公众人物毕业演讲 第48期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(4)

 　　Only this family could take one of its sons who already had three name changes

　　只有这个大家庭能够接受一个已经改过三次名字的儿子

　　and give him a fourth, Dr¹. Combs

　　并给他第四个名字 库姆斯博士

　　I know the board of trustees are looking at me back there like

　　我知道校董们肯定正坐在后面想

　　this is not the regular type of commencement speech that we're used to

　　这可不是我们习惯的那种常规毕业演讲

　　Waste time first of all

　　一开始就浪费了一堆时间

　　We're changing things out here, you feel me?

　　我们正在改变规则 感觉到了吗

　　and thanks to this board right here

　　这多亏了在座的各位校董

　　It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up Magazine

　　我要谈的是梦想 我过去常常读Word Up杂志

　　Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine

　　崇拜豪华大轿车中的Salt-n-Pepa和Heavy D

　　And then I went and enrolled into Howard Universe

　　之后我被录取到霍华德大学

　　I can still remember my first day at Howard Universe

　　我还记得自己在霍华德大学度过的第一天

　　I walked up that hill

　　我爬到山上

　　past the Quad through the main gate

　　通过大门 经过Quad

　　I made a ride on to the Yard

　　我骑车去了Yard

　　My mind was blown

　　我感到非常震撼

　　See, I'm from New York

　　知道吗 我来自纽约

　　And New York has its own world and I rarely traveled outside in New York

　　纽约有自己独特的世界 我很少外出到纽约进行游览

　　So my mind was blown

　　我当时觉得很震撼

　　when I saw so many beautiful shades of brown

　　我是第一次看到这么多漂亮的棕肤色身影

　　I never heard so many accents

　　我第一次听到这么多种口音

　　I've never seen so many beautiful women

　　我第一次见到这么多漂亮的女士

　　And we all know that Howard has the most beautiful intelligent women in a world

　　我们都知道 霍华德拥有全世界最美丽聪慧的女性

　　# be clear, # be clear

　　我明确提醒一下 这里值得#

1 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。