米歇爾·奧巴馬含淚發(fā)表告別演講（雙語）

Michelle Obama has delivered her final remarks as First Lady – making an emotional defence of the nation’s diversity and telling her young audience “the country belongs to you”.

米歇爾·奧巴馬發(fā)表作為第一夫人的最后一次演講，激動地捍衛(wèi)美國的“多元化”傳統(tǒng)，她對年輕觀眾說：“美國屬于你們。”

Speaking at the White House during an event to honour school counsellors, she said she hoped she had made people proud in the role.

米歇爾在白宮表彰學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員的活動中發(fā)表演講，她說她希望自己做到了讓大家以這份職業(yè)為榮。

The outgoing First Lady hosted 50 school counsellors as part of her Reach Higher Initiative, which has championed advisors across the country and encouraged students to pursue post-secondary education whether at a professional training programme, a community college or university.

性格開朗的米歇爾招待了50名學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員，他們都參與她主導(dǎo)的“做更好自己倡議”，這份倡議鼓舞了全國的學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員，鼓勵學(xué)生參加中等以上繼續(xù)教育，不論是職業(yè)培訓(xùn)、社區(qū)學(xué)院還是大學(xué)。

This year’s winner, Terri Tchorzynski, from the Calhoun Area Career Centre in Battle Creek, Michigan, introduced Ms Obama as the “First-Counsellor-in-Chief” and praised her work in education.

今年的獲勝者是來自密歇根州巴特爾克里克市卡爾霍恩地區(qū)職業(yè)培訓(xùn)中心的Terri Tchorzynski，她稱米歇爾是“總輔導(dǎo)員”，盛贊她為教育所做的貢獻(xiàn)。

After thanking the counsellors for their work, Ms Obama spoke directly to young people saying: “Know this country belongs to you.

在對各位學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員表示感謝后，米歇爾直接向青年人喊話：“記?。好绹鴮儆谀銈?。”

In a sometimes emotional speech, she added: “Our glorious diversity…is not a threat to who we are. It makes us who we are”. She ended tearfully, saying thank you, and hoping she “made you proud”.

演講中，米歇爾不時情緒激動，她說：“我們偉大的多元化傳統(tǒng)…，不會威脅我們，是多元化締造了我們。”結(jié)尾的時候，她滿含熱淚，表達(dá)感謝，希望自己讓大家感到光榮。

The winners were selected by the American School Counsellor Association. Prior to being joined by the First Lady in the East Room, the school counsellors and several other guests attended a panel featuring Education Secretary John King Jr, former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Friday Night Lights actress Connie Britton.

年度最佳輔導(dǎo)員的獲勝者由“美國學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員協(xié)會”評選。米歇爾進(jìn)入白宮東室出席活動之前，各位學(xué)生輔導(dǎo)員和其他嘉賓參加了由教育部長小約翰·金、前部長阿恩·鄧肯和電影《勝利之光》的女演員康妮·布里頓主導(dǎo)的討論會。

School Counsellor of the Year is an annual White House tradition started in 2015 by Ms Obama.

年度最佳輔導(dǎo)員評選由米歇爾在2015年創(chuàng)立，形成慣例每年評選。

This will not be Ms Obama’s final public appearance however. She is scheduled to be a guest on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon next Wednesday.

這次講話不會是米歇爾最后的公開亮相，按計劃，下周三她還將做客吉米·法隆主持的“今夜秀”節(jié)目。