公众人物毕业演讲 第47期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(3)

 　　And to all of the Board of Trustees, I truly thank you

　　我还要由衷地感谢校董会全体成员

　　And I have to send a shout out to the members of the class of 1964

　　我还要为1964届毕业生喝彩

　　Happy 50th

　　50周年快乐

　　You all know you all are going to have to turn up tonight right?

　　你们都知道今晚会出席对吧

　　Alright now, ain't no party like a Diddy party

　　好 没有什么派对能比得过吹牛老爹的派对

　　You all know how you all are doing back in 1964

　　你们都知道1964年你们在干什么

　　dancing

　　跳舞

　　and I have to, I have to give a special thanks

　　我需要给你们特别的感谢

　　I need you guys to understand how blessed you are

　　我希望你们知道自己有多幸运

　　I met your intern¹ president and now we changed that to permanent president

　　我碰到了你们的实习校长 现在则变成了永久校长

　　because I don't like that intern thing, you feel me?

　　我不喜欢实习这种说法 能理解吗

　　It's like being stuck in purgatory²

　　这就像就被卡在炼狱之中

　　You know?

　　知道吗

　　I sat down with this man, he came to see me

　　我和这个男人坐在一起 他来看我

　　and he was one of the most intelligent, forward thinking

　　他是和我坐在一起进过餐的

　　contemporary brothers that I've ever sat down and broke bread with

　　最有智慧 最有前瞻性的当代兄弟

　　Dr. Frederick

　　弗雷德里克博士

　　Thank you so much for making this day happen

　　谢谢你让这一天成为了现实

　　And to my fellow honorees, I congratulate you

　　我还要祝贺和我一同获得荣誉学位的人

　　I'm humbled to be in such a great company

　　我很荣幸能为成为大家中的一员

　　and most importantly

　　最重要的是

　　I want to thank you

　　我要感谢你们

　　the class of 2014

　　2014届毕业生

　　for blessing me with this opportunity to speak to you on this monumental day

　　给予我在纪念意义非凡的日子里发表演讲的机会

　　Thank you for sharing this moment with me

　　感谢你们让我一起共享这份喜悦

　　And I want to thank all the students, all the faculty, and alumni

　　我要感谢所有的学生 教职员工和校友

　　who answered my call on social media

　　你们响应了我在社交媒体上的号召

　　See I needed your help with this speech

　　我的演讲需要你们的帮助

　　because I wanted to make you proud

　　因为我要让你们感到自豪

　　I wanted you to know how grateful

　　我希望你们知道

　　and appreciative I am for being honored and recognized my Howard family

　　霍华德这个大家庭对我的认可让我有多感激

1 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

2 purgatory   

n.炼狱；苦难；adj.净化的，清洗的

参考例句：

• Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。
• Marriage,with peace,is this world's paradise;with strife,this world's purgatory.和谐的婚姻是尘世的乐园，不和谐的婚姻则是人生的炼狱。