公众人物毕业演讲 第67期:金墉美国东北大学(6)

 　　He wanted me to have a skill

　　他希望我掌握一门本领

　　and he wanted me to butt¹ my head up against the joy

　　他希望我能冲向自己的兴趣

　　but also the hard reality of finishing medical school

　　但也希望我能刻苦读完医学院

　　finishing residency

　　完成实习期

　　and caring for patients in life-or-death situations

　　照顾同生与死作斗争患者们

　　I'm so grateful to my father

　　我很感谢我的父亲

　　So far I've told you that life is uncertain

　　到目前为止 我告诉你们说人生是不确定的

　　but you already knew that

　　但你们已经了解了这一点

　　What I really want you to know

　　我真正想让你们了解的是

　　is that you have abundant tools to face that uncertainty²

　　你们拥有大量的工具来直面这种不确定性

　　and to lead an extraordinary life, even beyond your wildest dreams

　　成就不平凡的人生 甚至超出你最疯狂的梦想

　　Roy Baumeister is a psychologist

　　罗伊?鲍迈斯特是一位心理学家

　　who has devoted his career to studying the qualities in human beings

　　终生研究能够带领人类取得

　　that lead to what he calls "positive outcomes"

　　他称之为"积极的结果"的人类素质

　　In this fascinating field, researchers have found

　　在这个令人着迷的领域 研究人员发现

　　that two traits are most consistently associated with success:

　　有两个特质始终与成功相伴

　　intelligence and willpower

　　智力和意志力

　　In Baumeister's book entitled Willpower

　　从鲍迈斯特所著的《意志力》一书中

　　we learn that efforts to permanently increase intelligence have failed

　　我们了解到 虽然永久地提高智力的努力归于失败

　　but people can in fact improve their willpower

　　但人其实是可以提高自身的意志力的

1 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

2 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。