公众人物毕业演讲第405期:拜登2013宾夕法尼亚大学(3)

 　　My hat is off to you To all the parents.

　　我向你们脱帽致敬 对于所有家长

　　I offer you special congratulations¹ today Not only.

　　我今天特别祝贺你们 并不只是因为

　　Have your sons and daughters completed an education at what my daughter and my granddaughter and my son.

　　你们的子女在宾大完成了学业 我女儿 孙女 儿子都说宾大是

　　both say is the finest university in America I'm not sure how my son who went to Yale feels about that but.

　　全美最优秀的大学 我不知道我读耶鲁的儿子会怎么看

　　I happen to agree with my other son Ladies and gentlemen, parents.

　　不过我同意我另一个儿子的看法 女士们 先生们 家长们

　　You're also about to get a pay raise unless your child is going on to graduate school.

　　你们还将增加收入 除非子女是继续读研

　　As I indicated, two of my children have graduated from this great university and my granddaughter who is here with me today.

　　我说过 我有两个孩子都毕业于这所伟大的大学 而我孙女今天也坐在这里

　　Just finished her first year and survived pledging² at Penn.

　　她刚读完了第一年 并完成了在宾大的宣誓

　　So your pride is justified³ Not only because it took an awful lot of hard work for all of you to get to this day.

　　你们有理由自豪 不仅仅是因为 你们为了今天 付出过大量的努力

　　I promise you all of you graduates, it's worth it I read the headlines today on the way up.

　　我像所有毕业生保证 这是值得的 来这里的路上 我读了报纸头条

　　The Associated⁴ Press has said "Biden to Offer Advice to Penn Graduates" I have gained too much wisdom⁵ to offer any advice.

　　美联社说 "拜登将赴宾大为毕业生提忠告" 我哪有什么智慧 为你们提忠告

　　I've been around too long to know that's not useful But I would like to make a couple of observations⁶.

　　我活了这么久 知道忠告一般都没什么用 不过 我会给出一些观察结论

1 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》

2 pledging   

保证，许诺，发誓( pledge的现在分词 )； 典当； 保证给予（或做）； 以誓言约束

参考例句：

• Norway and Japan were the only industrialized countries to win applause for pledging further emission reductions. 挪威和日本是承诺进一步减少排放而博得称赞的唯一工业化国家。
• P273 Paula's cards were her way of pledging her true love and unwavering support. 宝拉的卡片是她用来表达真爱和坚定支持誓言的方式。

3 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

4 associated   

adj.联合的

参考例句：

• the risks associated with taking drugs 与吸毒有关的危险
• I don't want to be associated with your scheme; I'm contracting out. 我不想参与你们的计划，我要退出。

5 wisdom   

n.智慧，明智的行为，学识，名言，贤人

参考例句：

• Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验为智慧之母。
• Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy.古希腊是智慧和哲学的发源地。

6 observations   

n.观察资料( observation的名词复数 )；观察力；注意；言论

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion. 他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He made valuable observations on the prices. 他对物价问题提出了宝贵的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》