Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please be seated. Hello, Giants. It is good -- It is good to be here, and congratulations Class of 2010. I am honored to be part of this special occasion. 谢谢大家。谢谢各位。请坐下。你们好，巨人队。很高兴——很高兴来到这里，祝贺2010届毕业生。很荣幸能参与这一特殊的盛典。
Audience Member: We love you! 观众：我们爱你！
President Obama: And I love you back. Let me acknowledge your extraordinary governor, Jennifer Granholm. Superintendent Rice, thank you for your inspiring words. Your mayor, Bobby Hopewell, who I understand is a proud Kalamazoo graduate himself. 奥巴马总统：我也爱你们。让我向你们杰出的州长珍妮弗·格兰霍姆致意。赖斯督学，感谢你鼓舞人心的讲话。你们的市长博比·霍普韦尔，我听说他本人也是卡拉马祖的骄傲毕业生。
Thanks to Principal Washington for -- not just for the warm introduction, but for his enthusiasm and his energy and his leadership and his nice singing voice. Thank you. To all the trustees, to the alumni, to the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins -- everybody who's been a part of this extraordinary place. 感谢华盛顿校长——不仅感谢你热情的介绍，也感谢他的热情、活力、领导力以及他美妙的歌喉。谢谢。感谢所有的校董、校友、父母、祖父母、姑姨叔舅、表亲——每一位参与到这个非凡之地的人。
And I want to recognize our student speakers. Cindy, who embodies the best of our traditions in this country -- arrived three or four years ago and graduates as the valedictorian -- this is what is continually replenishing the energy and the dynamism and the innovation of this country, and we could not be prouder of you. Thank you. 我还要表彰我们的学生代表。辛迪，她体现了我们国家最优良的传统——三四年前来到这里，如今作为毕业生代表致辞——正是这种精神不断为这个国家注入活力、动力和创新，我们为你们感到无比骄傲。谢谢。
And to Simon, I'm glad that, according to the Constitution, you can't run till you're 35. So I'll be long gone by then. But it gives me great confidence to know that we've got such incredible young leaders who are going to be remaking the world in so many different ways. 至于西蒙，我很高兴，根据宪法，你要到35岁才能竞选总统。所以到那时我早已离任了。但知道我们有这样杰出的年轻领袖，将在众多领域重塑世界，这让我倍感信心。
Now, recently, an article from your local paper, the Kalamazoo Gazette -- was brought to my attention. And it ran just after this school had been chosen as one of the six finalists in our Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. And for those who aren't aware of it, this is a contest to highlight schools that promote academic excellence, personal responsibility and that best prepare students for college and careers. 最近，你们当地报纸《卡拉马祖公报》上的一篇文章引起了我的注意。这篇文章发表在这所学校被选为"冲向顶峰毕业典礼挑战赛"六所决赛学校之一之后。对于那些不了解的人来说，这是一项旨在表彰那些促进学业卓越、个人责任感，并最能帮助学生为大学和职业做好准备的学校的竞赛。
And this article in the Gazette quoted a young lady named Kelsey Wilson. Where is -- Is Kelsey here? She right over there? Anyway -- 公报上的这篇文章引用了一位名叫凯尔西·威尔逊的年轻女士的话。她在哪里——凯尔西在这里吗？她就在那边吗？不管怎样——
Audience Member: She's here. 观众：她在这里。
President Obama: She's over there? Hey, Kelsey. How are you? 奥巴马总统：她在那边？嘿，凯尔西。你好吗？
So Kelsey was quoted as saying, 'We're the kind of school that never gets credit for what we do. And our school is amazing.' This is what Kelsey said, 'Our school is amazing.' 凯尔西被引述说："我们是那种从来得不到应得认可的学校。我们的学校棒极了。"凯尔西是这样说的："我们的学校棒极了。"
Well, Kelsey, Class of 2010, members of the Kalamazoo community, I'm here tonight because after three rounds of competition, with more than a thousand schools, and more than 170,000 votes cast, I know -- and America knows -- what you've done at Kalamazoo Central. You are amazing! We know. We know. Our amazing Secretary of Education Arne Duncan knows. Folks in Washington know, folks across the country know, and hopefully after tonight, everybody knows. 那么，凯尔西，2010届毕业生，卡拉马祖社区的成员们，我今晚来到这里，是因为经过三轮比赛，从一千多所学校、超过十七万张选票中，我知道——全美国都知道——你们在卡拉马祖中央高中所取得的成就。你们棒极了！我们知道。我们知道。我们杰出的教育部长阿恩·邓肯也知道。华盛顿的人知道，全国的人都晓得，希望今晚之后，所有人都知道。
