名人励志英语演讲 第139期:感觉失败及寻找幸福(1)

 　　Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty¹, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing day with you.

　　感谢汉尼斯校长、董事会的各位董事、全体教职员工、各位家长，以及斯坦福的毕业生们，非常感谢你们。感谢你们让我与你们共度这美好的一天。

　　I need to begin by letting everyone in on a little secret. The secret is that Kirby Bumpus, Stanford Class of 08, is my goddaughter. So, I was thrilled² when President Hennessy asked me to be your commencement speaker, because this is the first time I've been allowed on campus³ since Kirby's been here.

　　我决定透露一个小秘密给大家，以此作为这次演讲的开始。这个秘密就是卡比·鹏博思，斯坦福2008届的毕业生，是我的教女。所以当汉尼斯校长邀请我来做毕业演讲时，我非常兴奋，因为自从卡比来这儿上学以来，这是我第一次被允许到斯坦福来。

　　You see, Kirby's a very smart girl. She wants people to get to know her on her own terms, she says. Not in terms of who she knows. So, she never wants anyone who's first meeting her to know that I know her and she knows me. So, when she first came to Stanford for new student orientation⁴ with her mom, I hear that they arrived and everybody was so welcoming, and somebody came up to kirby and they said, "Oh my god, that's Gayle King!" Because a lot of people know Gayle King as my BFF (best friend forever).

　　你们知道，卡比是一个非常聪明的女孩。她希望通过自己的努力而不是通过她所认识的人来让人们了解她。因此她从来不想让任何一个第一次见到她的人知道我们认识。当她和她妈妈第一次来到斯坦福参加开学典礼时，我听说每个人对她们都十分热情。有人过来跟她说：“哦，我的天啊，那是盖尔·金”。因为很多人都知道盖尔·金是我最好的朋友。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. let in on

　　让…得知；向…透露；

　　eg. You've been let in on a secret known⁵ to only the most important people.

　　你已让最重要的几个人知道了秘密。

　　eg. He has not yet been let in on the bad news.

　　他还不知道这个不幸的消息。

　　2. in terms of

　　在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；

　　eg. In term of money, he's quite rich, but not in term of happiness.

　　就钱来说他很富有，但就幸福来说就不然了。

　　eg. Staying up late makes him at his worst in terms of physical situation.

　　熬夜使得他的体力状况处于低潮。

　　3. come up to

　　走过来；走近；走到跟前；达到；

　　eg. He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

　　他走到我跟前说：“快点，约翰。”

　　eg. His film performance didn't come up to expectations.

　　他在影片中的演出有负众望。

1 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。

2 thrilled   

adj.非常兴奋的；极为激动的vt.“thrill”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He was thrilled at the prospect of seeing them again. 他一想到將要再次见到他们便欣喜若狂。
• They were thrilled to discover a perfectly preserved specimen of Roman pottery. 他们因发现了一件保存完好的罗马时代陶器而欣喜若狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

4 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

5 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。