名校勵志英語演講 第165期:服務—衡量成功的真正標準(6)

[00:01.13]But I would encourage you to call upon the same hope and hard work that brought you to this day. 但是我要鼓勵你們拿出過去的讓你們取得今日成就的希望和努力， [00:09.56]Call upon that optimism and tenacity that built the University of California at Merced 拿出建設加州大學摩賽德校區(qū)的樂觀和不屈不撓的精神， [00:15.11]to invest in the future of Merced in your own towns all across this country. 將其投入到建設摩賽德的美好未來之中，投入到建設分布在全國各地的你們的家鄉(xiāng)中去。 [00:21.09]By using what you've learned here, you can shorten the path perhaps for kids who may not see a path at all. 運用你們在這所大學學到的知識，你們能夠幫助那些也許根本看不到出路的孩子們找到通往成功的捷徑。 [00:31.12]And I was once one of those kids.Most of you were once one of those kids. 我曾經就是那些看不到出路的孩子中的一員。 [00:37.13]I grew up just a few miles from the University of Chicago in my hometown. 你們中的大多數人也曾經是那些孩子中的一員。我的家鄉(xiāng)距離芝加哥大學只有幾英里。 [00:42.58]The university, like most institutions, was a major cultural, economic institution in my neighborhood. 和大多數學校一樣，芝加哥大學就是我鄰近地區(qū)的一個文化經濟中心。 [00:50.12]My mother even worked as a secretary there for several years. 我的母親甚至在那里做了幾年的秘書工作。 [00:54.33]Yet that university never played a meaningful role in my academic development. 但是那所大學從來沒有在我的學業(yè)發(fā)展中發(fā)揮積極的作用。 [01:00.59]The institution made no effort to reach out to me—a bright and promising student in their midst— 它沒做出任何努力來吸引我這樣一個有著大好前程的學生， [01:07.25]and I had no reason to believe there was a place for me there. 而我也沒有任何理由相信在那里有我是一席之地。 [01:11.34]Therefore, when it came time for me to apply to college, 因此，當到了申請大學的時候， [01:13.53]I never for one second considered the university in my own backyard as a viable option. 我根本沒有考慮選擇自己家門口的那所大學。 [01:20.35]And as fate would have it, I ultimately went on and accepted a position 就像命中注定一樣，十多年后我最終接受了 [01:26.08]in student affairs at the university of Chicago more than a decade later. 芝加哥大學一個負責學生事務的職位。

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