公众人物毕业演讲 第210期:杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(8)
时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲
英语课
Number 5
第5条
my favorite quote 1 from the following poet named John Greenleaf Whittier是诗人约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃的名言中我最喜欢的一句and his quote is "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these "所有描绘可悲的言辞中 最可悲的莫过于 '本来可以的'"it might've been," I love that quote, because我很喜欢这句话
you know, there is nothing wrong with failing because you're not good enough错误没有什么 这只是因为你不够好
There is nothing sadder than I could've had it if I just tried a little harder如果失败仅仅因为缺少一点努力 那就再可悲不过了Number 6
第6点
If there's someone in show business that you're trying to emulate 2 or you admire如果脱口秀表演业中 你很尊敬或是希望模仿某位演员and you wish to write for, write that person a letter你想给他写剧本 请给这个人写信
and try handing it to them in person if possible并尽可能亲手将信递到他手上
You know, nothing connects human beings to one another more than human contact没有什么比面对面接触更能将人联系在一起的
These people are artists. With any luck, they will see in you a little bit themselves这些人都是艺术家 他们可能会从你身上看到他们自己的影子Now contrary 3 to what you might think
可能同你们想的不一样
people really do like to help young people人们都喜欢帮助年轻人
Almost every person that worked for me in the Tonight Show今夜秀中工作的任何人
have never worked in television before
之前几乎都没在电视上干过
I never hired anybody from agents
我从不从经纪人那招人
All people that approach me, we made eye to eye contact, we made a good impression我总是要和这些人进行眼神交流 留下好的印象I will spend more time with the person that drove 4 half way around the country我更愿意用那些愿意驱车穿越半个美国
they hand me a page of jokes
亲手把喜剧稿递给我的人
than the person that sends me an email that says I would like to work for you but我不喜欢那些发邮件说 我想为你工作
I don't want to leave Cleveland
但我不想离开克利夫兰的人
Number 5, or number 7 rather
第5条 不对 是第7条
Keep, see how dyslexic I am, I said number 5看到我的失读症了吧 我竟然说第5条
Keep the friends you've made here
同这里结交的朋友保持联系
One of them could be the key to your success他们可能成为你成功的关键
or you could be the key to theirs
你也可能成为他们成功的关键
I know this may be hard to believe but it's really not cutthroat business我知道这有点难以置信 不过这个行当并不会争得你死我活When I was starting, I got more work from other comedians 5我刚开始的时候 从其他喜剧演员那里
than I ever got from agents or managers
得到的帮助要远多于经纪人
The person sitting next to you today could be the key to your success今天你旁边坐的人可能成为你今后成功的关键
People like Steve Martin helped me tremendously史蒂夫·马丁等人对我的帮助非常大
And when I had a little success, I personally went to Johnny Carson我小有成就的时候 去找过约翰尼·卡森
to tell him about Ellen DeGeneres
跟他讲艾伦·德詹尼丝
You know what? It's really a wonderful business这是一个很美妙的行当
n.引用语，语录；vt.引述，举证，报价；vi.引用
- I can quote what he said.我可以引用他的话。
- This is the best price I can quote you.这是我给你开出的最有利的价钱了。
v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿
- You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
- You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。
adj.相反的；adv.相反的(地)；n.反面，相反
- My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.在服装方面，我妹妹的爱好和我完全不同。
- The result is contrary to expectation.结果跟预料恰好相反。
vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群
- He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
- They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。