Now, together as a community, you've embraced the motto of this school district: 'Every child, every opportunity, every time.' Every time. Every child, every opportunity, every time, because you believe, like I do, that every young person, every child -- regardless of what they look like, where they come from, how much money their parents have -- every child who walks through your schoolhouse doors deserves a quality education. No exceptions. 如今，作为一个社区，你们践行了这个学区的校训："每一个孩子，每一次机会，每时每刻。"每时每刻。每一个孩子，每一次机会，每时每刻，因为你们和我一样相信，每一个年轻人、每一个孩子——无论他们长什么样，来自哪里，父母有多少钱——每一个走进你们校门的孩子都应该获得优质教育。没有例外。
And I'm here tonight because I think that America has a lot to learn from Kalamazoo Central about what makes for a successful school in this new century. You've got educators raising standards and then inspiring their students to meet them. You've got community members who are stepping up as tutors and mentors and coaches. You got parents who are taking an active interest in their child's education -- attending those teacher conferences, yes, turning off the TV once in a while, making sure homework gets done. 我今晚来到这里，是因为我认为在新时代成功的学校是什么样的这个问题上，美国有很多可以向卡拉马祖中央高中学习的地方。你们有教育工作者提高标准，然后激励学生去达到这些标准。你们有社区成员挺身而出，担任辅导员、导师和教练。你们有父母积极参与孩子的教育——参加家长会，是的，偶尔关掉电视，确保作业完成。
Arne Duncan is here tonight because these are the values, these are the changes that he's encouraging in every school in this nation. It's the key to our future. 阿恩·邓肯今晚也在场，因为这些正是他在鼓励全国每一所学校所倡导的价值观和变革。这是我们未来的关键。
But the most important ingredient is you: students who raised your sights, who aimed high, who invested yourselves in your own success. It's no accident that so many of you have received college admissions letters, Class of 2010. That didn't happen by accident. It happened because you worked for it. As the superintendent said, you earned it. 但最重要的因素是你们：那些提高眼界、志存高远、为自身成功投入心血的学生。2010届的同学们，你们中这么多人收到了大学录取通知书绝非偶然。那不是偶然发生的。那是因为你们为之付出了努力。正如督学所说，这是你们挣来的。
So, Kelsey, I agree with you. What you've done here at Kalamazoo Central is amazing. I am proud of you. Your parents are proud of you. Your teachers, your principal -- we're all incredibly proud. 所以，凯尔西，我同意你的看法。你们在卡拉马祖中央高中所做的一切令人惊叹。我为你们骄傲。你们的父母为你们骄傲。你们的老师、你们的校长——我们都无比自豪。
Now, graduates, all these folks around you, I have to say, though, with the cameras and the beaming smiles -- they've worked hard to give you everything you need to pursue your dreams and fulfill your God-given talent. Unfortunately, you can't take them with you when you leave here. No one is going to go follow you around making sure that you're getting to class on time, making sure you're doing your work. Nobody is going to be doing that for you. Going forward, that's all on you -- responsibility for your success is squarely on your shoulders. 如今，毕业生们，你们身边的这些人，我不得不说，尽管有镜头和灿烂的笑容——他们辛勤付出，为你们提供追求梦想、发挥上帝赋予的才华所需的一切。遗憾的是，离开这里时，你们无法把他们带在身边。没有人会跟着你们到处跑，确保你们按时上课，确保你们完成功课。没有人会替你们做这些。向前看，一切都要靠你们自己——你们成功的责任完全落在你们肩上。
And the question I have for you today is this: What is each -- what are each of you going to do to meet that responsibility? 我今天要问你们的问题是：你们每一个人将如何承担这份责任？
Now, right now you're getting plenty of advice from everybody. Some of it's helpful. And so I hate to pile on with advice. But while I'm here -- what the heck. I figure I should offer a few thoughts based on my own experiences, but also based on my hopes for all of you, and for our country, in the years ahead. 如今，你们正从每个人那里得到大量建议。有些是有帮助的。所以我不想再堆砌建议。但既然来了——管他呢。我想基于自己的经验，也基于对你们所有人、对我们国家未来岁月的期望，提几点想法。
First, understand that your success in life won't be determined just by what's given to you, or what happens to you, but by what you do with all that's given to you; what you do with all that happens to you; how hard you try; how far you push yourself; how high you're willing to reach. True excellence only comes with perseverance. 首先，要明白你们在生活中能否成功，不会仅仅由你们得到什么或遭遇什么来决定，而是由你们如何利用所得到的一切、如何应对所发生的一切来决定；由你们多么努力、将自己推向多远、愿意达到多高来决定。真正的卓越唯有坚持才能获得。
