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Now, perhaps when you hear these statistics, you might think to yourself
聽到這些統計數據 你也許會想
well, those numbers are terrible, but I'm not part of the problem
這些數字很糟糕 但我沒有這方面的問題
And you might be thinking that since you're not one of those statistics
你可能會想 你不是這些糟糕統計數字的一部分
and you're sitting here wearing that nice black robe today
你在這里穿著精美的畢業禮服
you can go on your way and never look back
你可以繼續你的人生 而無需回頭看
But folks like you and me, we can't afford to think like that
但是我想說 你我這樣的人 絕對不能這樣想
never
絕對不能
See, because we're the lucky ones
原因在于 我們都是幸運的人
and we can never forget that we didn't get where we are today all on our own
我們不能忘記 僅憑自身力量 我們永遠走不到今天
We got here today because of so
我們能有今天
many people who toiled and sweat and bled and died for us
得益于很多前人的辛勞 汗水 流血甚至犧牲
people like our parents and grandparents and all those who came before them
包括我們的父輩 祖輩 以及他們的前人
people who never dreamed of getting a college education themselves
這些人可能自己從未夢想過自己能夠上大學
but who worked and saved, and sacrificed so that we could be here today
但卻不辭辛勞 極盡節儉 犧牲自我 供我們來到這里
We owe them
我們虧欠他們
We owe them
我們虧欠他們
And the only way to pay back that debt
要想還上這份債
is by making those same kinds of sacrifices and investments for the next generation
我們需要對下一代作出同樣的犧牲和投資
And I know sitting here right now, that task could seem a bit overwhelming
我知道坐在這里 你們肯定感到這個壓力太過巨大
I know it could seem like the deck is stacked way too high against our young people
我知道 我們現在對年輕人的要求變得有些太高
And the truth is that some of the problems we face
但現實情況是 我們現在所面臨的各種問題
structural inequality, schools that lag behind, workplace and housing discrimination
結構性不平等 落后的學校教育 職場和生活中的歧視
those problems are too big for one person to fix on their own
這些問題都不是一個人能夠解決的
