TED演讲：你为何不会成就伟业(5)

 　　I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie. He was an economically rational person. 我有个朋友，向他女友求婚。他是个会过日子的人。

　　He said to his sweetie, "Let us marry. Let us merge¹ our interests." 他对他女友说，“咱们结婚吧。让咱们融合利益。”

　　Yes, he did. "I love you truly," he said. 是的，他这么说的。“我真心爱你，”他说，

　　"I love you deeply. I love you more than any other woman I've ever encountered. “我深深爱着你。我爱你胜过其他任何女人。

　　I love you more than Mary, Jane, Susie, Penelope, Ingrid, Gertrude, Gretel -- I was on a German exchange program then. 我爱你胜过Mary，Jane，Susie，Penelope，Ingrid，Gertrude，Gretel--我那时候在一个德国的交换项目里。”

　　I love you more than --" All right. She left the room halfway² through his enumeration³ of his love for her. “我爱你胜过...” 好的！她在他列举到一半的时候离开了房间。

　　After he got over his surprise at being, you know, turned down, he concluded he'd had a narrow escape from marrying an irrational⁴ person.  在他从被拒绝的惊讶中缓过来之后，他总结了他刚刚成功逃离和一个不理性的人结婚的厄运。

　　Although, he did make a note to himself that the next time he proposed, 虽然他也对自己说，下次求婚的时候，

　　it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate⁵ all of the women he had auditioned⁶ for the part. 不必要列举所有过往的女朋友。

　　But the point stands. You must look for alternatives so that you find your destiny, or are you afraid of the word "destiny"? 但是这个论点是成立的。你必须寻找各种选择，才能找到命中注定的那个，或者你害怕“命中注定”这个词么？

　　Does the word "destiny" scare you? That's what we're talking about. “命中注定”这个词吓着你么？这就是我们要谈的。

1 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 enumeration   

n.计数，列举；细目；详表；点查

参考例句：

• Predictive Categoriesinclude six categories of prediction, namely Enumeration, Advance Labeling, Reporting,Recapitulation, Hypotheticality, and Question. 其中预设种类又包括列举(Enumeration)、提前标示(Advance Labeling)、转述(Reporting)、回顾(Recapitulation)、假设(Hypotheticality)和提问(Question)。 来自互联网
• Here we describe a systematic procedure which is basically "enumeration" in nature. 这里介绍一个本质上是属于“枚举法”的系统程序。 来自辞典例句

4 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

5 enumerate   

v.列举，计算，枚举，数

参考例句：

• The heroic deeds of the people's soldiers are too numerous to enumerate.人民子弟兵的英雄事迹举不胜举。
• Its applications are too varied to enumerate.它的用途不胜枚举。

6 auditioned   

vi.试听（audition的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• None of the actresses we have auditioned is suitable. 我们试听的这些女演员都不合适。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• What is that, from some script you auditioned for in the '40s? 什么玩意儿是你40年代试的那些剧本吗？ 来自电影对白