奥巴马演讲《Their Lives Are a Model for Us All 他们是我们学习的榜样》，这是奥巴马2008年5月26日在阵亡将士纪念日集会上的演讲，地点为美国新墨西哥州，听众中大部分为军人。Memorial Day是美国大多数州都要纪念的节日，时间为5月的最后一个星期一。美国总统同时也是三军总司令，所以争取得到军人的支持尤显重要，奥巴马利用阵亡将士纪念日向美国军人表示敬意，一方面

I'm a brain scientist, and as a brain scientist, 我是一个脑科学家，而作为一个脑科学家， I'm actually interested in how the brain learns, 我对于大脑是如何学习的很感兴趣。 and I'm especially interested in a possibility of mak

A couple of days later, I saw her again. I remember, she was wearing a long, white, flowery skirt. 几天后，我又看到她。我记得她穿着一条白底印花长裙。 And I went up to her and she said she was going to register for classes for

In between these low-paying retail jobs, I did what any normal teenager did in the 1990s. 在这些薪水低廉的销售工作中，我做了90年代每一个正常的青少年都会做的事。 I shoplifted. I'm just kidding. I hung out with my friends at the mall. 我

Strangely, these revelations didn't cure my low self-esteem, that feeling of otherness. 奇怪的是，这些启示并没有治愈我那缺少的自尊，那种被划为另类的感觉。 My desire to disappear was still very powerful. 我渴望消失的想法依旧十分强烈。 I had a degree