名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第129期:珍惜現(xiàn)在 把握將來(5)
那么，你們作為個(gè)人，又學(xué)到了什么樣的智慧呢?
First, in fact, keep learning. Always be alive to the possibilities of the next experience, of thinking, doing and being.
事實(shí)上，首先就是要不斷學(xué)習(xí)。要時(shí)刻至尊被迎接新的生活、不斷思考、積極行動(dòng)。
When Buddha was asked, near the end of his life, to describe his secret, he answered bluntly: "I'm awake".
佛陀臨終前，人們要求他講述成為圣人的秘訣，他坦率地說：“因?yàn)槲翌^腦清醒”。
So be awake.Understand conventional wisdom, but be prepared to change it.
所以，要保持頭腦清醒。要了解傳統(tǒng)的智慧，但要準(zhǔn)備改變它。
Feel as well as analyse; use your instinct alongside your reason. Calculate too much and you will miscalculate.
不僅要學(xué)會(huì)分析，還要學(xué)著用心感受。直覺與推理并存，因?yàn)樗阌?jì)太多難免會(huì)出錯(cuò)。
Be prepared to fail as well as to succeed, and realise it is failure not success that defines character.
不僅要接受成功，也要準(zhǔn)備經(jīng)歷失敗。因?yàn)槭鞘《浅晒λ茉炝诵愿瘛?/p>
I spent years trying to be a politician failing at every attempt and nearly gave up.
多年來我為了立足政壇一直不斷努力，但卻屢遭失敗，以致我?guī)缀跸胍艞墶?/p>
I know you're thinking: I should have.
我知道你們一定在想：我本來就應(yīng)該放棄。
Sir Paul McCartney reminded me that the first record company the Beatles approached rejected them as a band no-one would want to listen to.
保羅·麥卡特尼先生提醒我，甲殼蟲樂隊(duì)聯(lián)系的第一家唱片公司把他們拒之門外，理由是沒人想聽他們這樣的音樂。
Be good to people on your way up because you never know if you will meet them again on your way down.
當(dāng)你事業(yè)順利的時(shí)候要善待他人，因?yàn)槟阌肋h(yuǎn)不會(huì)知道，你遭遇挫折的時(shí)候是否會(huì)遇到他們。
Judge someone by how they treat those below them not those above them.
評(píng)價(jià)一個(gè)人，要看他們?cè)鯓訉?duì)待比自己地位低的人，而不是看他們?cè)鯓訉?duì)待比自己高的人。
Be a firm friend not a fair-weather friend.
要做一個(gè)可靠的朋友，而不是靠不住的酒肉朋友。
It is your friendships, including those friends you made here at Yale, at this time, that sustain and enrich the human spirit.
是友誼，包括現(xiàn)在你們?cè)谝敶髮W(xué)結(jié)交的朋友之間的友誼，維持并豐富人類的精神。
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