公众人物毕业演讲 第455期:科里布克2013年耶鲁大学(23)

 　　More beautiful than you realize more powerful than you can imagine.

　　比你所意识到的更美丽比你所想象到的更有力量

　　But you must imagine it as one great author said the most common way people give up their power.

　　但你们必须认识到自己的力量如一位作家所言 人们放弃力量的最普遍方式

　　Is not realizing they have it in the first place I see you.

　　是最初就没有意识到他们拥有这种力量我看到你了

　　Class of 2013 I see you that in the harsh winter of this weary world.

　　2013届毕业生在这个疲惫不堪的世界的严冬中 我看到了你

　　I see that you like Camus said, are the invincible¹ spring I see you.

　　我看到你 就像加缪所说的 是不可战胜的春季我看到你了

　　I see that in a nation dashed with doubt you are the hope.

　　我看到这个掺杂着怀疑的国家里你就是希望

　　I see that in a nation that's dismayed by darkness.

　　我看到这个黑暗笼罩的国家里

　　You are the light I see that in the country fraught² with fear you are courage.

　　你就是光明我看到这个充满恐惧的国家里 你就是勇气

　　And that in a nation blinded with bigotry³ you are the love I see you class of 2013.

　　我看到这个被偏执蒙蔽双眼的国家里 你就是爱我看到你了 2013届毕业生

　　And I want you to be like me Every time you hear the national anthem⁴, don't just get up in routine and.

　　我希望你们像我一样每次听到国歌的时候 不要只是习惯性地起立

　　Say those words. Please hear them anew for the first time.

　　唱出歌词 我请你再重新听听它的内涵

　　Hear those five words at the beginning of that song as a challenge to you.

　　仔细听听这首歌的前五个单词作为对你们的挑战

　　Oh, say, can you see Take that challenge to your heart.

　　哦 你可看见将这个挑战埋在你心里

　　Oh, say, can you see that in this world as Frederick Douglass says.

　　哦 你可看见 在这个世界上如弗雷德里克.道格拉斯所言

　　You won't get everything you pay for but you definitely will pay for everything that you get.

　　不是付出就能得到一切但任何东西都肯定需要付出才能得到

　　So pay with your love, pay with your kindness pay with your decency⁵.

　　所以 付出你的爱 你的善良你的正直

　　Oh, say, can you see like Martin Luther King said that.

　　哦 你可看见如马丁.路德.金所说的那样

1 invincible   

adj.不可征服的，难以制服的

参考例句：

• This football team was once reputed to be invincible.这支足球队曾被誉为无敌的劲旅。
• The workers are invincible as long as they hold together.只要工人团结一致，他们就是不可战胜的。

2 fraught   

adj.充满…的，伴有(危险等)的；忧虑的

参考例句：

• The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.未来数月将充满重大的决定。
• There's no need to look so fraught!用不着那么愁眉苦脸的！

3 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

4 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

5 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。