公众人物毕业演讲 第50期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(6)

 　　Right there, in that library

　　就在那个图书馆里

　　I realized

　　我意识到

　　there is nothing greater than a mother's love and desire to protect her child

　　没有什么比母亲的爱和想保护孩子的心更伟大

　　nothing

　　没有什么比得了

　　I also decided¹ that I will live my life in a way to make her proud

　　我还决定以让她自豪的方式过好我这一生

　　I decided to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of my father

　　我决定继承父亲的进取精神

　　but an honest way

　　但要以诚实的方式

　　God bless you Melvin Combs. I fulfilled you right next to me

　　上帝保佑梅尔文·库姆斯 我完成了你的夙愿

　　but in a honest way, in a legal way

　　不过是以一种诚实合法的方式

　　by earning, scraping, working harder

　　通过赚取 积攒 勤奋工作

　　believing in myself

　　相信自己

　　and most importantly, making the most of the blessings² that God blessed me with

　　还有最重要的 接受上帝赐予我的祝福

　　See I've got that work ethic³ from my mother

　　我的工作信念来自母亲

　　My mother worked 4 jobs

　　我母亲打四份工

　　to take care of me and my sister Keisha

　　来照顾我和妹妹凯莎

　　My mother worked 4 jobs to send me to Howard University

　　我母亲打四份工 将我送到霍华德大学读书

　　So I want to take the time, I want to say

　　这里我想说

　　Mama, I love you so much

　　妈妈 我很爱你

　　I wouldn't be standing⁴ up here without you

　　没有你 就没有今天的我

　　Thank you so much for all your sacrifices

　　非常感谢你为我作出的牺牲

　　And thank you to all other mothers out there. I love you mom

　　也感谢天下所有的母亲 我爱你 妈妈

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。