偶像励志英语演讲 第87期:我爱你!谢谢你们!(1)

　　Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
噢，我的天哪！噢，我的天哪！
I'm sorry. This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox. And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened. Thank you. I'm so honored. I'm so honored. And I thank the Academy for choosing me to be the vessel¹ for which his blessing² might flow. Thank you.
对不起，此刻我感到太意外了。这个时刻是属于多萝西·丹德里奇、莉娜·霍恩和戴安·卡罗尔的，属于一路陪在我身边支持我的这几位女性朋友，贾达·苹克特、安吉拉·巴赛特和维维卡·福克斯的，以及每一位默默无闻的、不知名的黑人女士们。现在我们拥有了一个机会，因为今晚种族这扇大门已经被打开了。谢谢，我太荣幸了！太荣幸了！我非常 感谢评委会选择了我，让我作为传递这份祝福的使者，非常感谢！
I want to thank my manager, Vincent Cirrincione. He's been with me for twelve long years and you fought very fight and you've loved me whenI've been up, but more importantly you've loved me when I've been down. You have been a manager, a friend, and the only father I've ever known. Really. And I love you very much.
我要感谢我的经纪人文森特·奇林乔内。是您陪伴我度过了12年的时光，帮我解决了一个又一个难题，最重要的是不论我的事业在巅峰还是低谷，您都一如既往地关爱着我。您是我的经纪人，更是我的朋友，是我记事以来唯一的父亲。真的！我非常感谢您！
重点讲解：
1. stand beside
支持；
eg. If the world is your enemy, I will stand beside you and accompany you all face.
如果全世界都是你的敌人，我也会站在你的身边，陪你面对一切。
eg. If you stand beside me I'll be the bravest man in the world.
如果你站在我身边我可以成为世界中最勇敢的人。
2. sb. of colour
（人种）有色的；
eg. Black communities spoke³ up to defend the rights of all people of color.
黑人群体大声疾呼，要求维护有色人种的权利。
eg. Without activists⁴, women would have no vote and no right to choose, and people of colour would have no freedom.
没有他们，妇女就没有表决权和选择权，有色人种就不会有自由。
3. thank sb. for doing sth.
向…表示谢意；感谢；
eg. He reminded himself to thank her for the present.
他提醒自己要感谢她送的礼物。
eg. Thank you for the suggestions you kindly⁵ offered us.
感谢你好意地向我们提出建议。

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。