Being educated is a moral obligation. And I don't mean educated as in, "i'm good at math!" I mean educated in every sense of the word; knowledge about yourself, the world around you, the humanities, history, music, science, and the entire spectrum of human knowledge. And because not one person could ever hope to master all these subjects, making education into a moral obligation will help you be a student for life. That's the first reason you should think about education in moral terms.
受教育是一项道德义务。接受教育不仅仅是指"我很擅长数学!"。我想表达的是教育在每个方面的意义; 跟你有关的知识、 你周围的世界、 人文、 历史、 音乐、 科学和人类世界所有知识。因为没有一个人能够掌握所有这些学科知识，让教育成为一种道德义务将帮助你成为一个在终生学习者。这就是你需要从道德角度去思考教育的第一原因。
But what is a moral obligation? A moral obligation is the sense of personal responsibility someone feels honor-bound to perform because of their personal beliefs and values. Having a sense of moral duty arises from ideas about right and wrong. These ideas are usually shaped by your culture, family and even peer pressure. Generally, people are not legally required to donate money to children with cancer, they just do, because they believe it is the right thing to do.
什么是道德义务呢?道德义务是一个人因为有了他自己的信念和价值，使他为自己的行为有荣誉感和责任感。这种道德责任感包括了一个人对正确和错误的认知。这些认知通常是由你的文化、 家庭甚至是来自同龄人的压力而形成的。一般来说，法律是不会强迫人们把钱捐给癌症患儿，但捐款的人这么做了，是因为他们相信这是正确的事。
I want to convince you that this calculus of doing the right thing already resides within you. To prove it to you I want to share something that happened yesterday in my physics class with two of my students; Bob and Steve. I have changed the names of the students to protect their privacy.
你要相信，这种做正确事情的决算已经扎根在你心里面了。为了证明这个，我想要跟你分享我的昨天物理课的故事; 我的两个学生Bob和Steve，为了保护学生的隐私，我更改了他们的名字。
To the chagrin of my Physics students I actually taught a lesson yesterday and even gave them a quiz. Chagrin means, NOT HAPPY! So while my students were taking the quiz I was thinking about this speech and about how angry Mandy and Mickey would be if I didn't write it on time. So I took it upon myself to ask my students the following question:
使学生感到懊恼的是，昨天上了一整节的物理课，并且给了他们一个小测验。大家都知道懊恼就是不快乐!当学生在做测验的时候，我就在思考今天的发言我该说些什么，如果我没有按时写完稿子Mandy和Mickey会有多生气。所以我就自己去问我的学生以下问题：
