偶像励志英语演讲 第92期:如何解决这个世界最严重的不平等(2)
时间:2019-01-18 作者:英语课 分类:偶像励志英语演讲
Harvard was a phenomenal experience for me. Academic life was fascinating. I used to sit in on lots of classes that I hadn't even signed up for. And dorm life was terrific. I lived up at Radcliffe, in Currier House. There were always lots of people in my dorm room late at night discussing things, because everyone knew I didn't worry about getting up in the morning. That's how I came to be the leader of the anti-social group. We clung to each other as a way of validating 1 our rejection 2 of all those social people.
对我来说,哈佛的求学经历是一段非凡的经历。校园生活很有趣,我常去旁听许多我没选修的课。哈佛的宿舍生活也很棒,我当时住在雷迪夫的柯里尔公寓。每天我的寝室里总有很多人一直待到半夜,讨论着各种事情。因为每个人都知道我从不考虑第二天早起,这使得我变成了校园里那些不安分学生的头头,我们互相粘在一起,做出一种拒绝所有正常学生的姿态。
Radcliffe was a great place to live. There were more women up there, and most of the guys were science-math types. That combinaton offered me the best odds 3, if you know what I mean. That is where I learned the sad lesson that improving your odds doesn't guarantee success.
雷迪夫是个生活的好地方。那里的女生比男生多,而且大多数男生都是理工科的。这种状况为我创造了最好的机会,如果你们明白我的意思。可惜的是,我正是在这里学到了人生中悲伤的教训:机会大,并不等于你就会成功。
One of my biggest memories of Harvard came in January 1975, when I made a call from Currier House to a company in Albuquerque that had begun making the world's first personal computers. I offered to sell them software.
我在哈佛最难忘的回忆之一,是发生在1975年1月的一件事。那时,我从宿舍楼里给位于阿尔伯克基的一家公司打了一个电话,那家公司已经在着手制造世界上第一台个人电脑。我提出想向他们出售软件。
I worried that they would realize I was just a student in a dorm and hang up on me. Instead they said:"We're not quite ready, come to see us in a month," which was a good thing, because we hadn't written the software yet. From that month, I worked day and night on that extra credit project that marked the end of my college education and the beginning of a remarkable 4 journey with Microsoft.
我很担心,他们会发觉我是一个住在大学宿舍里的学生,从而挂断电话。但是他们却说:“我们还没准备好,一个月后你再来找我们吧。”这是个好消息,因为那时软件还根本没有写出来呢。就是从那个时候起,我夜以继日地在这个小小的课外项目上工作,这标志着我大学教育的结束,以及通往微软的不平凡的旅程的开始。
重点讲解:
1. sit in on
旁听(课程);列席(会议);
eg. The school does not encourage parents to sit in on classes.
学校原则上不鼓励家长进入教室旁听。
eg. I'd like you to sit in on this meeting.
我希望你旁听一下边次会议。
2. sign up for
注册,选课;报名参加;
eg. In fact, I made him sign up for karate 5 lessons.
事实上,我还要他报名参加空手道课程。
eg. If circumstances allow, I'll sign up for the competition.
如果条件许可,我就报名参赛。
3. cling to
粘住;缠住;紧紧抓住;抱紧;
eg. Little children always cling to their mothers.
小孩子总是紧依着母亲。
eg. They hugged each other, clinging together under the lights.
他们彼此拥抱,在灯光下紧紧相依。
4. hang up
挂断(电话);突然挂断…的电话;
eg. Don't hang up!
别挂电话!
eg. He said he'd call again, and hung up on me.
他说他会再打过来,就突然挂断了电话。
5. day and night
日日夜夜;夜以继日;
eg. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
eg. The machines run day and night.
机器日夜不停地转动。
- His politics at home were validating his efforts in the hemisphere. 他的国内政策也有效地支持了他对本半球所做的努力。 来自辞典例句
- A number of different experimental approaches have aided in validating the concept. 许多不同的实验方法,有助于确证这种概念。 来自辞典例句
- He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
- The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。