So I want our young people to continue to learn and practice those values with pride. You see, our glorious diversity — our diversities of faiths and colors and creeds — that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are. So the young people here and the young people out there: Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story — because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you are.
所以，我希望你們能夠繼續(xù)自豪地學(xué)習(xí)和提高這些美好的品德。你看，我們有著偉大的多樣性——信仰的多樣、膚色的多樣、教義的多樣——多樣性并不會(huì)威脅、改變美國(guó)，相反，它造就了美國(guó)。在這里和在外邊的年輕人，不要讓任何人讓你覺(jué)得你不重要，或者你在我們的美國(guó)的故事里沒(méi)有地位。因?yàn)榇鸢甘?，你有地位。你有?quán)利做你想做的自己。
But I also want to be very clear: This right isn't just handed to you. No, this right has to be earned every single day. You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms. And that starts right now, when you're young.
但同時(shí)我要說(shuō)清楚，這個(gè)權(quán)利并不是平白送給你的。你必須每天去努力來(lái)贏得這項(xiàng)權(quán)利，千萬(wàn)不能把自己的自由想成理所當(dāng)然，同你的祖輩一樣，你必須努力地作出自己的貢獻(xiàn)去保護(hù)自由的權(quán)利，而這一切，就是從現(xiàn)在開始，從你年輕的時(shí)候開始。
Right now, you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation. You need to prepare yourself to be informed and engaged as a citizen, to serve and to lead, to stand up for our proud American values and to honor them in your daily lives. And that means getting the best education possible so you can think critically, so you can express yourself clearly, so you can get a good job and support yourself and your family, so you can be a positive force in your communities.
現(xiàn)在，你要做好準(zhǔn)備在全國(guó)性大討論中發(fā)表你的見(jiàn)解。你必須準(zhǔn)備好以一個(gè)公民的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)去要求自己，為我們驕傲的美國(guó)價(jià)值觀服務(wù)，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)并保護(hù)它，并以它指導(dǎo)你的日常生活，而這就意味著必須獲取能力范圍內(nèi)最好的教育，讓你學(xué)會(huì)批判性的思考，讓你能清晰地表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，讓你能獲取一個(gè)好工作，養(yǎng)活自己和家庭，讓你能成為社區(qū)中的正能量。
And when you encounter obstacles — because I guarantee you, you will, and many of you already have — when you are struggling and you start thinking about giving up,
而當(dāng)你遇到挫折的時(shí)候，我敢打包票你肯定會(huì)遇到挫折，你們當(dāng)中的許多人已經(jīng)遇到了挫折，當(dāng)你困苦掙扎著，想要放棄的時(shí)候，
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