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公众人物毕业演讲 第56期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(12)

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（单词翻译）

 　　And yes I checked it clear

　　没错 我很确信
　　Now I know that you've heard the cliche1 quote that
　　你们肯定听过一句名言
　　life is a marathon not a sprint2
　　生命是马拉松 而不是冲刺
　　And I'm going to tell you that sometimes
　　我要告诉你们 有时
　　you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon
　　你甚至连为马拉松做准备的时间都没有
　　See I only had eight weeks
　　我就只有八周时间
　　but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great
　　但为纽约市的孩子们募集资金的机会太重要了
　　But here is difference
　　但是你们不一样
　　today you are prepared
　　你们今天已经做好了准备
　　See if I didn't leave school early
　　如果我没有辍学
　　I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out
　　我在最开始着手事业时可能就会更有准备一些
　　I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms
　　在一些会议中 我可能也会更有准备一些
　　I would be in the boardrooms negotiating
　　我在会议室中开会商谈事务时
　　I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?
　　总是心想 他们在讲什么玩意
　　Go out and finish my economics class
　　去把经济学课程学清楚再来
　　I wouldn't be writing memos3 my secretary would be saying
　　我写的便函也不至于会被秘书说
　　ain't nuts will say it like that
　　没有什么比这更狗屁不通的了
　　But you are prepared
　　不过你们做好了准备
　　Today, you have earned your Howard degree
　　今天 你们获得了霍华德的学位
　　You've earned your Howard degree
　　你们获得了霍华德的学位
　　You have earned your Howard degree
　　你们获得了霍华德的学位
　　And today
　　而且今天
　　you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world
　　你们不仅是从全世界最伟大的黑人学校毕业了
　　you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth
　　你们还是从这颗星球上最伟大的大学毕业了
　　Be clear, # be clear
　　我明确提醒一下 这里值得#
　　So I'll ask you again
　　我再问你们一次
　　do you know how powerful you are?
　　你们知道自己有多强大吗
　　Do you know?
　　知道吗
　　Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think
　　有些人的梦想可能要比想象的花更长时间
　　It took most of you 4 years to get here
　　大多数人四年毕业了
　　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
　　我如果没辍学 估计也要那么久

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1 cliche jbpy6     
n./a.陈词滥调(的)；老生常谈(的)；陈腐的
参考例句：
  • You should always try to avoid the use of cliche. 你应该尽量避免使用陈词滥调。
  • The old cliche is certainly true:the bigger car do mean bigger profits.有句老话倒的确说得不假:车大利大。
2 sprint QvWwR     
n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过
参考例句：
  • He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
  • The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。
3 memos 45cf27e47ed5150a0561ca46ec309d4e     
n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知
参考例句：
  • Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
  • There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句

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