公众人物毕业演讲第270期:米歇尔2013东肯塔基大学11

 See here at Eastern, you have an extraordinary culture of service

这是在东部 你们有非比寻常的服务传统

Many of you spent your spring break volunteering in places

春假时 你们很多人都到新奥尔良

like New Orleans and Washington DC

华盛顿特区这些地方去当志愿者

You're journalism¹ society

你们的新闻业界

donated all the money they'd raised for a trip to a regional conference

将他们为区域会议旅行筹集的所有资金

to a newspaper that had been hit by a tornado²

捐给一家被龙卷风所摧毁的报社

Altogether, EKU students volunteered 107,000 hours of service

东肯塔基大学学生志愿服务的时间总和长达10.7万小时

earning you a place on my husband, the President's

并因此获得我的丈夫 美国总统

higher education community service honor roll

所公布的高等教育社区服务荣誉榜提名

Absolutely

实至名归

Absolutely

当之无愧

And on top of all of that, you have also given back to our country

在这之外 你们还对国家作出了另外一个贡献

by opening your arms and welcoming our nation's veterans into your community

也就是敞开怀抱 将美国退伍军人迎接到你们这里

And everyone here is involved in that, every one

这里每个人都参与了进来 每个人

The administration awards college credit for military experience

学校行政部门为军事经验提供学分

Faculty members reach out to veterans in their classrooms

教职员工们主动帮助课堂上的退伍军人

Students donate to the Veterans Book Exchange every semester

学生们每学期都会捐助退伍军人图书交易所

So it is no wonder that two out of the last three years

因此毫不令人惊讶 过去三年中有两年

Military Times Edge magazine has named you

军事时代EDGE杂志都将你们评为

the nation's number one four-year school for our veterans

全国最佳的退伍军人四年制大学

1 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

2 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。