公众人物毕业演讲 第258期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(11)
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲
英语课
And lay its foundation on such principles
新世界所根据的原则
and organizing its powers in such form as to you
及其组织权力的方式 务必使你们认为
shall seem most likely to affect your safety and happiness
唯有这样才最有可能保障你们的安全与幸福
and know
你们要知道
that though he wrote these words 237 years ago that
虽然他是在237年前写了这些文字
this generation no less than his generation
但这一代人并不逊于他那一代
has their own opportunity
这一代人具有自己的机会
to recognize and seize that moment
能够认出并抓住时机
when in the course of human events it becomes necessary
在人类历史事件的进程中有必要这样做时
for one people
当一个民族
to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another
有必要解除其与另一民族相连接的桎梏
and to assume among the powers of the earth
并按照自然法则
you're separate and equal station
接受独立和平等的地位
and for the support of this, mutually pledge to each other
为了支持这一点 你们要以
your lives, your fortune, and your sacred honor
你们的生活 你们的财产 你们神圣的荣誉宣誓
If anyone can do this
如果说有任何人可以做到
it's the graduates of the university that Jefferson founded
首当其冲的自然是杰斐逊所创建的大学里的毕业生
you are his intellectual heirs
你们是他智慧的继承人
In fact, some of you may be his actual heirs
实际上 你们有些人可能是他的实际继承人
We're still testing the DNA
我们还在鉴定DNA
So thank you for this honor
感谢今天给我的这份荣誉
and congratulations to the class of 2013
恭喜你们 2013届毕业生们
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