This wasn't something I really understood when I was back your age. My father, some of you know, left my family when I was two years old. I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents. And sometimes I had a tendency to goof off. As my mother put it, I had a tendency sometimes to act a bit casual about my future. Sometimes I was rebellious. Sometimes I partied a little too much. Oh, yes, yes, this is a cautionary tale. Don't be cheering when I say that. 这并不是我在你们这个年纪时真正理解的事情。我的父亲，你们有些人知道，在我两岁时离开了我们家。我由单亲妈妈和祖父母抚养长大。有时候我有游手好闲的倾向。用我母亲的话说，我有时对自己的未来显得有些漫不经心。有时我很叛逆。有时我聚会得太多。哦，是的，是的，这是一个警示故事。我说这话时别欢呼。
Studied just enough to get by. I thought hard work, responsibility, that's old-fashioned. That's just people want to tell me what to do. 学习只求过得去。我认为努力工作、责任感，都是过时的东西。那只是别人想告诉我该怎么做。
But after a few years, after I was living solely on my own and I realized that living solely for my own entertainment wasn't so entertaining anymore, that it wasn't particularly satisfying anymore, that I didn't seem to be making much of a ripple in the world, I started to change my tune. I realized that by refusing to apply myself, there was nothing I could point to that I was proud of that would last. 但几年后，当我完全独立生活时，我意识到仅仅为自己的消遣而活不再那么有趣，也不再那么令人满足，我似乎并未在世界上激起什么波澜，于是我开始改变自己的态度。我意识到，由于不愿努力，我无法指出任何一件让我引以为傲且能持久的事情。
Now, you come of an age in a popular culture that actually reinforces this approach to life. You watch TV, and basically what it says is you can be rich and successful without much effort; you just have to become a celebrity. If you can achieve some reality TV notoriety, that's better than lasting achievement. 如今，你们成长于一个实际上强化这种人生态度的流行文化时代。你们看电视，基本上它告诉你不用付出多少努力就能富有和成功；你只需成为名人。如果你能在真人秀上出名，那比持久的成就更好。
We live in a culture that tells you there's a quick fix for every problem and a justification for every selfish desire. And all of you were raised with cell phones and iPods, and texting and emails, and you're able to call up a fact, or a song, or a friend with the click of a button. So you're used to instant gratification. 我们生活在一个这样的文化中，它告诉你每个问题都有速效药，每个自私的欲望都有正当理由。你们都是在手机、iPod、短信和电子邮件的陪伴下长大的，只需轻点按钮就能调用一个事实、一首歌或联系一位朋友。所以你们习惯了即时满足。
But meaningful achievement, lasting success -- it doesn't happen in an instant. It's not about luck, it's not about a sudden stroke of genius. It's not usually about talent. It's usually about daily effort, the large choices and the small choices that you make that add up over time. It's about the skills you build, and the knowledge you accumulate, and the energy you invest in every task, no matter how trivial or menial it may seem at the time. 但有意义的成就、持久的成功——不会瞬间发生。它不靠运气，不靠灵光一现。通常也不靠天赋。它通常靠的是日常的努力，靠的是你随时间积累的重大选择和微小选择。它关乎你培养的技能、积累的知识，以及你投入每一项任务的精力，无论那任务当时看起来多么微不足道或卑微。
You've got an alum who plays for the Yankees, I hear. He's supposed to be pretty good. Now, Derek Jeter wasn't born playing shortstop for the Yankees. He got there through years of effort. And his high school baseball coach once remarked, 'I'm surprised he still doesn't have blisters and that I don't have the blisters on my hands from hitting ground balls just for Derek.' He always wanted more: 'How about one more turn in the batting cage? Or 25 more ground balls?' 我听说你们有一位校友为洋基队效力。他应该相当出色。如今，德里克·杰特并非生来就是洋基队的游击手。他通过多年努力才达到那个高度。他的高中棒球教练曾说："我很惊讶他手上竟然还没有起茧，而我也没有因为只为德里克击出滚地球而手上起茧。"他总是想要更多："再去击球笼练一轮怎么样？或者再来25个滚地球？"
