公众人物毕业演讲第335期:彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(3)

 　　And eat some Mac and Cheese wedges I actually hear the atmosphere is very, what's the right word, colorful?.

　　然后吃一些通心粉和楔形奶酪我听说这里的气候非常 怎么说来着 多彩吗I wanted to go to Sunset Point and sit on a bench then go over to Beta Rock over in South Quad¹.

　　我本想到日落景点 坐在长凳上然后到南面的Beta岩去Although my health commissioner² back at home advised me not to sit on that Most of all -- and can you blame me? -- I was hoping to see Gourdzilla.

　　只是我在纽约的健康专员建议我别坐在那个上最重要地 别说我 我想看看GourdzillaI wanted to do all of that incidentally before coming here but instead I must admit, I spent the entire morning looking for parking.

　　来之前 我本已计划好做所有这些事情结果整个早上却被花在找停车位上I just had no idea how hard it is to park on this campus I think I'm way out in South Lot 2.

　　我没想到在这个学校停车会如此之难我想我一直停到了南部2号停车场The only reason I made it here on time was that I sent out an "All-Stu" to get a lift from here to there.

　　我现在能够按时到达完全是因为我发了一份All-Stu 才搭车到了这Anyways, I'm not quite as prepared for today as you graduates are but that's okay because life is really looking forward.

　　不管怎样 我今天没有你们这些毕业生准备得充分不过这没关系 因为生活总是向前看的As you commence a new phase in your life And as you do, what's most important.

　　你们即将毕业 开始人生的新阶段在这个过程中 最重要的Is not what you are able to remember from your classes because after all, over time, you will forget most of the books you read.

　　不是你能从课上记住些什么因为时间长了以后 你会忘掉大部分书本知识The equations you memorized, the studies you analyzed³ the papers you wrote, the tests you took.

　　各种背过的公式 分析过的研究内容你写的论文 及你参加过的考试内容Believe it or not, I forgot all of my seventh grade Latin when I was listing to the conferring of degrees.

　　不管你们信不信 我把我七年级学过的拉丁语忘干净了拉丁语是当时我为了获得学位而修的It's inevitable⁴ -- it happens to all of us but what's important is not remembering what you've learned.

　　这是不可避免的 每个人都会如此不过重要的不是记住你们学了什么知识It's realizing how much more there still is to learn Some of you will continue your formal education.

　　而是意识到还有很多东西仍需学习你们有些人会继续接受正式教育You may go back to school down the road And some of you never want to sit in a classroom again for the rest of your lives.

　　有些人以后还会回学校深造还有些人可能再也不想坐在教室里了Regardless, my advice to you is don't let your education end here.

　　不管怎样 我给你们的建议是不要让学习终止于此

1 quad   

n.四方院；四胞胎之一；v.在…填补空铅

参考例句：

• His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.他的房间位于四方院的左侧。
• She is a 34-year-old mother of quads.她是个生了四胞胎的34岁的母亲。

2 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

3 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。