公众人物毕业演讲 第223期:马克·贝尼奥夫南加大2014毕业典礼演讲(9)

 　　I just was in India and here in this room我刚从印度回来

　　Oh my gee¹, and now I'm in

　　而现在我回到国内

　　Philadelphia hearing from Colin Powell the same message在费城又听到科林·鲍威尔讲相同的理念

　　And I said to myself I think I'm getting it here我心想 我算是找到自己追求的东西了

　　I think I'm understanding what is coming through me我认为我理解了 我将经历一些什么

　　and so I'll tell you what I went back to Oracle²猜猜发生了什么 我回到甲骨文

　　and I talked to my boss, the CEO there

　　我同我的老板讲

　　and I said you know, we've got to create a foundation³我们应当建一个基金会

　　we've got to do all these things that General Powell said我们应当按照鲍威尔将军说的做

　　and he said, you're right and we're going to do it老板说 你很对 就这么办吧

　　And all of a sudden I found myself

　　突然间 一切就这样达成了

　　in the day, morning time

　　在白天 早上

　　putting computers in schools, wiring them将电脑运往学校 建立连接

　　and training teachers and working with kids并对老师和学生进行培训

　　and then afternoon I was building products and building market and building technology而在下午 则是创造产品 创造市场 创造科技

　　and it was awesome⁴

　　这很棒

　　And I said I think this is what I want to do我心想 这就是我想做的

　　I kind of have both things going on, this is exciting两者同时进行 这很令人兴奋

　　And then I got a call from General Powell, and General Powell said Marc然后鲍威尔将军给我打了一个电话 他说 马克

　　I just adopted MacFarland Middle School in Washington DC我刚认领了华盛顿的麦克法兰中学

　　You need to go put those computers in there你给我弄点电脑过来

　　and I said, yes sir General, I'll get it done我回答说 是 将军阁下 我定会完成任务

　　And I took my three top engineers

　　我于是分派了手下三名最得力的工程师

　　led by Jim Cavalieri and 100 computers

　　由吉姆·卡瓦列里领导 带着一百台电脑

　　set them all out there

　　赶往学校

　　and they were ready and it was a hot day out there in Washington DC when they arrived他们到了学校 当时华盛顿的天气很炎热

　　hot like this, may be hotter

　　就像今天这样 或许更热

　　Think, they said it was about 110 degrees out他们说外面有大约110华氏度

　　And they had to bring those computers up three flights of stairs电脑需要步行运上三楼

　　and we called our local office to make sure我们打电话给当地办事处

　　that our employees were there to help them. We have a big office要求我们的员工去帮他们

　　in Bethesda Maryland

　　我们在马里兰贝塞斯达有一个大办事处

 

1 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

2 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

3 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.