公众人物毕业演讲 第203期:杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(1)

 　　Jay Leno, welcome home

　　杰·雷诺 欢迎回家

　　By virtue¹ of the power vested in me by the Commonwealth² of Massachusetts

　　我将行使马萨诸塞州

　　and the Board of Trustees of Emerson College

　　和爱默生学院校董会授予我的权力

　　I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of doctor of humane³ letters

　　授予你人文学荣誉博士学位

　　which you have so justly earned with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities pertaining⁴ thereto

　　这是你应得的 以及所有与此相关的权利 特权和责任

　　and invite you to deliver this morning's commencement address

　　我邀请你到此做今晨的毕业演讲

　　Thank you very much. Thank you.

　　非常感谢大家 谢谢

　　I am the little man on this totem pole, very distinguished⁵ people

　　我是这个图腾柱上众多杰出人士中很不起眼的一个

　　I thank Don Lemon for taking time out for looking that airplane to be here today

　　感谢唐·莱蒙花时间帮我订了今天到这里的机票

　　Thank you I know you gotta get back

　　谢谢你 我知道你要回去

　　Well what's better? Mother's day and graduation?

　　母亲节和毕业在一天 还有什么更好的

　　Is there any greater mom gift in the world, look at that, how about that?

　　还有更好的母亲节礼物吗 这真是太棒了

　　I want to thank President Pelton and chairman of board Jeff Greenhawt for the opportunity to be with you today

　　我要感谢佩尔顿校长和校董会主席杰夫·格林霍特 让我今天有机会来到这里

　　You know I'm stunned to be here

　　到这里让我受宠若惊

　　I still can't believe that I'm a college graduate

　　我现在都还无法相信自己竟然大学毕业了

　　I still have nightmares that I have tests to take and take my word, I was a terrible student

　　我还做着噩梦 梦到有考试要考说真的 我是个很差的学生

　　I'm dislexic, here's how this dyslexia was treated when I was a kid

　　我有失读症 我小时候失读症是这样治的

1 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

2 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

3 humane   

adj.人道的，富有同情心的

参考例句：

• Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗？
• Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。

4 pertaining   

与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)

参考例句：

• Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。

5 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。