公众人物毕业演讲 第135期:2013年克林顿在霍华德大学(14)

 　　Now I have two points to make

　　我想说的有两点

　　First, this man who had lost nine of his ten children led me through that camp with a smile on his face,

　　第一 这个男人失去了自己十个孩子中的九个 带着我参观营地的时候面带笑容

　　and never talked about anything but what those other people needed and what he wanted me to do for them

　　除了大家需要什么 和他希望我能为大家做些什么之外 从未提起过其他任何事情

　　He honored¹ his children by pouring himself into meeting the needs of the people left on earth, so we did the tour

　　为了纪念自己的孩子 他全身心地投入到 满足这世上其他人的需求当中 我们就这样继续参观

　　Second point, they ended it at the health clinic cause they knew I've done a lot of work in this area

　　第二点 他们最后来到的是卫生所 因为他们知道我在这方面经验颇丰

　　And they were talking and all of a sudden², the man's wife shows up again, this time holding a threedayold baby

　　他们正在讲话的时候 忽然 他的妻子又过来了 这一次怀里抱着一个出生才三天的婴儿

　　She said this is our youngest resident³, and we want you to name this child

　　她说这是我们最小的居民 我们想让你给这个孩子起个名字

　　And she was carrying the baby, not the mother,

　　是她抱着这个孩子 而不是孩子的母亲

　　I hate to have to tell you all this, but in their culture, when a mother gives birth to a new baby, she gets to go to bed for forty days and be waited on.

　　我真不想跟你们讲这个 不过在他们的文化里 一个母亲生下孩子之后 就得在床上呆四十天 被人伺候着

　　You should, here is Congressman⁵ Cummings, ask him to introduce that next week see how far that gets in this Congress⁴

　　你们应该 下边坐着的有国会议员卡明斯 让他下周引进这种做法 我们看看国会能否通过这条提议

　　But anyway, so this woman, who had lost nine of her ten children, with a smile on her face is holding this baby

　　总之 这个女人 失去了十个孩子中的九个 面带笑容 抱着新生儿

　　And I said, do you really want me to name the child? It was a boy

　　我说 你真的想让我给这个孩子起名字 是个男孩

　　She said yes

　　她说是的

1 honored   

adj.光荣的：荣幸的v.尊敬，给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾，不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

3 resident   

a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的

参考例句：

• I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
• They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

4 Congress   

n.(代表)大会；(C-:美国等国的)国会，议会

参考例句：

• There were some days to wait before the Congress.大会的召开还有几天时间。
• After 18 years in Congress,he intented to return to private life.在国会供职18年后，他打算告老还乡。

5 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。