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And I'm honored to meet you,the future leaders of Great Britain and this world.
我也很榮幸見到你們，這些英國和世界未來的領導者。
And although the circumstances of our lives may seem very distant,with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America,and you, just getting through school.
雖然我們的生活境況好像相差很遠， 我作為美國第一夫人站在這里，而你們還正在上學。
I want you to know that we have very much in common.
我想讓你們了解我們有很多共同之處。
For nothing in my life's path would have predicted that I'd be standing here as the first African-American First Lady of the United States of America.
因為在我生命歷程中沒有任何東西曾經預示我會站在這里，作為美利堅合眾國的第一位非洲裔第一夫人。
There is nothing in my story that would land me here.
我的資歷里沒有什么東西能使我站在這個位置上。
I wasn't raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.
我不是用財富和資源養大的，也談不上有什么社會地位。
I was raised on the South Side of Chicago.
我是在芝加哥的南邊養大的。
That's the real part of Chicago.
那是芝加哥的真實部分。
And I was the product of a working-class community.
而我出身于工人階級。
My father was a city worker all of his life.
我父親一輩子是個市政工人。
And my mother was a stay-at-home mom.
我母親是個家庭婦女。
And she stayed at home to take care of me and my older brother.
她待在家里照顧我和我哥哥。
Neither of them attended university.
我父母都沒上過大學。
My dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the prime of his life.
我爸爸在他壯年的時候被診斷有多種硬化癥。
But even as it got harder for him to walk and get dressed in the morning-I saw him struggle more and more-my father never complained about his struggle.
但就在他變得難以行走，而且早上難以穿衣的時候-我看著他掙扎得越來越厲害-父親卻從來沒有抱怨過他的困難。
He was grateful for what he had.
他對于自己擁有的一切心存感激。
He just woke up a little earlier and worked a little harder.
他只是起得更早一點，工作得更努力一點。
And my brother and I were raised with all that you really need:
我哥哥和我在成長過程中得到了人生真正需要的一切：
love, strong values and a belief that with a good education and a whole lot of hard work,that there was nothing that we could not do.
愛，強有力的價值觀，以及一個信念，就是靠著良好的教育，還有大量的辛勤工作，沒有什么是我們做不到的。
I am an example of what's possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by the people around them.
我的例子就表明女孩子能創造奇跡，只要她們從生命最開始的時候，就受到周圍人的愛護和教養。
I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life.
我的生命中圍繞著非凡的女性。
Grandmothers, teachers, aunts, cousins, neighbors,who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
祖母，老師，姨媽，表姐妹，鄰居，她們教會我沉默的力量和尊嚴。
And my mother, the most important role model in my life,who lives with us at the White House and helps to care for our two little daughters, Malia and Sasha.
還有我母親，我生命中最重要的榜樣， 她和我們住在白宮幫著照顧我們的兩個小女兒， 瑪麗婭和薩莎。
She's an active presence in their lives, as well as mine,and is instilling in them the same values that she taught me and my brother:
她在孩子們和我的生活中都很活躍，并正在給她們灌輸，她教給我和我哥哥的價值觀：
things like compassion, and integrity,and confidence, and perseverance.
同情心，正直、自信和堅定。
All of that wrapped up in an unconditional love that only a grandmother can give.
所有這些都包含在無條件的愛之中，那是只有一個祖母才能給予的愛。
