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But that's still no excuse to stand on the sidelines
但這不能成為我們袖手旁觀的借口
Because we know that today
因為我們知道 如今
education is still the key to real and lasting freedom
教育仍然是真正持久自由的關鍵
it is still true today
現如今仍然如此
So it is now up to us
現在輪到我們
to cultivate that hunger for education in our own lives and in those around us
來滿足自己和周圍其他人對教育的渴望
And we know that hunger is still out there we know it
我們知道很多人仍然對教育非常渴望
We see it in students like DeShawn and Nicole and
德肖恩和妮可這些學生就是如此
all of you who scraped and clawed so you could make it to this day
你們很多人也都克服了重重阻礙才走到今天
We see it in the single moms who work three jobs
有些單親母親甚至要打三份工
so their kids might have a shot at earning a degree like yours
才能讓她們的孩子獲得同你們一樣的學位
We see that hunger all around the world
這份渴望在全世界范圍內無處不在
in that young woman named Malala who was shot on her school bus in Pakistan
名叫馬拉拉的巴基斯坦少女在校車上慘遭槍擊
just for speaking out in support of girls getting an education
僅僅因為她在公開場合發表言論支持女性教育
and the more than 200 girls
還有200多名女孩
kidnapped from their own school in Nigeria for wanting an education
由于希望接受教育 在尼日利亞的學校遭到綁架
young people who are knowingly risking their lives every day just to go to school
每天都有年輕人為了上學 不顧自己的生命
And in fact, you've seen that hunger right here at Dillard
實際上 迪拉德大學也充滿了這種渴望
your valedictorian, three salutatorians are
畢業典禮上致辭的第一名和三位第二名畢業生
all from Nigeria
都來自尼日利亞
They studied hard at an early age
他們經過早年的努力學習
earned scholarships to come here to this university
才獲得獎學金并來到這所大學
achieved 4.0 GPAs
獲得了4.0的GPA
And now they are off pursuing master's degrees, work in software development
現在 他們正準備繼續研讀碩士學位 從事軟件開發
teaching math and science to young people here in the United States
教美國年輕人數學和科學知識
See, now, that's the kind of hunger for education that we have to
這就是我們需要在整個社會上
reignite in all of our communities
重新點燃的對教育的渴望
