奥巴马2014年六月7日演讲译文.doc

奥巴马2014年6月7日演讲译文 Hi, everybody. This is commencement season, a time for graduates and their families to celebrate one of the greatest achievements of a young person’s life. But for many graduates, it also means feeling trapped by a whole lot of student loan debt. And we’ve got to do more to lift that Burden. See, in a 21st century economy, the surest pathway into the middle class is some form of higher education. The unemployment rate for workers with a bachelor’s degree is just 3.3 percent – about half what it is for high school graduates. The typical graduate of a four-year college earns $15,000 more per year than someone with just a high school degree. But at a time when college has never been more important, it’s also never been more expensive. 大家好。这是一个毕业季，是毕业生和他们的家庭庆祝一个年轻人一生的最伟大的成就之一的时刻。但是对于很多毕业生，这还意味着深感学生贷款的巨大压力。我们必须为消除这个负担做得更多。 在21世纪经济，进入中产阶级的最万无一失的途径就是某种形式的高等教育。有学士学位的工人的失业率仅仅是百分之3.3--大约是高中毕业生的失业率的一半。本科生一年要比高中生多挣15,000美元。 但是在一个上大学比以往任何时候都重要的时候，上大学也是最贵的时候。 That’s why, since I took office, I’ve worked to make college more affordable. We reformed a student loan system that gave away billions of taxpayer dollars to big banks and invested that money where it makes a bigger bang – in helping more young people afford a higher education. But over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four-year college has more than tripled. The average undergraduate student who borrows for college now graduates owing almost $30,000. And I’ve heard from too many young people who are frustrated that they’ve done everything they were supposed to do – and now they’re paying the price. 这就是为什么，自我就任总统以来，我一直在努力使上大学更加可承受。我们改革了学生贷款系统避免了几十亿美元的纳税人的钱流入大银行，而是把这些钱投入有更大作用的地方--投入到帮助更多年轻人上得起大学上。 但是在过去的三十年里，公立大学本科的平均学费增加了两倍多。现在毕业的本科生平均欠下学生贷款近30,000美元。我听到很多年轻人说他们做了他们可能做的一切都倍受挫折--现在他们不得不承担后果。 I’ve taken action on my own to offer millions of students the opportunity to cap their monthly student loan payments to 10% of their income. But Congress needs to do its part