Thomas Edison tested more than 6,000 different materials for just one tiny part of the light bulb that he invented. Think about that -- 6,000 tests. J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Mozart was a musical prodigy, but he practiced for hours each day -- accumulating thousands of hours at the piano by the time he was just six years old. 托马斯·爱迪生为他发明的灯泡的一个小小部件测试了超过六千种不同的材料。想想看——六千次测试。J.K.罗琳的第一本《哈利·波特》被拒绝了十二次才最终出版。莫扎特是音乐神童，但他每天练习数小时——到六岁时已在钢琴前积累了数千小时的练习。
I understand that your boys' basketball team did pretty good. First state champions for the first time in 59 years. That didn't happen by accident. They put in work. They put in effort. 我了解到你们的男子篮球队表现相当不错。五十九年来首次夺得州冠军。那不是偶然发生的。他们付出了努力。他们投入了心血。
So, today, you all have a rare and valuable chance to pursue your own passions, chase your own dreams without incurring a mountain of debt. What an incredible gift. So you've got no excuse for giving anything less than your best effort. No excuses. 所以，今天，你们所有人都有一个难得而宝贵的机会去追求自己的热情，追逐自己的梦想，而不必背负一座债务大山。这是多么不可思议的礼物。所以你们没有任何借口不全力以赴。没有借口。
That's my second piece of advice, very simple: Don't make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes; take responsibility where you fall short as well. 这是我的第二条建议，非常简单：不要找借口。不仅要为你的成功承担责任；也要在你做得不够好的地方承担责任。
Now, the truth is, no matter how hard you work, you're not going to ace every class -- well, maybe Cindy will, but -- but you're not going to ace every class. You're not going to succeed the first time you try something. There are going to be times when you screw up. There will be times where you hurt people you love. There will be times where you make a mistake and you stray from the values that you hold most deeply. 如今，事实是，无论你多么努力，你不可能每门课都拿A——嗯，也许辛迪可以，但是——但你不可能每门课都拿A。你不会在第一次尝试某件事时就成功。会有你搞砸的时候。会有你伤害你所爱之人的时候。会有你犯错、偏离你最珍视的价值观的时候。
And when that happens, it's the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for somebody else to blame. Your professor was too hard; your boss was a jerk; the coaches -- was playing favorites; your friend just didn't understand. Your wife -- oh, no. I'm just messing with Michelle right there. That was all in fun. 当那种情况发生时，世界上最容易做的事就是四处寻找别人来责备。你的教授太严格了；你的老板是个混蛋；教练——偏心；你的朋友不理解你。你的妻子——哦，不。我只是在跟米歇尔开个玩笑。那都是闹着玩的。
No, but this is an easy habit to get into. You see it every day in Washington -- every day -- folks calling each other names, making all sorts of accusations on television. Everybody is always pointing a finger at somebody else. You notice that? 不，但这确实是一个容易养成的习惯。你在华盛顿每天都看得到——每天——人们互相谩骂，在电视上做出种种指控。每个人总是在指责别人。你们注意到了吗？
Now, this community could have easily gone down that road. This community could have made excuses -- well, our kids have fewer advantages, our schools have fewer resources -- how can we compete? You could have spent years pointing fingers -- blaming parents, blaming teachers, blaming the principal, blaming the superintendent, blaming the President. 如今，这个社区本可以轻易走上那条路。这个社区本可以找借口——嗯，我们的孩子优势更少，我们的学校资源更少——我们怎么竞争？你们本可以花好几年时间互相指责——责怪父母、责怪老师、责怪校长、责怪督学、责怪总统。
But that's -- Class of 2010, I want you to pay attention on this because that's not what happened. Instead, this community was honest with itself about where you were falling short. You resolved to do better, push your kids harder, open their minds wider, expose them to all kinds of ideas and people and experiences. 但——2010届的同学们，我希望你们注意这一点，因为那不是所发生的事情。相反，这个社区对自己不足之处诚实以对。你们决心做得更好，更严格地推动你们的孩子，更开阔他们的思维，让他们接触各种思想、各种人和各种经历。
So, graduates, I hope you'll continue those efforts. Don't make excuses. And I hope that wherever you go, you won't narrow the broad intellectual and social exposure you've had here at Kalamazoo Central -- instead, seek to expand it. Don't just hang out with people who look like you, or go to the same church you do, or share your political views. 所以，毕业生们，我希望你们继续这些努力。不要找借口。我希望无论你们走到哪里，都不要缩小你们在卡拉马祖中央高中所获得的广泛的学术和社会阅历——相反，要努力拓展它。不要只和与你们长相相似的人、或去同一所教堂的人、或与你们政治观点相同的人交往。
