公众人物毕业演讲 第164期:比尔·奈马萨诸塞大学2014(11)

 　　Here in the United States less than a thirdof our fellow citizens

　　在美国只有不超过1/3的公民

　　Have acknowledged¹ the troubles that lieahead

　　认识到了未来的麻烦

　　We have to engage in

　　我们需要参与进来

　　We have to bring them around so we can allget to work

　　我们需要让所有人一起开展工作

　　And dare I say it, change the world

　　我敢说这样就能改变世界

　　And I think we can, here's why

　　我们肯定能原因如下

　　We are at a tipping point

　　我们正处在一个临界点

　　With just a little bit more education

　　只要再多一点教育

　　With just a little bit more engagement², alittle bit more discussion

　　多一点参与多一点讨论

　　With a few more hilarious³ comedy bits

　　多一点欢闹的喜剧元素

　　People in the United States will joincitizens of other countries

　　美国人就能联合其它国家公民

　　And get to work on climate change

　　共同应对气候变化

　　I want you to be ready

　　我希望你们能够准备好

　　I want you to spark this movement and giveit a direction

　　我希望你们让这一运动迸发出火花并给它一个方向

　　I want you to change the world

　　我希望你们改变世界

　　As an environmentalist, I'm a fan ofwasting less

　　作为环保主义者我崇尚少浪费

　　That would be common sense

　　这是常识

　　I mean, if you drive less, we'll burn lessgas for example

　　例如少开车 就能减少汽油消耗

　　If we waste less clean water, we'll havemore clean water

　　少浪费干净水我们就会有更多干净水

　　But these are the easy examples

　　这些例子都很简单

　　That would be the low hanging fruit

　　可以说是"很容易摘到的果实"

　　Instead of just doing less

　　除了少浪费之外

　　We have to find ways to do more with less

　　我们还需要设法用较少资源做更多事情

　　That's the key to the future

　　这就是未来的关键

　　You are University of Massachusetts Lowellgraduates

　　你们是马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校毕业生

　　You really are among the best in the world

　　你们是世界上最棒的人之一

　　Thinking about new arrangements, new toolsand new elegantly⁴ engineered designs

　　你们能想出新部署新工具 全新且优雅的工程设计

　　To reach for what I like to call the highhanging fruit

　　去摘那些"不容易摘到的果实"

　　The big prizes, the great big prizes

　　也就是那些重大成果

　　And that's what we want you to do for us.I'm not kidding

　　这就是我希望你们为我们做的我没有开玩笑

　　Change the world in new exciting and bigways

　　以令人兴奋的方式为世界带来重大变革

　　Where do you see them all? Off your coast

　　哪里可以看到就在海岸边

1 acknowledged   

adj.公认的v.承认( acknowledge的过去式和过去分词 )；鸣谢；对…打招呼；告知已收到

参考例句：

• He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake. 他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police acknowledged that three police vehicles were damaged. 警方承认有三辆警车被毁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 engagement   

n.订婚，婚约，约定，约会

参考例句：

• I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.星期一我不能见你，因为我有约在先。
• It was my mother's very own engagement ring.这正是我母亲自己的订婚戒指。

3 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。

4 elegantly   

adv.优美地，雅致地，高雅地

参考例句：

• She turned on her elegantly shod heel. 她突然转身，迈开穿着雅致的皮鞋的双脚离去了。
• Susan always dresses very elegantly. 苏珊总是穿得很雅致。 来自《简明英汉词典》