偶像励志英语演讲 43:让父母为你骄傲(3)

 　　If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are duty-bound to spread it around like manure¹, fertilize² those young minds, let them in on the secret. What is it that you know that no one else knows. The self examination begins: one looks inward; one opens an interior door. Cobwebs, black, the lights bulbs burned out, the airless dank refrigerator of an insanely over-scheduled, unexamined life that usually just gets take-out. Where is my writer friend, Anna Quindlen when I need her? On another book tour.

　　如果你已经是成功人士，人们以为你知道成功的原因。人们认为你有义务传播成功的经验，这些经验就像肥料一样，为年轻人的思想施肥，让他们也知道成功的秘密。什么是你知道而别人不知道的呢？你开始自我反思：独自审视自我，打开通往内心之门。生活成了一团糟，就像没有了目标，黑色的蜘蛛网悬挂着，灯泡也坏掉了，超过使用寿命的疲于奔命的冰箱阴冷而压抑。在我需要的时候，我的作家朋友安娜·昆德兰去哪里了呢？她在进行另一次巡回售书活动。

　　Hello, I'm Meryl Streep, and today, Class of 2010 and I am really, I am very honored, and I am humbled³ to be asked to pass on tips and inspiration to you, for achieving success in this next part of your lives. President Spar, when I consider the other distinguished⁴ medal recipients⁵ and venerable Board of Trustees, the many accomplished⁶ faculty⁷ and family members, people who've acutally done things, produced things, while I have pretneded to do things, I can think these 3,800 people who should have been on this list before me and you know since my success has depended wholly on my putting things over on people. So I'm not sure parents think I'm that great, a role model anyway.

　　大家好，我是梅丽尔·斯特里普，今天能给在座的2010届的毕业生们讲一些关于如何取得成功的小窍门和灵感，我感到莫大的荣幸，希望对你们人生的下一阶段有所启发。撒皮尔主席，当我想到其他声名显赫的获奖者以及尊敬的董事会成员们、众多功成名就的教工及其家属们、以及那些真正做了实事、创造了价值的人们时，我就会觉得自己只是假装做了些事情，所以我认为你们这3800人更应该被罗列在此名单之中，比我更适合来做这次演讲。你也知道，我的成功完全依赖于他人所做的事，所以我不敢肯定家长们是否认为我是个了不起的好榜样。

1 manure   

n.粪，肥，肥粒；vt.施肥

参考例句：

• The farmers were distributing manure over the field.农民们正在田间施肥。
• The farmers used manure to keep up the fertility of their land.农夫们用粪保持其土质的肥沃。

2 fertilize   

v.使受精，施肥于，使肥沃

参考例句：

• Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.肥料是施在地里使之肥沃的物质。
• Reading will fertilize his vocabulary.阅读会丰富他的词汇。

3 humbled   

adj. 卑下的，谦逊的，粗陋的 vt. 使 ... 卑下，贬低

参考例句：

• The examination results humbled him. 考试成绩挫了他的傲气。
• I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

4 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

5 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

7 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。