名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第93期:如何實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想
我們?cè)谂衫晒镜臅r(shí)候就認(rèn)識(shí)了他。他一眼就看出我們極度恐懼。于是我們立即向他傾訴心聲，告訴他遭遇了這樣令人感覺羞辱的不幸我們有多痛苦。
I'm not sure what we were expecting, but John just smiled and said, "Guys, the thing you have to remember is (that) nobody else is paying as much attention to your failures as you are.You're the only ones who are obsessed with the importance of your own life. To everyone else,it's just a blip on the radar screen, so just move on. By the way, are you going to finish that pie?"
我也不知道我們當(dāng)時(shí)期盼得到什么樣的安慰，但約翰只是笑了笑，然后說(shuō)：“伙計(jì)們，你們必須記住一點(diǎn)，沒有人會(huì)像你自己那樣對(duì)自己的失敗那么在意。你是唯一沉湎于你自己重要性的人。對(duì)于其他所有人來(lái)說(shuō)，你只是雷達(dá)熒光屏上一個(gè)光點(diǎn)。所以，只管前行吧。順便問(wèn)一下，你們要吃完那個(gè)蘋果派嗎?”
I found that advice very liberating — that the only one who my big failure was truly big for was me. So I thanked him and told him how beautiful he looked today, and now when I fail big, I just go out and have a piece of apple pie and I move on. And I always save a little piece for John Travolta. Amazingly, more often than not he shows up to eat it.
那個(gè)建議讓我釋然，我的重大失敗的嚴(yán)重性只是對(duì)我個(gè)人而言。因此我非常感激他，并告訴他那天看起來(lái)很英俊?，F(xiàn)在，當(dāng)我遭遇重大失敗的時(shí)候，我就會(huì)走出去吃個(gè)蘋果派，然后繼續(xù)前行。每次我都會(huì)給約翰•特拉沃爾塔留一小塊，令人驚訝的是，他通常都會(huì)出現(xiàn)并吃掉它。
The next time you go into a restaurant, please don't look at the waitress and say, "Can I get some ketchup?" You're supposed to say, "May I please have some ketchup?" Sorry — that doesn't count. Just a personal pet peeve of mine.
下一次你去一個(gè)餐廳到時(shí)候，請(qǐng)不要盯著服務(wù)員說(shuō)，“能給我點(diǎn)番茄醬嗎?”你應(yīng)該說(shuō)，“請(qǐng)你幫我拿些番茄醬好嗎?”不好意思，那個(gè)不算一個(gè)規(guī)則。這只是我個(gè)人的怪癖。
Don't overuse the word "love."
第五，不要過(guò)度使用“愛”這個(gè)字。
