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1、第 1 页 英语演讲:对生活说 YES1 特征码 rtyqDenUwZwqShPhqAcI Google总裁埃里克施密特(Eric Schmidt)20XX 波士顿大学毕 业典礼上的英语演讲:对生活说 YES,施密特在演讲中说他是 生活崇拜者。此次演讲非常成功,赢得了全场起立长时间的鼓 掌。 Find a way to say “yes“ to things 学会对生活说 YES 英语演讲稿中英双语对照: Its great to be here on campus. Its an honor to have been invited. Its an honor to look out on
2、the next generation of BU Terriers. Ill give you a quote: 我很高兴来到贵校,很荣幸获得贵校邀请,很荣幸看到波 士顿大学的又一届毕业生走向社会。我想送你们一句名言: “I am a true adorer of life, and if I cant reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation.” “我是生活的真正崇拜者。如果我无
3、法够到它的脸,我会 将我的吻贴到我够得到的任何地方。明白我的人,将不需要我 进一步解释。 ” 第 2 页 Well, graduates allow me to explain. 好吧,同学们,让我解释一下。 You used to have a professor herea decent writer by the name of Saul Bellow. That es from his novel Henderson the Rain King. 你们这里曾经有一位教授,一位作风正派的作家,笔名为 索尔-贝娄(Saul Bellow)。这个笔名来自于他的小说雨王亨 德森(Henders
4、on the Rain King)。 I stand before you today as someone who considers himself an adorer of life. I know what its like to plant a kiss on a life lived fully And I can tell you from experience that, once you understand that, Professor Bellows right: that no further explanation is necessary. 今天站在你们面前的我也
5、自认是一个崇尚生活的人。我知 道拥抱一个完整的人生是怎样的体验。我能以我的经验告诉你, 一旦你懂得生活,你就会知道贝娄教授的话是对的,真得无需 解释。去尽情拥抱你的人生吧。 Its one quote from countless beautiful lines he wrote over his career. But I feel it best sums up an approach that contains the power to transform an ordinary life into one filled with grace and love and 第 3 页 dig
6、nity. 这句话摘自他一生创作的无数优美的诗句。但是,我认为 这句话包含了一种生活态度,这种态度足以将一种平淡的生活 转变为充满优雅、爱和尊严的人生。 And it also best sums up what a fantastic university like BU has infiltrated in every student who sets foot on this beautiful campus. 而且,它还包含了像波士顿大学这样优秀的学府给每个踏 进这个美丽校园的学生灌输的思想。 Scientists, engineers, writers, artists, busin
7、ess pioneers governors Olympic gold medalists Oscar winners cabinet secretaries They all walked across this stage and left to make their mark on the culture, on society, on the world. 科学家、工程师、作家、艺术家、企业先锋、政府官员、 奥林匹克运动会金牌得主、奥斯卡奖得主、内阁大臣他们 都走过了这个舞台,并在我们的文化、社会和全世界留下了他 第 4 页 们自己的印记。 And, my God, Martin Lu
8、ther King is Doctor King because of the PhD he received here. 而且,还有马丁-路德-金(Martin Luther King),因为在 这里接受博士学位而成为了金博士。 And, now you follow. You right here, sitting there now, baking in the sun, thinking about the Celtics game tomorrow, possibly nursing a hangover theres one down here Ive been following
9、 youre saying, wowthats a lot of pressure. What can I do? 现在,你们走来了。你们就在这儿,坐在这儿,晒着太阳, 想着明天凯尔特人球队的比赛,也许还未从昨日的宿醉中完全 清醒过来我一直在关注你们中的一位。你们大叫一声,哇, 很有压力吧那么,我能做什么呢? Where can I plant my kiss? 我能将我的吻贴在生活的何处呢? Well, thats your question to answer. I cant do it for you. But, heres what I know. I know one thing f
10、or certain: No graduating class gets to choose the world they graduate intojust like you dont get to choose your parents and siblings! 嗯,这是你们需要自己来回答的问题。我无法代劳。但是, 第 5 页 我要说说我知道的东西。我知道有一件事情是确定的:没有任 何一届毕业班能够选择他们即将走入的社会,就像你们无法选 择你们的父母和兄弟姐妹一样! Every class has its own unique challenges. Every class enters
11、 a history that, up to that point, is being written for it. 每一届毕业班都面临着各自独特的挑战。每一届毕业班都 会走进一段历史,从这个意义上来说,历史正在形成之中。 This is no different. 你们这一届也一样。 What is different, though, is the chance that each generation has to take that history and make it larger or, in my business, to program it better. 不同之处在于每
12、一届毕业生接受和创造这段历史的情形并 不相同。就我个人而言,就是编写出更好的程序。 And, on that score, your generations opportunities are greater than any generations in modern history. 而且,在这一点上,你们这届毕业生将拥有比现代历任何 一届毕业生更伟大的机会。 You can write the code for all of us. 你们能够为我们所有人编写程序。 第 6 页 Youre connecting to each other in ways those who came be
