公众人物毕业演讲 第133期:2013年克林顿在霍华德大学(12)

 　　Perhaps we'll never know what tipped the scales for those young men who did that terrible thing at the Boston Marathon

　　也许我们永远不会得知是什么 让那些年轻人决定在波士顿马拉松赛上做出如此可怕的事情

　　Perhaps we will never fully¹ understand what happened to that young man who drove the car bomb into Times Square

　　也许我们永远不会明白 那个将汽车炸弹开进时报广场的年轻人是怎么想的

　　And all the others who found that all their cooperation options were closed, and only what they can say

　　而所有那些人发现 他们同别人协作的可能性为零的时候 而他们唯一一种向别人表达

　　"Hey, look at me. I'm matter. I mean something." is to take somebody else down If you were going to avoid that, you have to be able to begin again

　　你看 我很重要 我有价值 的方式就是干掉别人 如果你想避免此类事情 你得学会重新开始

　　The thing I like about being here today is that you still like to laugh

　　今天在这里我感到很欣慰的一点就是你们还是爱笑的

　　It's a part of our culture, you know

　　知道吗 这是我们文化的一部分

　　And it's an essential thing in life

　　而且是生命最本质的需求

　　But I will close with this story

　　我要以下面这个故事结束我的演讲

　　And I hope you will remember try to do something that makes you happy, try to find a way to serve,

　　我希望你们会记得 去做那些能让你们感到开心的事情 寻求能为大众服务的方法

　　try never to forget what we have in common is more important than our interesting and profoundly² important differences

　　不要忘记我们之间的共同点 要比我们有趣且极度重要的不同之处更为重要

　　And don't give up on yourself or your life

　　而且不要轻言放弃 不要放弃生命

　　One of the most rewarding experiences that I had or have had since I left the White House

　　我有过的最有意义的经历之一 或者说自从我离开白宫之后的经历

　　is the opportunity to work in South Asia after that horrible tsunami³, which occurred a couple of years before Hurricane Katrina

　　就是 在那场可怕的海啸过后到南亚工作的机会 那场海啸发生于卡特里娜飓风的前几年

　　You remember that?

　　你们还记得吗？

　　It was devastating⁴ to Indonesia and Southeast India and Sri Lanka and the Maldives, parts of Thailand.

　　给印度尼西亚 印度东南地区 斯里兰卡 马尔代夫 还有泰国部分地区 造成了毁灭性灾难

　　President Bush asked me to work for his father for a while

　　布什总统邀请我为他父亲工作一段时间

　　I did that. After that I worked for the UN for two years

　　我接受了 在那之后我又在联合国工作过两年

　　And we had a great time

　　我们共事非常愉快

　　人物简介

　　美国前总统比尔·克林顿在2013年霍华德大学毕业典礼上的演讲。克林顿在演讲中肯定了霍华德大学师生对公共服务事业所做的贡献，强调了大学毕业生运用所获得的能力造福社会，选择快乐生活的重要性。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 profoundly   

ad.深深地

参考例句：

• We are profoundly affected by what happens to us in childhood. 童年发生的事深深地影响着我们。
• It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents. 你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。

3 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。