名校励志英语演讲 98:执着于你的梦想(3)

 　　And today I want to talk to you a little bit about the dreams, about the dreams of your future, and dreams for this country.

　　今天，我想跟你们谈谈梦想，关于畅想你们未来的梦想，关于中国的梦想。

　　I want to talk to you a little bit about dreams, because it seems to me that I'm somewhat¹ of an expert in dreams, because I had a lot of my dreams become a reality.

　　我之所以想跟你们略谈梦想，是因为我觉得自己似乎是这方面的专家，因为我的许多梦想都已经实现。

　　So let me just briefly² tell you my story, and tell you a little bit about how I started with my career. I think that this story kind of relates a little bit also to you, and also to China.

　　因此，让我简单地讲述一下我的故事，告诉你们我是怎样开始我的职业生涯的。我想这个故事多多少少会对你们甚至对中国有所启示。

　　I started way back as a weightlifter. I always liked the idea of lifting weights and being a bodybuilder. From the first moment when I gripped³ a barbell and held it around the bar and lifted the steel up over my head, I felt this exhilaration, and I knew then that this is something that I'm going to do; that I was in love with that, and this is going to be something that I'm going to do. I'm going to pursue⁴ the sport of weightlifting and bodybuilding.

　　我出道时是个举重运动员，渴望能成为一名健美运动员。自从第一次抓紧杠铃、将其高高举过头顶之际，我就为此感到异常兴奋。那时我知道，我迷上了这项运动，这将是我要做的事情，我将从事举重和健美运动。

　　Now, I remember the first real workout that I had. Eight miles away from my home village in Austria there was a gymnasium⁵, and I rode to that gymnasium with a bicycle. And there I trained for half an hour, because they said that after half an hour you should stop because otherwise your body will get really sore. But after half an hour I looked at my body, and nothing had happened. So I said, "I'd better work out for another half hour." So I lifted some more. My strength didn't improve, I didn't see the muscles pop out or anything like that, so I trained for another half an hour. And then after another half hour I trained another half hour, and all together I trained two and a half hours.

　　我还记得最初那次真正的训练。当时我骑着自行车前往一家健身房，那儿离我在奥地利一个小村庄里的家有八英里之遥。在那里我训练了半个钟头，因为它们告诉我，训练必须半小时一停，否则你会全身酸痛。但半小时后，我看看自己的身体，一点变化都没有！于是我说：“最好再练半个小时吧。”可是我的力气并未因此增强，也不见肌肉鼓起来。然后我又练了半小时，再加半小时...结果总共练了两个半小时。

　　名人简介1

　　阿诺德·施瓦辛格1947年7月30日出生于奥地利，1983年加入美国籍。施瓦辛格在好莱坞是个传奇人物，没有受过专门的表演训练，但却跻身好莱坞主流明星行列。他在其他领域的建树同样引人注目。而最重要的是，那种百折不挠、坚韧不拔的意志贯穿了他各个时期的奋斗历程。

　　阿诺德·施瓦辛格是当今国际影坛娱乐片领域里当之无愧的王者，但他最令我钦佩的不是他的王者之气，也不是他的肌肉、他的演技、他的精明，而是他那股永远向上的精神。

1 somewhat   

pron.一些，某物；adv.多少，几分

参考例句：

• The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
• The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。

2 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 gripped   

v.抓紧( grip的过去式和过去分词 )；吸引；引起；使感兴趣

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。

4 pursue   

vt.继续，从事；追赶，追踪；追求

参考例句：

• He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life.他开始追求安逸舒适的生活。
• This is the path that we shall continue to pursue.这是我们要继续走的道路。

5 gymnasium   

n.体育馆，健身房

参考例句：

• Our school has a big gymnasium.我们学校有座大型体育馆。
• The game will be staged in the gymnasium.竞赛将在体育馆举行。