公众人物毕业演讲 第71期:金墉美国东北大学(10)

 　　For myself, with all the willpower I can muster¹

　　就我自己而言 我集中全部的意志力

　　I try to bring the sense of urgency in Dr. King's words to my work today

　　试图将金博士所说的紧迫感带入我今天的工作

　　I do this with an understanding that I still have no idea of what the future may bring

　　我这样做是因为我了解我仍不知道未来可能会带来什么

　　After all, I had no idea that I would not only get my medical degree

　　毕竟 我没有想到我不仅获得了医学学位

　　but also a PhD in anthropology²

　　而且还获得了人类学博士学位

　　at an institution that is known as a "small technical school" just

　　我获得博士学位的地方就在东北大学历史传奇校园外

　　just up Huntington Ave from the historic legendary³ campus of Northeastern University

　　亨廷顿大街往上的那所"小技术学校"(哈佛)

　　I had no idea that I would help found an organization, Partners in Health

　　我没有想到 我会和我的同事保罗?法默一起帮助创建了

　　with my colleague Paul Farmer

　　一个机构"健康伙伴"

　　and eventually work in 10 countries

　　并最终在全世界10个国家开展了工作

　　I had no idea that my experience at Partners In Health

　　我没有想到我在"健康伙伴"的工作经历

　　would lead me to take charge of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS initiative

　　会为我带来主管世界卫生组织艾滋病计划的工作

　　where we try to get 3 million people treatment by the year 2005

　　并开展了一场到2005年治疗3百万名艾滋病患者的运动

　　And with only minimal academic administrative experience

　　我只有很少的学术管理经验

　　I was given the enormous honor of becoming President of Dartmouth College

　　却得到巨大荣誉 被委以达特茅斯学院院长一职

　　Finally, completely out of the blue

　　最后 就如晴天霹雳一般

　　President Obama last year asked me to stand as a candidate to lead the World Bank Group

　　去年奥巴马总统邀请我作为领导世界银行集团的候选人之一

　　Always with some trepidation

　　虽然总是有些诚惶诚恐

　　I embraced these unexpected opportunities

　　但我接受了这些意外的机会

　　and now I find myself in one of the most interesting jobs in the world

　　现在我发现自己做的是世界上最有意思的工作之一

1 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

2 anthropology   

n.人类学

参考例句：

• I believe he has started reading up anthropology.我相信他已开始深入研究人类学。
• Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.社会人类学主要关于文化多样性。

3 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。