名校励志英语演讲 90:如何实现你的梦想

 　　Whatever happens happens now, so live your life where the action is — now. And one more thing: If you're going to be on television, don't call your friends and tell them to watch until after you've seen it.

　　不管发生什么事情，都只是发生在现在，所以要活在现在。我还要告诉你们一件事情，如果你将要录制节目，在你看到这个电视节目前不要打电话告诉你的朋友。

　　Don't do anything that 30 years from now you'll look back at and say, "Oh, my God, why the hell¹ did I do that?!" I wish I had a nickel² for every time I heard someone start a sentence with, "If only, when I was younger, I would have...." So I did a little informal³ survey for you, and I found out that, amazingly, all these people had the same regret. When they graduated from college, sadly, they bought furniture.

　　第二，不要做任何会让你在30年后回顾时说：“哦，我的天呐，我到底为什么会干出这种事情？”的事情。每次有人以这样的句子开头:“要是...多好，当我年轻的时候...，我们应该...”，我都希望能有5美元可以赏给他们。所以我为你们做了一点非正式的调查，并且发现，所有的这些人都有着同样的遗憾。悲哀的是，当他们从大学毕业的时候，他们都买了家具。

　　This probably needs a little explanation. Right at this moment in your life, you are in a unique position that you may never ever be in again. You have nothing to lose. Everything you have acquired⁴ of value is locked inside you. If you have a dream, now is the time to pursue⁵ it, before you buy furniture.

　　这个可能需要稍作解释。在你人生的这个时候，你处在一个对你来说也许是绝无仅有的独特位置。你没什么可以失去。你获得的所有有价值的东西都仅仅锁在你的内心。如果你拥有梦想，现在就去追随梦想的时刻，在买家具之前先去实现你的梦想。

　　I was one of the lucky ones. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin with no employable skills, unless you count jury⁶ duty. It meant I had to start from scratch⁷ and figure out where I fit in. I didn't have money, but I could afford to fail, and there were many failures. But I found out what I was good at. I found something I loved. And now I have furniture — lots of furniture.

　　我算是一个比较幸运的人。我从威斯康辛大学毕业却没有职业技能，除非你把做义务陪审员也算进去。那意味着我必须白手起家并且得弄清楚我适合什么行业。我没有钱，但我可以承受失败，而且失败过很多次。但我找到了我所擅长的领域。我找到了我钟爱的事业。并且现在我也有了家具，有很多家具。

　　名人简介：

　　杰里·朱克出身在威斯康辛州，密尔沃基，他从肖而伍德高中毕业，1972年在威斯康辛大学获得了播音、电视以及电影的学士学位。他早就和兄弟大卫1朱克在亚伯拉罕的肯德基剧院现场表演过短剧，锻造了其表演戏剧的技能。杰里·朱克是著名的导演，曾执导《摇滚校园》（Rock'n'roll High School）；《笑破铁幕》（Top Secret!）；《人鬼情未了》(Ghost)；《亡命夺宝、疯狂世界》(Rat Race)，其中《人鬼情未了》被提名为奥斯卡最佳影片奖。

　　杰里·朱克也是著名的编剧和制片人，其代表作有《笑破铁幕》（Top Secret!）、《空前绝后满天飞》（Airplane!）等等。

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 nickel   

n.镍，（美国和加拿大的）五分钱

参考例句：

• Nickel can be used for making coins.镍可做成钱币。
• May I have a nickel?能给我五分钱吗？

3 informal   

adj.非正式的，不拘礼的，通俗的

参考例句：

• I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
• The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。

4 acquired   

adj.（尤指靠自己的努力或行动）获得的；习得的；后天的；起初不喜欢但后来逐渐培养的爱好v.获得( acquire的过去式和过去分词 )；（使用探测器）捕获（目标）；取得；（计算机、机器人等）捕捉

参考例句：

• She has acquired a good knowledge of English. 她英语已经学得很好。
• The company has recently acquired new offices in central London. 公司最近在伦敦市中心弄到了新的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 jury   

n.陪审团，评委会；adj.临时用的；vt.挑选

参考例句：

• These twelve men are believed to compose the jury.据信，陪审团是由这12人组成的。
• The members of the jury were discharged from their duties.陪审员们被解除了职务。

7 scratch   

n.草稿，抓痕，搔，抓，擦伤，刮擦声，乱写，零，起跑线，未中的一击；vt.搔，抓，挖出，擦

参考例句：

• Scratch my name out please.请把我的名字划掉。
• The suggestion is that they should start from scratch.提出的建议是，他们从头开始。