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Eric is acting like he's a ham, but he likes the spotlight.
Eric表現得好像他很差，其實他喜歡這個現場，
He's acting a little shy.
他只是有點害羞。
I want to recognize our Deputy Director, Stephanie Sprow.Stephanie.
我想要表彰我們的副主任，Stephanie Sprouse, Stephanie, Stephanie Sprouse。
And he's really not going to like this because he tries to pretend like he doesn't exist at all, but our Senior Advisor, Greg Darnieder.
他真的不會這樣的，因為他試圖假裝他根本不存在，但是我們的高級顧問Greg Darn不會。
There you go. Greg, Greg has been a leader in education his entire life. I've known him since I was a little organizer person.
對頭。Greg, Greg在他的一生中，一直是教育上的領導者。從我還是個小小的活動組織者的時候，我就知道他了。
And it's just been just a joy to work with you all.
和你們一起工作真是太開心了。
These individuals, they are brilliant. They are creative.
他們都非常杰出，富有創造力，
They have worked miracles with hardly any staff or budget to speak of — which is how we roll in the first lady's Office.
在幾乎沒有任何人員或是財政預算的下他們創造了奇跡——就是我們如何運轉第一夫人辦公室。
And I am so proud and so, so grateful to you all for everything that you've done. So let's give them a round of applause.
我是如此自豪，非常感謝你們所做的一切事情，所以讓我們一起為他們鼓掌。
And finally, I want to recognize all of you who are here in this audience.
最后，我要感謝在座的各位，
We have our educators, our leaders, our young people who have been with us since we launched Reach Higher back in 2014.
他們中有的是教育家、領者和年輕人——我們在2014年發起Reach Higher倡議時就一直跟我們在一起的。
Now, when we first came up with this idea, we had one clear goal in mind: We wanted to make higher education cool.
現在，當我們初步有這個想法時，我們就有一個明確的目標：我們希望讓高等教育變得出色。
We wanted to change the conversation around what it means and what it takes to be a success in this country.
我們希望改變這個國家對成功的定義。
Because let's be honest, if we're always shining the spotlight on professional athletes or recording artists or Hollywood celebrities,
因為坦誠地說，如果我們總是將鎂光燈聚焦于職業運動員或唱片歌手或好萊塢明星，
if those are the only achievements we celebrate, then why would we ever think kids would see college as a priority?
如果我們只為這些成就歡呼慶祝，那我們憑什么認為孩子們會把上大學作為優先選項呢？
