名校励志英语演讲 49:拯救世界 拯救儿童

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

　　我常对施慕礼说我的心理年龄肯定至少有80了——今晚，我走路的样子甚至像一个80岁的老人。那么就请大家认真听我说，因为今晚我要对大家讲的可以救赎人性，拯救地球！

　　Through the grace of God, I have been fortunate to have achieved many of my artistic¹ and professional aspirations³ realized early in my lifetime. But these, friends are accomplishments⁴, and accomplishments alone are not synonymous with who I am. Indeed, the cheery five-year-old who belted out Rockin' Robin⁵ and Ben to adoring crowds was not indicative of the boy behind the smile.

　　多亏上帝的恩典，我有幸在我人生的早期就已实现了自己的大部分艺术和职业抱负。但，朋友们，这些只是我的成就，成就本身并不构成我这个人。事实上，在崇拜者面前活泼快乐地表演 Rockin' Robin 和 Ben 的五岁小男孩在舞台下不一定也同样快乐。

　　Tonight, I come before you less as an icon⁶ of pop (whatever that means anyway), and more as an icon of a generation, a generation that no longer knows what it means to be children.

　　今晚，我不是以一个流行音乐偶像的身份出现在大家面前（不管那意味着什么），而是作为一代人的代表出现，这一代人不再了解作为孩子意为着什么。

　　All of us are products of our childhood. But I am the product of a lack of a childhood, an absence of that precious and wondrous⁷ age when we frolic playfully without a care in the world, basking⁸ in the adoration⁹ of parents and relatives, where our biggest concern is studying for that big spelling test come Monday morning.

　　大家都有过童年，而我却缺少童年，缺少那些宝贵的美妙的可以无忧无虑嬉戏玩耍的时光，那些日子我们本该惬意地沉浸在父母及亲人的疼爱中，那时我们最担心的是为星期一早上重要的拼写考试做准备。

　　Those of you who are familiar with the Jackson Five know that I began performing at the tender age of five and that ever since then, I haven't stopped dancing or singing.

　　熟悉杰克逊五人组合的朋友都知道我5岁时就开始表演，而且从那以后，我就再也没有停止过跳舞唱歌。毫无疑问，表演和音乐创作是我最大的乐趣。

　　psyche¹⁰

　　n. 灵魂；心智

　　eg. Winning is central to the American psyche.

　　成功对美国人的心理是至关重要的。

　　grace

　　n. 优雅；恩惠

　　eg. According to the act of grace, many prisoners are set free.

　　按照大赦令,很多囚犯获得释放。

　　aspiration²

　　n. 渴望；抱负

　　eg. He nurses an aspiration to be a poet.

　　他心怀当诗人的愿望。

　　belt out

　　vi. 引吭高歌

　　eg. No one can belt out those old songs like she can.

　　没有人能象她一样高声唱出那些老歌。

　　be indicative of

　　暗示......;表示......

　　eg. His presence is indicative of his wish to help .

　　他的出现表明他愿意提供帮助。

　　icon

　　n. 偶像

　　eg. Britney's success has made her an icon to millions of fans all over the world.

　　布兰妮的成功使她成了全球歌迷心中的偶像。

　　wondrous

　　adj. 奇妙的；令人惊奇的

　　eg. His window was like a wondrous screen, revealing secrets by the minute.

　　他的那扇车窗宛若一幅精彩的画屏,每一分钟都展现出新的奇妙的景象。

　　frolic

　　vi. 嬉戏

　　eg. The children are having a frolic on the lawn.

　　孩子们正在草地上嬉戏玩耍。

　　tender

　　adj. 温柔的；幼稚的

　　eg. He handles people in a tender manner.

　　他以周到的态度应对他人。

分享到：