公众人物毕业演讲 第126期:2013年克林顿在霍华德大学(5)

 　　They simply did whatever was at hand in whatever form it present itself to put food on the table and if they had a family, to support their families

　　他们不过是按照其所呈现的形式做些手头的事情 把食品放在桌子上 如果他们有家庭的话 那就是供养家人

　　You have a choice

　　你们则可以选择

　　The only bit of personal advice I have is this:

　　我所能给予的唯一的一点个人建议是

　　Try to do something that'll make you happy

　　尝试去做会让你快乐的事情

　　And most people are happiest doing what they are best at You have been given that gift

　　大多数人在做他们最擅长的事情的时候最快乐 你们已经有了这份才能

　　That is the ultimate¹ gift Howard has given you

　　这是霍华德大学给予你们的终极礼物

　　You are going out to a world that is the most interdependent world in history

　　你们将进入历史上最相互依赖的世界

　　You can see it

　　你们也能看到

　　Not just in trade, but travel, in increasing diversity

　　不光是贸易方面 还有旅行 日益增进的多样性

　　Look how diverse² America is

　　看看这个多样的美国吧

　　Pretty soon, there will be no majority race

　　过不了多久 就不会有什么多数族群了

　　There is no majority race in California or Hawaii

　　在加利福尼亚和夏威夷就没有多数族群这一说

　　And by 2050, there will be no majority in America

　　到2050年 整个美国都不会有多数族群

　　Will just be one big group of people that will have to think of something to hold ourselves together

　　只会有一大群人 我们将不得不想想怎样才能团结在一起

　　And it's very important

　　这是很重要的

　　So the second thing I wanna say to you is this

　　所以我想跟你们讲的第二件事就是

　　The world has many challenges

　　这个世界充满了挑战

　　You know them

　　你们都知道

　　There is too much inequality

　　不平等太多了

　　It's manifested³ that for most college students in the fact that they haul⁴ out of college with too much debt and wonder if they're gonna be able to repay⁵ it

　　对于大多数大学生来说都是这样 他们离开大学的时候还欠着一屁股债 他们在想 他们在想自己能不能把钱还上

　　And it's manifested that for most people that don't have a college degree 'cause they've been working for 10 years without much of a pay raise

　　对那些没有大学文凭的人来说更是这样 他们含辛茹苦工作十年 工资却没见涨多少

　　And it's manifested that all over the world, by a global jobs crisis⁶ for young people when the Arab Spring occurred in Egypt

　　对全世界的遭遇全球就业危机的年轻人来说也是如此 当阿拉伯之春在埃及爆发的时候

　　And you saw all the incredibly articulate⁷ young people in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

　　你们可以看到开罗解放广场上 那些极其能言善辩的年轻人

　　One of the reason that I was there is that every year their university system turned out 400,000 college graduates,

　　我之所以要去那里的一个原因 是每年他们的高等学校都会打造出四十万毕业生

　　and their economy never produce anywhere near 400,000 jobs for college graduates.

　　然而那里的经济所能提供的岗位远远不及这个数目

1 ultimate   

adj.最远的；最后的；终极的；根源的，基本的

参考例句：

• What was his ultimate goal?他的最终目标是什么？
• The sun is the ultimate store of power.太阳是能量之本。

2 diverse   

adj.不同的；相异的；多种多样的；形形色色的

参考例句：

• Spain is a composite of diverse traditions and people.西班牙是一个汇集了多种传统和民族的国家。
• Society is now much more diverse than ever before.当今社会较之以往任何时候都要丰富多彩得多。

3 manifested   

[医]已显示的，证明的

参考例句：

• Social tensions were manifested in the recent political crisis. 最近的政治危机显示了社会关系的紧张。
• Her actions manifested a complete disregard for personal safety. 她的行动表明她全然不顾个人安危。

4 haul   

vt./n.（用力）拖，拉，（用车等）拖运，运送

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• The rope stood up under the strain of the haul.这绳子经受不住紧拉。

5 repay   

v.偿还，报答，还钱给

参考例句：

• I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.我觉得有责任归还我借的钱。
• I must repay her for her kindness.我必须报答她的恩惠。

6 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

7 articulate   

adj.口齿伶俐的，发音清晰的；v.清楚地讲话

参考例句：

• That man is not very articulate.那人口齿不清。
• Articulate speech is very important.清楚的表达能力是非常重要的。