Broaden your circle to include people with different backgrounds and life experiences. Because that's how you'll end up learning what it's like to walk in somebody else's shoes. That's how you'll come to understand the challenges other people face. 扩大你们的圈子，纳入不同背景和生活经历的人。因为只有这样，你们才能最终学会设身处地为他人着想。只有这样，你们才能理解他人所面临的挑战。
And this is not just an academic exercise. It's a way to broaden your ambit of concern and learn to see yourselves in each other. 这不仅仅是一项学术练习。它是一种扩展你们关怀范围、学会在彼此身上看到自己的方式。
Which brings me to my final piece of advice for today, and that's to give back, to be part of something bigger than yourselves. Hitch your wagon to something that is bigger than yourselves. 这引出我今天最后一条建议，那就是回报社会，成为比自己更伟大的事业的一部分。将你的马车拴在比自己更宏大的事物上。
I know that so many of you have already served your community through efforts like your Stuff the Bus food drives and groups like Activists for Action. And I commend you for that. 我知道你们中许多人已经通过"装满校车"食物捐赠活动和"行动主义者"等团体为社区服务。我为此赞扬你们。
But I also know that many of you are the first in your family to go to college. And right about now, you may be feeling all the weight of their hopes and expectations coming down on your shoulders. 但我也知道，你们中许多人是家里第一个上大学的人。此时此刻，你们可能感受到他们所有的希望和期望都压在了你们的肩上。
And once you start juggling those classes and activities and that campus job, and you get caught up in your own dreams and your own anxieties and dating -- you may feel like you've got enough on your plate just dealing with your own life. It might be easier to turn the channel when the news disturbs you, to avert your eyes when you pass that homeless man on the street, to tell yourself that other people's problems really aren't your responsibility. 一旦你们开始兼顾那些课程、活动和校园工作，一旦你们陷入自己的梦想、焦虑和恋爱中——你们可能会觉得光是应付自己的生活就已经够忙的了。当新闻让你们不安时，换台可能更容易；当你们路过街上那个无家可归的人时，移开视线可能更容易；告诉自己别人的问题真的不是你们的责任可能更容易。
But just think about what the consequence of that approach to life would have been if that's how folks had acted here in this community. What if those Kalamazoo Promise donors had said to themselves, 'Well, you know what, I can pay for my own kid's education. Why should I have to pay for somebody else's?' 但请想一想，如果这个社区的人们也采取这种生活态度，后果会是什么。如果那些"卡拉马祖承诺"的捐赠者对自己说："嗯，你知道吗，我付得起我自己孩子的教育费用。我为什么要为别人的孩子买单？"
Think about the consequences for our country. What if our Founding Fathers had said, 'You know, colonialism is kind of oppressive, but I'm doing okay, my family's doing all right, why should I spend my summer in Philadelphia arguing about a Constitution?' 请想一想对我们国家的后果。如果我们的开国元勋说："你知道，殖民主义有点压迫性，但我过得还不错，我的家人也还好，我为什么要花整个夏天在费城争论一部宪法？"
What if those abolitionists, those civil right workers had said, 'You know, slavery is wrong, segregation is wrong, but it's kind of dangerous to get mixed up in that stuff. I don't have time for all those meetings and marches. I think I'm going to take a pass. I hope it works out, but that's not something I want to do.' 如果那些废奴主义者、那些民权工作者说："你知道，奴隶制是错误的，种族隔离是错误的，但卷入那些事情有点危险。我没有时间参加所有那些会议和游行。我想我还是算了吧。希望一切顺利，但那不是我想做的事。"
I want you to think for a minute about the extraordinary men and women who've worn our country's uniform and have given their last full measure of devotion to keep us safe and free. What if they said -- what if they said, 'I really do love this country, but why should I sacrifice so much for people I've never even met?' Young men and women in uniform right now making those sacrifices. 我希望你们花一分钟想一想那些穿过我国军装、付出最后全部忠诚以保我们安全自由的杰出男女。如果他们说——如果他们说："我确实热爱这个国家，但我为什么要为素未谋面的人牺牲这么多？"此时此刻，身着军装的年轻男女正在做出这样的牺牲。