13、fore you could never dream of. 你们现在相互联系的方式是你们前辈人做梦都想不到的。 And youre using those connections to strengthen the invisible ties that hold humanity together, and to deepen our understanding of the world around us. 你们使用的这些联系方式加强了人们之间的看不见的纽带。 这种纽带让我们更加团结,让我们更深刻地理解了 我们周围的世界。 You are emblems of the sense of
14、possibility that will define this new age. 你们代表了各种可能性,你们将会定义这个新的时代。 In the past, its always older generations, standing up on high, trying to teach the next generation the ways of the worldtrying to make sure they follow in their footsteps. 在过去,总是老一辈人高瞻远瞩地教导下一代人这个世界 的道理,并试图让下一代追随他们的脚步。 第 7 页 Well, g
15、raduates, I think its different today. 嗨,毕业生们,我想现在已大不同于从前了。 Youre, quite simply, teaching us. 你们正在教导我们。 This generationyour generationis the first fully connected generation the world has ever known. 你们这一代人是这个世界上首次实现全面联系的人。 Whats the first thing you do when you get up? Right? Check your phone? Your
16、laptop? Read some email, b through your social networks? 你们在成长过程中有过哪些第一次呢?第一次用手机?第一 次玩笔记本电脑?第一次读电子邮件?第一次梳理你的社交网络? Im awake, here I am. You are connected, youre online 我很清楚,我在上面演讲,而你们在下面相互联系,你们 在上网 Some of you are probably texting your friends right now. Tweeting this speech. Changing your status. Sm
17、ile, youre on camera. 你们中的一些人现在很可能正在给朋友发短信,在 Twitter上发布这次演讲的消息,更新你们的状态,摆着微笑 的表情给自己拍照。 第 8 页 Theres this joke about the college kid getting mugged, who says, “Hold onlet me update my status, letting my friends know Im getting mugged, then you can have my phone.” That didnt happen, but its also tellin
18、g a stark depiction of just how essential technology has bee to your generations identity and your ability to connect with the world. 这里有一则笑话,说的是一个大学生遇到了抢劫,结果这 个大学生说, “等一等,让我先更新一下我的状态,让我的朋友 知道我正在被抢劫,然后你才可以抢走我的手机。 ”这种事情在 现实生活中是不可能发生的,但是它也揭示了一些深刻的道理: 它赤裸裸地描绘了技术对于你们这一代人的身份以及联系世界 的能力有多么重要。 Identity and
19、connectionconcepts as old as humanity itselfmake up so much of what we are, who we are now. They shape our times, define the human condition. 身份和联系与人类自身一样古老的概念揭示了我 们是谁,我们能做什么。他们构成了我们的时代,定义了人的 条件。 Identity and connectionit is your task to take those timeworn concepts, spin them around, reinvigorate 第
20、 9 页 them, make them fresh and new and exciting. 身份和联系你们的任务就是接受这些陈旧的概念,玩 转它们,复苏它们,给它们注入新鲜的、激动人心的内容。 Boston University has built the platform from which you can do that. 波士顿大学已为你们搭建好了完成这种任务的平台。 I know its daunting. Its not a great economy to be walking off this stage into. I know all this. 我知道离开这个平台会
21、让你们感到害怕,你们即将踏入的 社会的经济形势也不乐观,我知道这一切。 But you have an advantagea petitive edgeyou have an innate mastery of technology, an ability to build and foster connections that no generation before you ever possessed. Its a very, very special skill 但是,你们拥有自己的优势竞争的优势你们精通 技术,能够建立和培养你们之前的任何一代人都无法拥有的社 会联系。这是一种非常非常
22、特殊的技能 People bemoan a generation who grew up living life in front of screens, always connected to something or 第 10 页 someone. 人们总是抱怨你们这一代人从小在电脑屏幕前长大,总是 联系着某些人或事。 Those people are wrong. 他们的看法是错误的。 The fact that we are all connected now is a blessing, not a curse, and we can solve many problems in t
23、he world as a result 我们现在能够建立全面的联系,这是一种福音,而不是诅 咒。正因如此,我们能够解决世界上的很多问题。 Not only is it an advantage you have; its a responsibility you carry. 这不仅是你拥有的优势,而且是你负有的责任。 Today, there are 54 wars and conflicts going on. Its terrible. 今天,有 54场战争和冲突正在上演。这是可怕的。 1.5 billion people live on less than $1 a day, and
24、 hundreds of millions of children will go to bed hungry tonight. Its terrible. 全世界约有 15亿人每天的生活费用不到 1美元,数亿儿童 今天晚上将会饿着肚子上床睡觉。这是可怕的。 Nearly half the worlds people dont live under 第 11 页 democratic governments the rights we all enjoy are a rarity, theyre not a norm 全世界将近一半的人口并没有生活在民主政府的管理之下 我们所有人均享有的这些权
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