名人励志英语演讲 第143期:感觉失败及寻找幸福(5)

 　　I think the great one of the greatest compliments¹ I've ever received: I interviewed with a reporter when I was first starting out in Chicago. And then many years later, I saw the same reporter. And she said to me, "You know what? You really haven't changed. You've just become more of yourself."

　　我记得我所受到的最高的赞扬之一是：刚在芝加哥开始工作时，我采访了一个记者。很多年以后我们又见面了。她对我说：“你知道吗？你一点也没有变，你只是越来越像你自己了。”

　　And that is really what we're all trying to do, become more of ourselves. And I believe that there's a lesson in almost everything that you do and every experience, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It's how you enrich² your spirit. And, trust me, I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

　　这就是我们一直努力在做的，去做我们自己。我坚信你们会从自己做过的每一件事情上，每一次经历上学到经验，这样你们才能取得进步。也只有这样你们的心灵才能更加丰富。相信我，内在的智慧比外在的财富更加珍贵。你运用智慧越多，你得到的也会越多。

　　So, today, I just want to share a few lessons--meaning three--that I've learned in my journey so far. And aren't you glad? Don't you hate it when somebody says, "I'm going to share a few," and it's 10 lessons later? And, you're like, "Listen, this is my graduation. This is not about you." So, it's only going to be three.

　　今天我想和大家分享我人生中的三个教训。你们难道不觉得高兴吗？当有人对你们说：“我只是想和你们分享很少的一些”，但事实上随后却是10个教训，你们不觉得反感吗？你们肯定在想：“听着，这是我的毕业典礼，又不是你的。”因此我今天只和大家分享三个教训。

　　The three lessons that have had the greatest impact on my life have to do with feelings, with failure and with finding happiness.

　　这三个教训对我的人生产生了很大的影响，它们是感觉、失败和追求幸福。

　　A year after I left college, I was given the opportunity to co-anchor the 6 o'clock news in Baltimore, because the whole goal in the media at the time I was coming up was you try to move to larger markets. And Baltimore was a much larger market than Nashville. So, getting the 6 o'clock news co-ancor job at 22 was such a big deal. It felt like the biggest deal in the world at the time.

　　我离开大学一年后，我在巴尔的摩得到了一个和别人共同主持6点钟新闻的机会。我那时在传媒界的全部目标就是进入到更广阔的市场中，而巴尔的摩是一个比纳什维尔大得多的市场，因此在22岁时得到这份工作对我来说是件天大的好事，是巨轮上最了不起的事情。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. start out

　　起初是…；从…开始；从…着手；

　　eg. Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.

　　达利是个花言巧语的爱尔兰裔美国人，最初是干推销员的。

　　eg. He asked some money from his parents to start out in business on his own.

　　他向父母要了些钱自己独立做生意。

　　2. have a impact on

　　对……有影响；

　　eg. They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country.

　　他们称他们预期会议对国家的未来会产生显著影响。

　　eg. Seasonality³ or economic cycles will have minimal⁴ impact on secular⁵ trends.

　　季节性或经济周期两者对长期趋势的影响都不大。

　　3. big deal

　　大事；要事；

　　eg. I felt the pressure on me, winning was such a big deal for the whole family.

　　我感觉到了压力，取胜对全家来说是如此重要。

　　eg. It's no big deal.

　　这没什么大不了的。

1 compliments   

n.问候，道贺，致意；赞美（话）( compliment的名词复数 )；向…送礼以表示敬意；问候；致意v.表扬，恭维( compliment的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He ladles out compliments to everyone, but he's not really sincere. 他见人就大加吹捧，但并非出于诚意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You pay her a few compliments and she immediately rises above herself. 你只要稍许赞扬她几句，她即会沾沾自喜。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 enrich   

vt.充实，使丰富，使富裕，使富有

参考例句：

• Some cream will enrich the sauce.在调味汁里加一些奶油会使其味道更加丰富。
• Music can enrich your life.音乐能丰富你的生活。

3 seasonality   

季节性

参考例句：

• a high degree of climatic seasonality 明显的季节性气候变化
• Confinement. Seasonality of tourist trade, animals often 'contracted' to work. 限制，在旅游旺季时，动物们通常都得被迫“上工”。 来自互联网

4 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

5 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。