公众人物毕业演讲 第227期:马克·贝尼奥夫南加大2014毕业典礼演讲(13)

 　　Look around these beautiful buildings and landscaping, this beautiful university这里有漂亮的建筑 优美的风景

　　that we love to be here now and you'll love to come back many years from now as well我们现在喜欢这里 多年后也愿意回来

　　and always remember this great day

　　你们永远会记得这个伟大的日子

　　and your great time here at USC

　　你们会永远记住在南加大度过的美妙时光

　　perhaps one of the very greatest of all the universities in the world南加大可以说是世界上最伟大的大学之一

　　and most beautiful universities in the world and look around all these beautiful faces也是最美丽的大学之一 看看周围这些美丽的面孔and all this incredible¹ joy

　　想想在这里度过的欢乐时光

　　but I'll tell you, one of the things that's most beautiful about USC不过我想说 南加大最美丽的

　　is its commitment² to service

　　是它对服务的全情投入

　　300 service organizations who

　　有300家服务机构

　　just in the last year delivered more than 765,000 hours of community service在去年提供了超过76.5万小时的社区服务

　　That's what makes this university so great这就是让这所大学如此伟大的原因

　　Now when we all drove in here today into this beauty今天我们都驱车来到这所美丽的大学

　　we drove through some high fences and high gates我们经过了一些高围栏和一些高门

　　and we all know why

　　我们都知道为什么会有这些

　　we all know why we drove through those high fences and high gates我们都知道有这些高围栏和高门

　　because only a few blocks from here

　　是因为离这里几个街区的地方

　　are some of the most impoverished people in the world居住着世界上最穷困的一些人

　　and that's why our commitment to others

　　这正是我们需要帮助他人的原因

　　is so important and everlasting

　　为他人做些什么很重要 而且需要持续下去

　　Don't let those walls be a metaphor for your own life不要让这些高墙成为你们人生的比喻

　　Get out there and do something for others你们需要跨过高墙 为他人做点什么

　　and fight on Trojans

　　继续奋斗吧 特洛伊人们

 

1 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

2 commitment   

n.奉献，忠诚，辛劳，委托，实行，承担义务，赞助

参考例句：

• The builder had a commitment to finish the work on time.那个承建商答应过准时完工。
• He made a commitment to pay the rent on time.他保证按时付房租。