So you and I are here today because those people made a different choice. They chose to step up. They chose to serve. And I hope you will follow their example, because there is work to be done, and your country needs you. We've got an economy to rebuild. We've got children to educate. We've got diseases to cure. We've got threats to face. We've got an oil spill to clean up. We've got clean energy to discover. 所以，你和我今天能在这里，是因为那些人做出了不同的选择。他们选择挺身而出。他们选择服务。我希望你们以他们为榜样，因为还有工作要做，你们的国家需要你们。我们要重建经济。我们要教育儿童。我们要治愈疾病。我们要面对威胁。我们要清理石油泄漏。我们要发现清洁能源。
And it is going to be up to you to meet all of those challenges -- to build industries and make discoveries and inspire the next generation. It's going to be up to you to heal the divide that continues to afflict our world. 而应对所有这些挑战将取决于你们——建设产业、做出发现、激励下一代。弥合继续困扰我们世界的鸿沟，也将取决于你们。
Now, I'm not saying you got to do it here all at once. But as Theodore Roosevelt once put it, I'm asking you to 'Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.' And I can guarantee that wherever your journey takes you, there are going to be children who need mentors and senior citizens who need assistance, folks down on their luck who could use a helping hand. 如今，我并不是说你们必须一下子全部完成。但正如西奥多·罗斯福曾说过的，我要求你们"用你所拥有的，在你所在的地方，尽你所能。"我可以保证，无论你的旅程将你带向何方，都会有需要导师的孩子、需要帮助的老年人、运气不佳需要援手的人。
And once you've reached out and formed those connections, you'll find it's a little harder to numb yourself to other people's suffering. It's a little harder to ignore the national debates about the issues that affect their lives and yours. 一旦你们伸出手并建立起这些联系，你们会发现麻木自己对他人的苦难变得更加困难。忽视那些影响他们和你们生活的议题的全国性辩论也变得更加困难。
In the end, service binds us to each other -- and to our communities and our country -- in a way that nothing else can. It's how we become more fully American. 归根结底，服务以一种其他任何事物都无法做到的方式将我们彼此——以及与我们的社区和国家——联系在一起。这是我们成为更完整的美国人的方式。
That's the reason those donors created the Kalamazoo Promise in the first place -- not for recognition or reward, but because of their connection to this community; because their belief in your potential; because their faith that you would use this gift not just to enrich your own lives, but the lives of others and the life of the nation. 这就是那些捐赠者当初创立"卡拉马祖承诺"的原因——不是为了认可或回报，而是因为他们与这个社区的联系；因为他们对你们潜力的信念；因为他们相信你们会运用这份礼物不仅丰富自己的生活，也丰富他人的生活和国家的生活。
And I'm told that soon after the Promise was established, a first grader approached the superintendent at the time and declared to her: 'I'm going to college.' First grader. 'I'm going to college. I don't know what it is, but I'm going.' 我被告知，在"承诺"设立后不久，一个一年级学生走到当时的督学面前，向她宣布："我要上大学。"一个一年级学生。"我要上大学。我不知道它是什么，但我要去。"
We may never know those donors' names, but we know how they helped bring this community together and how you've embraced their Promise not just as a gift to be appreciated, but a responsibility to be fulfilled. We know how they have helped inspire an entire generation of young people here in Kalamazoo to imagine a different future for themselves. 我们可能永远不会知道那些捐赠者的名字，但我们知道他们如何帮助这个社区团结起来，以及你们如何将他们的承诺不仅视为一份值得感激的礼物，更视为一份需要履行的责任。我们知道他们如何帮助激励卡拉马祖整整一代年轻人去为自己想象一个不同的未来。
And graduates, today, I'm asking you to pay them back by seeking to have the same kind of impact with your own lives; by pursuing excellence in everything you do; by serving this country that you love. 毕业生们，今天，我请求你们通过在自己的生活中寻求产生同样的影响来回报他们；通过在所做的一切中追求卓越；通过服务你们所爱的国家。
I know that you can do it. After all, you are the Giants -- and with the education you've gotten here, there's nothing you can't do. 我知道你们能做到。毕竟，你们是巨人队——凭借你们在这里所获得的教育，没有什么是你们做不到的。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America. And God bless the Class of 2010. 非常感谢大家。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。上帝保佑2010届毕业生。