公众人物毕业演讲 第250期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(3)
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲
英语课
We did not have those at Hampden-Sydney and当时汉普敦-悉尼学院没有女生
when I could not find one of those here
在这里找不到任何一个女生时
I would head over to the White Spot
我就去White Spot餐厅
to get a Grillswith
叫一份Grillswith(一种烤面包圈)
to fill the void in my heart
以慰藉我空虚的心灵
Literally 1 my cardiologist recently found one lodged 2 in there说真的 我的心脏病医生 发现一个卡在那里
Early this morning I had a little
今天早上 我在
tour around your beautiful campus and
你们美丽的校园中四处走了走
I just asked myself, why are you leaving?
我问我自己 你们为什么离开
You know what it's out
你们知道外面有些什么
You know what it's like out there, right?
你们知道外面是怎样的 对吧
Plus, this could be
而且 这可以是
the most spectacular place you'll ever live你们一生所住过的最美妙地方
It is the only campus in America
全美国只有这一处校园
that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产
I believe that means if you try to carve your name into a desk我相信这意味着 如果你在课桌上刻上名字
UN will send in ground troops
联合国会马上派遣地面部队过来
and you're not going to top these living conditions你们将再也没有这么好的生活环境
unless your post-college plan involves subletting the Taj Mahal除非毕业后 你们计划转租泰姬陵
And I just want to say, the students of UVA are incredible我只是想说 弗吉尼亚大学的学生很了不起
The men are all gentleman and the women
这里男性都是绅士 而女性
are all the most beautiful and intelligent in the world都是世界上最美丽 最聪慧的
and I'm not saying that because I dated a UVA girl我这样说 不是因为我一个弗大女生约过会
I'm saying that because I married her
而是因为 我娶了她当老婆
You are graduating from
你们将毕业于
one of the most highly ranked universities in the nation国内排名最高的大学之一
US News and World Report
美国新闻与世界报道
names you the number two public university将你们评为排名第二的公立大学
Princeton Review names you
普林斯顿评论
the number one best value of a public college将你们评为最具价值的公立大学
especially for those of you
特别是对于你们中那些
who showed the initiative to the born in Virginia积极为弗吉尼亚本地人做贡献的人
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。