公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第56期:肖恩庫姆斯霍華德大學(12)

And yes I checked it clear

沒錯 我很確信

Now I know that you've heard the cliche quote that

你們肯定聽過一句名言

life is a marathon not a sprint

生命是馬拉松 而不是沖刺

And I'm going to tell you that sometimes

我要告訴你們 有時

you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon

你甚至連為馬拉松做準備的時間都沒有

See I only had eight weeks

我就只有八周時間

but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great

但為紐約市的孩子們募集資金的機會太重要了

But here is difference

但是你們不一樣

today you are prepared

你們今天已經(jīng)做好了準備

See if I didn't leave school early

如果我沒有輟學

I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out

我在最開始著手事業(yè)時可能就會更有準備一些

I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms

在一些會議中 我可能也會更有準備一些

I would be in the boardrooms negotiating

我在會議室中開會商談事務(wù)時

I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?

總是心想 他們在講什么玩意

Go out and finish my economics class

去把經(jīng)濟學課程學清楚再來

I wouldn't be writing memos my secretary would be saying

我寫的便函也不至于會被秘書說

ain't nuts will say it like that

沒有什么比這更狗屁不通的了

But you are prepared

不過你們做好了準備

Today, you have earned your Howard degree

今天 你們獲得了霍華德的學位

You've earned your Howard degree

你們獲得了霍華德的學位

You have earned your Howard degree

你們獲得了霍華德的學位

And today

而且今天

you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world

你們不僅是從全世界最偉大的黑人學校畢業(yè)了

you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth

你們還是從這顆星球上最偉大的大學畢業(yè)了

Be clear, # be clear

我明確提醒一下 這里值得#

So I'll ask you again

我再問你們一次

do you know how powerful you are?

你們知道自己有多強大嗎

Do you know?

知道嗎

Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think

有些人的夢想可能要比想象的花更長時間

It took most of you 4 years to get here

大多數(shù)人四年畢業(yè)了

some of you 5, some of you 6

有些人花了五年甚至六年

If I got, I'll be

我如果沒輟學 估計也要那么久