公众人物毕业演讲 第90期:耶伦纽约大学(1)

 　　Mr. President

　　校长先生

　　I should now like to introduce Thomas A. Pugel

　　我下面要介绍 托马斯?A?普格尔

　　professor of economics and global business

　　经济和全球商务教授

　　vice¹ dean for MBA programs, Leonard N. Stern School of Business

　　斯特恩商学院MBA项目副主任

　　who will present the candidate for doctor of commercial science

　　他将为大家介绍我们的商学博士候选人

　　Chair of the Board, Martin Lipton and please escort this candidate to the lectern

　　请校董马丁.利普顿将这位候选人引上前台

　　Janet Louise Yellen

　　珍妮特?露意丝?耶伦

　　chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system

　　美国联邦储备委员会主席

　　and first woman to control American central bank in its 100-year history

　　美国央行百年历史上的第一位女性领导者

　　you employ the powerful tools of your office

　　在职期间 你很好地利用了手中权力

　　with sound judgment, deep expertise

　　判断准确 技术专精

　　and a strong sense of social responsibility

　　体现出无比强烈的社会责任感

　　A Brooklyn native

　　作为布鲁克林本地人

　　an alumnus of Brown and Yale Universities

　　作为布朗和耶鲁大学校友

　　you were drawn to economics by the rigor of its methods

　　你熟练地驾驭了经济学研究的严谨方法

　　and its potential to benefit humankind

　　充分发挥了它的潜能 用以造福人类

　　you served on the faculties of Harvard University and UC Berkeley

　　你在哈佛大学和加大伯克利担任过教职工作

　　where you are now a professor emeritus

　　现任学校荣誉教授

　　and ably served the President's Council of Economic Advisers

　　在总统经济顾问委员会优秀地履行过职责

　　Let me pause here for a personal note

　　让我在这里加一点个人注解

　　that I think is very appropriate to our event

　　我认为在这样的场合讲这个很合适

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。