道理，言之无物，或格调低俗，鼠目寸光，均不会得到阅卷老师的认可。人生风云，笔底波澜。学生可联系现实生活，谈自己对读书目的的认识，大学毕业生择业问题（北大高材生卖猪肉问题，清华毕业生当保安问题，硕士生竞争环卫工人，大学生争当掏粪工等），那些读书成才为父母争光、为国家争光的正面人物，那些读书做官又贪污腐败锒铛入狱的反面人物，均可入题。

第三篇：爸爸,我们为什么要上学[范文]

爸爸，我们为什么要上学?

90后到10后的一代，是物质及其富足的一代，他们从小就在优越的环境中长大，过着吃喝不愁的生活。父母对他们唯一的期望与要求就是：好好读书!可是为什么要好好读书，读书的意义究竟是什么，却很少有人告诉他们。

面对这个问题，一位平民爸爸的回答，很接地气，值得参考.....“爸爸，我为什么要上学呢?”儿子上学不久问爸爸。

爸爸说：儿子，你知道吧？一颗小树长一年的话，只能用来做篱笆，或当柴烧。

十年的树可以做檩条。

二十年的树用处就大了，可以做粱，可以做柱子，可以做家具......一个小孩子如果不上学，他7岁就可以放羊，长大了能放一大群羊，但他除了放羊，基本干不了别的。

如果上6六年学，小学毕业，在农村他可以用一些新技术种地，在城市可以到建筑工地打工，做保安，也可以当个小商小贩，小学的知识够用了。

如果上9年学，初中毕业，他就可以学习一些机械的操作了。

如果上12年学，高中毕业，他就可以学习很多机械的修理了。

如果大学毕业，他就可以设计高楼大厦，铁 路桥梁了。

如果他硕士博士毕业，他就可能发明创造出一些我们原来没有的东西。

知道了吗?

儿子：知道了。

爸爸又问：放羊、种地、当保安，丢人不丢人?

儿子：丢人。

爸爸说：儿子，不丢人。他们不偷不抢，干活赚钱，养活自己的孩子和父母，一点也不丢人。?

不是说不上学，或上学少就没用。就像一年的小树一样，有用，但用处不如大树多。不读书或读书少也有用，但对社会的贡献少，他们赚的钱就少。读书多，花的钱也多，用的时间也多，但是贡献大，自己赚的钱也多。

第四篇：高中英语作文：为什么我们要学英文

高中英语作文范文：为什么我们要学英文

为什么我们要学英文

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.“为什么我们要学英文”英语作文译文:

如果你要问我们为什么我们要学英文。我的答复很简单明了。现在让我来把我的理由一一列举在下面:

英文已成为一种国际语言。如果你通晓它,你可以环游世界不会被人误解。

大多数有价值的书籍,报纸和杂志都是用英文写的。如果你希望获得知识,你必须学习英文。

第五篇：奥巴马演讲——我们为什么要上学

同学们：

今天跟大家谈谈责任的问题。

我们学校的老师们都在不停的激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

大部分的家长们也认真看管你们认真学习、完成作业，教育你们不要成天

只会看电视或上网玩手机。

现在政府也设定了高标准严要求、协助老师和校长们的工作，改变在有些

学校里学生得不到应有的学习机会的现状。

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最好的家长、和最

优秀的学校，假如你们不去履行自己的责任的话，那么这一切努力都会白费。——除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听老师讲课、除非你把父母、长辈和其他大人们说的话放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否则这一切都会失去意义。

而这就是我今天讲话的主题：对于自己的教育，你们中每一个人的责任。

首先，我想谈谈你们对于自己有什么责任。

你们中的每一个人都会有自己擅长的东西，每一个人都是有用之材，而发

现自己的才能是什么，就是你们要对自己担起的责任。教育给你们提供了发现自己才能的机会。

或许你能写出优美的文字——甚至有一天能让那些文字出现在书籍和报刊

上——但假如不在语文课上经常练习写作，你不会发现自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一个发明家、创造家——甚至设计出像今天的苹果一样流行的产品，或研制出新的药物与疫苗——但假如不在物理化学课程上做上几次实验，你不会知道自己有这样的天赋；或许你能成为一名政府官员或公务员、企业经理，但假如你不去加入什么学生会或参加几次演讲赛，你也不会发现自己的才能。

而且，我可以向你保证，不管你将来想要做什么，你都需要相应的教育。

——你想当名医生、当名教师或当名警察？你想成为护士、成为建筑设计师、律师或军人？无论你选择哪一种职业，良好的教育都必不可少，这世上不存在不把书念完就能拿到好工作的美梦，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、训练与学习。

