公众人物毕业演讲第369期:奥普拉2013在哈佛大学(18)

 　　Who came to Harvard four years ago, Khadijah had attended twelve schools in twelve years, living out of garbage bags amongst¹ pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers².

　　她四年前来到了哈佛大学赫蒂彻在12年中读过12所学校和皮条客 妓女与毒贩生活在一起

　　Homeless, going into department stores Wal-Mart in the morning to bathe herself, so that she wouldn't smelling in front of her classmates.

　　居无定所 每当大清早时她会去沃尔玛商场洗漱以免让同学闻到自己身上的臭味

　　And today she graduates as a member of the Harvard class of 2013. From time to time, you may stumble³, fall.

　　今天她成为了哈佛大学2013年度毕业生中的一员人生有时难免踌躇失意 陷入困境

　　You will for sure count on this. No doubt. You will have questions and you will have doubts about your path. But I know this:

　　毫无疑问 这些都是难得的财富关于未来之路 你们会心存疑问但我知道:

　　If you're willing to listen to be guided by that still small voice, that is the GPS within yourself, to find out what makes you come alive.

　　如果你们愿意听从那个小小声音的指引也就是心中的那个导航仪找到自己的志向与梦想

　　You will be more than okay. You will be happy. You will be successful. And you will make a difference in the world.

　　那么你会受益良多会品味到喜悦与成功打造出属于自己的一片天地

　　Congratulations, class of 2013! Congratulations to your family and friends. Good luck and thank you for listening.

　　祝贺你们 2013年度的毕业生!祝贺你们的家人与朋友祝你们好运 谢谢聆听

　　Was that okay?

　　我表现得还可以吧?

1 amongst   

prep.在…之中，在...之间(=among)

参考例句：

• He was sitting amongst a group of children,telling them a story.他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。
• You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.你们必须彼此商量，自行解决这些问题。

2 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

3 stumble   

n.绊倒，失策；vi.绊倒，失策，踌躇，无意中发现；vt.绊倒，困惑

参考例句：

• Be grateful to those who have made you stumble,for they have strengthened your ability.感激绊倒你的人，因为他强化了你的能力。
• You never knew when you might stumble across some new talent.谁也说不准什么时候会碰上一位新的天才。