艾伦脱口秀第227期:一步步实现目标

 　　We are back with Sherrie Ghan.The amazing amazing woman that I found out 回到现场 这位是Sherrie Gahn 一位非常杰出的女性

　　she's principle¹ Whitney elementary school in LasVegas 拉斯维加斯惠特尼小学的校长

　　The things that you do and I know you keep saying you see children needed you and you just do it 你所做的一切 我知道你说过 是因为看到孩子们需要你 所以去做这些

　　But there are a lot of people lack² work of school system and they feel like they can't do anything 但有很多不在学校工作的人 就会觉得自己无能为力

　　And you actually took steps to do something on your own,you grow up the project your self³ 事实上你靠自己的努力一步步的实现目标 你设定了自己的计划

　　These are some of the things that Sherrie does,with your own money and of course when she asked for donations⁴ Sherrie自掏腰包做一些事情 当然也是在接受捐赠的同时

　　you help pay rent you help pay bills,you get free doctor appointments,free eyeglasses for them 你帮他们交房租 付账单 你免费预约医生 给孩子们配免费的眼镜

　　you get free business from the dentists,you get the food for the families,and how do you do that 提供免费的牙医治疗 还有足够全家的食物 你到底是怎么做到的

　　every single day It must be overwelming to think tomorrow I have to do it over again. 日复一日做一样的事情 想到明天还要重复做肯定很崩溃

　　Well it can be overwhelming⁵ but when you see their faces when you see the hope you are giving them 是听崩溃的 但是当你看到他们的表情 看到你给他们的希望

　　and when you see you giving them food giving them clothing,when the child can see for the first time who couldn't see 看到带给他们食物和衣服时的画面 看到近视到底孩子第一次能看清楚

　　because we have eyeglasses on them.it gives you the energy to move on 因为我们给他们配上了眼镜 这给了你继续前行的动力

　　And on Fridays when I was really really bumping,which happens a lot sometimes,I would TiVo your shows 每到周五 当我实在顶不住压力时 这种情况时常出现 有时 我会录下你的节目

　　and watch them  cause I was all your ringing and get inspired⁶.because you do it all the time 看看节目我能受到鼓舞 只要你的铃声一响起来 没错你经常这样做

　　I say all the time the fact that I get to make people feel good,especially people like you that need to laugh need to feel good 我总是说我得逗大伙开心 特别是像你这样需要开怀大笑 轻松一下的

　　I'd love being a part of that in any way I can 我将尽我所能来帮忙

1 principle   

n.法则，原则，原理

参考例句：

• You should hold your principle.你应该坚守自己原则。
• The same principle applies to your schoolwork.同样的道理适用于你的学业。

2 lack   

n.缺乏，不足；vi.缺乏，短少，没有缺乏，短少，没有；需要

参考例句：

• He is unable to do the job for lack of experience.他缺少经验不能胜任这项工作。
• I think a lack of confidence underlies his manner.我认为他表现出的态度是因为他缺乏信心。

3 self   

n.自己，自我，本性，本质，私心，本人；vt.使近亲繁殖

参考例句：

• Everybody should do good self work.每人必须做好自己的工作。
• By doing that he showed his true self.他那样做显示了他的本性。

4 donations   

n.捐赠( donation的名词复数 )；赠送；捐款；捐赠物

参考例句：

• The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations. 这家医院收到捐赠来的大笔款项。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The charity is completely reliant on public donations. 这一慈善团体完全依靠公众捐款。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。

6 inspired   

a.有创见的，有灵感的

参考例句：

• The band's success has inspired hundreds of would-be imitators. 乐队的成功激励了数以百计未来的追随者。
• The actors inspired the kids with their enthusiasm. 演员以热情鼓舞着孩子们。