公众人物毕业演讲 第56期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(12)

 　　And yes I checked it clear

　　没错 我很确信

　　Now I know that you've heard the cliche¹ quote that

　　你们肯定听过一句名言

　　life is a marathon not a sprint²

　　生命是马拉松 而不是冲刺

　　And I'm going to tell you that sometimes

　　我要告诉你们 有时

　　you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon

　　你甚至连为马拉松做准备的时间都没有

　　See I only had eight weeks

　　我就只有八周时间

　　but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great

　　但为纽约市的孩子们募集资金的机会太重要了

　　But here is difference

　　但是你们不一样

　　today you are prepared

　　你们今天已经做好了准备

　　See if I didn't leave school early

　　如果我没有辍学

　　I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out

　　我在最开始着手事业时可能就会更有准备一些

　　I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms

　　在一些会议中 我可能也会更有准备一些

　　I would be in the boardrooms negotiating

　　我在会议室中开会商谈事务时

　　I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?

　　总是心想 他们在讲什么玩意

　　Go out and finish my economics class

　　去把经济学课程学清楚再来

　　I wouldn't be writing memos³ my secretary would be saying

　　我写的便函也不至于会被秘书说

　　ain't nuts will say it like that

　　没有什么比这更狗屁不通的了

　　But you are prepared

　　不过你们做好了准备

　　Today, you have earned your Howard degree

　　今天 你们获得了霍华德的学位

　　You've earned your Howard degree

　　你们获得了霍华德的学位

　　You have earned your Howard degree

　　你们获得了霍华德的学位

　　And today

　　而且今天

　　you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world

　　你们不仅是从全世界最伟大的黑人学校毕业了

　　you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth

　　你们还是从这颗星球上最伟大的大学毕业了

　　Be clear, # be clear

　　我明确提醒一下 这里值得#

　　So I'll ask you again

　　我再问你们一次

　　do you know how powerful you are?

　　你们知道自己有多强大吗

　　Do you know?

　　知道吗

　　Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think

　　有些人的梦想可能要比想象的花更长时间

　　It took most of you 4 years to get here

　　大多数人四年毕业了

　　some of you 5, some of you 6

　　有些人花了五年甚至六年

　　If I got, I'll be

　　我如果没辍学 估计也要那么久

1 cliche   

n./a.陈词滥调(的)；老生常谈(的)；陈腐的

参考例句：

• You should always try to avoid the use of cliche. 你应该尽量避免使用陈词滥调。
• The old cliche is certainly true:the bigger car do mean bigger profits.有句老话倒的确说得不假:车大利大。

2 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

3 memos   

n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知

参考例句：

• Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
• There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句