公众人物毕业演讲第229期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(2)-英语课

时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲

英语课

　　But, if every one of you changed the lives of just ten people但是如果你们每个人能够改变十个人的命运

　　and each one of those people changed the lives of another ten people然后这十个人中的每一个再改变另外十个人的命运and another ten
　　依此类推
　　then in five generations, 125 years
　　那么五代人后 125年以后
　　the class of 2014
　　作为2014届毕业生
　　will have changed the lives of 800 million people你们将总共能改变八亿人的命运
　　800 million people
　　八亿人
　　think about it over twice the population of the United States想想这超过了美国人口的两倍
　　Go one more generation and you can change the entire population of the world再往前一代你们将能够改变全世界所有人的命运8 billion people
　　八十亿人
　　If you think it's hard to change the lives of ten people不要认为自己没能力改变十个人的命运
　　change their lives forever you're wrong
　　这种想法绝对是错误的
　　I saw it happen every day in Iraq and Afghanistan我在伊拉克和阿富汗每天都在碰到这样的例子
　　A young Army officer makes a decision to go left一位年轻的军官决定往左走
　　instead of right down a road in Baghdad
　　而不是朝巴格达的道路直走
　　and the ten soldiers with his are saved from close-in ambush 1十位战士就因此免受了敌人的伏击
　　In Kandahar province, Afghanistan
　　在阿富汗坎大哈省
　　a non-commissioned officer from the Female Engagement 2 Team senses something isn't right来自女性战斗小队的一位士官察觉到了异常
　　and directs the infantry 3 platoon away from a 500 pound IED指挥步兵小组远离了一颗500磅的IED炸弹
　　saving the lives of a dozen soldiers
　　这就挽救了十多位士兵的生命
　　But, if you think about it
　　想想这些
　　not only were these soldiers saved by the decisions of one person一个人的决策并不是只挽救了这些士兵的生命
　　but their children were saved and their children's children他们的子女也会由此得救还有他们子女的子女Generations were saved by one decision of one person一个人的一个决定就挽救了数代人
　　But changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it任何人在任何地方都可以改变世界
　　So, what starts here can indeed change the world从这里开始我们确实能够改变世界
　　but the question is, what will the world look like after you change it?
　　不过问题是世界被改变后会变成怎样

公众人物毕业演讲 第229期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(2)

公众人物毕业演讲第229期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(2)