公众人物毕业演讲 第53期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(9)

 　　You will change the world

　　你们将能改变世界

　　Let that sink in

　　记住这一点

　　You will change the world

　　你们将能改变世界

　　I want you to take the craziest dream you've ever had

　　我要你们勇敢去做最疯狂的梦

　　that dream that you're too embarrassed to tell anyone about

　　哪怕这个梦想让你觉得讲出来很不好意思

　　and I want you to go out there

　　我希望你们努力去实现

　　I want you to make it a reality

　　努力让梦想变为现实

　　I don't want you to dream. I want you to do

　　除了梦想 我还希望你们着手去做

　　Let me tell you about this dream that I had, this crazy dream

　　我给你们讲讲我做过的疯狂的梦

　　It's 10 years ago

　　这是十年前

　　I've decided¹ to run the New York City marathon

　　我决定去跑纽约市马拉松赛

　　I want to raise money for the public school system

　　希望借此给公立学校系统筹钱

　　I raise $2 million

　　我要筹两百万美元

　　I even got a call from Oprah

　　欧普拉还打电话给我

　　who said that if I beat her marathon time

　　如果我能突破她的马拉松时间

　　she would donate a lot of money to the course

　　她愿意为我捐很多钱

　　but there was a catch

　　但这有个问题

　　I had to finish the whole thing. I had to finish the entire race

　　我需要跑完整个马拉松赛

　　Now the marathon is 26.2 miles

　　马拉松全长26.2英里

　　Have any of you been on a treadmill² for one mile?

　　你们在跑步机上跑过哪怕1英里吗

　　With 26.2 miles

　　这可是26.2英里

　　there were a lot of brothers and sisters running that thing

　　有很多兄弟姐妹都在参赛

　　Now here's the crazy point

　　疯狂的地方在这里

　　the recommended training time for marathon is six months

　　马拉松的推荐训练时间是六个月

　　but I came up with this idea where only eight weeks left to train

　　但我想到要跑马拉松时 只剩下八周训练时间

　　only had eight weeks

　　只有八周

　　Nobody believed I would finish, everybody thought I was crazy

　　没人相信我能完成 大家都认为我疯了

　　but there was something in me that just wouldn't listen to them

　　不过我不会听别人怎么说我

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 treadmill   

n.踏车；单调的工作

参考例句：

• The treadmill has a heart rate monitor.跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。
• Drugs remove man from the treadmill of routine.药物可以使人摆脱日常单调的工作带来的疲劳。