公众人物毕业演讲 第55期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(11)

 　　So now I'm trying to figure out

　　现在我不得不考虑

　　am I going to give myself up this situation

　　自己是否应该退出

　　do I take cab

　　然后打的过去

　　do I take a train

　　或是坐火车过去

　　But as soon as that goes into my mind

　　但就在我有放弃的念头时

　　all I see is news cameras all around me

　　我看到周围有很多新闻摄像机

　　and they're going laugh

　　记者们开始笑起来

　　We are live for the marathon

　　我们正在直播马拉松

　　See those Kenyans already finished the race, the news

　　那些肯尼亚人已经完成比赛了

　　were live to see if I was going to live or die

　　而现在是老爹生死抉择的时候

　　It got so crazy

　　情况变得很疯狂

　　I heard the announcer say

　　我听到广播员说

　　Whoa, Puff¹ is in trouble now

　　喔 老爹碰到麻烦了

　　But in all seriousness

　　严肃来讲

　　I had to make a decision right there

　　我需要作出决定

　　I had to decide whether I was going to stay on my knees

　　我是应该就这么一直跪下去

　　or get up on my feet

　　还是站起来

　　I had to decide to get up, I had to decide to run

　　我需要站起来 我需要继续坚持跑下去

　　My toenails started falling off

　　我的脚趾甲都要掉了

　　My sneakers were soaked in blood

　　我的跑鞋浸出鲜血

　　Real talk, I'm not being dramatic

　　真的 我没有夸张

　　But I've decided² I was going to finish that marathon

　　但我决定要跑完马拉松

　　And then I make it to mile 20

　　之后 我跑到20英里处

　　Thank you Jesus

　　感谢耶稣

　　I made it to Harlem where I was born and raised

　　我跑到了生我养我的黑人区

　　The Harlem really doesn't do the marathon thing

　　黑人区其实并不关心马拉松

　　but I saw the entire neighborhood come out there to support me

　　但我看到所有人都跑出来支持我

　　They had turned my hood³ into a block party

　　他们将我的出现看成是街区聚会

　　DJ's playing music. People wave their signs

　　DJ在那放音乐 人们挥舞着标语

　　Yell and go, Diddy go

　　给我加油鼓劲

　　You see my Harlem family

　　黑人区也是一个大家庭

　　got me through the marathon

　　他们鼓励我完成了马拉松

　　just like my Howard family

　　就像霍华德也是一个大家庭

　　got me and you to this point today

　　让我和你们能有今天的成就一样

　　I finished the marathon

　　我跑完了马拉松

　　I almost die

　　感觉几乎要死了

　　My feet has never been in the same sense

　　我的脚从未有过这样的感觉

　　My feet hurt right now

　　我的脚痛得要命

　　But I finished

　　不过我跑完了

　　And I beat Oprah's time

　　而且打败了欧普拉的记录

1 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

2 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。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。