I Have A Wish

名人妙语述“我”愿

 

I want a perfect world; I want to choose all the winners.

我想要完美的世界。我想选出全部的优胜者。

--美国著名影星辛·潘（Sean Penn）

 

And I hope to restore respect to the ¹⁾presidency¹.

我希望恢复对总统任期的尊重。

--美国已故总统尼克松 (Richard Nixon)

 

I would love to meet somebody; I would love to be ²⁾swept off my feet.

我想遇到一些人，令我激动不已。

--美国著名影星妮歌·基曼(Nicole Kidman)

 

I want to try to find out new cures for diseases. And another one of the things I want to do is to be politician, try to bring peace to the world. And, third ³⁾occupation that I want to do is be an ⁴⁾aeronautical² engineer and build space stations in space.

我想尽力去寻求治疗疾病的新方法。另一样我想做的是政治家，为世界带来和平。第三样我想从事的职业是航天工程师，在太空中建太空站。

--美国九岁上高中的小天才格雷格·史密夫（Greg Smith）

 

 

风靡全球的漫画人物Charley Brown和 Snoopy的作者查尔斯·M·舒尔茨(Charles M Schulz)--“我”的作品便是我的写照：

If you are to read the script, oh, for just a few months, you would know me because everything that I am goes in the script. All of my fears, my ⁵⁾anxieties, my joys, and almost even all of my experiences go into that script. They are me, that is me: what I'm thinking of, what I am writing, and what the characters are doing.

要是你去读我的作品，啊，只要读几个月，你就会了解我了，因为我的一点一滴都融入到了作品中。我所有的恐惧、焦虑、快乐，甚至几乎我所有的经历都融合在作品里了。他们全部都是我，那就是我：我想到的，我写到的，以及每个角色所做的。

 

美国《六十分钟》电视节目的资深记者安迪·鲁尼(Andy Rooney)--“我”来年的计划：

Mozart died when he was thirty-five but his music is still played 212 years later, good as ever. This is a special moment that I’ve ⁶⁾dreaded. It seems like a good time, though, to make a personal announcement. I’ve been writing for television since there was television. I’ve done 800 of these essays; in the twenty-five years I’ve been on ”60 Minutes” I’ve saved some money; I’d like to travel; I’d like to spend more time with my family. What I want to tell you is: I am not going to do any of those things and I’ll be back here again next year.

莫扎特35岁时就过世了，但他的音乐在212年后依然广为流传，美妙一如当初。现在是我一直害怕的特殊时刻。不过，看起来这真是个发表个人公告的好机会。自有电视以来，我便一直为电视撰稿。我已写了800篇这样的评论了，并且25年来我一直做《六十分钟》的节目。我攒了些钱，我喜欢旅游，我想与家人共渡更多的时光。但是，我想告诉大家的是，我没有打算要做以上任何一件事，我明年还会出现在这个节目中。

 

注释:

1) presidency [5prezidEnsi] n. 总统任期

2) sweep sb. off sb. feet 使人狂热（或激动）

3) occupation [7Ckju5peiFEn] n. 职业

4) aeronautical [7ZErE5nC:tikEl] a. 航空学的

5) anxiety [AN^5zaiEti] n. 忧虑, 热望

6) dread³ [dred] v. 惧怕, 担心

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 aeronautical   

adj.航空（学）的

参考例句：

• Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world. 这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。 来自辞典例句
• The advent of aircraft brought with it aeronautical engineering. 宇宙飞船的问世导致了航天工程的出现。 来自辞典例句

3 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。