公众人物毕业演讲 第78期:米歇尔奥巴马迪拉德大学(4)

 　　Because it is the day before Mother's Day

　　马上母亲节就要到了

　　To all the mothers, Happy Mother's Day

　　我向所有母亲致以节日的问候

　　Now, graduates, you all handled¹ your business, right

　　毕业生们 你们都做好了自己该做的事吧

　　Just because you were graduating didn't mean you, come on, now

　　不能仅仅因为毕业就忽视了母亲节

　　Okay, well, if you didn't, you have my permission² to get up and go right now

　　如果你还没做好准备 我允许你们现在起身离场

　　because there is nothing more important no, no, don't get up

　　因为没有什么的重要性… 不不 不要起身

　　Your mothers would kill you if you got up at this moment

　　否则你们的母亲会当场杀了你们

　　So just stay in your seats, and when this is all over make sure you take care of mom

　　现在先坐好 等典礼结束之后 记住给母亲准备礼物

　　But in all seriousness, to all the moms out there

　　我这里严肃地感谢所有母亲

　　as well as the dads and the grandparents

　　以及所有父亲 祖父母 外祖父母

　　the uncles, the aunts, the brothers, the sisters

　　叔舅姑姨 兄弟姐妹

　　all of you who have helped raise these graduates

　　你们都对毕业生们的成长做出过贡献

　　you have seen them through their ups and downs

　　你们陪他们经历过起起落落

　　and you have poured³ your hearts and souls⁴ into these men and women

　　你们将自己的心血倾注在这些年轻人身上

　　So today is your day, too, and you should be very proud. You really should

　　今天 也是你们的盛典 你们也应当感到自豪

　　And finally, most of all, I want to congratulate the

　　最后 也是最重要的 我要祝贺

　　beautiful and handsome men and women of the Dillard University Class of 2014

　　迪拉德大学2014届美丽而帅气的毕业生们

　　Yay

　　耶

　　You all have come so far, I know, to make it to this day

　　你们都付出过很多 才走到了今天这一步

　　from all those early days when the girls were sneaking out of Williams Hall

　　包括不少女生从威廉姆斯教学楼偷偷溜出来

　　to go see the boys over at the Duals

　　去见自己的男友

　　oh yeah, I did my research

　　我做过研究

1 handled   

adj.有把手的，有把柄的v.操作( handle的过去式和过去分词 )；容易╱难以)驾驶；操纵；行动

参考例句：

• She handled the matter with seeming indifference. 她看似漫不经心地处理了这件事。
• The wind-down of the company was handled very efficiently. 处理公司逐步缩减直至关闭的事宜效率很高。

2 permission   

n.许可；同意；许可证

参考例句：

• You were wrong to take the car without permission.你未经许可就把车开走是不应该的。
• With your permission I'll leave now.有你的允许，我这就离开。

3 poured   

涌出( pour的过去式和过去分词 )； 倾，倒； 涌流； 倾泻

参考例句：

• She poured the dark brown liquid down the sink. 她把深棕色的液体倒进了污水池。
• Scalding tears poured down her face. 滚烫的泪水从她脸上扑簌簌地流下来。

4 souls   

灵魂( soul的名词复数 )； 人； 灵乐； 心性

参考例句：

• The ship sank with 200 souls. 那艘载着二百人的船沉没了。
• Blue cinema corrupts the souls of people. 黄色电影腐蚀人们的灵魂。