公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第54期:肖恩庫(kù)姆斯霍華德大學(xué)(10)

I made a decision. Now I was going to see thatdecision through

我下的決定就一定要貫徹

Now, that sounds all good. I'm talking to myself

這聽(tīng)起來(lái)很好 我跟自己講

Oh, that sounds good. But it's 26.2 miles ahead ofme

前面不過(guò)也就只有26.2英里嘛

Now we get to the day of marathon

到了馬拉松賽當(dāng)天

I'm feeling good. I just knew I was going to win the race

我感覺(jué)良好 我覺(jué)得我能贏

So I was pushing my way to the front of the line

我擠出一條通往最前排的路

because I feel like nobody's going to take you to the front of the line

因?yàn)槲抑?如果你不擠 沒(méi)人會(huì)讓你站在最前排

unless you push your way to the front of the line

因?yàn)槲抑?如果你不擠 沒(méi)人會(huì)讓你站在最前排

Let me tell you that again

我再講一次

Nobody's going to take you to the front of the line

如果你不擠 沒(méi)人會(huì)讓你站在最前排

unless you push your way to the front of the line

如果你不擠 沒(méi)人會(huì)讓你站在最前排

So I pushed my way to the front of the line

我擠到前排后

To the left of me and to the right of me are my Kenyan brothers and sisters

發(fā)現(xiàn)左右都是一些肯尼亞兄弟姐妹

I even told them, I'm a confident bison

我還告訴他們 我是一只自信的野牛

Wait, let me see you all at the finish line

等著 我們?cè)诮K點(diǎn)線見(jiàn)

Then the gun goes off

之后槍聲響起

I start running so fast

我開(kāi)始飛快地跑

It's like I'm running a 100 yard dash at the Penn Relays

就像跑一百米沖刺一樣

I'm not pacing myself. I'm just trying to keep up with the Kenyans

這不是我自己的節(jié)奏 我只是想追上那些肯尼亞人

But then I hit a quarter mile

然后到了四分之一英里處

and all I have to see was my brothers and sisters

我看到這些兄弟姐妹們

way way way way way way way way way in a distance

已經(jīng)跑到了很遠(yuǎn) 很遠(yuǎn) 很遠(yuǎn)的地方

Then I hit the ten mile mark

之后跑到十英里處

and I learned a very important lesson

我學(xué)到了很重要的一點(diǎn)

I learned why people trained for six months

我終于知道為什么人們要訓(xùn)練六個(gè)月了

See me and Kenyans, we weren't even in the same row anymore

我和那些肯尼亞人根本不在一個(gè)級(jí)別上

They have already finished the race

他們已經(jīng)跑完了

Then something suddenly started to happen to my body

然后我的身體出了狀況

something I never felt before

我從沒(méi)過(guò)這種感覺(jué)

I lost all the sodium of my body

我身體失了很多的鈉

My body starts to lag off and completely break down

我的身體非常吃力 感覺(jué)已經(jīng)要崩潰

I could run no more

我跑不動(dòng)了

I could barely walk

連走都吃力

and then I fell to my knees

我雙膝跪在了地上