As bad news anymore Every day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message.
不如壞消息引人注意的時候人們每天接到一連串聳人聽聞的消息或者丑聞其中傳遞的信息是
That suggest change isn't possible that you can't make a difference that you won't be able to close that gap.
變革是不可能的你們的努力無濟于事你們無法消除現實生活
Between life as it is and life as you want it to be My job today is to tell you don't believe it.
與你們的理想生活之間的差距我今天的任務就是要告訴你們不要相信這些說法
Because as tough as things have been I am convinced you are tougher i've seen your passion and i've seen your service.
因為盡管困難很大但我堅信你們的能力更大我看到過你們的激情 我看到過你們的奉獻
I've seen you engage and i've seen you turn out in record numbers i've heard your voices amplified by creativity.
我看到過你們的投入我看到過你們挺身而出 人數空前我聽到了你們的聲音 創意
And a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend i've seen a generation eager.
和對數碼技術的精通使得這種聲音格外響亮而我們這些年長的人幾乎不得其解我看到心情迫切
Impatient even to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course And that defiant.
躍躍欲試的一代人準備躋身歷史激流中 扭轉其方向這種蔑視困難
Can-do spirit is what runs through the veins of American history It's the lifeblood of all our progress And it is that spirit which we need your generation.
積極進取的精神貫穿于整個美國歷史的進程這種精神是我們一切進步的源泉此時此刻 我們需要你們這一代繼承