公众人物毕业演讲第372期:查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(3)

 　　To the east coast, NYC, Washington, D.C., Miami, and down through the Caribbean It was when I returned home to Oregon, immediately after I returned home.

　　到东海岸 纽约市 华盛顿特区 迈阿密 还去了加勒比我一回到俄勒冈的家中

　　And my Dad said, "Okay, now what?" Sound familiar?.

　　老爸就问 "好了 下面怎么办"听起来耳熟吧

　　Well, I really didn't have a specific plan I knew I wanted to get started on my career.

　　其实我没有什么计划我知道我要开始职业生涯了

　　I didn't want to go to grad school and I loved business, and of course sports.

　　我不想去读研究生而我喜爱经商 也喜爱运动

　　So I applied¹, and was accepted into one of the regional department store executive training programs.

　　于是我申请并被接纳到一个区域性百货店管理人员培训项目中

　　When asked what department I was interested in, my reply was obvious i'll take sporting goods.

　　当有人问我对哪一块感兴趣时 毫无疑问我的回答是体育运动商品

　　Not long after that I ran into a long-time family friend whom I had grown up with.

　　不久后我偶遇了一位同我一同长大的家族朋友

　　He had run track for the University of Oregon under the legendary² track coach, Bill Bowerman.

　　他在俄勒冈大学当过田径运动员师从于传奇田径教练 比尔.鲍尔曼

　　After graduation, he had gone to work for this small start-up shoe company started by Bowerman and one of his former athletes, Phil Knight³.

　　毕业后 他到一个很小的刚成立的鞋业公司中工作这个公司是鲍尔曼和他原来的运动员菲尔.奈特所创立

　　Bowerman was always tinkering with ways to make lighter⁴, better shoes and give his athletes a competitive advantage.

　　鲍尔曼总想制造出更轻更好的鞋让他的运动员具有竞争优势

　　And Knight had finished his MBA at Stanford writing his thesis on.

　　而奈特刚在斯坦福完成他的MBA学业他的论文是关于

　　How to manufacture athletic⁵ footwear in Asia much more efficiently⁶ So they birthed an idea, shook hands.

　　如何在亚洲更高效地生产运动鞋他们于是碰撞出思路 开始携手合作

　　And eventually named their company Nike after the Greek goddess of victory.

　　最终 他们将公司命名为耐克以希腊胜利女神的名字命名

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

3 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

4 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

5 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

6 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。