公众人物毕业演讲 第209期:杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(7)

 　　I said, a year?

　　我说 一年？

　　I said, I'm a comedian¹, I cannot talk for a year?

　　我可是一个喜剧演员 你让我一年不说话？

　　So don't get discouraged. Think of that

　　记住 别气馁 想想这个

　　If you were a doctor, that would be your residency如果你是医生 你可以把这四年当成实习期

　　Number 3

　　第3条

　　You're an artist, suffer for your work, paint yourself into a corner你是一位艺术家 忍受你的工作 不要挑三拣四

　　take every degrading², humiliating show business job you can get滑稽表演的任何机会都得上 无论多么让你感到丢脸that doesn't require taking your clothes off只要不让你脱光衣服就行

　　And you learn something, every experience你将学到很多

　　and it will give you great pedal³ when you go on late night talk shows这对你以后进入晚间脱口秀绝对大有好处

　　Number 4

　　第4条

　　Always keep people in your life who don't quite understand what is it that you do在生活中和一些不大理解你在做什么的人保持联系It will keep you humble⁴

　　这会让你保持谦恭

　　You're never as informed as you think you are你其实没有自己以为的那么了不起

　　When I was on the cover of Time magazine the first time我第一次登上时代周刊封面的时候

　　Don Lemon

　　唐·莱蒙

　　I called my mom and tell her, I said

　　我打电话我妈 我跟她说

　　hey mom, I'm on the cover of Time magazine妈 我上了时代周刊封面

　　My mom said, which one was it?

　　我妈问 什么封面

　　I said Time magazine My mom said, which one?

　　我说 时代周刊 我妈问 哪个

　　Time magazine, the big news magazine, Time magazine时代周刊 很牛的新闻杂志 时代周刊

　　I said, I'm going to call Uncle Frank in New York我说 我要打电话给纽约的弗兰克叔叔

　　and call Uncle Tony in Miami

　　和迈阿密的托尼叔叔

　　and tell them I'm on the cover of Time magazine告诉他们我登上了时代周刊封面

　　My mother said, I don't think so

　　我妈说 我不这么认为

　　I said, what do you mean you don't think so?

　　我问 什么叫你不这么认为

　　She goes what? She said, I think they put you on the cover of one say still around here她说 我想 他们把你放到这里的封面上

　　because they know you're from this area

　　是因为他们知道你来自这个地方

　　She said, I don't think you're on the cover of Miami她说 我不认为迈阿密的封面上也是你

　　I go, I'm on the cover in Miami

　　我说 迈阿密的封面上也是我

 

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 degrading   

丢脸的，有辱人格的

参考例句：

• the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners 犯人所受的不人道和侮辱性待遇
• inhuman and degrading treatment 不人道的羞辱性对待

3 pedal   

n.踏板；adj.脚的，踏脚的；v.用脚踏动，踩踏板

参考例句：

• He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
• I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。

4 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。