英文演讲录 塔丝·潘努：从程序员到演员(1)

So, yeah, I genuinely feel a little out of place here.

是的，我真的觉得这里有点格格不入。

But yes, I think five years, one month and five days is what took me to come to this side, standing¹ here from there where I was a couple of years back as an engineering student.

我用了5年1个月又5天才走到今天，从工程专业的学生到今天。

Well, I can only say I can stand as an example for the fact that in India, we only become engineers first to figure out later, what we really want to become.

我只能说我可以作为印度的一个例子，我们首先成为工程师，然后才能弄清楚我们真正想要成为的是什么。

So, yes, I am an engineer, software engineer if you ask me.

我是一名工程师，软件工程师。

Yeah. Woo. Software, software. Yes.

是的，软件工程师。

Well, if you ask me, why did I do engineering?

嗯，如果你问我，我为什么要学工程学？

Well, no matter how weird² it sounds from a girl's mouth, I loved mathematics.

不管从女孩的嘴里说出来听起来有多奇怪，但是我爱数学。

Yes. And I kind of managed to score like those 96, 97 marks in 12th Board thinking, yes, I have to be an engineer.

我在第12届考试中取得了96、97分的成绩，心想，是的，我必须成为一名工程师。

This is it. This is the only thing I should be doing.

这是我唯一应该做的事。

Well, I entered engineering.

我进入了工程学专业。

It was quite a task because I missed out from quite a few ranks and numbers to be able to make it to the most prestigious³ institutions, BITS also didn't really take me.

这是一项非常艰巨的任务，因为我的级别和分数不够，无法进入最负盛名的机构，BITS也没有真正接纳我。

But then, no loss, no gain.

但是，没有损失，就没有收获。

I'm still standing here.

我还站在这里。

So, yes. I mean, as I told you, we all become engineers first and then decide what we have to do. Right.

我的意思是，就像我告诉你的，我们都是先成为工程师，然后再决定我们要做什么。

So, yeah. So, that's my journey.

所以，这就是我的人生旅程。

When I started off, yes, I became an engineer.

开始的时候，我成为了一名工程师。

But during those four years, a lot changed.

但在这四年中，发生了很多变化。

My first year, I was trying to figure out is this really where I see myself after four years, sitting and coding.

我的第一年，我试图弄清楚这就是我四年后自己的样子，在那里坐着编程。

Like, with all due respect to people who do it, my best friends do it as well.

恕我直言，我最好的朋友也会这么做。

But I couldn't really see myself doing it within the first year.

但我真的不能想象自己第一年真的做到了。

Second year onward⁴, my attendance went down.

第二年以后，我的出勤率下降了。

I started doing other stuff, like made my own only female dancing group of my college, where, you know, in engineering, girls is like a scarcity⁵.

我开始做其他的事情，比如在我的大学里组建唯一的女性舞蹈团，你知道，在工程学专业中女孩是很稀缺的。

So, you have like 10 girls dancing team, from an engineering institution was itself a huge achievement.

所以，你有大约10个来自工程专业女孩的舞蹈队，本身就是一个巨大的成就。

That is one of my, like the biggest achievements.

这是我最大的成就之一。

Trust me, the kind of things I suffered making those girls stand together as a group and then making them win all the possible competitions of that year.

相信我，我做的是让那些女孩们团结在一起，然后让她们赢得了那一年所有可能的比赛。

Well, I like to boast about myself, I'm an actor.

嗯，我喜欢吹嘘我自己，我是个演员。

So, yes. So, from there, it started.

所以，从那里开始，一切就开始了。

The second year, yeah, it was a little difficult for me to digest that this is not what I really want to do, but I'm already in it.

第二年，是的，对我来说有点难接受，这不是我真正想做的，但我已经在做了。

So, now what do I do?

那么，现在我该怎么办？

I have to get through it.

我必须度过难关。

I didn't want to leave things in between because that's not how I handle my life.

我不想把事情夹在中间，因为那不是我处理生活的方式。

So, I went ahead, completed my second year.

所以，我继续前行，完成了我的第二年学业。

Third year someone said, Oh, you kind of look nice.

第三年有人说，哦，你看起来条件很不错。

Why don't you try modelling?

你为什么不试试当模特呢？

And I was like, okay, so what do I do next?

我就想，好吧，那我下一步该做什么？

Yeah. Thank you for that support. Thank you.

嗯。谢谢你们的支持。谢谢！

I believe I look nice.

我相信我确实看起来不错。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

4 onward   

adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先

参考例句：

• The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
• He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。

5 scarcity   

n.缺乏，不足，萧条

参考例句：

• The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
• The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。