公众人物毕业演讲第295期:奥巴马2013莫尔豪斯学院20

 And that motivates me.

正是这些激励了我.

So it's up to you to widen¹ your circle of concern.

你们需要拓宽自己关怀的范围.

To care about justice for everybody, white, black and brown.

关心所有人的正义 无论白人 黑人 还是棕色人种.

Everybody.

所有人.

Not just in your own community, but also across this country and around the world.

不局限于你自己的群体 关心全国甚至世界上的所有人.

To make sure everyone has a voice.

确保每个人都能发出他们的声音.

And everybody gets a seat at the table.

每个人都能分享桌上的食物.

That everybody no matter what you look like or where you come from.

每个人 无论你长什么样 无论你来自哪里.

What your last name is it doesn't matter.

无论你姓什么 这都不重要.

Everybody gets a chance to walk through those doors of.

只要愿意努力 每个人都应该有机会穿过机遇之门.

Opportunity if they are willing to work hard enough.

只要愿意努力 每个人都应该有机会穿过机遇之门.

When Leland Shelton was four years old where's Leland?

利兰.谢尔顿四岁的时候… 利兰在哪.

Stand up, Leland.

站起来 利兰.

When Leland Shelton was four years old.

利兰.谢尔顿四岁的时候.

Social services took him away from his mama.

社会公共事业让他和妈妈分开.

Put him in the care of his grandparents.

让他的祖父母照顾他.

By age 14, he was in the foster² care system.

14岁时 他进入到寄养体系.

Three years after that, Leland enrolled³ in Morehouse.

在那三年之后 利兰考取了莫尔豪斯.

And today he is graduating phi beta kappa.

而今天他以美国大学优等生荣誉学会成员身份毕业.

On his way to Harvard law school.

并将赴哈佛法学院读书.

But he's not stopping there.

但他肯定不会止于此.

As a member of the national foster care youth and alumni policy council⁴.

作为全国寄养青年和校友政策委员成员.

He plans to use his law degree.

他决定使用他的法学学位.

To make sure kids like him don't fall through the cracks.

确保和他一样的孩子们不会被疏于照看.

1 widen   

v.(使)扩大；(使)变宽

参考例句：

• We should widen the opportunities for adequate medical care.我们应当使得到适当医药救护的机会更为扩大。
• When are they going to widen the streets?他们打算什么时候把这些街道加宽？

2 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

3 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。