名校勵志英語演講 第136期:敢于競爭 勇于關(guān)愛(3)

[00:00.25]I was there because of Billy Jean King promoting an HBO special about women in sports called “Dare to compete.” 我去那兒是因為比利·瓊·金要在家庭影院頻道宣傳一個名為“敢于競爭”的體育節(jié)目。 [00:09.05]It was about Title IX and how we finally, thanks to government action, provided opportunities to girls and women in sports. 這個節(jié)目旨在宣傳“第九項體育運動”，宣揚在政府的幫助下女性最終獲得了參加體育比賽的機會。 [00:19.13]And although I played not very well at intramural sports, I have always been a strong supporter of women in sports. 盡管在學(xué)校時我并不擅長體育運動，但我非常支持女性參加體育運動。 [00:28.04]And I was introduced by this young woman, and as I went to shake her hand 經(jīng)別人的介紹，我認識了這位年輕女士。我前去跟她握手， [00:33.44]she obviously had been reading the newspapers about people saying I should or shouldn't run for the Senate. 而她顯然已經(jīng)在報紙上看到了有關(guān)人們討論我該不該參加競選的報道。 [00:40.40]And I was congratulating her on the speech she had just made and she held onto my hand and she said, 我在對她剛剛的成功演講表示祝賀時，她緊緊握住我的手， [00:47.25]“Dare to compete, Mrs. Clinton. Dare to compete.” 對我說，“要敢于競爭，克林頓夫人。要敢于競爭。” [00:50.54]I took that to heart because it is hard to compete sometimes, especially in public ways, 我牢牢記住了她的話，因為有時候競爭真的很殘酷，特別是通過公開方式進行競爭， [00:58.25]when your failures are there for everyone to see and you don't know what is going to happen from one day to the next. 因為在那種情況下你的失敗人人可見，而且你不知道接下來的一天天會發(fā)生什么。 [01:07.45]And yet so much of life, whether we like to accept it or not, is competing with ourselves to be the best we can be, 然而，這就是生活，不管我們愿意接受與否，我們總是在不斷挑戰(zhàn)自我，力爭做到最好。 [01:15.57]being involved in classes or professions or just life, where we know we are competing with others. 無論是在學(xué)校還是在職場甚至是在生活中，我們也都在和別人競爭。 [01:24.11]I took her advice and I did compete because I chose to do so. 我采納了她的建議，參加了競選，因為我已經(jīng)做出了這樣的決定。 [01:29.03]And the biggest choices that you'll face in your life will be yours alone to make. 最重要的選擇必須由自己來抉擇。

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