时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:公众人物毕业演讲


英语课

 There is no secret society out there


外面没有秘密帮会
that will tap you on the shoulder one night and show you the way
能够某天晚上轻拍你的肩膀 给你指明方向
because the true secret is
因为真正的秘密在于
your life will not be defined by the society that we have left you
你的生命并不是由我们留给你们的社会所定义
to paraphrase Robert Bolt
转述罗伯特·鲍特的一句话
society has no more idea of what you are than you do
社会对你一无所知 它只能看到你做了什么
because ultimately
因为最终
it has only your brains to think with
社会将只能通过你们的大脑来思考
Every generation must define itself
每一代人必须定义自身
and so make the world that suits itself
从而让世界适宜于自身
So
因此
if you must find your own path
如果你必须找到自己的道路
and we have left you no easy path
而且我们没有留下任何容易的道路
then decide now to choose the hard path
那么你们现在就必须选择难的道路
that leads to the life and the world that you want
从而获得你们想要的生活和世界
and don't worry
不要担心
if we don't approve of your choices
我们不赞同你们的选择
In our benign self absorption
在我们良性的自我陶醉中
I believe we have given you a gift
我相信我们给了你们一个礼物
a particular form of independence
一种特殊形态的独立性
because you do not owe the previous generation anything
因为你们不欠上一代人任何东西
Thanks to us
幸亏有我们
you owe it to the Chinese
你们只欠中国人的
So have the courage
你们要有勇气
to follow the example of your founder Thomas Jefferson
以你们学校的创建者托马斯·杰斐逊为榜样
the greatest mind of that most daring generation
以这位最大胆一代中的伟人为榜样
to create something new for yourselves
为你们自己创造全新的世界

学英语单词
alberges
apparent superluminal motion
At Ta'mīm, Liwā'
avicine
be noted as
Bermeio, I.
bows down to
broken wave
chances are (that...)
compact technique
conjugate deviation
cradle snatchers
criniere
deep-sea coral
deep-suction share
dependency (group)
Diafurone
discrepance
dog house
dustfree
economically sound
educational channel
epinodosin
esthwaite
fixed point decimal
fleet servicing
Gabriel Daniel
gametrainer
hatefucked
hexakisphosphates
Hinatuan Pass.
hollow jet needle valve
howsoever
Ichenheim
Imhoff tank
immunity resistant
intelligent information management
jacksonite
Kuwaiti monetary unit
lauristons
leather bag
legal delay time
LOBAL
low-intensity radiation
mast-head light
medusas
memaws
mixed phenolalkyd resin
moeketsis
moghania strobilifera (l.) j. st.hil. ex jacks.
moment of sequence
money of exchange
mp-tvs
natural organic substance
niemi
nitroalkenes
normative ethics
nucleogenisis
ovarian follicular Fluid
parenchymatous syphilis
patch of grey
pay good money for
phase change switch
positional response of carbon microphone
Pouzolzia sanguinea
pygahrix roxellance
rank of tensor
reivers
renesting
rtcip
saint-germain-en-laye
samdwich
scrawnier
sea-unicorn
shadow photometer
shafting
shean
simulators
simultaneous flooding
slight negligence
sonar navigation
source transformation
spacing chart
spineless dogfish
sport suit
ST_technology_telephone-equipment
stegana (steganina) nigrithorax
Steinbach am Wald
straight link
stratified medium
strike a raw nerve
toad spittle
tyndallization
utuado
victualing house
visual demonstration
waterproofing mortar
weak roof
Weisskirchen
Welding Monitor
yabba-dabba-doo
Zolicef