公众人物毕业演讲 第54期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(10)

 　　I made a decision. Now I was going to see that decision through

　　我下的决定就一定要贯彻

　　Now, that sounds all good. I'm talking to myself

　　这听起来很好 我跟自己讲

　　Oh, that sounds good. But it's 26.2 miles ahead of me

　　前面不过也就只有26.2英里嘛

　　Now we get to the day of marathon¹

　　到了马拉松赛当天

　　I'm feeling good. I just knew I was going to win the race

　　我感觉良好 我觉得我能赢

　　So I was pushing my way to the front of the line

　　我挤出一条通往最前排的路

　　because I feel like nobody's going to take you to the front of the line

　　因为我知道 如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排

　　unless you push your way to the front of the line

　　因为我知道 如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排

　　Let me tell you that again

　　我再讲一次

　　Nobody's going to take you to the front of the line

　　如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排

　　unless you push your way to the front of the line

　　如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排

　　So I pushed my way to the front of the line

　　我挤到前排后

　　To the left of me and to the right of me are my Kenyan brothers and sisters

　　发现左右都是一些肯尼亚兄弟姐妹

　　I even told them, I'm a confident bison²

　　我还告诉他们 我是一只自信的野牛

　　Wait, let me see you all at the finish line

　　等着 我们在终点线见

　　Then the gun goes off

　　之后枪声响起

　　I start running so fast

　　我开始飞快地跑

　　It's like I'm running a 100 yard dash³ at the Penn Relays⁴

　　就像跑一百米冲刺一样

　　I'm not pacing myself. I'm just trying to keep up with the Kenyans

　　这不是我自己的节奏 我只是想追上那些肯尼亚人

　　But then I hit a quarter mile

　　然后到了四分之一英里处

　　and all I have to see was my brothers and sisters

　　我看到这些兄弟姐妹们

　　way way way way way way way way way in a distance

　　已经跑到了很远 很远 很远的地方

　　Then I hit the ten mile mark

　　之后跑到十英里处

　　and I learned a very important lesson

　　我学到了很重要的一点

　　I learned why people trained for six months

　　我终于知道为什么人们要训练六个月了

　　See me and Kenyans, we weren't even in the same row anymore

　　我和那些肯尼亚人根本不在一个级别上

　　They have already finished the race

　　他们已经跑完了

　　Then something suddenly started to happen to my body

　　然后我的身体出了状况

　　something I never felt before

　　我从没过这种感觉

　　I lost all the sodium of my body

　　我身体失了很多的钠

　　My body starts to lag off and completely break down

　　我的身体非常吃力 感觉已经要崩溃

　　I could run no more

　　我跑不动了

　　I could barely walk

　　连走都吃力

　　and then I fell to my knees

　　我双膝跪在了地上

1 marathon   

n.长距离赛跑；需要耐力的比赛；(M-)马拉松

参考例句：

• I'm hoping to be in the marathon next year.我希望明年能参加马拉松赛。
• The meeting was a bit of a marathon.这次会议有点马拉松赛的味道。

2 bison   

n.野牛

参考例句：

• American bison are very large.美洲野牛非常巨大。
• Herds of bison live in the park.公园内住有成群的野牛。

3 dash   

v./n.快跑，冲刺，短跑

参考例句：

• The prisoners made a dash for freedom.囚犯逃奔自由。
• Day and night the waves dash against the rocks.波浪日夜冲击着岩石。

4 relays   

v.转述( relay的第三人称单数 )；转达

参考例句：

• New relays of troops were sent to the battle front. 新补充的部队已送往前线。 来自辞典例句
• His questioners worked on him in relays. 审讯人员轮流对他进行审讯。 来自辞典例句