公众人物毕业演讲 第251期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(4)

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　　让我们用热烈掌声感谢那些

　　for those paying out-of-state tuition, shall we?

　　支付高额州外学费的同学 好吗

　　Because without those people

　　因为 没有这些人

　　tomorrow instead of wearing gowns and mortarboards今后你们将不再是穿着长袍和方帽毕业

　　you'd be graduating in ponchos made of hefty bags而是穿着大麻袋制成的斗篷

　　with used pizza boxes on your head

　　头顶旧批萨盒毕业

　　But as has been stated before

　　不过就像我之前说的

　　the most impressive ranking of all

　　最令人印象深刻的排名是

　　has got to be Playboy once again naming you花花公子杂志又一次将你们评为

　　the number one party school in America

　　美国排名第一的派对学校

　　Now to be clear, I only read Playboy for the rankings申明一点 我看花花公子 都是只读排名

　　but I'm not surprised by this honor

　　我对这个荣誉并不惊奇

　　because I have seen you in action

　　因为我亲眼见过

　　When I used to visit back in the day

　　我原来还总是回到这里

　　I spent a fair amount of time at the Phi Kapp house花不少时间到Phi Kapp屋

　　which at that time had no doors

　　它当时没有门

　　because apparently they kept getting partied off hinges门显然是因为派对太疯狂 而从铰链上掉了下来and I won't go into more about those days过去那些往事我就不多讲了

　　because I do not remember them

　　因为 我记不得了

　　and you know this is an impressive institution你们知道 这是一所令人钦佩的大学

　　because it rejected my application

　　因为它拒绝了我的申请

　　Yes in the spring of 1984 I applied as a transfer student对 1984年春 我作为转校生提出申请

　　and at the time you could send your essay in after the rest of the application而当时 你可以在申请过后再提交论文

　　Well apparently the admissions board

　　显然 招生委员会

　　took issue with the content of my essay

　　对我论文的内容产生了异议

　　which was none because I never sent it

　　但是压根就没有 我根本就没有提交

 

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