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名人励志英语演讲 第158期:奏出生命中最美的乐曲(5)

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  • Actually I saw something in--in the paper last week about Kermit the Frog giving a commencement address somewhere.
  • 实际上,我在上周的报纸上看到一篇报道称青蛙科密特在某一所大学发表了毕业演讲。
  • One of the studens was complaining,
  • 其中有个学生抱怨到:
  • "I worked my ass off for four years to be addressed by a sock?"
  • “我在这儿努力学习了四年,难道只为了听这个小丑在这里发表毕业演讲?”
  • You have worked your ass off for this.
  • 你们努力了,
  • For four years you've been buying, trading, and selling everything you've got in this marketplace of ideas. The intellectual hustle.
  • 过去的四年里,你们在这个思想市场里不断买卖交易,整日忙忙碌碌。
  • Your pockets are full, even if your parents' are empty,
  • 即使父母的钱包空了,你们的钱包仍是鼓鼓的,
  • and--and now you've got to figure out what to spend it on.
  • 现在你们该想想自己把钱花在了什么地方。
  • Well, the going rate for change is not cheap.
  • 若想获得改变就必须会出代价,
  • Big ideas are expensive.
  • 塑造伟大思想的成本更是高昂。
  • The Universit has had its share of big ideas.
  • 这所大学汇集了许多伟大的思想,
  • Benjamin Franklin had a few. So did Justice Brennen and in my opinion so does Judith Rodin.
  • 本杰明·富兰克林、贾斯汀斯·布仑南都为这所大学贡献了一些伟大的思想。另外,我认为还有朱迪斯·罗丹,
  • What a gorgeous girl.
  • 她是多么优秀的一个女孩呀。
  • They all know--They all knew that
  • 这些伟大的思想家都知道,
  • if you're gonna be good at your word,
  • 如果想要信守诺言,
  • if you're gonna live up to your ideals and your education,
  • 不辜负自己的理想和自己所受的教育,
  • it's gonna cost you.
  • 就必须付出代价。
  • So my question I suppose is: What's the big idea?
  • 因此我想问大家:伟大的理想是什么?
  • What's your big idea?
  • 你们的伟大理想是什么?
  • What are you willing to spend your moral capital, your intellectual capital, your cashes, your sweat equity in pursing outside of the walls of the University of Pennsylvania?
  • 当你们离开宾夕法尼亚大学追求自己的梦想时,你们将把自己的道德资本、智力资本、金钱及辛勤劳动投入到什么样的事业当中?
  • There's a really great--truly great Irish poet, his name is Brendan Kennelly,
  • 伟大的爱尔兰诗人布兰登·肯奈利
  • and he has this epic poem called the Book of Judas,
  • 曾写了一首史诗,名为《犹大之书》,
  • and there's a line in that poem that never leaves my mind.
  • 其中有一句让我永生难忘,
  • It says:"If you want to serve the age, betray it."
  • “如果你想对时代有所贡献,那么就去背叛它吧!”
  • What does that mean to betray the age?
  • 背叛时代意味着什么?


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重点讲解:
1. work one's ass off
非常努力做事情;
eg. I work my ass off at the club, and what does it get me?
我在俱乐部里累死累活地干,又有什么用呢?
eg. The quickest path to expertise is to take direct action, get a lot of experience, and work your ass off.
成为顶尖高手的捷径就是采取行动,积累丰厚经验,拼命努力。
eg. And most importantly- work your ass off.
当然,最重要的是你得努力工作。
2. in one's opinion
在…看来;据…的意见;
eg. The book is, in Henry's opinion, the best book on the subject.
依照亨利的看法,这本书是关于该主题的最佳著述。
eg. Well he's not making a very good job of it in my opinion.
然而,在我看来,这件事他做得不尽如人意。
3. live up to
遵守(诺言);符合,不辜负(期望);
eg. Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.
今年的销售额不尽如人意。
eg. Had he lived up to his promise, he would have made a fortune in sponsorship money.
要是他遵守了诺言的话,他本应该已经从赞助费中赚了一大笔钱了。

名人简介:
早年生活:
他与当时比较好的几个朋友,包括古奇(Guggi,原名Fionan Hanvey)、盖文·弗莱德(Gavin Friday,原名Derek Rowen,两人匀是另一个与U2关系匪浅的乐团“处女梅”Virgin Prunes的成员)等人,成立了一个名叫利普顿村(Lypton Village)的秘密音乐社团,想要用音乐这种方式摆脱掉生活的不快。

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sweat [swet]

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n. 汗,汗水
v. (使)出汗

 
commencement [kə'mensmənt]

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n. 开始,毕业典礼

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equity ['ekwəti]

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n. 权益,产权,(无固定利息的)股票,衡平法

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epic ['epik]

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n. 史诗,叙事诗 adj. 史诗的,叙事诗的,宏大的,

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betray [bi'trei]

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vt. 误导,出卖,背叛,泄露
vi. 证明

 
fortune ['fɔ:tʃən]

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n. 财产,命运,运气

 
figure ['figə]

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n. 图形,数字,形状; 人物,外形,体型
v

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willing ['wiliŋ]

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adj. 愿意的,心甘情愿的

 
intellectual [.intil'ektʃuəl]

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n. 知识份子,凭理智做事者
adj. 智力的

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address [ə'dres]

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n. 住址,致词,讲话,谈吐,(处理问题的)技巧

 

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