名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第87期:如何實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想

[00:00.21]Thank you Chancellor Wiley, distinguished platform party, friends, 感謝威利校長(zhǎng)，感謝在座的各位朋友、 [00:04.42]guests and the very reason for our presence here today — the members of the class of 2003. 各位嘉賓以及我們今天最重要的主角——威斯康辛大學(xué)2003屆畢業(yè)生們。 [00:11.02]Before I start my remarks, I'd like everyone just to do something for me. Very simply — 在我正式講話以前，我想讓每個(gè)人先做一件小事，一件非常簡(jiǎn)單的事， [00:18.43]so everyone can kind of just get to know everyone else — on the count of three, 以便使你們能認(rèn)識(shí)其他一些人——當(dāng)我數(shù)到三時(shí)， [00:23.40]I'd like everyone to turn around and shake the hand of the person sitting right behind you. 我希望每個(gè)人都轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身與坐在你后面的人握握手—— [00:28.39]One, two, three — right now, everybody, please do that. 一、二、三，現(xiàn)在，請(qǐng)按我說(shuō)的做。 [00:36.41]So, I guess you still have a few things to learn. 所以，我認(rèn)為你們?nèi)杂幸恍〇|西需要學(xué)習(xí)。 [00:39.24]My parents cried when I left for California. Not because I was leaving, 當(dāng)我動(dòng)身前往加利福利亞州的時(shí)候，我的父母哭了。 [00:43.46](but) rather, I think, because they were afraid I'd be coming back. 我想，他們哭不是因?yàn)槲乙x開(kāi)了，反而是怕我將會(huì)折回。 [00:47.57]Not one teacher I ever had in grade school, high school or college would've believed 從小學(xué)到高中再到大學(xué)的所有老師沒(méi)有一個(gè)會(huì)想到 [00:54.22]that there was even the slightest chance that one day I would be asked to give the commencement address at a major university. 我能有機(jī)會(huì)被一所重點(diǎn)大學(xué)邀請(qǐng)發(fā)表畢業(yè)演講。 [01:02.01]Many, given the opportunity, would've bet large sums of money against it, putting up their homes and children as collateral. 如果有機(jī)會(huì)的話，許多人都會(huì)下很大賭注，押大把的錢，甚至以自己的家庭和孩子為抵押。 [01:11.37]Actually, I really like the idea of that, not because I'm vindictive — 實(shí)際上，我很欣賞那種想法，不是因?yàn)槲倚膽殉鸷蕖? [01:17.44]although in a few minutes I'm going to read the names of all the people in my life 雖然在幾分鐘后我將說(shuō)出一些人名， [01:22.55]who never thought I would amount to anything —but because life should be unpredictable. 這些人從不認(rèn)為我會(huì)做成什么事——而是因?yàn)樯铍y以預(yù)測(cè)。 [01:29.23]And I'm very grateful that I never wasted any time trying to become somebody else's image of what I should be. 我也非常欣慰，因?yàn)槲覜](méi)有浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去變成別人認(rèn)為我應(yīng)該成為的樣子。

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