公众人物毕业演讲 第243期:乔斯韦登2013卫斯理大学(3)

 　　I believe these contradictions and these tensions我认为这些矛盾 这些张力

　　are the greatest gift that we have

　　是我们所拥有的最伟大天赋

　　and hopefully, I can explain that

　　希望我能解释明白

　　But first let me say

　　首先我要说的是

　　when I talk about contradiction

　　我说的矛盾

　　I'm talking about something that is a constant in your life and in your identity是始终出现在你生命和身份中的

　　not just in your body but in your own mind不仅是在你的身体里 还在你的心智里

　　in ways that you may recognize or you may not其存在方式 你们可能意识到 也可能没有意识到Let's just say, hypothetically

　　我们来考虑一种假设情景

　　that two roads diverged¹ in the woods

　　森林中分出两条路

　　and you took the path less traveled

　　而你选择了人少的那条路

　　Part of you is just going, "Look at that path! Over there, it's much better你的一部分会说 "看那条路 那条 它要好得多"Everyone is traveling on it

　　"大家都走那条路"

　　It's paved, and there's like a Starbucks every 50 yards""路铺得很好 而且每50码就有一家星巴克"

　　This is wrong

　　这是错的

　　In this one, there's nettles

　　这条路上有荆棘

　　and Robert Frost's body

　　罗伯特·弗罗斯特的尸体

　　somebody should have moved that I think

　　应该有人会把它挪开 我想

　　it just feels weird

　　反正看起来很怪

　　And not only is your mind telling you this不仅仅是你的心智告诉你这个

　　it is on that other path

　　它实际就在另外那条路上

　　it is behaving as though it is on that path它的表现就像它在那条路上一样

　　It is doing the opposite of what you are doing做着同你所做的相反的事情

　　And for your entire life, you will be doing, on some level, the opposite在你整个一生当中 某种程度上 你会做相反的事情not only of what you were doingbut of what you think you are不仅是你所做的事情 还有你认为你是谁

　　That is just going to go on

　　这会一直持续下去

　　What you do with all your heart, you will do the opposite of不管你尽力去做什么 你都会做相反的事情

 

1 diverged   

分开( diverge的过去式和过去分词 )； 偏离； 分歧； 分道扬镳

参考例句：

• Who knows when we'll meet again? 不知几时咱们能再见面！
• At what time do you get up? 你几时起床？