公众人物毕业演讲第337期:彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(5)

 　　Back in 2001, when I was considering running for mayor¹ people told me: "Don't do it.

　　2001年 当我考虑竞选市长时人们都跟我说 "算了吧"You'll never win The media will tear you apart.

　　你赢不了的"媒体会把你撕得粉碎

　　You don't know the first thing about politics" And that was just my family talking.

　　你对政治一无所知这还是我家人跟我说的

　　But one person did say to me "If you can picture yourself giving a concession² speech.

　　但有个人跟我说"如果你对败选演讲都做好了心理准备"Then why not go for it?" That was the best advice I received and I followed it.

　　那为什么不试试呢这是我收到的最好建议 我照做了In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail and you must have the courage to go for it anyways.

　　要想成功 你必须首先愿意接受失败而且你必须有尝试的勇气If I could wish one thing for all of you graduates today it would be this: Live courageously³.

　　如果今天只让我为你们所有毕业生提供一点建议那就是 勇敢地生活Live courageously Don't play it safe.

　　勇敢地生活别只想着安稳

　　I'm not talking about climbing the water tower or swimming in the river or wearing something crazy to shock your mom.

　　我讲的倒不是攀登水塔或在河流中游泳 或打扮怪异让老妈大吃一惊I'm saying: Take risks. Take charge Don't let others decide your future for you.

　　我说的是 勇于冒险 掌握主动不要让别人决定你的未来And don't wait for opportunity to knock A former Kenyon student --.

　　不要等机会来敲门一位前肯尼恩学生

　　The comic genius Jonathan Winters who died last month -- once said.

　　喜剧天才乔纳森·温特斯上周他刚去世 曾经说过If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it Have the courage to act on your hopes; don't be paralyzed⁴ by your fears.

　　如果你的船没来 游着去找它"要有勇气将希望变成行动 不要被恐惧所麻痹Have the courage to think for yourself and to believe in your ideas That kind of courage lies at the heart of human invention and progress --.

　　要有勇气独立思考 相信自己的想法这种勇气是人类发明和进步的核心所在And the lack of it lies at the heart of our political problems today Last year, about 125 miles northeast of this campus⁵.

　　其缺乏也是如今各种政治问题的核心所在去年 就在这个校园东北方向大约125英里A 17-year student opened fire in his high school cafeteria killing⁶ three people and seriously wounding others.

　　一位17岁的学生在他的高中食堂开枪致3人死亡 很多人严重受伤

1 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

2 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

3 courageously   

ad.勇敢地，无畏地

参考例句：

• Under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the army and civilians in flooded areas fought the floods courageously, reducing the losses to the minimum. 在中共中央、国务院的正确领导下，灾区广大军民奋勇抗洪，把灾害的损失减少到了最低限度。
• He fought death courageously though his life was draining away. 他虽然生命垂危，但仍然勇敢地与死亡作斗争。

4 paralyzed   

adj.瘫痪的

参考例句：

• He is paralyzed as the result of a would-be assassin's bullet years ago. 几年前有人对他行刺未遂，但子弹使他瘫痪了。
• But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention. Good! 常言说得好，急中生智，可汤姆这回却束手无策，对，就这么办。

5 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。