公众人物毕业演讲第429期:丹泽尔2011宾夕法尼亚大学(13)

 　　And the university very politely suggested it might be better to take some time off.

　　学校很体面地建议我考虑休学一段时间

　　I was 20 years old, I was at my lowest point And then one day, and I remember the exact day.

　　我当时20岁 我的人生到了最低谷有一天 我清楚记得那一天

　　March 27th, 1975, I was helping¹ out in the beauty shop my mother owned a beauty shop in Mount² Vernon.

　　1975年3月27日 我在母亲的美容店里帮忙我母亲在Mount Vernon开了一家美容店

　　And there was an older woman who was considered one of the elders of the town.

　　来了一位老妇人来了一位应该是当时全镇最年长之一的老妇人

　　I don't know personally, but I was looking in the mirror every time I looked in the mirror.

　　之前我跟她没有来往 我当时在看着镜子每次我看镜子

　　I could see her behind me, and she was staring at me she just kept looking at me.

　　都可以看到她在我后面她正盯着我看

　　Every time I looked at her, she kept giving me these strange looks So, she finally took the drier off her head.

　　她就那样看着我 她的眼神总是怪怪的后 她把头上的风干机挪开

　　And said something... She said something i'll never forget First of all, she said.

　　跟我说了一句我永远不会忘记的话她先是说

　　Somebody give me a piece of paper Give me a piece of paper.

　　过来个人 给我一张纸给我一张纸

　　She said Young boy, I have a prophecy³, a spiritual⁴ prophecy.

　　她说小伙子 我有种预感 一个发自心灵的预感

　　She said you are going to travel the world and speak to millions of people.

　　她说 你会周游世界和上百万人沟通交流

　　Now i'll remind you, I'm 20 years old, I'm flunked⁵ out school In fact, like a wise-ass, I'm thinking to myself.

　　我得提醒大家 我当时20岁 刚辍学回家事实上 我自作聪明地认为

　　Maybe she's got something in a crystal⁶ ball about me getting back to college in the fall.

　　她也许是通过一个水晶球算出我会在秋季重返学校的

　　But maybe she was on to something Because later that summer.

　　但也许她真的预见到了什么因为那年夏天晚些时候

　　While working as a counselor⁷ at a YMCA camp in Connecticut we put on a talent show for the campers.

　　当我在康涅狄格州一个YMCA夏令营做指导时我们给参加者来了一场才艺展示演出

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

3 prophecy   

n.预言，预言能力

参考例句：

• His prophecy has now come true.他的预言果然应验了。
• Apollo was the Greek god of the arts,prophecy,medicine and light.阿波罗是希腊神话中主管艺术、预言、医药和光明之神。

4 spiritual   

adj.精神上的，神圣的，崇高的，高尚的，鬼的，招魂论的&n.有关教会的事

参考例句：

• His spiritual nature is good.他心灵本质上是善良的。
• Their friendship was strictly spiritual.他们的友情完全是精神上的。

5 flunked   

v.( flunk的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（考试、某学科的成绩等）不及格；评定（某人）不及格；（因不及格而） 退学

参考例句：

• I flunked math in second grade. 我二年级时数学不及格。
• He flunked out (of college) last year. 他去年（从大学）退学了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 crystal   

n.水晶，水晶饰品，结晶体；最好的玻璃器皿

参考例句：

• It used to be a crystal stream.那曾是条清澈见底的小溪。
• Those fine wine glasses are made of crystal.那些漂亮的酒杯是用水晶做的。

7 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。