名校励志英语演讲 11:给大学毕业生的几个忠告

 　　The first quote is from Martin Luther King. He spoke¹ on ending the war in Vietnam in 1967, but his message seems so fitting for today’s climate crisis, I quote:

　　第一段引语来自马丁·路德·金。这是1967年他就结束越南战争的评论，但是看上去非常适合用来评论今天的气候危机。

　　“This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional² love for all mankind. This oft misunderstood, this oft misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man … We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum³ of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late.”

　　“我呼吁全世界的人们团结一心，抛弃部落种族、肤色、阶级、国籍的隔阂；我呼吁包罗一切、无条件的对全人类的爱。你会因此遭受误解和误读，信奉尼采哲学的世人会认定你是一个软弱和胆怯的懦夫。但是，这是人类继续存在所必需的……朋友们，眼前的事实就是，明天就是今天。此刻，我们面临最紧急的情况。在变幻莫测的生活和历史之中，有一样东西叫做悔之晚矣。”

　　The final message is from William Faulkner. On December 10th, 1950, his Nobel Prize banquet speech was about the role of humanists in a world facing potential nuclear holocaust⁴, I quote.

　　第二段引语来自威廉?福克纳。1950年12月10月，他在诺贝尔奖获奖晚宴上发表演说，谈到在世界面临潜在核战争的情况下人道主义者应该扮演什么样的角色时说道。

　　all-embracing

　　adj.包罗万象的，总括的

　　eg.What the utopias envisioned were in factall-embracingprisons.

　　乌托邦能够预想到的结局，事实上就是在公众怀抱中的监禁状态。

　　Nietzche

　　尼采，德国著名哲学家，西方现代哲学的开创者，同时也是卓越的诗人和散文家。

　　cowardly

　　adj.怯懦的，懦弱的，胆小的

　　eg.They arecowardly, and are always anticipating danger.

　　他们胆小怯懦，总是提防着危险。

　　holocaust

　　n.大屠杀；毁灭

　　eg.The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of theholocaust.

　　奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。

3 conundrum   

n.谜语；难题

参考例句：

• Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
• Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。

4 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。