名校勵志英語演講 第68期:做真正的自己

[00:00.25]Although I did graduate from the school of hard knocks, our mascot was the knockers. 但是我確實從歷經(jīng)磨難的生活這所學校畢業(yè)了，我們的吉祥物就是磨難和挫折。 [00:04.28]I spent a lot of time here growing up. 我在此度過了許多成長歲月。 [00:06.02]My mom worked at Newcome and I would go there every time I needed to steal something out of her purse. 我媽媽在紐科姆工作，每當我需要從她的錢包里偷偷拿些東西的時候，我都會去找她。 [00:11.03]But why am I here today? 但今天我為什么來到這里呢？ [00:12.56]Clearly not to steal, you're too far away and I'd never get away with it. 很明顯我不是想要偷你們的錢，你們離我太遠了，而且我也跑不了。 [00:16.33]I'm here because of you. 我來這兒是因為你們。 [00:18.32]Because I can't think of a more tenacious, more courageous graduating class. 沒有比你們更堅韌更勇敢的畢業(yè)生了。 [00:22.01]I mean, look at you all, wearing your robes. 我是說，看看你們每一個人都身著學士袍。 [00:25.46]Usually when you're wearing a robe at 10 in the morning, it means you've given up. 通常在早上10點還穿著睡袍，說明你們已經(jīng)放棄人生了。 [00:28.36]I'm here because I love New Orleans. 今天我來到這里，因為我熱愛紐奧良， [00:38.45]I was born and raised here, I spent my formative years here, and like you, while I was living here I only did laundry six times. 我在這里出生，在這里長大，在這里度過了年少歲月。和你們一樣，我在這里生活時，只洗過六次衣服。 [00:45.38] When I finished school, I was completely lost. 當我畢業(yè)后，我完全迷失了。 [00:48.31] And by school, I mean middle school, but I went ahead and finished high school anyway. 我指的學校是初中，但是我接著上學，念完了高中。 [00:52.25] And I—I really, I had no ambition, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I did everything from—I shucked oysters, 但我當時真的沒有什么野心，不知道自己想做什么。 [00:59.56] I was a hostess, I was a bartender, I was a waitress, I painted houses, I sold vaccuum cleaners, I had no idea. 我什么都做。我剝過牡蠣，當過迎賓員，做過酒保、服務(wù)員，粉刷過房子，賣過吸塵器。我完全不知道自己想做什么。 [01:08.36] And I thought I'd just finally settle in some job, and I would make enough money to pay my rent, 我想隨便找個工作穩(wěn)定下來，只要有足夠的錢付房租， [01:13.46] maybe have basic cable, maybe not, I didn't really have a plan, my point is that, 可能有一臺電視也可能沒有。 我完全沒有計劃。我要說的重點是， [01:18.13] by the time I was your age, I really thought I knew who I was, but I had no idea. 我像你們這么大的時候，我真的以為我了解自己，但其實并不了解。 [01:22.04]Anyway, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and the way I ended up on this path was from a very tragic event. 總之，當時我不知道自己的一生要干什么，最后因為一件十分悲慘的事情，我找到了自己的目標。 [01:30.09]I was maybe 19, and my girlfriend at the time was killed in a car accident. 可能是在19歲時，我的女朋友在一次車禍中身亡。 [01:37.31]And I passed the accident, and I didn't know it was her and I kept going, and I found out shortly after that, it was her. 我經(jīng)過事故現(xiàn)場時不知道是她，就繼續(xù)走，但不久我就發(fā)現(xiàn)，那就是她。

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