公众人物毕业演讲 第228期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(1)
时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲
英语课
Thank you very much
非常感谢大家
Thank you
谢谢
Thank you, President Powers
谢谢鲍尔斯校长
Provost Fenves, Deans members of the faculty 1, family and friends芬维斯教务长 各位主任 教职成员 家属和朋友and most importantly, the class of 2014
最重要的 当然还有2014届毕业生
It is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight今晚能够来到这里 着实令我感到非常荣幸
It's been almost 37 years to the day that I graduated from UT我从德克萨斯大学毕业已经有37年了
I remember a lot of things about that day对于毕业那天 我记忆犹新
I remember I had throbbing 2 headache from a party the night before我记得 由于前一晚的派对 我有些搏动性头痛
I remember I had a serious girlfriend, whom I later married我记得我有一位严肃交往的女友 也就是我后来的妻子that's important to remember by the way
记住这个显然很重要
and I remember that I was getting commissioned in the Navy that day我还记得 那天我将赴海军服役
But of all the things I remember
在所有这些记忆中
I don't have a clue who the commencement speaker was that evening我却不记得当晚毕业典礼的演讲者是谁了
and I certainly don't remember anything they said演讲者说了什么我就更不记得了
So acknowledging that fact if I can't make this commencement speech memorable 3这让我认识到 就算我不能把毕业典礼演讲讲得让人难忘I will at least try to make it short
至少我也该讲得简洁一些
The University's slogan is "What starts here changes the world"这所大学的口号是 "从这里开始 改变世界"
I've got to admit I kinda like it
我不得不承认 我很喜欢这一口号
"What starts here changes the world"
"从这里开始 改变世界"
Tonight there are more than 8,000 students graduating from UT今天 有八千多学生将从德大毕业
That great paragon 4 of analytical 5 rigor 6 Ask.Com Ask.
我进行过严谨的分析研究 Com说
says that the average American will meet 10,000 people in their life time一个美国人一生中平均会碰到一万个人
10,000 people. That's a lot of folks
一万人 相当之多
n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员
- He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
- He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
a. 跳动的,悸动的
- My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
- There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。
adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的
- This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
- The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
n.模范，典型
- He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
- Man is the paragon of animals.人是万物之灵。
adj.分析的；用分析法的
- I have an analytical approach to every survey.对每项调查我都采用分析方法。
- As a result,analytical data obtained by analysts were often in disagreement.结果各个分析家所得的分析数据常常不一致。