偶像励志英语演讲17:教育的民主化:哥伦比亚女歌手夏奇拉在牛津大学的演讲(4)

And, we found the way to keep kids in school and maintain parent's involvement in their children's education. By providing nutritious meals in schools we have decreased the number of dropouts and we have eradicated malnutrition among our students. 我们

偶像励志英语演讲19:失败的好处和想象的重要性(1)

President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates: 尊敬的福斯特校长，哈佛集团的各位成员，监督理事会的各位理事，各位老师，各

偶像励志英语演讲20:失败的好处和想象的重要性(2)

You see? If all you remember in years to come is the gay wizard joke, I've still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals--the first step to self-improvement. 你们知道吗？如果在若干年后你们还仅仅记得快乐的魔法师

偶像励志英语演讲21:失败的好处和想象的重要性(3)

I know the irony strikes like with the force of a cartoon anvil now, but... 我现在明白了反讽就像用卡通铁砧去打击你，但 So they had hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English literature. A compromise wa

偶像励志英语演讲22:失败的好处和想象的重要性(4)

What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. 像你们这么大时我最害怕的不是贫穷，而是失败。 At your age, in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at university, where I had spent far too long in the cof

偶像励志英语演讲23:失败的好处和想象的重要性(5)

Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun. That period of my life was a dark one, and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. I had no idea then how fa

偶像励志英语演讲24:失败的好处和想象的重要性(6)

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversit

偶像励志英语演讲25:失败的好处和想象的重要性(6)

One of the greatest formative experiences of my life preceded Harry Potter, though it informed much of what I subsequently wrote in those books. This revelation came in the form of one of my earliest day jobs. Though I was sloping off to write storei

偶像励志英语演讲 26:失败的好处和想象的重要性(8)

As long as I live I shall remember walking along an empty corridor and suddenly hearing, from behind a closed door, a scream of pain and horror such as I have never heard since. The door opened, and the researcher poked out her head and told me to ru

偶像励志英语演讲 27:失败的好处和想象的重要性(9)

Unlike any other creature on this planet, human beings can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's places. 与这个星球上任何其他的动物不同，人类可以学习和理解未曾经历过

像励志英语演讲 28:失败的好处和想象的重要性(10)

That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other people's lives simply by existing. 那是一个惊人的论断

偶像励志英语演讲 29:失败的好处和想象的重要性(11)

I am nearly finished. I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life. They are my children's godparents, the people to whom I've been able to turn

偶像励志英语演讲 30:再相信我一次(1)

Good morning, and thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends. Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me or you've worked with me or you've supported me. 大家早上好，感谢你们今天来到这里。今

偶像励志英语演讲18:教育的民主化:哥伦比亚女歌手夏奇拉在牛津大学的演讲(5)

One single years of primary eudcation invested in one kid means 10 to 20 percent increase in the wages in their adult life. For every dollar invested in early childhood development programs, that same child will give back 17 dollars. So yeah, educati

偶像励志英语演讲16:教育的民主化:哥伦比亚女歌手夏奇拉在牛津大学的演讲(3)

They need us to cure a child with Leukemia or AIDS with a simple pill or with a breakthrough vaccine. We need to live in a world in which together we can find a solution to global warming so we don't have to worry every time a single storm begins to

偶像励志英语演讲 45:让父母为你骄傲(5)

Women, I feel I can say this authoritatively, especially at Barnard where they can't hear us, what am I talking about? They professionally can't hear us. Women are better at acting than men. Why? Because we have to be, successfull convincing someone

偶像励志英语演讲 31:再相信我一次(2)

I am also aware of the pain my behavior has caused to those of you in this room. I have let you down, and I have let dowm my fans. For many of you, especially my friends, my behavior has been a personal disappointment. To those of you who work for me

偶像励志英语演讲 32:再相信我一次(3)

For all that I have done, I am so sorry. 为此我深感歉意。 I have a lot to atone for, but there is one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that p

偶像励志英语演讲 33:再相信我一次(4)

I was wrong. I was foolish. I don't get to play by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me. I brought this shame on myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation and kids all a

偶像励志英语演讲 34:再相信我一次(5)

It's hard to admit that I need help, but I do. For 45 days from the end of December to early February, I was in inpatient therapy receiving guidance for the issues I'm facing. I have a long way to go. But I've taken my first steps in the right direct