公众人物毕业演讲第320期:阿丽安娜.哈芬顿2013史密斯学院(10)

 Delighted at both the mysteries of the universe and the everyday little things that fill our lives

既热衷于宇宙的神秘又热衷于生活中的各种小事

And whenever I'd complain or be upset about something, she would say to me: "Darling, change the channel

我抱怨或烦恼时 她总是会跟我说"亲爱的 换台"

You are in control of the clicker Don't replay the bad, scary movie"

"你手中握有遥控器""别老是重播劣质的恐怖电影"

One of the gifts that this attitude to life gave her was the ability to cut through hierarchies¹

这种生活态度所赋予她的是穿透阶层等级的能力

I remember one night, I was living in London and dating a Tory member of Parliament

我还记得我住在伦敦时的某天晚上同一位托利党下院议员约会

It must have been one of those decisions made on sleep deprivation² And he brought home to dinner the then-Prime Minister Edward Heath

这肯定是睡眠不足时我做的一项决定他把时任首相的爱德华.希思带来我家

My mother was in the kitchen, where she was most of the time and the plumber³ had to come in to fix some last-minute problem

我母亲在厨房 和大多数时候一样而一位水管工正在处理紧急关头出现的问题

So my mother asked the plumber what he thought of the prime minister "Not much," the plumber said, "he hasn't been good for working people"

我母亲问这位水管工 他对首相怎么看"不怎么样" 水管工回答说 "他对劳动人民不怎么友好"

"Oh!" my mother said, "Let me go bring him here so you can tell him directly" And she didn't think there was any problem at all

"哦" 我母亲说 "那我把他找来 你们两直接聊聊"她不认为这有任何问题

About bringing the prime minister to the kitchen and that's where he sat down and heard a mouthful from the plumber

她把首相带到厨房让首相坐在那里 听一位水管工的满腹牢骚

Well-being, wonder and now the 3rd W, wisdom

健康 好奇然后是第三个W开头的单词 智慧

If you look around you you see leaders in positions of power in politics, in media, in business

环顾四周你可以看到政治 传媒 商业领域很多权力巨大的领袖

All of them with high iqs and great degrees making terrible decisions

他们虽然具有高智商和名校文凭却在不断作出错误的决定

1 hierarchies   

等级制度( hierarchy的名词复数 )； 统治集团； 领导层； 层次体系

参考例句：

• That's a trip of two hierarchies. 那是两个领导层之间的互访。
• Hierarchies of authority, spans of control, long-range plans, and budgets. 等级森严的权力机构，控制范围，长期计划，预算。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦

2 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

3 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。