公众人物毕业演讲 第210期:杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(8)

 　　Number 5

　　第5条

　　my favorite quote¹ from the following poet named John Greenleaf Whittier是诗人约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃的名言中我最喜欢的一句and his quote is "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these "所有描绘可悲的言辞中 最可悲的莫过于 '本来可以的'"it might've been," I love that quote, because我很喜欢这句话

　　you know, there is nothing wrong with failing because you're not good enough错误没有什么 这只是因为你不够好

　　There is nothing sadder than I could've had it if I just tried a little harder如果失败仅仅因为缺少一点努力 那就再可悲不过了Number 6

　　第6点

　　If there's someone in show business that you're trying to emulate² or you admire如果脱口秀表演业中 你很尊敬或是希望模仿某位演员and you wish to write for, write that person a letter你想给他写剧本 请给这个人写信

　　and try handing it to them in person if possible并尽可能亲手将信递到他手上

　　You know, nothing connects human beings to one another more than human contact没有什么比面对面接触更能将人联系在一起的

　　These people are artists. With any luck, they will see in you a little bit themselves这些人都是艺术家 他们可能会从你身上看到他们自己的影子Now contrary³ to what you might think

　　可能同你们想的不一样

　　people really do like to help young people人们都喜欢帮助年轻人

　　Almost every person that worked for me in the Tonight Show今夜秀中工作的任何人

　　have never worked in television before

　　之前几乎都没在电视上干过

　　I never hired anybody from agents

　　我从不从经纪人那招人

　　All people that approach me, we made eye to eye contact, we made a good impression我总是要和这些人进行眼神交流 留下好的印象I will spend more time with the person that drove⁴ half way around the country我更愿意用那些愿意驱车穿越半个美国

　　they hand me a page of jokes

　　亲手把喜剧稿递给我的人

　　than the person that sends me an email that says I would like to work for you but我不喜欢那些发邮件说 我想为你工作

　　I don't want to leave Cleveland

　　但我不想离开克利夫兰的人

　　Number 5, or number 7 rather

　　第5条 不对 是第7条

　　Keep, see how dyslexic I am, I said number 5看到我的失读症了吧 我竟然说第5条

　　Keep the friends you've made here

　　同这里结交的朋友保持联系

　　One of them could be the key to your success他们可能成为你成功的关键

　　or you could be the key to theirs

　　你也可能成为他们成功的关键

　　I know this may be hard to believe but it's really not cutthroat business我知道这有点难以置信 不过这个行当并不会争得你死我活When I was starting, I got more work from other comedians⁵我刚开始的时候 从其他喜剧演员那里

　　than I ever got from agents or managers

　　得到的帮助要远多于经纪人

　　The person sitting next to you today could be the key to your success今天你旁边坐的人可能成为你今后成功的关键

　　People like Steve Martin helped me tremendously史蒂夫·马丁等人对我的帮助非常大

　　And when I had a little success, I personally went to Johnny Carson我小有成就的时候 去找过约翰尼·卡森

　　to tell him about Ellen DeGeneres

　　跟他讲艾伦·德詹尼丝

　　You know what? It's really a wonderful business这是一个很美妙的行当

 

1 quote   

n.引用语，语录；vt.引述，举证，报价；vi.引用

参考例句：

• I can quote what he said.我可以引用他的话。
• This is the best price I can quote you.这是我给你开出的最有利的价钱了。

2 emulate   

v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿

参考例句：

• You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
• You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。

3 contrary   

adj.相反的；adv.相反的(地)；n.反面，相反

参考例句：

• My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.在服装方面，我妹妹的爱好和我完全不同。
• The result is contrary to expectation.结果跟预料恰好相反。

4 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

5 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句