公众人物毕业演讲第371期:查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(2)

 　　Who are being recognized here today at the commencement ceremony a federal magistrate¹.

　　你们也在今天的授学位典礼上得到了承认一位联邦行政司法官

　　A president of a prestigious² international university and a US senator is a pretty good company for your next jock to keep.

　　一位国际知名大学校长还有一位美国参议员

　　Congratulations Okay, where should I start?.

　　祝贺你们好 我应该如何开始呢

　　I guess a brief summary of how "I" got here today It was the spring of 1976.

　　首先简要总结一下 我是如何走到今天的吧1976年春天

　　When I arrived here in Logan, as a "walk on" football player hoping to earn a scholarship in new coach.

　　我作为一名龙套橄榄球运动员来到洛根希望在新教练布鲁斯.斯奈德

　　Bruce Snyder's football program I had come on the advice of my junior college coach Terry Shea who had joined Snyder's staff .

　　的橄榄球项目中获取学术成就我是接受了初级学院教练特里.谢的建议

　　And thought I might be able to play It's interesting.

　　他当时加入了斯奈德的团队 认为我有用武之地这很有趣

　　All the parallels I have found between sport, business and life in general Competitiveness, teamwork, preparation .

　　这让我在体育 经营和更一般的生活中 找到了平衡竞争性 团队合作 准备

　　Just to name a few And it was 35 years ago.

　　我只简要介绍一些35年前

　　When I happen to be sitting in this same Spectrum³ Arena⁴ celebrating my own completion of my degree.

　　我也是坐在这个光谱球馆内庆祝我自己完成学业

　　A major in marketing⁵, with a minor⁶ in economics, from Utah State At the time, I was a lot more excited about "being done with school".

　　从犹他州立大学获得营销为主经济为辅的学位当时 我对"完成学校学习"非常兴奋

　　Than worrying about what was next The naivete and exuberance⁷ of youth was serving me well at the time.

　　而没怎么担心后面该怎么做年轻人的天真和活力正是我当时的最好写照

　　So I celebrated⁸, of course I took a trip to places I'd never been.

　　我当然是庆祝了我到一些没去过的地方旅行

1 magistrate   

n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官

参考例句：

• The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
• John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

4 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

5 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

6 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

7 exuberance   

n.丰富；繁荣

参考例句：

• Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.她勃发的热情和阳光的性格征服了我。
• The sheer exuberance of the sculpture was exhilarating.那尊雕塑表现出的勃勃生机让人振奋。

8 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。