偶像勵(lì)志英語演講 第124期:直面恐懼(11)

Speaking from 54 years' experience, the world towards a more perfect union is a never-endingconcern that involves each every one of us. Evidence that our nation is becoming a better placeis everywhere. But each new day, fear is, as the Jersey poet said, lurking in the darkness of theedge of dawn. Your rising from bed every morning will give fear its chance to grow stronger justas it will afford faith its chance to blossom. You will make the choice to react to one or createthe other, and because you are smart enough to earn your place on this college day at YaleUniversity. You will sense the moment, and you will know what to do. In the meantime,ponder this front in the struggle against ceaseless fear, and ceaseless flow, in the comingmonths and years, veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will finally come home for good,at so many tours. And we know this...and we know this, some after many tours of the war andbody he saw spent great portion of their lives.
我以我54年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴大家，建立更加完美的國度，是個(gè)永不終止的目標(biāo)，而責(zé)任就在每個(gè)人身上。我們的國家變得越來越好，例證處處可見。但是每個(gè)新的一天，就像澤西島詩人所說，恐懼都潛伏在黎明前的黑暗中。你每天早上從床上爬起來，既可能讓信心更加堅(jiān)強(qiáng)也可能讓恐懼蔓延。你們必須作出抉擇：要讓恐懼蔓延，還是讓信心更加堅(jiān)強(qiáng)?你們很聰明，所以才能在耶魯大學(xué)獲得一席之位。你們將會(huì)感受到這一時(shí)刻，而且你們清楚自己該做什么。同時(shí)，思考一下前線的士兵，他們掙扎在無盡的恐懼和不斷的行軍中。再過一段時(shí)間，伊拉克和阿富汗的許多美軍就要退伍返家，在多次海外服役后，永遠(yuǎn)地回到家里。我們知道，一些人，在海外戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中多次服役，看到尸體無數(shù)，歸來后，他們已經(jīng)度過了生命的大部分時(shí)間。
1. never-ending
永無止境的;永無休止的;永恒的;
eg. Success is a never-ending process.
成功是一個(gè)永無止境的過程。
eg. We have to make a decision; otherwise there's a never-ending debate.
但是我們必須有一個(gè)結(jié)論;要不就會(huì)陷入無窮無盡的爭(zhēng)論中。
2. react to
(作出)反應(yīng);回應(yīng);
eg. They did not react to this provocation.
他們對(duì)這一挑釁未作反應(yīng)。
eg. People don't react to reality; they react to their perception of reality.
人們不是對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)作出反應(yīng);他們是對(duì)他們對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)的理解作出反應(yīng)。
3. in the meantime
在此期間;其間;
eg. In the meantime I had a better chance, as I supposed, before me.
在此期間，我感到有個(gè)更好的機(jī)會(huì)擺在我的面前。
eg. In the meantime, something more interesting could evolve.
與此同時(shí)，事情可能出現(xiàn)更加有趣的發(fā)展。
4. for good
永遠(yuǎn);永久;
eg. The days of big-time racing at Herne Hill had gone for good.
在赫恩山舉行盛大賽馬會(huì)的日子早已一去不復(fù)返了。
eg. A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease for good.
注射幾次這種藥物就根除了這種疾病。