你们需要在数理化生课程上学习的知识和技能，去治疗癌症、艾滋那样的疾病，和解决我们面临的能源问题与环境问题；你们需要在历史政治课程上培养出的观察力与判断力，来减轻和消除无家可归与贫困、犯罪问题；你们需要在各类课程中逐渐累积和发展出来的创新意识和思维，去创业和建立新的公司与企业，来制造就业机会和推动经济的增长。

当然，我明白，读好书并不总是件容易的事。我知道你们中的许多人在生

活中面临着各种各样的问题，很难把精力集中在专心读书之上。

你们中有些人可能没有有利条件，或许你的生活中没有能为你提供帮助和支持的长辈，或许你的某个家长没有良好经济收入，家庭困难，或许你认识一些会对你产生不良影响的朋友，等等。

但归根结底，你的生活状况——你的长相、出身、经济条件、家庭氛围——都不是疏忽学业和态度恶劣的借口，这些不是你去跟老师顶嘴、逃课、或是辍学的借口，这些不是你不好好读书的借口。

你的未来，并不取决于你现在的生活有多好或多坏。没有人为你编排好你的命运，你的命运由你自己书写，你的未来由你自己掌握。

因此，在今天，我号召你们每一个人都为自己的教育定下一个目标——并在之后，尽自己的一切努力去实现它。你的目标可以很简单，像是完成作业、认真听讲或每天阅读——或许你打算参加一些课外活动，或在学校做一些志愿工作；或许你决定为那些因为长相或出身等等原因而受嘲弄或欺负的孩子做主、维护他们的权益，因为你和我们老师一样，认为每个孩子都应该能有一个安全的学习环境；或许你认为该学着更好的照顾自己，来为将来的学习做准备„„当然，除此之外，我希望你们都多多洗手、天冷加衣，免得大家在秋冬感冒高发季节都得流感。

不管你决定做什么，我都希望你能坚持到底，希望你能真的下定决心。我知道有些时候，电视上播放的节目会让你产生这样那样的错觉，似乎你不需要付出多大的努力就能腰缠万贯、功成名就——你会认为只要会唱歌、会打篮球或参加个选秀节目，嫁个富二代就能坐享其成，但现实是，你几乎没有可能走上其中任何一条道路。

因为，成功是件难事。你不可能对要读的每门课程都兴趣盎然，你不可能和每名科任教师都相处顺利，你也不可能每次都遇上看起来和现实生活有关的作业。而且，并不是每件事，你都能在头一次尝试时获得成功。

但那没有关系。因为在这个世界上，最最成功的人们往往也经历过最多的失败。J.K.罗琳的第一本《哈利·波特》被出版商拒绝了十二次才最终出版；迈克尔·乔丹上高中时被学校的篮球队刷了下来，在他的职业生涯里，他输了几百场比赛、投失过几千次射篮，知道他是怎么说的吗？“我一生不停地失败、失败再失败，这就是我现在成功的原因。”

他们的成功，源于他们明白/人不能让失败左右自己——而是要从中吸取经验。从失败中，你可以明白下一次自己可以做出怎样的改变；假如你惹了什么麻烦，那并不说明你就是个捣蛋鬼，而是在提醒你，在将来要对自己有更严格的要求；假如你考了个低分，那并不说明你就比别人笨，而是在告诉你，自己得在学习上花更多的时间。

没有哪一个人一生出来就擅长做什么事情的，只有努力才能培养出技能。任何人都不是在第一次接触一项体育运动时就成为我们学校参加县运会的代表，任何人都不是在第一次唱一首歌时就找准每一个音，一切都需要熟能生巧。对于学业也是一样，你或许要反复运算才能解出一道数学题的正确答案，你或许需要读一段文字好几遍才能理解它的意思，你或许得把作文修改上好几次才能符合上交的标准。这都是很正常的。

不要害怕提问。不要不敢向他人求助。求助并不是软弱的表现，恰恰相反，它说明你有勇气承认自己的不足、并愿意去学习新的知识。所以，有不懂时，就向大人们求助吧——找个你信得过的对象，例如父母、长辈、老师——让他们帮助你向目标前进。

你要记住，哪怕你表现不好、哪怕你失去信心、哪怕你觉得身边的人都已经放弃了你——永远不要自己放弃自己。

你们的家长、你们的老师和我，每一个人都在尽最大的努力，确保你们都能得到应有的教育来回答这些问题。例如我上们正在努力为你们提供更安全的教室、更多的书籍、更先进的教学设施。但你们也要担起自己的责任。因此我要求你们从今天开始能够认真起来，我要求你们尽心地去做自己着手的每一件事，我要求你们每一个人今后都有所成就。请不要让我们失望——不要让你的家人、你自己失望。你们要成为我们的骄傲，我知道，你们一定可以做到。

谢谢大家