公众人物毕业演讲 第172期:吉米佩吉2014在伯克利音乐学院(1)

 　　Please welcome our commencement speaker for the 2014 class

　　有请我们的2014年毕业典礼演讲嘉宾

　　Mr. Jimmy Page

　　吉米·佩吉先生

　　Good morning. I had to check my watch there to make sure it was the morning

　　早上好 我需要看看手表才能确定这是早晨

　　It's so, this is absolutely so amazing

　　这真是太美妙了

　　It's such a privilege¹ to be part of this

　　很荣幸能够参加这次盛会

　　and feel all the energy from the graduates

　　你们这些毕业生的活力让人很受感染

　　You know, congratulations² to all of you and to the families as well

　　祝贺你们所有人 也祝贺所有家属

　　It really is something being up here and feeling all this

　　能够站在台上感受这种气氛真是太棒了

　　I've got to say, the concert last night

　　我不得不谈谈昨晚的音乐会

　　you can see I've got something here which could loosely be called a speech

　　看看我手中的讲稿 这很难算是真正的演讲

　　but I must say, after having come to Berklee

　　我不得不说 能来到伯克利音乐学院

　　and been part of the experience of this

　　成为这整个活动中的一员

　　and listening to the concert last night

　　听完昨晚的音乐会

　　the speech is rendered³ useless

　　演讲就显得有点无关紧要了

　　It's not even going to be referred to

　　以后甚至没人会提到

　　Here I am, a sort of busking musician

　　我在这里 作为一名街头卖艺的音乐人

　　trying to busk my speech

　　却在给大家做演讲

　　What a spirit there is here. It's absolutely amazing

　　这里的精神风貌真是太棒了

　　The quality of musicianship that was shown last night was really moving

　　昨晚展现出来的音乐才华真是太动人了

　　right across the whole of the different genres that were being played

　　不同体裁的音乐都有人演奏

1 privilege   

n.特权，优惠，特许；v.给予优惠，给予特权

参考例句：

• Of course,no country has the privilege of fishing in our coastal water.当然，在我国的领海内没有一个国家有捕鱼的特权。
• He never abuses his privilege.他从不滥用特权。

2 congratulations   

n.祝贺；贺词；祝词

参考例句：

• I send you my warmest congratulations on your success. 我对你的成功致以最热烈的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Please give her my congratulations when you see her. 见到她时请转达我的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 rendered   

v.使( render的过去式和过去分词 )；放弃；表达；提供（帮助等）

参考例句：

• You have rendered a great service to the country. 你为国家做了一件大事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• If he took control, they would be rendered virtually powerless. 如果由他来掌管，他们实际上就会丧失所有的权力。 来自《简明英汉词典》