偶像勵志英語演講 第114期:直面恐懼(1)
I know many of you were convinced the last night about six o' clock local time, the world wasgoing to come to an end, just because it hasn't does not mean that is not nearby, becausemy appearing today at Yale University is surely one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.But listen, today is your day!
我猜很多人一定曾經相信，昨天(五月二十一日)晚上，當地時間六點鐘，就將是世界末日了。就算沒有應驗，但并不意味著世界末日就遠離你們了。因為我今天竟然在耶魯現身，簡直就像在末日前夕，來了個“天啟四騎士”，不曉得要帶來什么禍害!但是聽我說，今天是你們的日子!
Please do not turn off your electronic devices. Leave your iPhones, your iPads, your Sidekicks,your Andoids, your Blackberrys powered up-recording, photographing, texting out all thatemerges from this stage over the next few minutes.
我拜托大家，千萬不要把手上的電子裝置關掉。請把你們的蘋果手機、平板電腦、側滑手機、安卓手機和黑莓機，通通都打開，也歡迎把臺上隨后發(fā)生的事情錄音、拍照、傳簡訊。
By the way, I'm sporting the hat, it did't yet come off.
順便炫耀一下我的帽子，它到現在還戴在我的頭上。
You know, later on today, you can compare your twitters and your Facebook comments withthose of others to figure out if anything memorable went down. Hey, you know what? Tweetthat lessons I just said... I give you some to do, give you some to do? Let your friends knowwhere we are today.
等我講完以后，你們還可以去看推特和臉譜上面的貼文，相互比較一下看我有什么“箴言”被轉述。我看，干脆就把我正在講話的話“推”出去吧，讓你的朋友知道你此刻在哪里。
1. come to an end
結束;
eg. Now the award ceremony has come to an end.
頒獎儀式到此結束，
eg. Even the closest and strongest of interpersonal relationship must eventually come to anend.
朋友再好，終有一別。
2. turn off
關上;關掉;
eg. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.
燈光有點太刺眼了。你可以把燈關掉。
eg. I have to get up and turn off the radio.
我必須起床關上收音機。
3. go down
引起…反響;得到…回應;
eg. Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.
律師告誡當事人穿戴整潔會贏得地方法官的好感。
eg. It will go down as the week that shook wall street.
這將會被視為震撼華爾街的一周。
背景資料：
耶魯大學(Yale University)是一所坐落于美國康涅狄格州紐黑文市的私立大學，始創(chuàng)于1701年，初名“大學學院”(Collegiate School)。耶魯大學是美國歷史上建立的第三所大學，今為常青藤聯(lián)盟的成員之一。
2011年5月23日，耶魯大學舉行第310屆畢業(yè)典禮。湯姆·漢克斯(Tom Hanks)當天受邀發(fā)表了一段演講，約22分鐘。在演講中，湯姆·漢克斯鼓勵即將畢業(yè)的耶魯人積極投入到救助那些因參加伊拉克和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭而飽受恐懼困擾的退伍老兵的工作中，湯姆·漢克斯號召他們"take the fears head on"，直面恐懼，永遠向前!
我猜很多人一定曾經相信，昨天(五月二十一日)晚上，當地時間六點鐘，就將是世界末日了。就算沒有應驗，但并不意味著世界末日就遠離你們了。因為我今天竟然在耶魯現身，簡直就像在末日前夕，來了個“天啟四騎士”，不曉得要帶來什么禍害!但是聽我說，今天是你們的日子!
Please do not turn off your electronic devices. Leave your iPhones, your iPads, your Sidekicks,your Andoids, your Blackberrys powered up-recording, photographing, texting out all thatemerges from this stage over the next few minutes.
我拜托大家，千萬不要把手上的電子裝置關掉。請把你們的蘋果手機、平板電腦、側滑手機、安卓手機和黑莓機，通通都打開，也歡迎把臺上隨后發(fā)生的事情錄音、拍照、傳簡訊。
By the way, I'm sporting the hat, it did't yet come off.
順便炫耀一下我的帽子，它到現在還戴在我的頭上。
You know, later on today, you can compare your twitters and your Facebook comments withthose of others to figure out if anything memorable went down. Hey, you know what? Tweetthat lessons I just said... I give you some to do, give you some to do? Let your friends knowwhere we are today.
等我講完以后，你們還可以去看推特和臉譜上面的貼文，相互比較一下看我有什么“箴言”被轉述。我看，干脆就把我正在講話的話“推”出去吧，讓你的朋友知道你此刻在哪里。
1. come to an end
結束;
eg. Now the award ceremony has come to an end.
頒獎儀式到此結束，
eg. Even the closest and strongest of interpersonal relationship must eventually come to anend.
朋友再好，終有一別。
2. turn off
關上;關掉;
eg. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.
燈光有點太刺眼了。你可以把燈關掉。
eg. I have to get up and turn off the radio.
我必須起床關上收音機。
3. go down
引起…反響;得到…回應;
eg. Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.
律師告誡當事人穿戴整潔會贏得地方法官的好感。
eg. It will go down as the week that shook wall street.
這將會被視為震撼華爾街的一周。
背景資料：
耶魯大學(Yale University)是一所坐落于美國康涅狄格州紐黑文市的私立大學，始創(chuàng)于1701年，初名“大學學院”(Collegiate School)。耶魯大學是美國歷史上建立的第三所大學，今為常青藤聯(lián)盟的成員之一。
2011年5月23日，耶魯大學舉行第310屆畢業(yè)典禮。湯姆·漢克斯(Tom Hanks)當天受邀發(fā)表了一段演講，約22分鐘。在演講中，湯姆·漢克斯鼓勵即將畢業(yè)的耶魯人積極投入到救助那些因參加伊拉克和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭而飽受恐懼困擾的退伍老兵的工作中，湯姆·漢克斯號召他們"take the fears head on"，直面恐懼，永遠向前!
