公众人物毕业演讲第366期:奥普拉2013在哈佛大学(15)

 　　And for our success as a nation. "There has to be some way that this darkness can be banished¹ with light." Says the man whose little boy was massacred.

　　这种认知对于你自己和国家的兴盛都是必要的"必然会有方法使光明驱走黑暗"这出自一位儿子惨遭杀害的父亲之口

　　On just in an ordinary Friday in December. So whether you call it, soul or spirit or higher self, intelligence, there is, I know this, there's a light inside each of you, all of us.

　　他在十二月一个平常的周五失去了自己的孩子称之为灵魂或志气也好 更高的自我或是智慧也罢我深知 每个人的内心都有一盏明灯

　　That illuminates² your very human beingness, if you let it. And as a young girl from the rural Mississippi, I learned long ago that

　　只要你想 它就会将你的人性照亮作为一位来自密西西比州乡下的小女孩很久之前我就懂得 做回真我

　　Being myself was much easier to pretending to be Barbara Walters. Although when I first started, because I had Barbara in my head, I would try to sit like Barbara, talk like Barbara, move like Barbara.

　　远比假装成芭芭拉.沃尔特斯容易得多当我初登荧屏之时 满脑子想的都是芭芭拉举手投足都在刻意模仿芭芭拉

　　And then when I was on the news, reading the news, and I called Canada, "Can-a-da" and that was the end of me being Barbara.

　　当我播报新闻的时候把"加拿大"念成了"坎那大"那就是我模仿芭芭拉的最后时光

　　I cracked myself up on TV, couldn't stop laughing And my real personality came through. And I figured out:

　　我曾在电视节目中大笑不止随后我开始逐渐形成个人的风格我终于明白了

　　Oh, Gee³! I can be a much better Oprah than I could be a pretend Barbara. I know that you all might have a little anxiety now.

　　噢 天呐! 原来做回奥普拉远比假装芭芭拉强过百倍!我知道你们目前或许会有些焦虑

　　And has hesitation⁴ about leaving the comfort of college and putting those Harvard credentials⁵ to the test. But no matter what challenges or setbacks or disappointment.

　　并对离开舒适的大学生活以及检验哈佛的文凭心存犹豫但无论你们会在日后遭遇

1 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 illuminates   

v.使明亮( illuminate的第三人称单数 )；照亮；装饰；说明

参考例句：

• The light shines on from over there and illuminates the stage. 灯光从那边照进来，照亮了舞台。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sun illuminates the sky. 太阳照亮了天空。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

4 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

5 credentials   

n.证明，资格，证明书，证件

参考例句：

• He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
• Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。